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ADVANCED MATERIALS & PROCESSES • JANUARY 2014 2
Science, selfies, and a splendid new year
L ooking back on 2013, it was certainly an interesting year.
Depending on the authority one consults, the vauntedWord of
the Year honor goes to either “science” or “selfie.” The folks at
Merriam-Webster chose science, based on a 176% increase in
lookups of the word in 2013 versus 2012. Scientific topics regularly
made the news, “from climate change to educational policy,”
according to editor Peter Sokolowski. Over at the Oxford University
Press, selfie takes the top spot based on language research by the
editors revealing a 17,000% increase in usage during 2013 over 2012.
Other 2013 science news worth noting includes some real gems. One particularly funny
story concerned hackers who wanted to retaliate against the National Security Agency (NSA)
for cyber-spying on Brazil. Only problem, they got the name wrong and hacked NASA’s web
page instead, leaving a nasty“Stop spying on us”message on the innocent space agency’s
site. Oops! Another story in the same“never mind”category was the full-page ad placed by
the Seattle Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce in the Seattle Times,promoting the growth
of aerospace inWashington and recognizing that the state is still a contender for Boeing
777X production. The ad title says“The Future of Washington,”but instead of an image of a
777, somebody used a large photo of an Airbus A319. Chamber spokeswoman Terri
Hiroshima admitted it was a“cringe-worthy error.”
Very good news for materials scientists looking for work, courtesy of Boeing: The company
will add 300-400 research jobs in North Charleston, S.C., as it spreads work across the
country. The new Center for Manufacturing Technology in North Charleston will focus on
assembly and automation, as well as composites fabrication and repair, electromagnetic
effects, and nondestructive evaluation. Apply at
Ending the year on a bit of a sour note was Johnson & Johnson, who will pay $2.5 billion
to settle roughly 8,000 lawsuits having to do with faulty hip implants that caused injuries
and required additional surgeries. The problems reported by patients were caused by tiny
metal particles that make their way into the hip joint and damage the surrounding bone
and tissue.
Keeping up with good news in 2013 was also easy to do. Most recently, the National
Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), Gaithersburg, Md., announced in late
November that it selected a consortium led by Northwestern University to create a new
NIST-sponsored center of excellence for advanced materials research. The Center for
Hierarchical Materials Design (CHiMaD) will receive funding in part by a $25 million award
from NIST over five years.
Even better, the consortium plans to work closely with ASM International, QuesTek
Innovations (a spin-off of Northwestern), and Fayetteville State University, N.C. This
announcement promises to hold much excitement for ASM in 2014 and beyond, as the
new center focuses on developing the next generation of computational tools, databases,
and experimental techniques to support the Materials Genome Initiative.
New departments in AM&P this year also promise to be interesting and exciting. In this
issue, we debut both Metallurgy Lane, which explores developments in the metals and
materials industries, and Success Analysis, our new back page featuring in-the-field
reporting on advances in materials science and engineering. We wish you all a happy and
healthy 2014!