Symposia

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The eight symposia of CMSC 2025 are:

Additive Manufacturing of Materials

Material Challenges and Innovations in Energy storage, Transportation, and Utilization

Advanced Materials Characterization and Testing

Computational Materials Science and Engineering

Manufacturing and Joining of Materials

Advanced and Novel Materials

Materials Science and Engineering Education and Outreach

Materials and Interactions with the Environment

Symposia Descriptions

laser manufacturing

Additive Manufacturing of Materials

The advancement of additive manufacturing (AM) has opened a new design space for materials. This symposium covers the exploration of process parameters and the resulting structure and properties, as well as various designs and strategies to control the structure of the material at various length scales ranging from the microstructure to the topology in periodic cellular materials.

Parameters and microstructure/properties of printed parts; design principles of printed materials; structure architecture with AM; microstructure architecture with AM.

rechargeable battery

Material Challenges and Innovations in Energy storage, Transportation, and Utilization

This symposium will explore the role of materials in energy storage, their safe transportation, and safe usage in a world that is in constant demand for portable energy. The topics of discussion include, but are not limited to hydrogen technology, novel battery technology, solid state energy storage, and so on. 

Hydrogen fuel cell; Hydrogen storage; Hydrogen embrittlement; Sodium ion batteries; Lithium based batteries; Solid state capacitor; Solid oxide fuel cell

metal ball

Advanced Materials Characterization and Testing

This symposium covers novel characterization techniques and strategies, or novel ways of using existing techniques for the characterization of a material’s properties, structure, and the relationship between the two. 

Electron microscopy; X-ray microanalysis; Elemental and chemical analysis of solids; Electron probe spectroscopy; Diffraction and crystal orientation techniques; Vibrational spectroscopy; Scanning probe microscopy

textiles

Computational Materials Science and Engineering

This symposium covers the development, improvement, and novel use of computational methods in materials discovery and exploration, and the prediction of microstructure and properties of materials. 

Molecular dynamics; AI and machine learning in materials discovery; CALPHAD; Cellular automata; Phase field; Multiscale simulation; Materials data and informatics; Finite element.

machine making metals

Manufacturing and Joining of Materials

This symposium covers the manufacturing of materials (aside from additive manufacturing) and the joining of materials. 

Welding; Brazing and soldering; Micro-joining; Bulk deformation; Forging; Forming and shaping; Casting technology; Solidification-based processes; Novel heat treatment of materials

person working with nanomaterials

Advanced and Novel Materials

This symposium is a venue for the dissemination of research in the continual development of advanced materials as well as the development of novel materials for both structural and functional properties. 

Nanomaterials; Nanostructured materials; High entropy alloys; Bulk metallic glasses, Low dimension materials; Defect engineering; Microstructure architecture and engineering; Microstructure evolution; Electronic packaging; Biomimetic materials; Magnetic materials.

scientists working with energy

Materials Science and Engineering Education and Outreach

This symposium is intended for experience and idea sharing for engaging and interesting youths and students in the field of Materials Science and Engineering. 

Pedagogical and andragogical practices; Emerging issues and practices in education; Engineering design education; Educational tools and technologies.

rusting metal

Materials and Interactions with the Environment

This symposium covers research on the interaction between materials and the environment. The focus can be on the effect of the environment on the materials (e.g. corrosion, degradation) as well as the effects of the use of materials on the environment. 

Corrosion; Corrosion protection; Polymeric degradation; Irradiation damage; Biodegradation; Sustainable materials; Recycling of materials.