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January 2017:  Applying Materials Science and Engineering
Manuscript Submission Deadline: August 1, 2016
Topic Interface Strength Measurements
Committee/Guest Editor Thin Films & Interfaces (Vikas Tomar and Ritesh Sachan)
Topic In Operando Nano- and Micromechanical Characterization of Materials with Special Emphasis on In-Situ Techniques
Committee/Guest Editor Invited (Sanjit Bhowmick)
Topic 3D Characterization
Committee/Guest Editor Materials Characterization (Sergio Neves Monteiro and Jian Li)
February 2017:  Production and Characterization
Manuscript Submission Deadline: September 1, 2016
Topic Application of Advanced Characterization Techniques for Engineering Materials
Committee/Guest Editor Materials Characterization (Jim Hwang and Jian Li) [By Invitation Only]
Topic Advanced Characterization of Interfaces and Thin Films
Committee/Guest Editor Thin Films & Interfaces (Ritesh Sachan and Vikas Tomar)
Topic Aluminum: Bauxite-Alumina-Carbon-Reduction
Committee/Guest Editor Aluminum (Pascal Lavoie)
Topic Fe Alloys: Production and Metallurgical Aspects: Part II
Committee/Guest Editor Pyrometallurgy (Dean Gregurek, Zhiwei Peng, and Jesse White)
March 2017:  Additive Manufacturing
Manuscript Submission Deadline: October 1, 2016
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Topic Progress in Additive Manufacturing
Committee/Guest Editor Process Technology and Modeling (Ed Herderick)
TopicProcessing-Microstructure-Property Relations in Additive Manufactured Materials
Committee/Guest Editor Solidification, Phase Transformations, Additive Manufacturing (Mohsen Asle Zaeem, Suresh Babu, and Judith Schneider)
Topic 2016 Solid Freeform Fabrication Symposium
Committee/Guest Editor Invited (David Bourell)
April 2017:  Materials Processing
Manuscript Submission Deadline: November 1, 2016
Topic Aluminum: Shaping and Forming
Committee/Guest Editor Aluminum (Dmitry Eskin)
Topic Sintering and Related Phenomena
Committee/Guest Editor Powder Materials (Ma Qian)
Topic Characterization and Processing of Advanced Porous Materials
Committee/Guest Editor Materials Characterization (Bowen Li and Jian Li)
May 2017:  Design and Manufacturing
Manuscript Submission Deadline: December 1, 2016
Topic Advances in Polycrystal Plasticity Characterization and Modeling
Committee/Guest Editor Advanced Characterization, Testing & Simulation (Philip Eisenlohr)
Topic Advances in ICME Implementation: Concepts and Practices
Committee/Guest Editor ICME (Terry Wong)
Topic Behavior of Sheet Metal Under Multi-Axial Deformation Paths
Committee/Guest Editor Shaping & Forming (Kester Clarke)
June 2017:  Progress in Materials Science
Manuscript Submission Deadline: January 1, 2017
Topic Use of Gases in Pyrometallurgy
Committee/Guest Editor Pyrometallurgy (Dean Gregurek, Zhiwei Peng, and Jesse White)
Topic Functional Nanomaterials: Emerging Nanomaterials and Techniques for 3D Architectures
Committee/Guest Editor Nanomaterials (Terry Xu and Jung-Kun Lee)
Topic Lightweighting: Part I
Committee/Guest Editor Invited (Will Joost)
July 2017:  Functional Materials
Manuscript Submission Deadline: February 1, 2017
Topic Materials in Medicine and Bioengineering
Committee/Guest Editor Biomaterials (Tolou Shokuhfar)
Topic Nanostructured Surfaces for Improved Functional Properties
Committee/Guest Editor Surface Engineering (Rajeev Kumar Gupta, Kristopher Darling, and Sandip P. Harimkar)
Topic Biomaterials for Healthcare: Part II
Committee/Guest Editor Biomaterials Committee (Candan Tamerler)
August 2017:  Extreme Environments
