Industry 4.0 - An Emerging Era for Materials Processing Diran Apelian, Ph.D. Alcoa-Howmet Professor of Mechanical Engineering Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) It is well accepted that the 21st Century is the century of the 4th industrial revolution (IR). Construction of railroads and the invention of the steam engine;…

Army Composite Materials Technology Supporting the Future Soldier James M. Sands, Ph.D. Chief, Composite and Hybrid Materials Branch Materials & Manufacturing Science Division U.S. Army Research Laboratory As the U.S. Army establishes the Army Future's Command and the obligations associated with this new leadership…