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Industry Updates
ASM International 2014
White House Announces ASM as Member of Lightweight Metals Institute
ASM Announces Emerging Technologies Survey Results
President Obama hosted an event at the White House in February to announce new steps in a partnership with the private sector to boost advanced manufacturing and strengthen U.S. defense capabilities. ASM International’s managing director Thom Passek attended to represent the technical society at the ceremony. The President announced two new manufacturing innovation institutes led by the Department of Defense and supported by a $140 million Federal commitment combined with more than $140 million in non-federal resources: (1) Detroit-area headquartered consortium of businesses and universities, with a focus on lightweight and modern metals manufacturing; (2) Chicago headquartered consortium of businesses and universities that will concentrate on digital manufacturing and design technologies. ASM will be part of the consortium focusing on lightweight modern metals manufacturing. The $70 million award for the LM3I (Lightweight and Modern Metals Manufacturing Innovation) is going to the Edison Welding Institute (EWI), Columbus, Ohio, as the lead proposer. The new consortium will involve 60 members, including leading manufacturers of aluminum, high-strength steel, and titanium, along with universities and laboratories involved in research and development of lightweight metals. The Institute will seek to accomplish advanced research through partnerships among key players in industries such as automotive, aerospace, defense, and energy. ASM’s specific role within the consortium will be defined over the coming months. For more information: www.asminternational.org.
ASM International’s Emerging Technologies Awareness Committee recently conducted a survey of several hundred ASM members to gain feedback on technologies that members believe will have the most impact on the future of materials science and engineering. The survey asked respondents to name three materials-related technologies and three process-related developments expected to have a significant impact within the next few years. It further asked respondents to clarify which of these technology developments they expect to have the single greatest impact. Of the 300 total responses, most could be placed into 11 major categories including: additive manufacturing/3-D printing; biomedical or bio-based materials; energy materials such as fuel cells and batteries; environmentally friendly/recycled or substitute materials; high-performance materials for lightweight, high-strength, high-temperature applications; integrated computational materials engineering (ICME) and computational modeling; welding and joining; metals processing technologies; nanomaterials and nanomanufacturing; smart or multifunctional materials; and surface coatings/engineering. Of these categories, the top five included high-performance materials (66 responses), energy materials (50 responses), additive manufacturing (39 responses), nanotech
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