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Welcome to the Surface Engineering Division

The application of surface engineering is vital to the success of almost every commercial and industrial product: from aero engines to aeroplanes, from iPods to surgical implants and from razor blades to racing cars. Surface engineering is a critical enabling technology that underpins every industrial and manufacturing sector. The new Surface Engineering Division Strategy encompasses the needs of British Industry to enable predictive design of important components and products to be achieved with the minimum of waste and utilising more sustainable materials using environmentally friendly processes. Read our mission statement or for more information on technologies visit our Technology Hub.

News

The engineer is human - lessons from Columbia

space shuttle
Civil engineer Matt Melis of the Glenn Research Center talks in-depth about the findings of NASA’s post-Columbia Accident Investigation and the resulting lessons for industry.
Materials World Magazine, 06 Feb 2012

Be behind the headlines!

Scientists and engineers can experience life in the heart of the newsroom by applying for a British Science Association 2012 Media Fellowship.
IOM3, 08 Feb 2012

WCARP-V

A date for your diaries: the Japanese Adhesion Society has announced the dates and venue for WCARP-V.
Adhesion & adhesives, 30 Jan 2012
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Features

On the surface - preparation of rare earth metals

Dr Steve Barrett from the University of Liverpool, UK, has been studying rare earth metals for 20 years. Here he explains how preparation of the surface layer is crucial to the functionality of these scarce elements.
Materials World Magazine, 01 Jan 2012

Playing hardball - improving steel alloy bearings

Toroidal roller bearing
A new heat treatment process is improving reliability of steel alloy bearings. Phil Burge, from SKF bearings, explains how.
Materials World Magazine, 04 Dec 2011

Measurement Good Practice guide - An introduction to the mechanical testing of coatings

This Good Practice Guide authored by Dr. Mark Gee and Dr. Nigel Jennett (NPL) is an introduction to the mechanical testing of coatings.

Coatings and surface treatments, 03 Nov 2011
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Events

35th Annual Meeting of the Adhesion Society

26 Feb 2012 - 29 Feb 2012, New Orleans, USA
Annual Meeting and Conference of the Adhesion Society Inc. to be held in New Orleans

Thermo Fisher Scientific UK Workshops: Graphene and Carbon Materials Characterization Made Simple!

06 Mar 2012, Manchester, UK
Join the materials revolution! Attend one of our FREE hands-on workshops: 6 March - Manchester or 7 March - Coventry

Thermo Fisher Scientific UK Workshops: Graphene and Carbon Materials Characterization Made Simple!

07 Mar 2012, Coventry, UK
Join the materials revolution! Attend one of our FREE hands-on workshops: 6 March - Manchester or 7 March - Coventry
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Jobs

Mining and Metals Opportunities - Hatch Associates Ltd

Negotiable based on skills, knowledge and experience, London and Globally

Junior and senior mining, metallurgical process, and project engineering professionals required for Investment & Business Planning team in London

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Committees and associations within the Surface Engineering Division:

Corrosion Committee

IVE: The Vitreous Enamellers' Society

Society for Adhesion and Adhesives (SAA)

Coatings & Surface Treatments Committee

Publications

Surface Engineering

is Maney Publishing's

Journal of the Month

for November

Current issue

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Tribology — Materials, Surfaces & Interfaces

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Materials World

The IOM3 member magazine

Materials World is specifically devoted to the engineering materials cycle, from mining and extraction, through processing and application, to recycling and recovery. Editorially, it embraces the whole spectrum of materials and minerals – metals, plastics, polymers, rubber, composites, ceramics and glasses – with particular emphasis on advanced technologies, latest developments and new applications, giving prominence to the topics that are of fundamental importance to those in industry.

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