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This symposium highlights the advances in our understanding and development of metallic materials for high temperature environments which are critical for advancing applications in aerospace, land-based power generation, space, and hypersonics. During his brilliant career, Professor Nix and his colleagues made major contributions to our understanding of high temperature deformation of materials. Innovations in characterization (both ex situ and in situ) and modeling now enable us to probe ever deeper, and with quantitative insight, into the mechanisms that control the high temperature behavior of metals.
This award symposium was established to honor Professor William D. Nix and the tremendous legacy that he has developed and shared with the minerals, metals, and materials community and to highlight and promote continued progress and innovation relevant to research into the underlying mechanisms and mechanical behavior of macro-, micro-, and nanoscale materials. This symposium specifically recognizes Professor Nix’s influential role in establishing the science behind our understanding of high temperature behavior, as well as recent developments in characterization and modeling of deformation mechanisms in high temperature regimes.
Professor Nix’s research and seminal contributions to structural materials, thin films, and nanoscale plasticity have had significant impact on critical U.S. industries, spawned new fields of study, and motivated generations of researchers working in fields that span from aerospace to microelectronics. Breakthroughs in technologies for these critical industries depend heavily on the availability of advanced materials that can be engineered and optimized at the nanoscale. Professor Nix’s groundbreaking contributions have allowed us to characterize, understand, and predict the mechanical behavior and reliability of such materials and have been critical enablers of these key technologies. |