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Each year, the TMS Technical Divisions honor accomplished individuals with high-quality honorary symposia, inviting leaders in the honorees’ fields to discuss progress and recent developments on important topics. The following honorary symposia are planned for the TMS 2016 Annual Meeting & Exhibition:
Advanced Magnetic Materials: An FMD Symposium in Honor of Michael E. McHenry
Sponsored by: TMS Functional Materials Division; TMS Magnetic Materials Committee
Dates: Monday, February 15 to Thursday, February 18
Location: Music City Center, Room
209C
 This symposium in honor of Prof. Michael E. McHenry will discuss recent developments in the processing, characterization, property evaluation, and product development of advanced magnetic materials. The contributions of Prof. McHenry will be highlighted, and the current status and recent advances in relevant research areas will be discussed. Areas of interest include magnetic materials for energy, bio, transducer and lab-on-a-chip applications. These applications encompass a wide variety of high value-added industries and technologies. Product development of advanced magnetic materials for large-scale systems and small-scale devices is also included in the scope of this symposium.
Organizers:
- Raju V. Ramanujan, Nanyang Technological University
- Matthew A. Willard, Case Western Reserve University
- Francis Johnson, GE Global Research
- Paul Ohodnicki, National Energy Technology Laboratory
Cast Shop Technology: An LMD Symposium in Honor of Wolfgang Schneider
Sponsored by: TMS Light Metals Division; TMS Aluminum Committee
Dates: Monday, February 15 to Thursday, February 18
Location: Music City Center, Room 202A
 Cast Shop Technology, along with Alumina and Bauxite, Aluminum Reduction, Electrode Technology and Aluminium Processing collectively form the Light Metals Symposium, where experts from the Aluminum Industry and academia from all over the world meet each other and share information. The following topic areas will be covered: sustainable operation, life cycle assessment, recycling impact and awareness, charge materials, upstream and downstream furnace treatment, melting, fluxing, filtration, degasing, DC casting, open mould ingot casting, automation, process modeling and control, environmental issues, grain refinement, cast structures and defects, and safety. Joint sessions will be organized on understanding sustainability synergy between energy, economy, and industrial ecology. In addition, papers on innovative equipment dedicated to the measurement and control of the process and the product are welcome.
Organizer:
- Mohamed I. Hassan, Masdar Institute of Science and Technology
Frontiers in Solidification: An MPMD Symposium in Honor of Michel Rappaz
Sponsored by: TMS Materials Processing & Manufacturing Division; TMS Extraction & Processing Division: TMS Process Technology and Modeling Committee; TMS Solidification Committee; TMS Integrated Computational Materials Engineering Committee
Dates: Monday, February 15 to Wednesday, February 17
Location: Music City Center, Room 105A
 This symposium follows the now well-established symposium series "Frontiers in Solidification." It is intended to present the latest results of modeling of solidification microstructures, such as solid-liquid interfaces and their anisotropies, nucleation phenomena, morphological instabilities, dendrites, eutectics, peritectics, fluid flow effects, segregation, and defects. The main objective of this symposium is to present research results from the interface between phenomena at different length scales (atomistic, microscopic, macroscopic), and from theoretical physics to industrial solutions, all using various theoretical approaches. In order to verify the results of the models, quantitative experiments are essential and will represent an important part of the presentations.
Organizers:
- Wilfried Kurz, Swiss Fed. Inst. of Techn.
- Jon Dantzig, EPFL and University of Illnois
- Alain Karma, Northeastern University
- Jeffrey J. Hoyt, McMaster University
Phase Transformations in Multi-Component Systems: An MPMD Symposium Honoring Gary R. Purdy
Sponsored by: TMS Materials Processing & Manufacturing Division; TMS Phase Transformations Committee
Dates: Monday, February 15 to Wednesday, February 17
Location: Music City Center, Room 110B
The modern materials for automotive, energy, and construction applications upon which modern societies depend, all rely on the understanding of phase transformations in alloy systems. It is to this area that Professor Gary R. Purdy has made seminal contributions over a dedicated period of more than 50 years. This symposium is dedicated to Purdy on the occasion of his 80th birthday.
The scope of the symposium reflects his interests in phase transformations and microstructure evolution in multi-component systems. The topics covered will include:
- Equilibrium and dynamic properties of interfaces
- Interface structure and application of O-lattice theory
- Diffusion-induced boundary migration and cellular precipitation
- Modelling of phase transformation kinetics
Organizers:
- Hatem S. Zurob, McMaster University
- Annika Borgenstam, KTH, Royal Institute of Technology
- Tadashi Furuhara, Tohoku University
- Wenzheng Zhang, Tsinghua University
- Christopher Hutchinson, Monash University
- Robert Hackenberg, Los Alamos National Laboratory
An honorary dinner will be held in conjunction with this symposium. Tickets can be purchased through the TMS2016 Registration form.
Thermodynamic Applications, Optimizations and Simulations in High-Temperature Processes: An EPD Symposium in Honor of Christopher W. Bale's 70th Birthday
Sponsored by: TMS Extraction & Processing Division; TMS Materials Processing & Manufacturing Division; TMS Process Technology and Modeling Committee
Dates: Monday, February 15 to Wednesday, February 17
Location: Music City Center, Room 106C
A thermodynamic analysis of high-temperature industrial processes is essential to understanding the complex chemical equilibria involved, to improving the performance of existing processes, and to developing new processes. Major advances in thermodynamic software and the development of large evaluated optimized databases have made it possible to carry out such analyses and process optimizations efficiently in terms of both time and cost.
Professor Christopher Bale has devoted his entire career to the development of "FactSage," which is one of the thermodynamic software/database packages used widely in high-temperature processes, and to the education of the industrial and academic communities in the applications of thermodynamic calculations to industrial high-temperature processes.
This symposium will be a prestigious event, attracting industrial and academic leaders in the field of high-temperature processes, stimulating discussion, and facilitating industry networking.
Organizers:
- In-Ho Jung, McGill University
- Arthur D. Pelton, Ecole Polytechnique
- Patrice ChartrandEcole Polytechnique
- Phillip J. Mackey, P.J. Mackey Technology
- David Gordon C Robertson, Missouri S&T
- P Taskinen, Alto Univ
- Malin Selleby, KTH Royal Institute of Technology
An honorary dinner will be held in conjunction with this symposium. Tickets can be purchased through the TMS2016 Registration form.
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