135th Annual Meeting & Exhibition Preliminary Technical Program* Wednesday, March 15 Designed for Today’s Professional in Minerals, Metals & Materials: Light Metals Structure, Extraction, Processing and Properties Emerging Materials *Subject to change Annual Meeting & Exhibition Top 5 Reasons to Attend 1. More than 245 Technical Sessions Targeted to Your Interests 2. Daily Networking Opportunities With Colleagues Who Share Your Interests 3. Collected Proceedings Bringing Greater Value to Your Experience 4. Access to Professionals in Your Field From 60 Countries 5. Events Offering Education and Enjoyment! NEW in 2006 Collected Proceedings on CD-ROM Choose from Light Metals; Structure, Extraction, Processing and Properties; or Emerging Materials. Materials Library Exhibit On Location From London’s King’s College Furnace Systems Technology Workshop Practical Programming in the Exhibit Hall Women in Science Breakfast Presentation The Road Less Traveled is Changing Annual Meeting & Exhibition “The Aluminum Fabrication Industry: Global Challenges and Opportunities” Monday, March 13, 8:30 a.m. to noon Dieter Braun, President, Automotive Sector, Hydro Aluminium Kevin Greenawalt, President, Novelis North America, Deutschland GmbH, Germany Novelis Corporation, USA “The Importance of the Automotive Industry for the “Innovative and Sustainable Products for the Future Application of Aluminum Components” Aluminum Industry” Patrick Franc, President, ARCO Aluminum Inc., USA Thomas A. Brackmann, President, Nichols Aluminum, USA “What are the Challenges and Opportunities for the “The Impact of Alloy Specifications on Aluminum Rolled Can Sheet Industry?” Fabrication and Products - A Future View” Steven Demetriou, Chairman of the Board & CEO, Ding Haiyan, Board Chairman, Southwest Aluminum (Group) Aleris International Inc., USA Company Limited; President Assistant, Chinalco, China “Innovations in Recycling, Continuous Casting and “Developing Aluminum Fabrication in Chinalco: Rolling of Aluminum Products” Challenge and Opportunity” Helmut Wieser, Group President, Alcoa Inc., USA Subodh Das, President & CEO, Secat Inc., USA “Driving Demand and Cost in a Global Market” Moderator Rolling, continuous casting and extrusion present many challenges in today’s worldwide aluminum fabrication industry. Turning those challenges into opportunities is the subject of this plenary session. Eight corporate leaders from around the world continue the discussion begun at last year’s standing-room-only plenary session, “The Role of Technology in the Global Primary Aluminum Industry Today and in the Future,” heading downstream from the cast house to the fabricated product in the 2006 session. “Cast House Operations” “A Century of Nickel Alloy Discovery and Innovation” Monday, March 13 Monday, March 13 Learn from aluminum cast house professionals about the day- to-day technology issues associated with cast house operation, The year 2006 is the 100th anniversary of the development of efficiency and quality improvement, including: Monel metal. To mark this anniversary, this symposium uncovers the history of the development of alloys over the last 100 years: Crack reduction measures Energy control Evolution of Wrought Age Hardenable Superalloys Scrap rate and scrap flow control Evolution of Solid Solution Nickel-Base Alloys for Alloying and grain refiner practice Corrosion Applications Melt cleanliness A Century of Discoveries, Inventors and New Nickel Alloys Cost reduction projects Evolution of Cast Nickel-Base Superalloys Cast quality control (in- and off-line) A Century of Monel Metal 1906-2006 Efficiency improvement projects This session concludes with a panel discussion about current material problems and future material requirements in several industries, and a question-and-answer session. NEW! NEW! Women in Science Materials Library Breakfast Presentation Lecture & Exhibit Monday, March 13, 7 a.m. Tuesday, March 14, 12:30 to 2 p.m., Exhibit Hall With Naomi J. Halas, Rice University • Hosted by TMS President Tresa Pollock Naomi J. Halas by Mark A. Miodownik, King’s College London About the Presentation The number of women choosing a career in science and “We are becoming more and more theoretical; we are engineering has been increasing over the past 40 years, but losing touch with the more sensual side of what we do,” so serious obstacles still remain. Naomi Halas is an example of says Mark Miodownik, the curator of the Materials Library someone who successfully overcame those obstacles. She is at King’s College London, but the university lecturer is a speaker in-demand and a celebrated scientist. As someone trying to change that. who knows firsthand the unique challenges faced by women Join us as we bring materials science to life through Dr. in the science and engineering fields, Halas