13th International Conference on Aluminum Alloys (ICAA-13); to be held June 3-7, 2012 at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, PA.

铝及其合金仍然是当今使用的最重要的材料之一。铝在运输、电力传输、电子包装、建筑和建筑等各种应用中都涉及到提高效率和节约材料的各种系统。国家科学基金会被要求为2012年6月3日至7日在宾夕法尼亚州匹兹堡的卡内基-梅隆大学(CMU)举行的第13届国际铝合金会议(ICAA-13)提供部分支持。本次会议是由ICAA国际委员会组织的关于铝及其合金的专题会议。该技术计划包括十个主题广泛的会议，其中描述了在计算建模、加工技术、回收技术以及生产具有良好性能和经济可行性的新型材料方面的科学突破。ICAA-13将汇集来自工业、国家和大学社区的实验和理论研究人员，讨论最新的科学和技术发展，以及铝的未来。已经收到了来自世界各地研究人员的420多篇摘要，代表了北美和南美、亚洲、欧洲和澳大利亚等大陆的一些国家。本次会议将涵盖铝材料科学中最关键和增长最强劲的学科领域。这笔资金被要求为学生和博士后研究人员提供国内旅行和注册，并为几名年轻教职员工提供注册。三个NSF计划提供支持：金属和金属纳米结构、材料和表面工程以及凝聚态物质和材料理论。

Aluminum and its alloys continue to be among the most important materials in use today. Aluminum in involved in various systems to enhance efficiency and material conservation in applications as diverse as transportation, electrical power transmission, electronic packaging, building and construction. NSF funds are requested for partial support of the 13th International Conference on Aluminum Alloys (ICAA-13), to be held June 3 to 7, 2012, at Carnegie-Mellon University (CMU), Pittsburgh, PA. This conference is a specialty conference on Aluminum and its alloys, which is organized by the ICAA International Committee. The technical program consists of ten sessions covering a wide range of topics, which describe scientific breakthroughs in computational modeling, processing techniques, recycling technologies, and the production of novel materials with promising combinations of properties and economic viability. ICAA-13 will bring together researchers from the industrial, national, and university communities, both experimental and theoretical, to discuss the latest scientific and technological developments, as well as the future of aluminum. More than 420 abstracts have been received from researchers worldwide, representing a number of countries across the continents of North and South America, Asia, Europe, and Australia. This conference will cover the most critical and strongly growing subject areas in aluminum materials science. The funding is requested to provide domestic travel and registration for students and postdoctoral researchers, and registrations for several young faculty members. Support is provided by three NSF Programs: Metals and Metallic Nanostructures, Materials and Surface Engineering and Condensed Matter and Materials Theory.