1. In the final analysis

   Department Pages: 2 - 2

2. Letters to the Editor

   Department Pages: 3 - 4

3. Upcoming editorial topics

   Also in this Issue Pages: 4 - 4

4. News & update

   Department Pages: 5 - 10

5. Net trans

   • James J. Robinson

   Department Pages: 11 - 11

6. Car Wars: Steelmakers strike back

   • Keith A. Taylor

   Automotive Steel Pages: 12 - 12

7. The Ultralight Steel Auto Body program completes phase I

   • M. J. Crooks
   • R. E. Miner

   Automotive Steel Pages: 13 - 15

8. The application of high-strength, hot-rolled steels in auto wheels

   • Guy Marron
   • Pascal Teracher

   Automotive Steel Pages: 16 - 20

9. JOM subscription form

   Also in this Issue Pages: 20 - 20

10. Steel vs. plastics: The competition for light-vehicle fuel tanks

    • Peter J. Alvarado

    Automotive Steel Pages: 22 - 25

11. Cold-rolled, high-strength sheet steels for auto applications

    • Wolfgang Bleck

    Automotive Steel Pages: 26 - 30

12. A steel response to “The environmental impact of steel and aluminum body-in-whites”

    • Richard Dworak

    Automotive Steel Pages: 31 - 31

13. Electric car batteries: Avoiding the environmental drawbacks via alternative technologies

    • Hans Warlimont
    • Marco Olper

    Feature Pages: 32 - 34

14. Let’s be upbeat on advanced materials!

    • F. H. Froes

    Titanium and Intermetallics Pages: 35 - 35

15. Modeling mechanical alloying: Advances and challenges

    • B. B. Khina
    • F. H. Froes

    Titanium and Intermetallics Pages: 36 - 38

16. Microstructural control in a gamma-TiAl alloy by MA and HIPing

    • N. Hoo
    • P. S. Goodwin
    • F. H. Froes

    Titanium and Intermetallics Pages: 40 - 41

17. Recent advances in the thermohydrogen processing of titanium alloys

    • O. N. Senkov
    • J. J. Jonas
    • F. H. Froes

    Titanium and Intermetallics Pages: 42 - 47

18. Enhancing the mechanical properties of titanium alloys with rapid heat treatment

    • O. M. Ivasishin
    • P. E. Markovsky

    Titanium and Intermetallics Pages: 48 - 52

19. Titanium research at the U.K.’s Birmingham/Swansea IRC

    • P. A. Blenkinsop
    • M. H. Loretto

    Titanium and Intermetallics Pages: 53 - 54

20. Recent developments in Japanese titanium research and development

    • M. Niinomi

    Titanium and Intermetallics Pages: 55 - 57

21. The Eighth World Titanium Conference

    • F. H. Froes

    Titanium and Intermetallics Pages: 59 - 61

22. Archaeometallurgy and the analysis of early sociotechnical systems

    • Robert M. Ehrenreich

    Department Pages: 62 - 63

23. Argonne National Laboratory: Celebrating 50 years of research

    • Tammy M. Beazley

    Department Pages: 64 - 64

24. TMS news

    Also in this Issue Pages: 65 - 68

25. What You don’t know about the internet can hurt You

    • Arnold B. Silverman

    Department Pages: 72 - 72

26. Meetings calendar

    Department Pages: 73 - 76

27. Consultants directory

    Department Pages: 77 - 77

28. Classified

    Department Pages: 77 - 79

29. Retrospect

    • Dennis F. Hasson

    Department Pages: 80 - 80

30. Publications Sale Catalog

    Also in this Issue Pages: A64 - A65

31. Membership Directory

    Also in this Issue Pages: C64 - C65