ASM International, Materials Park, Ohio, is pleased to announce that Dr. Ursula R. Kattner, FASM, Physical Scientist, National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, Md., is the 2016 J. Williard Gibbs Phase Equilibria Award recipient.
Winners of Head Health Challenge III announced
The National Football League (NFL), Under Armour, General Electric , and the U.S. Department of Commerce’s National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), recently announced the five winners of Head Health Challenge III, an open innovation competition to support the discovery, design, and development of advanced materials that better absorb or dissipate impact.
Roads that de-ice themselves
With the arrival of winter, stores, cities, and homeowners are stocking up on salt, gravel, and sand in anticipation of slippery roads.
Recovering rare earth elements from coal mining waste
The U.S. Department of Energy’s National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL), recently selected West Virginia University to conduct a $937,000 research project in support of the DOE’s program to Recover Rare Earth Elements from Coal and Coal Byproducts.
One Minute Mentor: Austenitizing Powder Metallurgy Steels
Steels of groups A and D as well as 8%Cr or High-V-PM steels are usually austenitized in vacuum furnaces or in various types of furnaces using gaseous atmospheres.