Call for Abstracts

Deadline for Abstract Submissions: 
March 13, 2026.

IMAT, the ASM International annual meeting focused on the membership and materials community needs, will offer an industry-oriented conference and exposition targeting a broad range of materials, processes, and their applications, with an emphasis on advanced materials and advanced manufacturing technologies. Traditional materials’ topics of strong interest will be explored, including metals, ceramics, composites, coatings, alloy development, microstructure/process/properties relationships, phase equilibria, mechanical behavior, joining, corrosion, and failure analysis. Multiple student events and competitions will be offered to provide an arena for the presentation of students’ research and to develop connections to the next generation of materials scientists.

*To maintain the integrity of IMAT, please obtain pre-approval to present your work at the conference before submitting your abstract.  All costs associated with your participation will be at your expense (travel, housing, and registration fee).

Abstracts are solicited in the following topic areas:

• Failure Analysis, organized by FAS
  • Aerospace & Aviation
  • Corrosion
  • Fatigue & Fracture
  • Failure Analysis Basics – Introduction to FA
  • Fractography
  • Heat Treating Related Failures (Joint HTS and FAS Programming)
  • Litigation & Engineering Ethics
  • Non-Destructive Testing / Evaluation
  • Non-Metallic & Ceramics
  • Polymers & Plastics
  • Strange, Unusual, Historical and Archaeological
  • Students in Failure Analysis
  • Tools & Techniques (Joint EDFAS and FAS Programming)
  • Welding, Joining & Brazing, & Fasteners

• Characterization of Materials and Microstructure through Metallography, Image Analysis, and Mechanical Testing – Fundamental and Applied Studies, organized by IMS
  • Metallographic Preparation
  • Microstructural Characterization
  • Metallography and Failure Analysis (Joint IMS and FAS Programming)
  • Artificial Intelligence in Metallography 
  • Microstructure in Additive Manufacturing (Joint IMS & Additive Manufacturing Programming)

• Additive Manufacturing, organized by the Additive Manufacturing Programming Committee
  • Additive Manufacturing and Powder Based Surface Engineering (Joint TSS & Additive Manufacturing Programming)
  • Additive Manufacturing Applications
  • Additive Manufacturing: Innovation in Design, Materials, Processes & Applications
  • Microstructure in Additive Manufacturing (Joint IMS & Additive Manufacturing Programming)
  • Process Structure and Properties in Additive Manufacturing Metals
  • Additive Manufacturing and Sustainability

• TSS at IMAT, organized by TSS
  • Additive Manufacturing and Powder Based Surface Engineering (Joint TSS & Additive Manufacturing Programming)
  • Coating and Hard Facing Technologies: Thermal Spray, Cold Spray, Laser Cladding, and Weld Overlay Coating

• HTS at IMAT, organized by HTS
  • Fluxtrol Student Research Competition 
    Deadline: June 6, 2026
  • Failure Analysis in Heat Treating (Joint HTS and FAS Programming)

• PSDK XV: Phase Stability and Diffusion Kinetics, organized by the ASM Alloy Phase Diagram (APD) Committee
  • Physics- and mechanism-based theory, modeling and simulations
  • Artificial intelligence model development for thermodynamics and kinetics
  • Fundamental and applications-oriented experimental observations
  • Microstructural modeling with an emphasis on using fundamental data
  • Phenomenological expressions and atomistic mechanisms
  • Methods generation and interpretation of data and databases
  • Cross-scale models and integration methods
  • Energetics and diffusivity of crystal defects such as grain boundaries
  • High-throughput phase diagram determination
  • High-throughput phase tracer diffusion studies
  • Multi-scale modeling utilizing thermodynamic and kinetic data
  • Applying high-performance computing to CALPHAD

• Advanced Materials Manufacturing, organized by the ASM Advance Materials Manufacturing Committee
  • Industry 4.0 and Material Engineering
  • Advanced Manufacturing Technologies
  • Materials Processing and Performance
  • Data, Analytics, and Digital Infrastructure
  • Technology Development and Adoption

• Joining of Advanced and Specialty Materials (JASM XXV), organized by the Joining of Advanced and Specialty Materials Programming Committee
  • Laser and Electron Beam Welding and Joining
  • Solid State Joining
  • Micro and Nanojoining
  • Brazing and Soldering
  • Modeling, Computation and AI Application in Welding and Joining
  • Friction Stir Welding
  • Metallurgy of Welding and Joining
  • Other Topics Relative to Welding and Joining
  • Failure Analysis of Joining and Welding (joint session with FAS)
  • Residual Stress Analysis in Joining (joint session with Residual Stress Society)

• Artificial Intelligence and Materials Informatics, organized by the ASM Materials Informatics Technical Committee
• Materials 4.0: Materials Information in the Product Life Cycle
• Sustainable Materials & Processes, organized by the ASM Sustainable Materials Engineering Technical Committee
• Emerging Technologies, organized by the ASM Core and Emerging Technologies Council
• Perspectives for Emerging Professionals, organized by the ASM Emerging Professionals Committee

• Advanced Materials Manufacturing, organized by the ASM Advance Materials Manufacturing Committee
• Advances in Laser Manufacturing
• Joining of Advanced and Specialty Materials (JASM XXV), organized by the Joining of Advanced and Specialty Materials Programming Committee
• Hot Isostatic Pressing for Large-Scale Components
• Processing and Applications
• Materials & Processes for Automation

• Coating and Hard Facing Technologies: Thermal Spray, Cold Spray, Laser Cladding, and Weld Overlay Coatings, organized by TSS
• Corrosion and Environmental Degradation, organized by AMPP

• Characterization of Materials and Microstructure through Metallography, Image Analysis, and Mechanical Testing, organized by IMS
• Materials Behavior & Characterization
• Residual Stress
• PSDK XV: Phase Stability and Diffusion Kinetics, organized by the ASM Alloy Phase Diagram (APD) Committee
• Metals, Ceramics, and Composite Materials
• Archaeometallurgy and Ancient Metalworking, organized by the ASM Archaeometallurgy Committee
• Advanced Superalloys and Assessment of Materials High-Temperature Capability
• Light Metals Technology

• Advanced Materials and Technologies for Harsh Environments
• Functional Materials and Structures: Solving Barriers to Adoption
• Materials for Energy & Utilities
• Medical/Biomaterials: Driving for Delivered Patient Value
• Rare Earth Metals Technology: Fundamentals and Applications
• Transformative Advances in Nanotechnology for Energy, Environment, Electronics, Healthcare, and Industry

• Perspectives for Emerging Professionals Symposium, organized by the ASM Emerging Professionals Committee

• Fluxtrol Student Research Competition, organized by HTS
  • Deadline: June 6, 2026
• Students In Failure Analysis, organized by FAS
• Failure Analysis Basics – Introduction to FA, organized by FAS
  
• IMAT Student Poster Competition
  • Deadline: June 6, 2026

• Practical Applications Series: Corrosion
• Practical Applications Series: Materials Selection & Component Design
• Practical Applications Series: Metallurgy of Selected Alloy System

• Measurement Methods
• Correlation Among Methods
• Manufacturing Processes
• Additive Manufacturing in Residual Stress
• Material Properties
• Residual Stress Simulation
• Residual Stress Modification
• Formation of Residual Stress Field