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Materials and Man's Needs: Materials Science and Engineering
**Heat Treatment: improved strength/weight; improved strength; high-temperature properties; warping and cracking during heat treatment
**Material Removal: improved shaping methods; lower cost; more efficient methods
**Joining: fasteners and bonding systems for aircraft and for automobiles; joining methods for composite materials