David L. Lawrence Convention Center, Pittsburgh, PA. MS&T ’09 is the premier professional forum addressing structure, properties, processing and performance throughout the materials science community. The technical program focuses on ceramic and glass materials, electronic and magnetic substances, environmental and energy issues, fundamentals and characterization of the materials industry, iron and steel, nanotechnology as well as processing and product manufacturing. The trade show is the result of a four-way partnership between the American Ceramic Society (ACerS), Association for Iron and Steel Technologies (AIST), ASM International and the Minerals Metals and Materials Society (TMS).