1. 52 nd SDM Materials Sessions Gary Don Seidel Virginia Tech gary.seidel@vt.edu (540)231-9897

2. Number of abstracts: 77 (last year 94) Number of accepted abstracts: 66 – 86% acceptance ratio (78 - 83% acceptance ratio) Number of rejected abstracts: 11 (16) Number of withdrawn abstracts/papers: 8 (17) Total number of presentations: 58 (61) Student papers: 12 abstracts 10 papers (11 papers) Total number of reviews assigned: 231 (270) Total number of reviews completed: 219 – 95% (230 – 85%) 82% TC Member Participation in Review; 7 rpm vs 8.5 rpm Max Reviewed: 12 (5 ppl)Min Reviewed: 0,3 Materials Abstracts

3. Abstract rejections were based on reviewer scoring system out of 100 on five categories: Technical Quality – 20 pnts Importance/Relevance to Field – 20 pnts Originality – 20 pnts Conciseness/Style/Clarity – 20 pnts Potential to be a Good Paper – 20 pnt Reviewers Rate Each Category with: Excellent, Above Average, Average, Below Average, Poor Average total score from all reviewers used to establish rank order Took Top 66 Abstracts to Fill All Allocated Sessions Cut-off score: 57 (i.e. rejected above avg. abstracts)

4. Materials Sessions Breakdown Total sessions: 12 (last year 15) Regular sessions: 6 (7) Special sessions: 6 (8) Five-paper sessions: 6 (12) Six-paper sessions: 6 (3) Special sessions (solicited and organized by individuals) Nanostructured Materials – Samit Roy, Ed Glaessgen, Greg Odegard, Brian Wardle (3 6-paper sessions) Integrated Computational Materials Engineering (ICME) – John Matlik (2 5-paper sessions) Multifunctional Materials – Kunigal Shivakumar (1 5-paper session)

5. Materials Sessions Sess.DateSession TitleChairCo-Chair 3 of 5Mon AMIntegrated Computational Materials Engineering (ICME) ISamit Roy Biliyar Bhat, J Matlik 5 of 5Mon AMModeling of Textile Composites (~30 ppl audience)Steven Wanthal Gregory Schoeppner 6 of 6Mon PMNanostructured Materials I (~ 30 ppl auidence)Samit RoyAjit Kelkar 6 of 6Mon PM Modeling of Damage in Composite Laminates and Textile Composites (~ 55 ppl audience) Steven Wanthal Gregory Schoeppner 2 of 5Tue AMIntegrated Computational Materials Engineering (ICME) IIJohn MatlikBiliyar Bhat 6 of 6Tue PMNanostructured Materials IIBrian WardleAntonio Avila 5 of 5Wed AMCharacterization of Damage and Fatigue in MaterialsDavid PowellAntonio Avila 5 of 6Wed PMNanostructured Materials IIIBrian WardleJoseph Koo 5 of 5Thurs AMMultifunctional Materials Kunigal Shivakumar Gary Seidel 5 of 5Thurs AMFatigue, Fracture and Buckling of MaterialsDavid PowellJohn Matlik 6 of 6Thurs PMMicrostructural Effects and Inelastic Behavior Kunigal Shivakumar Gary Seidel 4 of 6Thurs PMAerospace Materials ApplicationsDavid PowellBiliyar Bhat

6. Special Thanks Reviewers for Student Paper Competition: Samit Roy Steve Wanthal TC Rep to Student Paper Judging: Greg Schoeppner