College Park, Md. September 16–19, 2014 CALCE (Center for Advanced Life Cycle Engineering) at the University of Maryland and Allied High Tech, Rancho Dominguez, Calif., are jointly offering a four-day course on failure analysis of electronics at the University of Maryland, College Park campus. Over 200 engineers from leading companies and government organizations from around […]
Making the perfect atom sandwich
Like the perfect sandwich, a perfectly engineered thin film for electronics requires not only the right ingredients, but also just the right thickness of each ingredient in the desired order, down to individual layers of atoms.
How materials lose their bonding
Materials that are firmly bonded together with epoxy and other tough adhesives are ubiquitous in modern life—from crowns on teeth to modern composites used in construction.
2014 Fellows
ASM Fellows 2014 In 1969, ASM established the Fellow of the Society honor to provide recognition to members for their distinguished contributions to materials science and engineering and to develop a broadly based forum of technical and professional leaders to serve as advisors to the society. Following are the members recognized by their colleagues for […]
Curiosity Rover Report: Curiosity Completes Its First Martian Year
The NASA Mars rover Curiosity has completed its first Martian year of exploration. This video shows some of the problems encountered and how NASA engineers dealt with them.