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NOVEMBER/DECEMBER 2016 | VOL 174 | NO 10 AN ASM INTERNATIONAL PUBLICATION MATERIALS TESTING/CHARACTERIZATION CORRELATIVE MICROSCOPY OF NEUTRON-IRRADIATED MATERIALS P.16 22 3D LASER MICROSCOPY 26 BIOMATERIALS TESTING HTPro and iTSSe NEWSLETTERS 31 INCLUDED IN THIS ISSUE NOVEMBER/DECEMBER 2016 | VOL 174 | NO 10 AN ASM INTERNATIONAL PUBLICATION MATERIALS TESTING/CHARACTERIZATION CORRELATIVE MICROSCOPY OF NEUTRON-IRRADIATED MATERIALS P.16 22 3D LASER MICROSCOPY 26 BIOMATERIALS TESTING HTPro and iTSSe NEWSLETTERS 31 INCLUDED IN THIS ISSUE LIKE A KID IN A CANDY STORE That’s how you’ll feel at goodfellowusa.com You’ll find our shelves stocked with more than 70,000 enticing items. Metals Compounds Alloys Composites Ceramics Intermetallics Polymers Glasses And if you don’t see what you want, just ask ! Chances are we can supply whatever you need to your precise specifications. So don’t hold back. Let Goodfellow help you recapture that youthful feeling of excitement! 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ADVANCED MATERIALS & PROCESSES | NOVEMBER/DECEMBER 2016 NOVEMBER/DECEMBER | & PROCESSES MATERIALS ADVANCED Development of new, radiation-tolerant materials that maintain the structural integrity and safety margins over the course of a nuclear power reactor’s service life requires the ability to predict degradation phenomena. 26 29 69 TECHNICAL SPOTLIGHT METALLURGY LANE ASM NEWS BIOMATERIALS TESTING THE DECLINE OF THE The monthly publication about ASM members, chapters, events, awards, AND CHARACTERIZATION INTEGRATED STEEL affiliates, and other Society activities. Mechanical characterization of bioma- INDUSTRY—PART I terials, both natural and engineered, is Charles R. 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ASM is where materials users, producers, and manufacturers converge to do business. 4 THOUGHTFUL LECTURES OFFER ASM International 9639 Kinsman Road, Materials Park, OH 44073 INTRIGUE AND INSPIRATION Tel: 440.338.5151 • Fax: 440.338.4634 t is almost impossible to believe we are wrapping up the final edition of AM&P for 2016. With this in mind, it seems Frances Richards, Editor-in-Chief [email protected] that the annual Materials Science & Technology (MS&T) Iconference occurs at an ideal time—during October, while Julie Lucko, Editor [email protected] we still have a chance to think about the year to date and Ed Kubel and Erika Steinberg, Contributing Editors before we are distracted by the joys and challenges of the Jim Pallotta, Creative Director holiday season. The “big picture” lectures at MS&T con- [email protected] tinue to amaze and inspire, and this year is no exception. Kate Fornadel, Layout and Design Rapid changes in society and commerce were important themes of sev- Kelly Sukol, Production Manager eral talks at MS&T, in addition to global engineering challenges. As usual, the [email protected] Alpha Sigma Mu lecture was outstanding with Al Romig, FASM, speaking about Press Release Editor [email protected] the “14 grand challenges for engineering in the 21st century” as determined by the National Academy of Engineer- EDITORIAL COMMITTEE ing (NAE). Romig, executive offi- Somuri Prasad, Chair, Sandia National Lab cer of this academy, outlined the Adam Farrow, Vice Chair, Los Alamos National Lab Jaimie Tiley, Past Chair, U.S. Air Force Research Lab mega-engineering problems of our Ellen Cerreta, Board Liaison, Los Alamos day. All revolve around themes of National Lab “continuation of life on the planet, Tomasz Chojnacki, Caterpillar Inc. Mario Epler, Carpenter Technology Corp. and making our world more sus- Yaakov Idell, NIST tainable, safe, healthy, and joy- Hideyuki Kanematsu, Suzuka National ful.” For example, goals include College of Technology John Shingledecker, EPRI making solar energy economical, ADVANCED MATERIALS & PROCESSES | NOVEMBER/DECEMBER 2016 NOVEMBER/DECEMBER | & PROCESSES MATERIALS ADVANCED Kumar Sridharan, University of Wisconsin engineering better medicines, pro- Signage in front of the Salt Lake City viding energy from fusion, prevent- Convention Center. ASM BOARD OF TRUSTEES ing nuclear terror, and engineering William E. Frazier, President the tools of scientific discovery. Romig highlighted the importance of the Grand Frederick E. Schmidt, Jr., Vice President Jon D. Tirpak, Immediate Past President Challenge scholar program to prepare future talent to solve these problems. Craig D. Clauser, Treasurer For more information, visit engineeringchallenges.org. Ellen K. Cerreta Speaking about other massive changes in how business is conducted today Kathryn Dannemann Ryan M. Deacon was Diran Apelian, FASM, of Worcester Polytechnic Institute. In a lively panel dis- Larry D. Hanke cussion on collaborative research programs, Apelian began his talk by posing Roger A. Jones four intriguing questions and providing the answers after the audience guessed: Sudipta Seal Tirumalai S. Sudarshan What company is the world’s largest taxi company? (Uber, but they own no David B. Williams vehicles.) What company is the world’s most popular media owner? (Facebook, John D. Wolodko but they create no content.) Who is the world’s most valuable retailer? (Alibaba, William T. Mahoney, Secretary and Managing Director but they have no inventory.) Who is the world’s largest accomodation provider? (Airbnb, but they own no real estate.) Apelian asserted that the most important STUDENT BOARD MEMBERS assets of these companies are knowledge and people, which is the same for Swetha Barkam, Allison Fraser, Rachael Stewart every organization—including