· Extraction and processing of various types of minerals, process-structure-property relationship of metal alloys, glasses, ceramics, polymers, composites, semiconductors, and carbon using as functional and structural materials.
· Novel methods and techniques for characterizing materials across a spectrum of systems and processes.
· Characterization of mechanical, thermal, electrical, optical, dielectric, magnetic, physical, and other properties of materials.· Characterization of structural, morphological, and topographical natures of materials at micro- and nano- scales.
· Characterization of extraction and processing including process development and analysis.
· Advances in instrument developments for microstructure analysis and performance evaluation of materials, such as computer tomography (CT), X-ray and neutron diffraction, electron microscopy (SEM, FIB, TEM), and spectroscopy (EDS, WDS, EBSD) techniques.· 2D and 3D modelling for materials characterization.
Mingming Zhang, Wood Mackenzie; Zhiwei Peng, Central South University; Jian Li, CanmetMATERIALS; Bowen Li, Michigan Technological University; Sergio Neves Monteiro, Instituto Militar de Engenharia; Rajiv Soman, Eurofins EAG Materials Science LLC; Jiann-Yang Hwang, Michigan Technological University; Yunus Eren Kalay, Middle East Technical University; Juan P. Escobedo-Diaz, University of New South Wales; John S. Carpenter, Los Alamos National Laboratory; Andrew D. Brown, DEVCOM U.S. Army Research Laboratory; Shadia Ikhmayies, Al Isra University