This volume includes the contributions to the Seventeenth International Workshop on Rare-earth Magnets and Their Applications (August 18-22, 2002, Newark, Delaware, USA). The objective is to bring together scientists and engineers of industry, government, universities, and research institutes from different backgrounds to review their current understanding of rare earth magnets and their applications, and to exchange ideas and information. The Workshop will concentrate on the practical aspects of fabrication, processing, and application of rare earth magnets, as well as on the fundamental aspects of rare earth transition metal alloys and their magnetic hysteresis behavior.

I. Materials / Fabrication / Processing 1. Raw Materials, Resources and Processing 2. Economic Concepts 3. Magnetic Materials (including new) 4. Nanocrystalline RE-TM Magnets 5. Rare Earth Substituted Ferrites 6. Processing of RE Magnets 7. Bonded Magnets 8. Corrosion Protection 9. Aging Effects 10. Rare-Earth Magnetic Films 11. Magnetostrictive Materials/Devices 12. Instrumentation, Standards, Test Methods II. Fundamental / Scientific Issues 13. Intrinsic Properties of Rare Earth Magnets 14. R&D of RE-TM Alloys

15. New Alloys and Compounds 16. Thermal and Time Effects 17. Microstructure of Domains 18. Coercivity/Micromagnetic Modeling III. Applications 19. Application of RE Magnets 20. Electro-Magnetomechanical Devices, Sensors Applications 21. Device and Systems Engineering 22. Magnetic Circuit Design 23. Magnetic Circuit Design and F.E.A. 24. Automotive Applications: Motors and Sensors 25. Office Automation (and Computer) 26. Factory Automation: Motors and Sensors 27. Motors for Appliances and White Goods 28. Other Applications (Medical, Aerospace)