{"id":24,"date":"2014-07-15T13:04:18","date_gmt":"2014-07-15T13:04:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.asminternational.org\/ims\/?page_id="},"modified":"2026-01-06T14:23:08","modified_gmt":"2026-01-06T14:23:08","slug":"imc","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.asminternational.org\/ims\/membership\/imc\/","title":{"rendered":"International Metallographic Contest"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"24\" class=\"elementor elementor-24\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a005942 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"a005942\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0590554 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"0590554\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2>2026 International Metallographic Contest<\/h2><p><strong>Deadline for entries receipt is August 28.<\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8aded9d elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"8aded9d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm\" href=\"https:\/\/app.keysurvey.com\/f\/41810292\/46cd\/\" target=\"_blank\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">Click here to submit entries to IMC<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-620e867f elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"620e867f\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-7fc0cc52\" data-id=\"7fc0cc52\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6826b43c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6826b43c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The International Metallographic Contest (IMC) and Exhibit is being held in conjunction with the 2026 International Materials, Applications &amp; Technologies (IMAT) Conference &amp; Exhibition in Quebec City, Canada, September 28-October 1, 2026. The contest features the best work of metallographers and microstructural analysts from around the world. Entrants need not be members of the International Metallographic Society (IMS) or ASM International. Conference attendance is not required.<\/p><p><strong>Purpose<\/strong><\/p><p>The primary goal of the contest is to advance the science of microstructural analysis by providing an opportunity for those interested in material properties and characterization to display their work in print and electronic formats and communicate significant scientific information. There are five different classes of competition covering all fields of optical and electron microscopy:<\/p><ul><li>In Classes 1 through 3, multiple images and captions in a poster format are expected to be used to describe how metallography was used to help characterize a material or process, solve a problem, or to describe a unique or unusual technique.<\/li><li>Classes 4 and 5 are for individual artistic images.<\/li><\/ul><p>\u00a0<\/p><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.asminternational.org\/ims\/membership\/imc\/classes\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">View IMC – Class Descriptions<\/a>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.asminternational.org\/ims\/membership\/imc\/judging\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">View IMC Judging Criteria<\/a><\/p><p>The IMC is open to all, including non-members of IMS and ASM International with IMAT conference\u00a0attendance not required.<\/p><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.asminternational.org\/ims\/membership\/imc\/requirements\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">View IMC Requirements<\/a><\/p><p>IMS or ASM International Officers, IMC award sponsors, and commercial exhibitors may enter in any class to compete for cash awards including Best in Show. If an entry submitted by IMS or ASM officers, IMC award sponsors, or a commercial exhibitor receives a first-place award in any class, then the submitter is prohibited from entering the same class the following year.<\/p><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.asminternational.org\/ims\/membership\/imc\/awards\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">View Possible Awards\u00a0<\/a><\/p><p>For further information, email:<a href=\"mailto:IMC@asminternational.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> IMC@asminternational.org<\/a><\/p><h2><a href=\"https:\/\/cdn-prd-main.asm-media.cloud\/uploads\/sites\/40\/2025\/11\/2025-International-Metallographic-Contest.mp4\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">View 2025 Winners<\/a><\/h2><p><a href=\"\/ims\/membership\/imc\/2024-winners\" rel=\"noopener\">2024 Winners<\/a><\/p><p><a href=\"\/ims\/membership\/imc\/2023-winners\" rel=\"noopener\">2023 Winners<\/a><br \/><a href=\"\/ims\/membership\/imc\/list-of-2022-winners\">2022 Winners<\/a><br \/><a 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Click here to submit entries to IMC The International Metallographic Contest (IMC) and Exhibit is being held in conjunction with the 2026 International Materials, Applications &amp; Technologies (IMAT) Conference &amp; Exhibition in Quebec City, Canada, September 28-October 1, 2026. The contest features the best… <a class=\"view-article\" href=\"https:\/\/www.asminternational.org\/ims\/membership\/imc\/\">View Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"parent":34,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-24","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"bricks_content":"","yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>International Metallographic Contest - International Metallographic Society<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.asminternational.org\/ims\/membership\/imc\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"International Metallographic Contest - International Metallographic Society\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"2026 International Metallographic Contest Deadline for entries receipt is August 28. 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