will offer her Miodownik’s materials library exhibit and his presentation experiences to help women professionals and students striving about the development and uses of materials libraries. More to succeed. than 300 new materials, including aerogel, magnetic liquid About the Speaker and artificial skin, will be within reach at this interactive, Naomi J. Halas is the Stanley C. Moore professor of electrical tactile, aesthetic display! and computer engineering, and professor of chemistry, at Rice About the Speaker University. She is best known for her invention of nanoshells, Mark A. Miodownik is a materials scientist and NESTA a new type of nanoparticle with tunable optical properties Fellow at King’s College London, as well as the curator of especially suited for biotechnology applications. Halas is the Materials Library there. He works in the materials group also founder and director of Rice University’s Laboratory for of the engineering division in the school of Physical Sciences Nanophotonics, a multidisciplinary research network whose and Engineering. In 2005 Miodownik organized and chaired mission is the design, invention and application of nanoscale a seminar series at the Tate Modern Museum in London on optical components. She has nine issued patents, authored the influence of new materials on the arts. He is engaged in more than 100 peer-reviewed publications, presented at several collaborative art/science projects including a NESTA 170 invited talks, and won several awards. Halas earned her project to build a new materials library for artists and designers, doctorate in physics at Bryn Mawr College in 1986. and organizes “EngineeringArt,” a network dedicated to the art There is no cost for the continental breakfast presentation; and science of materials. Miodownik has published more than however, space is limited. Sign up to attend on the 40 research papers on materials science and writes a regular registration form. column on the aesthetics of materials for the journal Materials Today. He earned his doctorate in turbine jet engine alloys from Oxford University in 1996. Annual Meeting & Exhibition Exhibition Linking science and technology for global solutions Find the Latest Metals and Materials Innovations for Practical Solutions to Today’s Production, Processing and Research Challenges. More Than 120 Exhibitors on the Show Floor to Provide You With Options! Cast Shop Technology: Primary Production Equipment and Services: Combustion and Furnace Technology Carbon Technology and Supplies Grain Refiners/Hardeners Combustion and Furnace Technology Molten Metal Filtration and Pumps HF Measurement Systems – Pot Rooms/Stacks Refractory and Insulating Products Industrial Gases Emerging Materials: Professional Services: Biomaterials Consulting Fuel Cells Contracting Nanomaterials Engineering Research and Development Environmental Management: Air Pollution Control Equipment Publishers Recycling/Scrap Processing Software: Industrial Process Control and Automation, Sensors Design Modeling Materials Characterization Equipment: Process Simulation Analysis Thermodynamics and Phase Diagram Instrumentation Measurement Surface Processes: Microscopy Coatings X-ray Fluorescence Thin Films Surface Modification Materials for R&D: Alloys, Rare Earths and Precious Metals Technology Resources: Minerals Collaborative Programs and Centers Chemicals National Laboratories Nongovernmental Organizations Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center Show Dates and Hours Monday, March 13 ........................................ noon to 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, March 14 ..................................9:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Wednesday, March 15 .................................9:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. To visit the exhibition only, complete and return the enclosed registration form or contact TMS for an Expo Pass. Special Events at the 2006 Exhibition Hosted Grand Opening Reception Monday, March 13 .............................................. 5 to 6:30 p.m. Wednesday Snack Wednesday, March 15 ...................................... 12:15 to 2 p.m. For information about exhibiting, contact Cindy Wilson, TMS exhibits coordinator, at telephone (724) 776-9000, ext. 231; fax (724) 776-3770; or e-mail [email protected]. NEW This Year! Furnace Systems Technology Workshop Monday, March 13 through Wednesday, March 15 Register to attend this workshop designed for cast house managers, melt shop operators and engineers, and furnace operations personnel responsible for operating, specifying and purchasing melting and process heating equipment. Topics include: Combustion Process Melters and Holders Process Furnaces Additional Furnace Considerations Only $100–See the registration