The Division of Engineering Alloys concerns itself with the improvement of traditional materials. New ideas, methods and technologies are being developed based on a thorough understanding of the composition-processing-microstructure- properties relationship, and applied to improve both mechanical and functional properties of these alloys, to increase their robustness and application. Current emphases include computation of fundamental properties of transition metals and intermetallic compounds, alloying theory and materials design, alloys for biomedical use, strengthening of corrosion- and heat-resistant light alloys, as well as defects and diffusion in metals as a basis for reaction synthesis.