Argentine Association of Materials Joins IUMRS
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Argentine Association of Materials Joins IUMRS The SAM-Asociaciön Argentina de Materiales (Argentine Association of Materi als) has joined the International Union of Materials Research Societies. SAM has its origin in the former Sociedad Argentina de Metales (Argentine Society of Metals), the Society responsible for the initials SAM still used by the Association. SAM was created as a result of the initiative of a group of Professionals and researchers in metallurgy during the Foundation Assembly held in the Facultad de Ciencias Exäctas, Fisicas y Naturales of the University of Buenos Aires, on December 20, 1955. As documented in the records of the assem bly, the purpose was "to constitute an association which has as its objectives: 1. To promote scientific and technological knowledge in metallurgy; to foment, to coordinate, and to promote its research and teaching; to involve Professionals dedicated to this discipline or interested in its development; and to tend to the maintaining of a high professional level in this fielet among its members. 2. To develop a center of bibliographic reference, involving other Institutes, both national and international. 3. To exelude all concerns which could imply political, trade-union, religious, or commercial character." The first Council was elected at the assembly, and membership during the first year reached 61. During 1956, a series of postgraduate courses, taught by professionals from Argentina and other countries, were initiat ed. Among the most signifkant titles were "Metallurgy," "Metallographie Methods," "Metallurgy of Welding by Voltaic Are," and "Thermal Treatment of Steels." In 1957 a series of Conferences on metal lurgy were held at a number of universities and professional associations in Argentina, including the University of Buenos Aires, the National University of La Plata, the National Atomic Energy Commission, and the Argentine Center of Engineers. In the following year, links with foreign organizations with similar objectives were initiated. These included the American Institute of Mining, Metallurgical and Petroleum Engineers; the American Iron and Steel Institute; the American Society for Metals (all in the U n i t e d States); Associacao Brasileira de Metais (Brazil); Associacione Italiana di Metallurgia (Italy); Instituto del Hierro y del Acero (Spain); Societe Francaise de Metallurgie (France); The Institute of Metals and The Iron and Steel Institute (United Kingdom); 54
and Verein Deutsche Eisenhüttenleute (Germany). As a result of these links, many specialized scientific Journals (e.g., the Journal of the Iron and Steel Institute, Journal of the Institute of Metals, Metal Progress, ABM Notiziario y Boletim, La Metallurgia Italiana, La Fondaria Italiana, and Instituto del Hierro y del Acero) were regularly received by the SAM membership. In September 1959 the first Jornadas Metaltirgicas A r g e n t i n a s (Argentine Metallurgical Meeting) was organized, with a large number of partieipants from Argentina and from other countries, including France,
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