At the last face-to-face meeting in Montreal, the TSS Board decided to conduct a strategic planning exercise to review the mission, vision, and strategic objectives of our Society. This important step aims at identifying key actions for us to develop and implement in the coming years to better serve our national and international members.
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, Wash., announces that its research team has improved the strength of a titanium alloy by producing it via powder metallurgy and heat treating it at different temperatures, then quenching in cold water.
The University of California San Diego announces that a team of engineers has developed and tested SAM2X5-630, a type of amorphous steel with a record-breaking ability to withstand impact without deforming permanently.
H.C. Starck, Newton, Mass., announces that it has joined the team at the Worcester Polytechnic Institute’s Center for Heat Treating Excellence, an alliance between the industrial sector and university researchers that addresses short- and long-term needs in the heat treating and thermal processing industry.
This video from the Discovery and Science Channel shows how aluminum alloys are cast into wheels for automobiles.
