JOM explores the full range of minerals, metals, and materials science and engineering to represent all interests of the TMS membership, including extraction, characterization, processing and fabrication, design, applications, industrial and manufacturing developments, resource and supply chain issues, and life-cycle and sustainability practices. In fulfilling this scope, JOM strives to balance the interests of the laboratory and the marketplace by reporting academic, industrial, and government-sponsored work from around the world.

Disclaimer: The opinions and statements expressed in JOM are those of the authors only and are not necessarily those of TMS or the editorial staff. No confirmations or endorsements are intended or implied.

Editorial:
Principal Editor
Justin Scott
Editor
Maureen Byko
Production Editor
Shirley A. Litzinger
Industrial Editor
Edward D. Herderick
Magazine Editor
Kaitlin Calva
Senior Graphic Designer
Cheryl M. Geier
Operations Management
Matt Baker
JOM Advisory Committee:
Extraction & Processing Division
ENERGY COMMITTEE: X. Chen, RMIT University; D.P. Guillen, Idaho National Laboratory
HYDROMETALLURGY AND ELECTROMETALLURGY COMMITTEE: S.A. Rezan, Universiti Sains Malaysia; H. Peng, University of Queensland; P. Tripathy, Batelle Energy Alliance (Idaho National Laboratory)
MATERIALS CHARACTERIZATION COMMITTEE: R. Soman, Eurofins EAG Materials Science LLC; Y.E. Kalay, Middle East Technical University; Z. Peng, Central South University
PROCESS TECHNOLOGY AND MODELING COMMITTEE: A. Anderson, Gopher Resource; T. Fiseha, Abo Akademi University
PYROMETALLURGY COMMITTEE: C. Fleuriault, Gopher Resource; J. Grogan, Gopher Resource
RECYCLING AND ENVIRONMENTAL TECHNOLOGIES COMMITTEE: F. Tesfaye, Abo Akademi University; D.E. Verhulst, consultant; S.J. Ikhmayies, Isra University; X. Guan, Shanghaitech University; N. Ma, Arcelor Mittal; M. Zhang, ArcelorMittal Global R&D
Functional Materials Division
ALLOY PHASES COMMITTEE: W. Xiong, University of Pittsburgh; S.-K. Lin, National Cheng Kung University
BIOMATERIALS COMMITTEE: Hannes Schniepp, The College of William & Mary
CHEMISTRY AND PHYSICS OF MATERIALS COMMITTEE: Unknown
ELECTRONIC PACKAGING AND INTERCONNECTION MATERIALS COMMITTEE: C.M. Gourlay, Imperial College London
ENERGY CONVERSION AND STORAGE COMMITTEE: S. Basu, Boston University
NANOMATERIALS COMMITTEE: J.-Y. Chang, University of Utah
THIN FILMS AND INTERFACES COMMITTEE: S. Abedrabbo, Khalifa University of Science and Technology
Light Metals Division
ALUMINUM COMMITTEE: D. Wong, University of Auckland
ENERGY COMMITTEE: X. Chen, RMIT University; D.P. Guillen, Idaho National Laboratory
MAGNESIUM COMMITTEE: P. Maier, Stralsund University of Applied Sciences
RECYCLING AND ENVIRONMENTAL TECHNOLOGIES COMMITTEE: F. Tesfaye, Abo Akademi University; D.E. Verhulst, consultant; S.J. Ikhmayies, Isra University; X. Guan, Shanghaitech University; N. Ma, Arcelor Mittal; M. Zhang, ArcelorMittal
Materials Processing & Manufacturing Division
ICME COMMITTEE: S. Ghosh, Johns Hopkins University
NANOMECHANICAL MATERIALS BEHAVIOR COMMITTEE: J.P. Wharry, Purdue University; S.K. Lawrence, Los Alamos National Laboratory
POWDER MATERIALS COMMITTEE: K. Lu, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (Virginia Tech)
SHAPING AND FORMING COMMITTEE: D.R. Coughlin, Los Alamos National Laboratory
SOLIDIFICATION COMMITTEE: L. Yuan, GE Global Research
SURFACE ENGINEERING COMMITTEE: R.K. Gupta, University of Akron; T. Borkar, Cleveland State University
Structural Materials Division
ADVANCED CHARACTERIZATION, TESTING & SIMULATION COMMITTEE: D. Bhattacharyya, Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organization
ALLOY PHASES COMMITTEE: W. Xiong, University of Pittsburgh; S.-K. Lin, National Cheng Kung University
BIOMATERIALS COMMITTEE: Hannes Schniepp, The College of William & Mary
CHEMISTRY AND PHYSICS OF MATERIALS COMMITTEE:
COMPOSITE MATERIALS COMMITTEE: S. Hunyadi Murph, Savannah River National Laboratory / University of Georgia
CORROSION AND ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECTS COMMITTEE: V.A. Ravi, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona; R. Prabhakaran, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
MECHANICAL BEHAVIOR OF MATERIALS COMMITTEE: B.M. Morrow, Los Alamos National Laboratory
NUCLEAR MATERIALS COMMITTEE: X.-Y. Lou, Auburn University; C. Yablinsky, Los Alamos National Laboratory
REFRACTORY METALS COMMITTEE: R.V. Enneti, Global Tungsten and Powders Corp.; C. Ren, University of Utah
STEELS COMMITTEE: M.-X. Huang, University of Hong Kong
TITANIUM COMMITTEE: M.D. Gram, Titanium Metals Corporation; R.P. Shi, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory