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AEROMAT SHOW PREVIEW
AeroMat brings together hundreds of
aerospace professionals and exhibiting
companies to discuss and display the
latest advancements in aerospace
materials.
A CENTURY OF PROGRESS AT THE MATERIALS AND MANUFACTURING DIRECTORATEJaimie S. Tiley and Amy Whitney-Rawls
Throughout its history, the Materials
and Manufacturing Directorate has
conducted groundbreaking research
programs responsible for many
technological advances.
ASM NEWS The monthly publication about ASM members, chapters, events, awards, affiliates, and other Society activities. 3DMICROSTRUCTURES FORMATERIALS ANDDAMAGEMODELSVeronica Livescu, Curt Bronkhorst, and Scott Vander Wiel
Future materials processing and property models will enable prediction
of materials performance under desired operating conditions.
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During the 1960s, the Air Force Research Laboratory’s
Materials and Manufacturing Directorate developed
high temperature materials including high strength
titanium and improved aluminum alloys, with results
transitioned to aircraft such as the Lockheed SR-71
“Blackbird.”
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