ASM Technical Committees
If you enjoy working with other top materials professionals in your field, we invite you to join an ASM technical committee. Committee volunteers provide information and expertise that directly contribute to the materials field through the products they develop and refine. Our technical committees stay on top of technical advances and other areas of member interest to bring new information to our society’s members.
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The Advanced Materials Manufacturing Committee focuses on the new and enhanced materials process technologies needed to realize the promise of Industry 4.0. It will address cross-cutting issues such as materials mechanisms that tailor material properties and performance characteristics; processing path dependency of microstructure and properties; availability and use of data and analytics; and issues related to the development, acceptance, and broad-based application of new processing technologies. The committee will work together to expand ASM conference programming, education courses, publications, and data sets, and will seek to coordinate with U.S. and international advanced manufacturing institutes.
The Alloy Phase Diagram Committee oversees and guides ASM’s involvement in alloy phase diagram data activities. It is responsible for monitoring the scopes of ASM and International Programs and ASM’s input into those scopes, for monitoring the technical standards of ASM’s products from these programs, for coordination with other alloy phase diagram committees, such as the International Commission on Alloy Phase Diagram Data. The Committee establishes policy related to the editorial content and scope of the Journal of Phase Equilibria and Diffusion, recommends approaches to serve and expand the subscriber and author base, and maintains continual surveillance of the technical quality of the publication.
The Archaeometallurgy Committee is a venue for communication, collaboration, and productive activity among ASM members with interest and experience in archaeometallurgy and other areas related to the history and heritage of materials, processes, and characterization methods relevant to ASM. The committee will ensure that the society is serving the needs of the broader materials community in this area by developing and disseminating valuable and accurate programming, information, education resources, and data.
The Content and Data Products Council provides guidance, governance, connection, and encourages best practice sharing across ASM Content and Data Products, engaging the respective committees, publications, and affiliate societies that have responsibility for those products. Deliverables include review of committee workplans, evaluation of new product concepts, assessment of connections among volunteer structures (Councils, Committees, Affiliate Societies), as well as support of broader ASM strategy.
The Core and Emerging Technologies Council provides guidance, coordination, and support to existing and new ASM technical committees and working groups to serve the interests of ASM members, the broader materials community, and to enable ASM to achieve its strategic objectives. The council governs the committees within its scope, facilitates sharing of best practices, reviews committee status and outputs, fosters collaboration and pursuit of excellence, prevents duplication of efforts between committees, and helps resolve any problems or fill gaps as they are identified. The council serves as the bridge between the ASM Board of Trustees and the technical committees, to summarize status and communications and to alert the Board about any key issues or opportunities that may need its attention.
The Materials Informatics Technical Committee advances ASM International’s strategic goals by encouraging pre-competitive collaboration among its members to expedite the industry-wide adoption of artificial intelligence and machine learning in materials science. The committee offers thought leadership, develops best practices, and creates educational resources that benefit ASM members and the broader materials community. The committee propels the scientific advancement and practical application of materials-focused AI/ML technologies to enhance the global materials profession across all engineering and scientific disciplines through publications, conferences, and data products.
The Residual Stress Technical Committee develops new programs, educational content, publications, and services related to understanding and characterizing residual stresses and addressing their impacts in the selection, processing, design, modeling and application of materials and structures. The committee will ensure that the society is serving the needs of the broader materials community in this area by developing and disseminating valuable and accurate programming, information, education resources, tools, and data.
The Sustainable Materials Engineering Committee focuses on the growing interest globally in sustainability driven by changes in government policy, consumer demand, and corporations rethinking their strategic direction. The materials sector will play a critical role over the next decade in providing material solutions to reduce a variety of environmental and socio-economic impacts including the reduction of carbon emissions, the improvement of renewable energy platforms for electricity generation, storage, and transportation (e.g., electric vehicles), and the reduction of materials waste (improved recycling/re-use/biodegradability). The committee will work on conference programming and education offerings, and support student outreach in coordination with the ASM Materials Education Foundation.
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