Manuscript Submission Deadline: March 1, 2017
Topic Phase Transitions in Energy-Related Magnetic Materials
Committee/Guest Editor Magnetic Materials (Luana Caron)
Topic Corrosion of Magnesium in Multimaterial Systems
Committee/Guest Editor Magnesium (Vineet V. Joshi)
Topic Stress Corrosion Cracking of Metals
Committee/Guest Editor Corrosion & Environmental Effects (Srujan Rokkam)
Topic Solidification Behavior in Reduced Gravity
Committee/Guest Editor Solidification (Douglas Matson, Robert Hyers, Amber Genau and Mohsen Asle Zaeem)
September 2017:  Environment and Recycling
Manuscript Submission Deadline: April 1, 2017
Topic Deriving Value from Resource Recovery at Multiple Materials Scales
Committee/Guest Editor Recycling & Environmental Technologies (Mingming Zhang, John A. Howarter, and Xiaofei Guan)
Topic Aluminum: Production Chain, Recycling and Environmental Issues
Committee/Guest Editor Aluminum (Pascal Lavoie)
Topic Carbothermic Reaction
Committee/Guest Editor Pyrometallurgy (Zhiwei Peng and Jesse White)
Topic Recent Progress with Lead-Free Solder Interconnects
Committee/Guest Editor Electronic Packaging & Interconnection (Babak Arfaei, Chris Gourlay)
Topic Mesoscale Interplay in Lithium-Ion Batteries and Beyond
Committee/Guest Editor Energy Conversion and Storage (Partha P. Mukherjee, Leela M. Arava, and Amit Pandey)
October 2017:  Metallurgy and Processing
Manuscript Submission Deadline: May 1, 2017
Topic Energy Technologies in Ironmaking and Steelmaking
Committee/Guest Editor Energy (Tao Wang)
Topic Recent Advances in Titanium Metal and Alloy Production
Committee/Guest Editor Titanium (Peter Collins)
Topic Hydrometallurgical and Electrometallurgical Processing for Strategic Materials
Committee/Guest Editor Hydro- and Electrometallurgy (Takanari Ouchi)
Topic Latest Developments in Refractory Metals and Alloys
Committee/Guest Editor Refractory Metals & Materials (Ravi Enneti)
Topic Additive Manufacturing: Materials Design, PRocess Development, and Quality Control
Committee/Guest Editor Shaping & Forming and Solidification (Kester Clarke and Judy Schneider)
Topic 3rd Pan American Materials Congress
Committee/Guest Editor Invited (Marc A. Meyers)
November 2017:  High-Entropy Alloys
Manuscript Submission Deadline: June 1, 2017
Topic Progress in High-Entropy Alloys
Committee/Guest Editor Alloy Phases (Michael Gao)
Topic Beyond Indentation Hardness and Modulus: Recent Advances in Nanoindentation Techniques
Committee/Guest Editor Nanomechanical Materials Behavior (Yue Liu and Xinghang Zhang)
Topic Nanostruc 2016
Committee/Guest Editor Invited (James Njuguna)
Topic Nanolaminates
Committee/Guest Editor Composite Materials (Nikhilesh Chawla)
Topic Amorphous Alloys: Liquids and Glasses as Pathways to New Materials
Committee/Guest Editors Magnetic Materials (Ralph Napolitano, Orlando Rios)
December 2017:  Energy Applications
Manuscript Submission Deadline: July 1, 2017
Topic Field-Intensified Metallurgy
Committee/Guest Editor Pyrometallurgy (Zhiwei Peng and Jesse White)
Topic Advanced Materials for Energy Applications
Committee/Guest Editor Energy Conversion & Storage (Xiaochuan Lu)
Topic Thermal Energy Storage and Applications
Committee/Guest Editor Energy (Tao Wang)
Topic Aluminum: Cast Shop and Alloys
Committee/Guest Editor Aluminum (Dmitry Eskin)
Topic U-Mo Monolithic Fuel for Nuclear Research and Test Reactors
Committee/Guest Editor Nuclear Materials (Ramprashad Prabhakaran)
Topic Additive Manufacturing of Titanium Alloys
Committee/Guest Editor Invited (Ma Qian)
January 2016:  Applying Materials Science and Engineering
