International Conference on Ferromagnetic Shape Memory Alloys 2013; Boise, Idaho; June 2013 for 4 - 5 days

铁磁形状记忆合金是一种具有磁性和结构顺序耦合的多功能材料，可产生非常大的磁场诱导应变。磁形状记忆（MSM）效应是由磁场诱导的孪晶界运动引起的。与其他技术相比，MSM执行器有几个优点。它们构造简单可靠；它们提供的行程比压电材料长100倍，响应时间快（0.1 ms）；它们产生大的工作输出，提供高位置精度和动态范围，并消耗很少的功率。MSM合金领域的最新进展是铁磁形状记忆合金国际会议（ICFSMA'13）的主题，该会议将于2013年6月2日或3周在爱达荷州博伊西举行。这是第四届铁磁形状记忆合金国际研讨会，第一届研讨会于2007年举行。ICFSMA已成为磁性形状记忆合金领域的国际研究人员的卓越会议。NSF基金将用于抵消研究生，博士后助理，初级教师和选定的受邀演讲者参加会议的费用。这些资金还将用于通过网页宣传和推广会议。本次会议将为与会者提供MSM研究的概述，从磁力学到最近发现的各种材料形态的特性和现象，包括薄膜、微系统、复合材料、泡沫和垫。磁热效应和气压热效应也将包括在内。与会者将讨论该领域的最新研究，以便在潜在的学术和工业合作伙伴之间推进这些多功能材料的使用。建模和仿真，从原子到微观尺度，以告知理论，结构和磁性，将被强调。在一个目前主要由男性研究人员主导的领域，将特别鼓励妇女的兴趣。

Ferromagnetic shape memory alloys are multifunctional materials that exhibit coupling between magnetic and structural order, producing very large magnetic-field-induced strains. The magnetic shape memory (MSM) effect arises through the magnetic-field-induced motion of twin boundaries. Compared to other technologies, MSM actuators offer several benefits. They are simple and reliable to construct; they provide a stroke that is 100 times longer than piezoelectric materials with a fast response time (0.1 ms); they generate a large work output, offer high position accuracy and dynamic range, and consume little power. Recent advances in the field of MSM alloys is the topic of the International Conference on Ferromagnetic Shape Memory Alloys (ICFSMA'13) to be held during the 2nd or 3rd week of June, 2013, in Boise, ID. This is the Fourth International Symposium on Ferromagnetic Shape Memory Alloys, the first of which was held in 2007. ICFSMA has become the preeminent conference for international researchers in the field of magnetic shape memory alloys. NSF funds will be used to offset the expenses of graduate students, postdoctoral associates, junior faculty, and selected invited speakers to attend the meeting. The funds will also be used to publicize and promote the conference via a web page. This conference will provide participants with an overview of MSM research from magneto-mechanics to more recently discovered properties and phenomena in a variety of material morphologies, including thin films, micro-systems, composites, foams and mats. Magneto-caloric and baro-caloric effects will also be covered. The participants will be expected to discuss the most current research in the field in order to advance the uses of these multifunctional materials between potential academic and industrial partners. Modeling and simulation, from the atomic to the microscale to inform theory, structure, and magnetism, will be emphasized. Interest among women will be especially encouraged in a field which is currently dominated largely by male researchers.