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Articles in April, 2006 issue of Advanced Materials & Processes
- Stiff thermoplastic polyolefin resists impact on auto fascias.(METALS/POLYMERS/CERAMICS)
- Electrochemical fatigue sensors detect cracks in steel bridges.(TESTING/CHARACTERIZATION)
- NASA extends funding to develop Delphi welding technology.(PROCESS TECHNOLOGY)
- Composites to be developed for improved military vehicles.(PROCESS TECHNOLOGY)
- Pax River facility to test jets for the Navy, Marine Corps.(BUSINESS TRENDS)
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Scratch testing of coatings.(TECH SPOTLIGHT)
by Sergici, A. Onur - Open Prosthetics Project selects Alibre Design for collaboration.(MPMD)
- Smith & Nephew announces launch of Oxinium revision knee system.(MPMD)
- Folding stents allow for easy expansion in the body.(UNIVERSITY RESEARCH)
- Training courses 2006.(ASM NEWS)
- Airgas Choppers.(STRESS RELIEF)
- Aluminum/titanium carbide composite made into ski poles.(METALS/POLYMERS/CERAMICS)
- Sapphire transparent armor system cuts weight, thickness.(METALS/POLYMERS/CERAMICS)
- Superplastic behavior revealed in stronger carbon nanotubes.(EMERGING TECHNOLOGY)
- Electroplating method reduces variation in copper thickness.(PROCESS TECHNOLOGY)
- Production starts on STOVL F-35 Joint Strike Fighter.(GLOBAL ECONOMY)
- Steel tubes filled with concrete build stronger bridge piers.(BUSINESS TRENDS)
- Lumbar tapered fusion device approved for use in Australia.(MPMD)
- Ceramic spinal spacer combines strength and imaging clarity.(MPMD)
- 60-nm gold nanorods yield brighter images than dyes.(UNIVERSITY RESEARCH)
- Meeting preview: spotlight on Shape Memory and Superelastic Technologies; Attendance at this May conference in California will help you to better understand and learn how to apply materials that exhibit the shape memory effect and superelasticity.(MPMD)
- Past trustee and treasurer Ken Humberstone.(In Memoriam)
- Calendar.(Calendar)
- Steel turning insert designed for toughness, hardness, long life.(METALS/POLYMERS/CERAMICS)
- Dana Corp.(METALS/POLYMERS/CERAMICS)
- Semiconductor nanocrystals generate multiple electrons.(EMERGING TECHNOLOGY)
- Heat-cycled lead-free solders resist tendency to brittleness.(PROCESS TECHNOLOGY)
- Mazda begins production at Ford plant in China.(GLOBAL ECONOMY)
- Radiation detection technologies to be established at Oak Ridge.(BUSINESS TRENDS)
- Instrument precisely characterizes biomaterials mechanical properties.(MPMD)
- Rafael receives conditional approval for heart device.(MPMD)
- MRI's better at diagnosing needs for cochlear implants.(UNIVERSITY RESEARCH)
- National Academy of Engineering taps five ASM members.(ASM NEWS)
- Cleveland Technical Societies Council fetes Bianco and Shields.(In Memoriam)
- ASM and TMS chapters cosponsor advanced materials symposium.(ASM NEWS)
- Compleat guide to cork featured in IMR.(OF MATERIAL INTEREST)
- Polycarbonate sliding roof system provides light weight.(METALS/POLYMERS/CERAMICS)
- Discharge-pumped soft X-ray laser to study nanomaterials.(TESTING/CHARACTERIZATION)
- Nanoscale control of materials will cut manufacturing costs.(PROCESS TECHNOLOGY)
- Global nuclear energy group seeks secure power plants.(GLOBAL ECONOMY)
- 18 million hours of time awarded for science computing.(BUSINESS TRENDS)
- Seattle 2006: pushing the envelope of materials performance; Attendance at this major three-in-one event, May 15-18, Seattle, Wash., will put you ahead of the curve on knowledge about the latest in materials and processes for aerospace, surface engineerin
- Bioactive thin-film coatings protect surgical implants.(MPMD)
- FDA issues revised guidances to protect device research subjects.(MPMD)
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Acoustic microscopy of medical devices.(MPMD)
by Thomas, Ray - Rich Kayser is new head of NIST materials lab.(Members in the News)
- Controlled expansion alloys.(PRODUCTS/LITERATURE)
- Defense Dept. funds corrosion-resistant steel for airplanes.(METALS/POLYMERS/CERAMICS)
- Carbon composite automobile achieves 330 miles per gallon.(METALS/POLYMERS/CERAMICS)
- Block copolymers self-assemble into three-dimensional shapes.(EMERGING TECHNOLOGY)
- Ion beam milling prepares micron-size single crystal.(PROCESS TECHNOLOGY)
- IISI to open new office in Beijing, China.(GLOBAL ECONOMY)
- Lockheed Martin is awarded contract to build future truck.(BUSINESS TRENDS)
- Brain stent designed to reduce threat of stroke.(MPMD)
- Magnetic nanoparticles in polymers make shape-memory biomaterials.(MPMD)
- Self-assembled gold particles seek out and kill cancer cells.(UNIVERSITY RESEARCH)
- Presidential Rank Award to Bhakta Rath.(ASM NEWS)
- Materials courses for medical device engineers.(In Memoriam)
- Pastimes.
- MS & T'06 organizers announce conference technical themes.(ASM NEWS)
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Big doings in Seattle.(EDITORIAL)
by Hunt, Margaret W. - Aluminum-yttrium-nickel alloy to be tested for aircraft.(METALS/POLYMERS/CERAMICS)
- Portable spectrometers have simpler construction.(TESTING/CHARACTERIZATION)
- Self-repairing spacecraft panels heal themselves when damaged.(PROCESS TECHNOLOGY)
- Olympic helmets made of honeycomb thermoplastics.(PROCESS TECHNOLOGY)
- R & D funding to increase by 2.9% to $329 billion in 2006.(BUSINESS TRENDS)
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NSL analytical services: celebrating 60 years of progress.(Company overview)
by Somrack, Lawrence A. - Smart titanium spine implant allows insertion of repair glue.(MPMD)
- Biomet receives FDA approval for ceramic-on-ceramic hip system.(MPMD)
- Cord blood stem cells studied to repair bone fractures.(UNIVERSITY RESEARCH)
- Professorship, symposium honor James Morris.(Members in the News)
- Fluorescent tracer fluid.(PRODUCTS/LITERATURE)
- Low-density aluminum alloy developed for aircraft fuselage.(METALS/POLYMERS/CERAMICS)
- Carbon brakes for Boeing 737 provide lower lifecycle costs.(METALS/POLYMERS/CERAMICS)
- Metallic glass is composed of unaligned distorted polyhedra.(EMERGING TECHNOLOGY)
- Carbon PVD multilayer coatings optimize tribological systems.(PROCESS TECHNOLOGY)
- Airbus begins U.K. production of its first A400M wing component.(GLOBAL ECONOMY)
- MXT 4x4 pickup truck.(BUSINESS TRENDS)
- Drugs coated onto balloons open coronary arteries.(MPMD)
- Nanocopoeia awarded SBIR grant to develop stent coating process.(MPMD)
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