april amp asm news_am&p master template 2010 QX6.qxt 3/25/2013 9:18 AM Page 37 ASMnews® www.asminternational.org/ASMnews ASM and TMS Launch Energy Journal Publishing partners, ASM International and The Minerals, The new journal will Metals & Materials Society (TMS), officially announced the cover a broad range of launch of a new quarterly journal on energy materials, Met- energy technologies and allurgical and Materials Transactions focus on why the tech- E: Materials for Energy Systems, at the nology matters for a TMS Annual Meeting & Exhibition particular energy appli- (TMS2013) in San Antonio, Tex., in cation. These technolo- March 2013. The journal will publish gies include battery, Passek Robinson peer-reviewed, original research, biomass, fuel cell, geot- and review articles focused on the hermal, hydrocarbons, hydrogen storage, nuclear, solar cell, science of materials applied to, or supercapacitor, thermal conversion, thermochemistry, ther- being investigated to address, moelectricity, wind, and other energy technologies as they unique aspects of current and emerge. Various areas of materials research, including larger emerging energy technologies. materials issues with applications in the energy field, will be Joining the established Metallur- included. gical and Materials Transactions David Laughlin, principal editor of Metallurgical and Ma- A: Physical Metallurgy and Mate- terials Transactions A and B, will serve in the same capacity rials Science and Metallurgical and Materials for the new journal. He is an Alcoa Professor of Physical Transactions B: Process Metallurgy and Materials Process- Metallurgy in the Department of Materials Science & Engi- ing Science publications, the new journal will begin publish- neering at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, Pa. A ing in March 2014. TMS Fellow Award recipient in 2008, Prof. Laughlin also re- “Advancing materials solutions for energy and environ- ceived the TMS Distinguished Scientist/Engineer Award in mental challenges is a topic of great importance to TMS, and 2009 for research excellence in one or more areas related to Metallurgical and Materials Transactions is certainly one of electronic, magnetic, and photonic materials science. He be- our most influential means of engaging the global materials came a Fellow of ASM International in 1989. Laughlin also community,” said James J. Robinson, TMS executive direc- authored more than 400 technical publications in the areas tor. “I very much look forward to seeing how these two ac- of phase transformations, physical metallurgy, and magnetic tivities produce new synergies via an evolutionary ‘E’ volume materials. of the journal.” Metallurgical and Materials Transactions E: Materials for Thomas S. Passek, ASM managing director, said, “Ad- Energy Systems is accepting papers now for publication in vances in materials technology are the foundation for tech- 2014. A Call for Papers is available at asminternational.org/ nologies that will lead to the development of innovative journals. energy systems and improve energy efficiency of industrial processes. I remember when this concept was first shared with our TMS Partners years ago, and it is nice to see it Nominators… come to fruition. We are pleased to expand the Metallurgi- cal and Materials Transactions brand to provide a forum Get Your Deadlines Here! for capturing research and implementation results to sup- Deadline May 1 IIM-ASM Visiting Lectureship port current and future materials developments for energy IIM-ASM North American Visiting Lectureship systems applications.” ...in this issue

37 ASM/TMS Energy Journal 40 Dr. Zay Jeffries: An Amazing Life 38 Emerging Professionals 42 Members in the News 39 New Technology Enhances Education

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HIGHLIGHTS...Emerging Professionals Canada Council Award Nominations due April 30 news ASM’s Canada Council is seeking nominations for its 2013 phone at 440/338-5151, ext. 5509 with any questions or for awards program. These prestigious awards include: more information.