Manuscript Submission Deadline: August 15, 2015
Topic Futuristic Nanomaterials and Composites: Part II
Committee/Guest Editor Composite Materials Committee (Muralidharan Paramsothy, Dirk Lehmhus, and James Njuguna)
Topic ICME: Bridging Interfaces
Committee/Guest Editor ICME Committee (Georg Schmitz)
Topic In-Situ Mechanical Testing in Electron Microscopes: Part II
Committee/Guest Editor Advanced Characterization, Testing, & Simulation Committee (Amit Pandey)
Topic Phase Transformations and Microstructural Evolution: Part II
Committee/Guest Editor Phase Transformations Committee (Amy Clarke)
Topic Dynamic Probing of Microstructure Evolution in Nanostructured Materials
Committee/Guest Editor Invited (Nan Li)
February 2016:  Energy and Processing
Manuscript Submission Deadline: September 15, 2015
Topic Extractive Metallurgy: Efficiency and Eco-Friendliness
Committee/Guest Editor Pyrometallurgy Committee (Zhiwei Peng and Dean Gregurek)
Topic The Canadian Generation IV Supercritical Water-Cooled Nuclear Reactor Conceptual Design
Committee/Guest Editor Materials Characterization Committee (Jian Li)
Topic Aluminum: Bauxite-Alumina-Carbon-Reduction
Committee/Guest Editor Aluminum Committee (Pascal Lavoie)
Topic Materials Degradation in Light-Water Reactors
Committee/Guest Editor Nuclear Materials Committee (Ramprashad Prabhakaran)
March 2016:  Additive Manufacturing
Manuscript Submission Deadline: October 15, 2015
Topic Progress in Additive Manufacturing
Committee/Guest Editor Process Technology & Modeling Committee (Ed Herderick)
Topic Advances in Sintering
Committee/Guest Editor Powder Materials Committee (Ma Qian)
Topic Rapid Solidification and Phase Transformation in Additive Manufactured Materials
Committee/Guest Editor Solidification and Phase Transformations Committees (Mohsen Asle Zaeem and Amy Clarke)
April 2016:  Biomaterials and Thin Films
Manuscript Submission Deadline: November 15, 2015
Topic Biomaterials for Healthcare: Part I
Committee/Guest Editor Biomaterials Committee (Candan Tamerler)
Topic Functional Nanomaterials: Energy and Sensing
Committee/Guest Editor Nanomaterials Committee (Jung-Kun Lee and Terry Xu)
Topic Magnesium-Based Biodegradable Implants
Committee/Guest Editor Invited (Patrick Bowen)
May 2016:  Advanced Materials and Manufacturing
Manuscript Submission Deadline: December 15, 2015
Topic Aluminum: Shaping and Forming
Committee/Guest Editor Aluminum Committee (Dmitry Eskin)
Topic Phase Transformations of Materials
Committee/Guest Editor Invited (Matthias Militzer)
Topic Summit on Integrated Manufacturing and Materials Innovations
Committee/Guest Editor Invited (Frank Gayle)
Topic ICME 2015 World Congress
Committee/Guest Editor Invited (Jonathan Madison)
June 2016:  Metallurgy and Processing
Manuscript Submission Deadline: January 15, 2016
Topic Metal Smelting and Furnace Tapping
Committee/Guest Editor Pyrometallurgy Committee (Dean Gregurek and Zhiwei Peng)
Topic Applied Magnetism: A Supply-Driven Materials Challenge: Part I
Committee/Guest Editor Magnetic Materials Committee (Orlando Rios)
Topic Interface-Driven Phenomena in Solids: Thermodynamics, Kinetics, and Chemistry
Committee/Guest Editor Chemistry and Physics of Materials Committee (Fadi Abdeljawad and Stephen Foiles)
Topic Recent Developments in Functioinal Thin Films
Committee/Guest Editor Thin Films & Interfaces Committee (Roger Narayan)
Topic Archaeomaterials
Committee/Guest Editor Invited (Vilupanur A. Ravi)
July 2016:  Manufacturing
Manuscript Submission Deadline: February 15, 2016
Topic Surface Engineering via Additive Manufacturing
