Aerospace Material Specification (AMS) standards and Nadcap (National Aerospace and Defense Contractors Accreditation Program) play key roles in ensuring that manufacturers performing heat treating and other special processes adhere to consistent, high-quality standards for producing aerospace products. This is the first in a series of articles that break down the process of obtaining Nadcap accreditation for a heat treating facility.

The Nadcap accreditation process ensures that manufacturers performing heat treating and other special processes adhere to consistent, high-quality standards. This final article in the series looks at the official audit process, auditor interactions, and completing the official audit.

The Nadcap accreditation process ensures that manufacturers performing heat treating and other special processes adhere to consistent, high-quality standards. This article looks at the internal audit process, reviewing nonconformances, and completing the internal audit as steps in the overall accreditation journey.

Automation, ease of use, safety, and data integrity are driving changes in the mechanical testing industry, and they rely heavily on the software platform used to control the testing system. This article describes five of the most common trends: (1) Barcoding, (2) Integration with laboratory information management systems and databases, (3) Data integrity, (4) System and software usability, and (5) Enhanced safety features.

Nanostructured tungsten-tungsten carbide chemical vapor deposition (CVD) coatings provide a practical, technical, and commercially viable alternative to hard chrome plating for aircraft components.

News about ASM members, chapters, events, awards, conferences, affiliates, and other society activities. Topics include: Robert Fulton to chair 2015 ASM Nominating Committee; the International Organization on Shape Memory and Superelastic Technologies (SMST) announces its officers and board members for 2015; author spotlight for Ramnarayan Chattopadhyay.

The Oregon Graduate Center−later named the Oregon Graduate Institute−played a significant role in metallurgy in the Northwest for nearly four decades. This article reviews important work done by the organization in the second half of the twentieth century.

To learn about the important connection between mechanical engineering and materials science, we turned to five experts with backgrounds in both fields for insight. The panelists share their perspectives on how the two disciplines informed their careers, which types of design challenges can be solved with materials information, and how ASM can improve that connection by leading with a “unity of disciplines” approach. The panelists are Scott Carpenter, Vactronix Scientific; Bertrand Jodoin, University of Ottawa; Vistasp Karbhari, The University of Texas at Arlington; Marina B. Ruggles-Wrenn, Air Force Institute of Technology; and Judith A. Todd, The Pennsylvania State University.

This article summarizes the outcomes from a NIST-sponsored workshop that examined the additive manufacturing (AM) data management pain points experienced by small- and medium-sized enterprises in interacting with larger organizations and government procurement agencies. Three prominent themes emerged: cost of compliance, technology gaps associated with uncertainty and AM process qualification, and a desire for government leadership to address these issues. The article includes lists of specific action items proposed at the workshop to address these challenges.

News about ASM members, chapters, events, awards, conferences, affiliates, and other society activities. Topics include: Global Materials Platform PRO; updates from Interim Executive Director Carrie Wilson and Foundation Chair Julio Maldonado; emerging professionals symposium addresses mentorship; new course releases on Metal Additive Manufacturing of Thermal Processing; Gujarat Chapter holds pultrusion workshop; National Academy of Engineering honors ASM members; In memoriam for Günter Petzow.

News about ASM members, chapters, events, awards, conferences, affiliates, and other society activities. Topics include: ASM's 2014 Class of Fellows; ASM Indian Institute of Metals announces 2014 recipients of two Visiting Lecturer Programs; Brian Wright named 2014 Kishor M. Kulkarni Distinguished High School Teacher.

This article reviews the measurement physics of macro and micro Vickers indentation testing and the factors that determine measurement precision and repeatability. Study results show that when force loads of less than 100 gf are used, it is difficult for operators to precisely determine the position of the indenter tip, leading to various measurement errors. These errors explain the data anomalies reported in the literature for low-load Vickers hardness testing, which are often incorrectly attributed to material characteristics.

News about ASM members, chapters, events, awards, conferences, affiliates, and other society activities. Topics include: Sunniva Collins to chair 2020 ASM Nominating Committee; ASM President Zi-Kui Liu discusses ASM's role in partnering with Granta Design in light of Granta's recent acquisition by Ansys; a dedication ceremony celebrated the FerrerÍa Mirandaola Ironworks in Spain being recognzied as a 2019 ASM International Historical Landmark; ASM develops a virtual tour of its laboratory facilities; professional profile for Tuesday Kuykendall.

News about ASM members, chapters, events, awards, conferences, affiliates, and other society activities. Topics include: ASM affiliate societies announce new officers and board members for 2018; ASM Materials Education Foundation awards 2018 K-12 teacher grants; professional profile for Victoria (Tori) Miller.

News about ASM members, chapters, events, awards, conferences, affiliates, and other society activities. Topics include: ASM Materials Education Foundation announces 2019 scholarship winners; Margaret Showalter named 2019 Kishor M. Kulkarni Distinguished High School Teacher; ASM Canada Council awards presented in September 2019; contributor profile for Kevin Anderson; volunteer profile for Ally Fraser.

News about ASM members, chapters, events, awards, conferences, affiliates, and other society activities. Topics include: ASM Board nominees for 2019-2022 announced; ASM partnerships with Intelligent Manufacturing Systems and its World Manufacturing Forum (IMS/WMF) and with the Materials Research Society (MRS); ASM Materials Camp celebrates 20 years.

News about ASM members, chapters, events, awards, conferences, affiliates, and other society activities. Topics include: ASM announces 2021 award recipients; ASM student board members announced for 2021-2022; professional profile for Caitlin Walde; remembrance of ASM Librarian Eleanor Baldwin.

News about ASM members, chapters, events, awards, conferences, affiliates, and other society activities. Topics include: ASM announces the nominees for ASM vice president and trustee for 2023-2024 and new three members of the Board of Trustees for 2023-2026; ASM student board members appointed for 2023-2024; professional profile for Olga Eliseeva.

News about ASM members, chapters, events, awards, conferences, affiliates, and other society activities. Topics include: the ASM Nominating Committee announces the nominees for ASM vice president and trustee for 2020-21 and three members of the Board of Trustees for 2020-23; ASM President Zi-Kui Liu describes ASM's response to the COVID-19 pandemic; ASM aaunches a digital short course on metallographic techniques; celebrating 50 years of the ASM-TMS Metallurgical and Materials Transactions journals and looking ahead to the next 50 years; contributor profile for Dehua Yang.