Advanced Materials & Processes

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Articles in May 2006 issue of Advanced Materials & Processes

• Supersonic flying wing aircraft to be able to vary sweep of its wing.(METALS POLYMERS CERAMICS)
• Database of crystal structures is upgraded to 20,000.(EMERGING TECHNOLOGY)
• Latent-reactive adhesives optimize joining of hybrids.(PROCESS TECHNOLOGY)
• Volvo introduces hybrid drives for trucks and buses.(GLOBAL ECONOMY)
• 2006 Excellence in Hot-Dip Galvanizing Awards winners announced.(INDUSTRY NEWS)
• Evolution of cold spray technology.
  by Karthikeyan, J.
• From the TSS Programming desk.(MEMBERS CORNER)
  by Hanneforth, Peter
• Grad Student Paper Contest closes June 15.(ASM NEWS)
• Did you know ...(STRESS RELIEF)
• Lotus APX made mostly of aluminum by advanced methods.(METALS POLYMERS CERAMICS)
• Replacing steel with carbon composites cuts weight by 60%.(EMERGING TECHNOLOGY)
• Heat treatment developed for FSW aluminum plates.(PROCESS TECHNOLOGY)
• Titanium alloy developments: the 21st Annual ITA Conference & Exhibition was held in Scottsdale, Arizona, last September. Here is a sampling of the presentations.
• CGT GmbH, ASB Industries, and Linde AG partner to supply cold gas spray equipment for North America.(INDUSTRY NEWS)
• The global thermal spray industry--100 years of success; So what's next?
  by Hanneforth, Peter
• JTST highlights.
• Lou Cseko presented Akron Chapter achievement award.(Chapter News)
• Calendar.(Calendar)
• Hybrid cross-car beam optimizes crashworthiness and side impact.(METALS POLYMERS CERAMICS)
• New PZT ceramic has 100 times the electrocaloric effect.(EMERGING TECHNOLOGY)
• High-power ultrasonics process changes properties, drives processes.(PROCESS TECHNOLOGY)
• Landing gear failure analysis.(TECH SPOTLIGHT)
  by Holmes, Edward
• Altair Nanotechnologies enters into supply and distribution agreement with Sulzer Metco.(INDUSTRY NEWS)
• Land-based turbine applications.
  by Nava, Irene
• Industrial gases and equipment for thermal spray applications.
• Bob Bohl: Distinguished Teacher Award recipient.(In Memoriam)
• Pastimes.
• PBT withstands hot oil in transmission control unit.(METALS POLYMERS CERAMICS)
• Report outlines future of magnesium casting industry.(PROCESS TECHNOLOGY)
• Calendar.(Calendar)
• Windy City to welcome metallographers.
• New boron nitride spray coating eliminates methylene chloride.(INDUSTRY NEWS)
• Pushing the envelope of materials performance.(Seattle2006)
• Calendar.(Calendar)
• H.C. Starck researchers win Otto Bayer Medal.(Members in the News)
• Allegheny Technologies plans to expand titanium production.(METALS POLYMERS CERAMICS)
• Paint film process reduces harmful emissions by 98%.(PROCESS TECHNOLOGY)
• BMW Manufacturing produces one millionth vehicle, a Z4 M.(BUSINESS TRENDS)
• Deriving value from intellectual property.
  by Fry, John J.
• Gridiron Capital acquires aviation-repair business from Praxair.(INDUSTRY NEWS)
• ATSC 2005, the first Asian Thermal Spray Conference.(INTERNATIONAL UPDATES)
• ASM releases two top-notch tech books.(ASM NEWS)
• ASM/Roberts Challenge: a salute to our donors ...(ASM TOMORROW: "BUILDING THE FUTURE")
• Aluminum fuel tanks, fifth wheels, composite panels made for trucks.(METALS POLYMERS CERAMICS)
• EBSM and VAR titanium coils have similar properties.(PROCESS TECHNOLOGY)
• Small and medium-size manufacturers face challenges.(BUSINESS TRENDS)
• From the editor.
  by Knight, Richard
• US, polish researchers develop technology for antiwear polymer films.(INDUSTRY NEWS)
• SPCTS research news.(INTERNATIONAL UPDATES)
• Materials, Medicine, and Nanotechnology Summit headlines Nano-Week 2006.(ASM NEWS)
• New society members.(Directory)
• Mike Streicher developed corrosion-resistant alloys.(In Memoriam)
• Calendar.(Calendar)
• Polyamide heat shield ultrasonically welded to diesel engine cover.(PROCESS TECHNOLOGY)
• General Ultrasonics Corp. to enable hydrogen re-formation.(BUSINESS TRENDS)
• Sprayable ceramic-base coating protects steel and superalloys.(INDUSTRY NEWS)
• PS: a puzzle for sprayers.(INDUSTRY NEWS)
  by Berndt, Chris
• The GTS quality certificate--successfully benefiting members.(INTERNATIONAL UPDATES)
• Materials and processes for medical devices training 2006.(ASM NEWS)
• Equivalent hardness.(TECH NOTES)
• Structural integrity program models how metals begin to fail.(TESTING CHARACTERIZATION)
• Gallium nitride thin films grown at low temperatures.(PROCESS TECHNOLOGY)
• DOE to develop offshore wind turbine power with GE.(BUSINESS TRENDS)
• Comprehensive line of thermal spray, industrial spare parts.(INDUSTRY NEWS)
• How to identify metallographically induced damage in a thermal spray coating.(HOW TO ...)
  by Puerta, Doug
• Activities of the Japan Thermal Spraying Society.(INTERNATIONAL UPDATES)
• Training courses 2006.(ASM NEWS)
• Bean car!(STRESS RELIEF)
• Pushing the envelope.(EDITORIAL)
  by Hunt, Margaret W.
• Software integrates design and analysis processes.(TESTING CHARACTERIZATION)
• Liquid nitrogen makes brighter surface during rolling.(PROCESS TECHNOLOGY)
• Alcoa publishes first China sustainability report.(GLOBAL ECONOMY)
• ASB Industries acquires most advanced HVOF system in North America.(INDUSTRY NEWS)
• Focus on Plasma Spray Processors.(THE SPRAY SHOP)
• News from down-under.(INTERNATIONAL UPDATES)
• ASM launches 'Emerging Professionals' program.(ASM NEWS)
• Utopia coming soon to Denmark.(STRESS RELIEF)
• Brief history of tungsten-containing steels.(OF MATERIAL INTEREST)
• Instrument combines atomic force microscope with microtome.(TESTING CHARACTERIZATION)
• Peening and crimping attach thermocouples to metal substrate.(PROCESS TECHNOLOGY)