2024 Alloy Design Workshop

The bio-effects of metals have affected human life since the bronze age. The 2024 Alloy Design Workshop focuses on this intersection between metallurgy and biology, with its wide spectrum of opportunities and their connected challenges. In this discussion centered workshop, we examine how metals can help the good, e.g., when applied in implants within the human body; or fight the bad, e.g., with their antimicrobial properties. The first half of this workshop will tackle applications within the human body, including the issues of biocorrosion and biocompatibility, and discuss the prospect of metal additive manufacturing for next-generation implants. The second half will center around the effects of alloying, surface topography, and microstructural features on the efficiency of antibacterial surfaces. Ultimately, this unique workshop gathers experts from the intersection of metallurgy and biology to foster exchange regarding future research needs and to establish design criteria for the development of next-generation implants for the human body and highly effective bio-secure metallic surfaces.

VENUE & ACTIVITIES:

The Alloy Design Workshop 2024 will take place in the Chipman Room at MIT on Friday, December 6th, 2024. The event will also be broadcast live on zoom for attendees who are unable to join in person.

Complimentary lunch, coffee and refreshments will be provided during the workshop for all in-person attendees, together with a unique opportunity for networking with all invited speakers and participants!

REGISTRATION:

To take full advantage of the program and opportunities, register as an in-person attendee and be an integral part of the 2024 Alloy design workshop! Make sure to register early and reserve one of the 60 seats available.

Cannot travel to MIT? You can still follow presentations live by registering as a remote attendee. Zoom link to the event will be provided closer to the time of the event.

PROGRAM:

A summary of the program can be found below. Check out our website for any last minute changes: https://tasan.mit.edu/news/alloy-design-workshop/program/

PAST ALLOY DESIGN WORKSHOPS

The Alloy Design Workshop is a single-day workshop at MIT, focusing on different aspects of alloy design. This is an invitation-only meeting with Gordon-style, discussion-oriented presentations, where leaders of the field get together to share and discuss new ideas for an audience of grad students and early career metallurgical engineers. Established in 2017, the Alloy Design Workshop has already covered a variety of topics:

• 2023: Gradients & Multi-gradients metals: a discussion on design guidelines, processing, properties
• 2022: Guidelines for alloy and microstructure design for hydrogen embrittlement resistance
• 2021: Exploring design guidelines for superior Titanium alloys
• 2020: Damage-resistant steel design: Exploring the limits of metastability-engineering
• 2019: Micro-mechanics informed alloy design: overcoming scale-transition challenges
• 2018: New guidelines in alloy design: from atomistic simulations to combinatorial metallurgy
• 2017: Sustainability through alloy design: challenges and opportunities

You can find more information regarding past meetings on our website

Event Venue & Nearby Stays

Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 77 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, United States