1. Call for Topical, Leading-edge Symposia for TMS Meetings

   Also in this Issue 26 October 2012 Pages: 3 - 3

2. News & Update

   Department 26 October 2012 Pages: 4 - 5

3. Business Briefs

   Departments 26 October 2012 Pages: 5 - 5

4. Artificial Intelligence for Materials Processing and Process Control

   • Osama T. Albaharna
   • Stavros A. Argyropoulos

   Feature 26 October 2012 Pages: 6 - 10

5. The Modeling of Aluminum Extraction Technology

   • A. R. Johnson

   Process 26 October 2012 Pages: 11 - 13

6. The Physical Simulation of Continuous Steel Processes

   • Hugo Ferguson

   Process 26 October 2012 Pages: 14 - 16

7. Computer Simulation of Cyclic Oxidation

   • H. B. Probst
   • C. E. Lowell

   Process 26 October 2012 Pages: 18 - 21

8. NAE Examines Technology and Competitiveness

   • James J. Robinson

   Feature 26 October 2012 Pages: 22 - 22

9. The Management of Technology

   • M. Dayne Aldridge

   Feature 26 October 2012 Pages: 23 - 23

10. An Update on Refractory Metals

    • P. Kumar

    Feature 26 October 2012 Pages: 24 - 24

11. High-Temperature Interactions off Refractory Metals with Gases

    • Klaus K. Schulze
    • Hermann A. Jehn
    • Gerhard Hörz

    Materials 26 October 2012 Pages: 25 - 31

12. The High-Temperature Impact Properties of DOP-26 Iridium

    • T. G. George
    • M. F. Stevens

    Material 26 October 2012 Pages: 32 - 35

13. King Solomon’s Mines: A 20th Century Myth

    • James D. Muhly

    Feature 26 October 2012 Pages: 36 - 37

14. New Products & Processes

    Department 26 October 2012 Pages: 38 - 39

15. Metallurgraphics

    Department 26 October 2012 Pages: 40 - 40

16. News

    Also in this Issue 26 October 2012 Pages: 41 - 44

17. Campus Notebook

    Department 26 October 2012 Pages: 46 - 47

18. Material Matters

    • Richard V. Westerhoff

    Department 26 October 2012 Pages: 48 - 48

19. Boron-Containing Nuclear Safety Materials

    • Peter T. B. Shaffer
    • Keith A. Blakely

    Forum 26 October 2012 Pages: 49 - 49

20. Atomic Structural Transformations on Clean Metal Surfaces

    • G. L. Kellogg
    • P. R. Schwoebel

    Forum 26 October 2012 Pages: 49 - 51

21. Polynomial Curve Fitting of Activity Data in Binary Metallic Systems

    • C. W. P. Finn

    Forum 26 October 2012 Pages: 51 - 51

22. The Journal Talks with the New NIST’s Ernest Ambler

    Forum 26 October 2012 Pages: 52 - 53

23. Forty Years of Welding Research and Development at the Ohio State University

    • David W. Dickinson

    Forum 26 October 2012 Pages: 54 - 55

24. Recent Titles

    Forum 26 October 2012 Pages: 56 - 56

25. Periodical Previews

    Forum 26 October 2012 Pages: 56 - 56

26. Book Reviews

    • Robert M. Davis
    • Howard C. Van Woert Jr.
    • F. R. Morral

    Forum 26 October 2012 Pages: 56 - 57

27. Helpful Literature

    Forum 26 October 2012 Pages: 57 - 57

28. Viewer’s Choice: New on Video

    Department 26 October 2012 Pages: 58 - 58

29. Meetings Calendar

    Department 26 October 2012 Pages: 61 - 68

30. Retrospect

    • Dennis F. Hasson

    Feature 26 October 2012 Pages: 72 - 72