This supplemental volume presents additional proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Processing and Manufacturing of Advanced Materials - THERMEC’2011 - which was held during the 1-5 August 2011 in Quebec City, Canada. The conference brought together researchers and engineers/technologists working on aspects of the processing, fabrication, evaluation and applications of ferrous and non ferrous materials including biomaterials, and smart/intelligent materials, and the contents reflect the latest progress made in these fields.

THERMEC proceedings is collection of research papers from active /known researchers in materials science /engineering , manufacturing, processing and applications of advanced materials ranging from ferrous an d non ferrous materials to biomaterials,nanomaterials, metallic glasses, fuel cels,hydrogen storage technologies, surface engineering, welding and joining, modeling & simulation and intelligent & smart materials/ processes.

THERMEC 2011, International Conference on PROCESSING & MANUFACTURING OF ADVANCED MATERIALS Processing, Fabrication, Properties, Applications, August 1-5, 2011, Quebec City, Canada

Presents the most up-to-date information on the state of Materials Fabrication, Properties, Characterization, and Modeling. It's a great mix of practical applied technology and hard science, which is of invaluable benefit to the global industry.