Newswise — November 5, 2012 - Warrendale, PA - The Minerals, Metals & Materials Society (TMS) has opened registration for the TMS 2013 Annual Meeting & Exhibition (TMS2013), the 142nd installment of the society’s annual conference for materials scientists and engineers. TMS2013 is scheduled for March 3-7 in San Antonio, Texas.
"This is where the many facets of TMS meet," said Wolfgang Schneider, 2012 TMS President and Head of Research & Development Center, Hydro Aluminium Rolled Products GmbH. "It is at the core of what we do as a professional society and showcases the very best of what TMS has to offer its members - as well as the very best of what materials science and engineering has to offer the world."
A highlight of this year's conference will be Global R&D Trends – Implications for Material Sciences, a special session highlighting the achievements of Jeffrey Wadsworth, president and chief executive officer of Battelle Memorial Institute, who will accept the prestigious Acta Materialia Materials and Society Award at TMS2013.
Additional highlights of the 2013 conference will include:
- Impurities in the Aluminum Supply Chain, a keynote session featuring invited presentations from leading industry experts that examine the role and outlook for impurities across the aluminum supply chain.
- Materials Research Applied to National Needs, a symposium in honor of Professor Morris E. Fine of Northwestern University on his 95th birthday. Fine was one of the organizers of the first Materials Science Department in the United States.
- REWAS 2013, a symposium on enabling materials resource sustainability, is designed to provide an interdisciplinary and multi-disciplinary platform for metals and materials professionals and others to address sustainability in industry and society.
- TMS 2013 Exhibition, a showcase of materials science and engineering products and services from around the world.
- Continuing Education Courses, a selection of eight short courses, workshops, and tutorials on a variety of topics.
- 2013 TMS-AIME Awards Banquet, where the 'stars' of the materials science and engineering field will be honored.
Nearly 3,800 technical papers will be presented at more than 330 technical sessions over five days in San Antonio. Presentations are grouped into the following technical tracks:
- Advanced Characterization, Modeling, and Performance
- High-Performance Materials
- Light Metals: Aluminum, Magnesium, and Titanium
- Materials and Society: Energy Technology, Policy, and Education
- Materials Processing and Production
- Nanoscale and Amorphous Materials
Registration, housing, and additional conference information can be accessed at www.tms.org/tms2013.
ABOUT TMS The Minerals, Metals & Materials Society (TMS) is a member-driven international professional society dedicated to fostering the exchange of learning and ideas across the entire range of materials science and engineering, from minerals processing and primary metals production, to basic research and the advanced applications of materials. Included among its 11,000 professional and student members are metallurgical and materials engineers, scientists, researchers, educators, and administrators from more than 70 countries on six continents.
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