Who is SMST?
The International Organization on Shape Memory and Superelastic Technologies (SMST) is the foremost authority on the technical properties and uses of Nitinol and other shape memory alloys. SMST offers access to a key network of organizations and professionals who comprise the core of the world’s knowledge and understanding of these amazing materials.
SMST Founders’ Grant
The applications and guidelines for the 2026 SMST Founders’ Grant can be accessed here. Applications are closed.
The Founders’ Grant is a $50,000 research grant given every two years to seed novel research that shows promise to expand the understanding and reach of shape memory alloys.
“Free Access to Shape Memory and Superelasticity Review Article”
Now through the end of October, the Shape Memory and Superelasticity review article “Additive Manufacturing of Shape Memory Alloys: A Review of Data Gaps and Opportunities” by Jamila Khanfri, Othmane Benafan, Peter E. Caltagirone, Sayed E. Saghaian, and Aaron P. Stebner is free access for you to download and read. Data and metadata from additively manufactured shape memory alloys (AM SMAs) were collected and utilized to illustrate trends and anomalies of current state-of-the-art additive manufacturing (AM) processes. Input parameters, output parameters, and properties were documented from six alloy families spanning nearly two decades of research and development: NiTi, NiMn, NiCo, FeMn, CuAl, and others. Data analyses revealed several key challenges and opportunities for advancing the field, including standardization of terminology, increased reporting of significant process parameters, and inclusion of more feedstock material information. These analyses demonstrate that improvements in these areas in future work can help ensure that reported results are easier to reproduce.
To read the article, please visit here now through October 31st.
J. Willard Gibbs Phase Equilibria Award
The award was established in 2007 to recognize outstanding contributions to the field of Phase Equilibria. The award honors J. Willard Gibbs, one of America’s greatest theoretical scientists. In addition to many other contributions, Gibbs laid the thermodynamic foundations of phase equilibria theory with his brilliant essay “On the Equilibrium of Heterogeneous Substances” published in 1876 and 1878 in the Transactions of the Connecticut Academy.
Prof. Stefano Curtarolo
Director, Center for Autonomous Materials Design,
Department of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science,
Duke University,
Durham, N.C.
“For pioneering contributions to high-throughput computational thermodynamics and synthesizability theories with application to disordered ceramics.”
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2026 SMST William J. Buehler Award
Dr. Tom Duerig, FASM
Founder of Nitinol Devices & Components (NDC), now Confluent Medical Technologies
“Shape Memory and Superelasticity 2025 Editor’s Choice Articles Announced”
Shape Memory and Superelasticity Editor-in-Chief Hüseyin Sehitoglu recently announced this year’s Editor’s Choice articles, showcasing six of the high-quality articles that were published in the journal in 2025. They are free to download and read, and can be shared with your colleagues.
- “Toward Advancing Elastocaloric Performance in Shape Memory Alloys Through Additive Manufacturing: Novel Conceptual Designs and Preliminary Insights” by Saeedeh Vanaei, Shiva Mohajerani, Pete Rocco, Mahyar Sojoodi, Mohammad Pourshams, and Mohammad Elahinia
- “Fast Characterization of the Functional Fatigue of NiTi by Infrared Thermography and Heat Source Reconstruction” by Antoine Jury, Xavier Balandraud, and Ludek Heller
- “CuZnAl Shape Memory Alloys for High Heat Flux Thermal Energy Storage” by Nathan Hite, William Trehern, Kadri C. Atli, Eli Norris, Darin J. Sharar, Adam A. Wilson, Asher C. Leff, and Ibrahim Karaman
- “In situ Observation of Elastic Instability of Stress-Induced B19′ Martensite in Thin NiTi Wires” by Petr Sedlák, Miroslav Frost, Martin Ševčík, Lukáš Kadeřávek, and Hanuš Seiner
- “Lattice Parameters of B2 and B19′ Phases in Ti–Ni Alloys Near Transformation Temperatures: Effects of Ni Concentration and Temperature” by Gen Hikosaka, Yuri Shinohara, Ryutaro Matsumura, Minoru Nishida, and Tomonari Inamura
- “Generation of Plastic Strains by the Martensitic Transformations under Stress via Dislocation Slip in Martensite as the Origin of Functional Fatigue” by Petr Šittner, Ludek Heller, Elizaveta Iaparova, Lukáš Kadeřávek, Orsolya Molnárová, and Ondrej Tyc
“Shape Memory and Superelasticity 2025 Best Paper Winners Announced”
Shape Memory and Superelasticity is pleased to announce the winners of the Volume 11 Best Paper Awards. The awards were chosen by the editorial team of Shape Memory and Superelasticity, and all papers published in Volume 11 were considered.
The 2025 Best Paper winner, published in the June 2025 issue, is “Toward Advancing Elastocaloric Performance in Shape Memory Alloys Through Additive Manufacturing: Novel Conceptual Designs and Preliminary Insights” by Saeedeh Vanaei, Shiva Mohajerani, Pete Rocco, Mahyar Sojoodi, Mohammad Pourshams, and Mohammad Elahinia, University of Toledo.
The 2025 Honorable Mention winner, published in the December 2025 issue, is “Generation of Plastic Strains by the Martensitic Transformations under Stress via Dislocation Slip in Martensite as the Origin of Functional Fatigue” by Petr Šittner, Ludek Heller, Elizaveta Iaparova, Lukáš Kadeřávek, Orsolya Molnárová, and Ondrej Tyc, Institute of Physics of the CAS.
Both of these papers are free access for you to download and read. The Shape Memory and Superelasticity Editorial Advisory Board and the editors of the journal extend their congratulations to the authors for winning this prestigious award!
Upcoming Courses
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October 19, 2026 – October 21, 2026
Scotts Valley, CA, USA
Time: 8:30 AM – 4:30 PM
Instructor: Alan R. Pelton, PhD
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