Committee/Guest Editor Surface Engineering Committee (Narendra Dahotre, Benjamin Boesl, and Hitesh Vora)
Topic Shaping, Forming, and Modeling of Advanced High-Strength Steels
Committee/Guest Editor Shaping & Forming Committee (Mark Stoudt)
Topic Metal- and Polymer-Matrix Composites II
Committee/Guest Editor Invited (Nikhil Gupta)
Topic Applied Magnetism: A Supply-Driven Materials Challenge: Part II
Committee/Guest Editor Magnetic Materials Committee (Orlando Rios)
August 2016:  Big Data and Modeling
Manuscript Submission Deadline: March 15, 2016
Topic Building a Materials Data Infrastructure
Committee/Guest Editor ICME Committee (Terry Wong)
Topic Big Data and Data Analytics for Structural and Functional Materials
Committee/Guest Editor Computational Materials Science and Engineering Committee (Bala Radhakrishnan)
Topic CFD Modeling and Simulation in Materials Processing: Part I
Committee/Guest Editor Process Technology & Modeling Committee (Laurentiu Nastac)
September 2016:  Environment and Recycling
Manuscript Submission Deadline: April 15, 2016
Topic Slag Metallurgy and Metallurgical Waste Recycling
Committee/Guest Editor Pyrometallurgy Committee (Dean Gregurek and Zhiwei Peng)
Topic Recent Advances in Forest Products Research and Development
Committee/Guest Editor Nanomechanical Materials Behavior Committee (Joseph Jakes)
Topic Towards Materials Resource Sustainability
Committee/Guest Editor Recycling and Environmental Technologies Committee (Randy Kirchain)
October 2016:  Energy
Manuscript Submission Deadline: May 15, 2016
Topic Advanced Materials for Fuel Cell and Battery Applications
Committee/Guest Editor Energy Conversion & Storage Committee (Xiaochuan Lu)
Topic Lithium Metals and Chemical Extraction and Processing
Committee/Guest Editor Hydrometallurgy & Electrometallurgy Committee (Takanari Ouchi)
Topic Alloys and Compounds for Thermoelectrics
Committee/Guest Editor Alloy Phases Committee (Sinn-wen Chen)
November 2016:  Modeling and Materials for Extreme Environments
Manuscript Submission Deadline: June 15, 2016
Topic High-Temperature In-Situ Micro/Nano Mechanical Testing
Committee/Guest Editor Advanced Characterization, Testing, & Simulation Committee (Amit Pandey)
Topic Advances in High-Temperature Alloys
Committee/Guest Editor High Temperature Alloys Committee (Chantal Sudbrack)
Topic Refractory Metals that Melt Above 1850°C
Committee/Guest Editor Refractory Metals & Materials Committee (Ravi Enneti)
Topic Progress with Lead-Free Solders
Committee/Guest Editor Electronic Packaging & Interconnectoin Materials Committee (Babak Arfaei)
Topic Modeling of Energy Processes
Committee/Guest Editor Energy Committee (Geoff Brooks and Tao Wang)
Topic Modeling Nuclear Fuel Performance
Committee/Guest Editor Nuclear Materials Committee (Ramprashad Prabhakaran)
December 2016:  Alloys and Production
Manuscript Submission Deadline: July 15, 2016
Topic Fe Alloys: Production and Metallurgical Aspects: Part I
Committee/Guest Editor Pyrometallurgy Committee (Dean Gregurek and Zhiwei Peng)
Topic Aluminum: Cast Shop and Alloys
Committee/Guest Editor Aluminum Committee (Dmitry Eskin)
Topic TMS2016 Bladesmithing
Committee/Guest Editor Invited (Garry Warren)
Topic CFD Modeling and Simulation in Materials Processing: Part II
Committee/Guest Editor Process Technology & Modeling Committee (Laurentiu Nastac)
Topic Advances and Achievements in In-Situ Analysis of Corrosion and Structure-Property Relationship in Mg and Mg Alloys
Committee/Guest Editor Magnesium Committee (Dmytro Orlov)

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