The 2005 conference represents the first time that the four majormaterials organizations, ACerS (The American Ceramic Society), AIST(Association for Iron & Steel Technology), ASM International, and TMS (The Minerals, Metals & Materials Society), haveco-sponsored an event of this scale.

The Materials Science & Technology '05 proceedings includestechnical papers from a wide array of materials disciplines, fromceramics and advanced materials to processes and applications insteelmaking. The following symposia contributed proceedings papersto the CD:

Affordable MMCs for High Performance Applications II
Austenite Formation and Decomposition
Modeling, Control, and Optimization in Nonferrous and FerrousIndustries
Powder Materials: Current Research and Industrial PracticesIII
Processing and Properties of Structural Nanomaterials
Continuous Casting Fundamentals
Engineered Steel Surfaces
Modeling and Computer Applications in Metal Casting, Shaping, and Forming Processes
Current Topics in Electronic Packaging: Pb Free Solders, Thermal Management
Electromagnetics in Materials Processing
The Physics and Materials Challenges for IntegratedOptics--A Step in the Future for Photonic Devices
Developments in Sheet Products for Automotive Applications
Nanomaterials
Application of Materials Science to Military Systems
Automation & Control/Advanced OnLine MetallurgicalModels/Sensors
Coatings 2005
Copper for the 21st Century
Creep Deformation and Fracture, Design, and Life Extension
Defect Formation, Detection, and Elimination During Casting, Welding, and Solidification
Developments in Ferrous Long and Forged Products
Environmental Degradation of Non-Metallic Materials
Failure Analysis
Ferrous Physical Metallurgy of Highly Alloyed Steels
Fractures of Multicomponent Systems
Heat Treating for the 21st Century: Vision 2020 and NewMaterials Development
Integration of Theoretical, Computational and ExperimentalStudies of Interfaces and Microstructural Evolution
Joining of Monolithic Structures and Components
Material Lightweights or Ultralights
Materials and Life Management Issues
Materials for the Hydrogen Economy
Modeling and Simulation of Titanium Technology: Theory andPractices
Near-Net-Shape Technologies
Process Heating/Reheating
Processing and Fabrication of Advanced Materials XIV withFrontiers in Materials Science 2005: Innovative Materials &Manufacturing Techniques
Residual Stress, Deformation, and Distortion
Roll Technology
Science and Technology of Powder Materials: Synthesis, Consolidation and Properties
Springback in Sheet Metal Forming Applications
What Makes a Good Materials Engineer and How Best to EducateThem