Austenite Formation and Decomposition Symposium, Materials Science & Technology 2003 Conference; Chicago, IL; November 10-12, 2003

矿物、金属和材料协会（TMS）和钢铁协会（ISS）共同主办了这次计划中的研讨会和MS&amp；T 2003会议。本次研讨会的目的包括：(a)传播奥氏体形成和分解的最新研究进展；(b)传播这些进展的实际应用；(c)教育研讨会参加者、专业人员、青年研究人员和学生；(d)出版同行审查的论文集，将捐赠给世界各地授予冶金工程或材料科学与工程学位的教育机构的图书馆。将这篇论文传播到教育机构具有特别重要的意义，因为距离上次以奥氏体分解为重点的重大技术研讨会已经过去很长时间了，而且自那以后已经取得了许多进展。本次研讨会将有来自日本、欧洲、亚洲等各国的专家参加，共发表论文44篇。由此产生的同行评议论文集是一个重要的事件，通过它可以收集这些进展的描述，并将其传播给该领域当前和未来的专家、教育工作者、年轻研究人员和学生。美国国家科学基金会的基金支持出版研讨会论文集，并附有一张CD-ROM。将其作为信息或参考来源分发到世界各地的大学，将使教育工作者、年轻研究人员和学生了解奥氏体的应用和形成。

The Minerals, Metals, and Materials Society (TMS) and the Iron and Steel Society (ISS) jointly sponsor this planned symposium and the MS&T 2003 conference. Objectives of this symposium include: (a) disseminate the most recent advances in understanding austenite formation and decomposition; (b) disseminate practical applications of these advances; (c) educate symposium attendees, professionals, young researchers and students; (d) publish a peer reviewed proceedings volume that will be donated world wide to many libraries of educational institutions granting degrees in the fields of metallurgical engineering or materials science and engineering. The dissemination of this proceedings to educational institutions is of particular importance because it has been a long time since the last major technical symposium focused on austenite decomposition, and a great many advances have occurred since then.The planned symposium includes experts from various countries (Japan, Europe, Asia) with 44 accepted papers. The resulting peer-reviewed proceedings are an important event by which descriptions of these advances can be collected and disseminated to current and future specialists, educators, young researchers and students in the field. The NSF funds support publication of the symposium proceedings as bound volume along with a CD-ROM. Distributing it worldwide as an information or reference source to universities will enable an understanding of austenite applications and formation by educators, young researchers, and students.