Technical Program - Tuesday, August 30

  
  Keynote Presentation: New Titanium Products via Powder Metallurgy Process
  T. Furuta, Toyota Central R&D Labs
  Japan
 Dr, Tadahiko Furuta is a senior researcher of Toyota Central Research and Development Labs.(TCRDL) Inc., and he has been working for 40 years in TCRDL. He received a Doctoral of Engineering by Tohoku University in 2008. His main research areas and interests include alloy designing and process development for titanium alloys via powder metallurgy. For example, he developed mass-produced automotive engine valves by titanium alloys for the first time in the world in 1998 and published a paper of Gum Metal in SCIENCE by in 2003. His current major research interests include additive manufacturing (AM) of titanium and high electrical resistance titanium alloys for motor components that rotate at high speeds. Academic societies are the Japan Institute of Metals and Materials (JIM) and the Iron and Steel Institute of Japan (ISIJ). His awards are Technical Development Awards of JIM in 1995 and 2004, Awards for Technical Development of the Society of Materials Science, Japan in 1999, Process Development Award of the Japan Powder Metallurgy Association in 2000. He was the winner of an R&D 100 Award in U.S.A. in 1996. He achieved over 40 authorized patents.

  
  Keynote Presentation: Fatigue Behavior and Failure Mechanisms of Metal-Injection-Molded Beta Titanium Alloys
  T. Ebel, Helmholtz-Zentrum Hereon
  Germany
 Dr. Thomas Ebel studied Physics at Hamburg University, Germany, and got his PhD title for a fundamental study in materials science by neutron scattering. After his post-doc time he worked ten years in a medical company and focussed on Metal Injection Moulding of titanium alloys. 2006 he returned to research and since then is head of department in the Institute of Metallic Biomaterials of the public research centre Hereon in Germany. Focus of his work is processing of titanium and magnesium powders for the manufacture of novel medical implants. This includes both the technical side and the scientific one, in particular how to achieve robust alloys and processes as well as high properties, in particular fatigue properties. Dr. Thomas Ebel acts as reviewer for scientific journals, published three book chapters on MIM of titanium and supervised several PhD students. Furthermore, he is member of several committees organizing powder metallurgical conferences.