The ASM Heat Treating Society (HTS) and the International Federation for Heat Treatment and Surface Engineering (IFHTSE) present the highly anticipated 29th IFHTSE World Congress, a premier global event dedicated to advancing the fields of heat treatment and surface engineering. Co-located with ASM’s Annual Meeting, IMAT 2024, the congress is scheduled for October 1–3, in Cleveland, Ohio.
The 2024 IFHTSE World Congress revolves around the theme “Innovations in Heat Treatment and Surface Engineering for a Sustainable Future.” Emphasizing the critical role of these technologies in shaping a sustainable world, the event will explore the latest developments, breakthroughs, and practices that can enhance the efficiency, performance, and environmental impact of heat treatment and surface engineering processes. In addition, traditional heat treating topics will be offered.
Conference highlights
Monday keynote, September 30: This will be given by IFHTSE Medalist Professor Tadashi Furuhara with the Institute for Materials Research (IMR), Tohoku University. The topic will be “Alloying effects on microstructure development in high strength steels — from bulk to surface.”
Tuesday keynote, October 1: This will be given by IFHTSE Fellow Professor Sabine Denis with the Université de Lorraine. The topic will be “Heat Treatment Numerical Simulations: from the Early Works to Today’s Achievements and Perspectives.”
Wednesday keynote, October 2: This will be given by Thomas L. Christiansen, Director CHTE, Worcester Polytechnic Institute. The topic will be “Current challenges and future opportunities within heat treatment of steel.”
Also, on Wednesday, the “Inoue Memorial Symposium on Quenching Technologies and Distortion” is scheduled. This symposium will honor Prof. Tatsuo Inoue, who died in September 2023. Prof. Inoue was instrumental in much of the modeling and development of thermos-mechanical coupling of phase transformation.
More info www.asminternational.org/ifhtse-congress
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