ASM The G. MacDonald Young Award – The ASM Canada Council established this award in 1988 to recognize distin- Seeking Candidates guished and significant contributions by an ASM member in Canada. This award consists of a plaque and a piece of IIM-ASM North American Canadian native soapstone sculpture. M. Brian Ives Lectureship – This award was established Visiting Lectureship in 1971 by the Canada Council of ASM to identify a distin- ASM and the Indian Institute of guished lecturer who will present a technical talk at a regu- Materials (IIM) are pleased to an- lar monthly meeting of each of those Canada ASM Chapters nounce a new lectureship effective who elect to participate. The winner receives $1000 hono- in 2013. Each year, many members rarium, and travels to each ASM Canada Chapter through- of IIM make brief visits to the U.S. out the year to give his/her presentation at the expense of and Canada. Following the success the ASM Canada Council. of the ASM-IIM Visiting Lecture- John Convey Innovation Awards – In 1977, the Canada ship Program that was established Council created a new award to recognize sustaining mem- in 1979, ASM approached IIM to bers companies’ contributions for further development of further promote international co- the materials engineering industry in Canada. The award operation between the professional considers a new product and/or service directed at the Cana- societies and to provide useful service to the materials com- dian or international market. Two awards are presented each munity. As a result, ASM and the IIM jointly established and year—one to a company with more than $5 million in sales. funded the ASM-IIM North America Visiting Lectureship, a Some recent recipients include: Dr. Kartik Shanker, principal new program providing honoraria for qualified IIM mem- engineer, StandardAeroLtd., Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada; bers. Deadline for submission is May 1, 2013. Candidates and Mr. Fred Doern, chair, Red River College, Winnipeg, should have plans to visit the U.S. and/or Canada between Manitoba, Canada. June 1 and December 30. Place your nominations for the 2013 awards! Online nom- For rules and nomination form, visit: www.asminterna- ination forms, traditional forms, and award rules can be tional.org/awards. For more information, contact: Christine found at www.asminternational.org/awards. Contact Chris- Hoover at 440-338-5151, ext. 5509 or christine.hoover@ tine Hoover at [email protected], or via asminternational.org. EMERGING PROFESSIONALS C’mon, Sign Up for that Training Class! Kathryn Bergman Here are some tips for making an off-site training oppor- Cabot Microelectronics tunity more valuable: • Take time beforehand to think about questions and problems you have encountered. hen you have lab tests to run, re- • Bring material samples or process data with you. Wports to compile, meetings to pre- • Be actively involved and whenever appropriate, ask pare for, and products to ship to questions. customers, it may seem impossible to take • Spend time getting to know the other attendees – these a couple days for an off-site training. It also may be difficult are the people whose work and interests can assist you to convince your manager that off-site training can be valu- with later problems. Building a bigger network of people able to your work. in your area of expertise is always worth the time! I recently attended a four-day training to learn more • Write the date and where you met new people on the about polymer materials analysis, using thermogravimet- back of business cards and follow up with them soon ric analysis (TGA), differential scanning calorimeter (DSC), after. The week after training, send a personal message and dynamic mechanical analysis (DMA). The course cov- or invite to connect on a networking website. ered equipment calibration, sample preparation, optimum You can get the most out of any training opportunity by test parameters, and data analysis. I learned so much. The preparing well, bringing your own questions, samples, and benefits of spending four days in training will yield more issues to discuss, and connecting with other professions dur- time saved than the work I missed while being out. I also ing the session. Sign up. It will be worth it! gained contact information on experts I can tap into later Interested in technical training? ASM has many training op- with questions—and I have already contacted them a few portunities from industry experts. Visit www.asminternational. times! org/education.

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HIGHLIGHTS...Profile of a Volunteer ASM VOLUNTEERISM COMMITTEE Profile of a Volunteer news

Laura Van Steenhuyse Volunteering with ASM helps Laura stay connected with Iowa State University 2012 people in her industry, but also allows her to give back to those who first sparked her interest in materials engineer- hat does a recent grad do when she ing. “I remember in elementary school, staff from Rockwell Wcan’t find work in her field? She Collins showed us how a glass saucepan can transfer heat stays involved with ASM—even without a through the bottom but the handle doesn’t get hot—because local chapter. That’s the strategy adopted of different properties and how it’s processed.” by Laura Van Steenhuyse after she gradu- At Iowa State, Laura enjoyed Material Advantage and de- ated from Iowa State University in May 2012, with a B.S. in cided, “Whatever I can do with ASM, I will do!” She credits materials engineering. ASM with helping her keep up on the newest technology and With Laura’s fiancée pursuing graduate studies at Florida research, even when she’s not working directly in the industry. State University, she moved to Tallahassee but could not find After her July wedding, Laura has four more years in Tal- work as a process engineer in an area with little manufactur- lahassee. She plans to stay on the volunteerism committee ing. While she works temporarily as an insurance agent, and possibly attend national meetings in the future. And how Laura joined the ASM national committee on volunteerism. does selling life insurance fit in? “I’ve learned transferable “I’m helping work on our goals and I’m contacting Material skills, for example, how to talk to people and be confident Advantage chapters at colleges around the country. We’re about what you’re selling.” Combined with her engineering getting recent grads involved with ASM, because they often degree and ASM volunteerism—Laura has found a good don’t know what’s offered beyond Material Advantage.” recipe for future success. New Technology Enhances Education Experience at the Dome! The Education Department’s classrooms and labs at ASM In- iPad Technology and ternational’s headquarters recently were upgraded to provide in- Computer Upgrades in structors and students with an even better learning environment. the Classroom: The Ed- The enhancements, including new computers, iPads, smart ucation Department boards, and lab equipment, will significantly improve the expe- also added iPads and rience of instructors and students. new computers to the Lecture and Lab Room Presentation Computers: The class- classroom experience. rooms have been equipped with new presentation computers. The iPads allow stu- These allow ASM staff to set up instructors’ content before they dents to record results arrive. This enables instructors to start their classes in a timely of their lab work, save fashion and ensures a smooth transition into utilizing the tech- images of their mi- nology in the class. crostructures, and Portable White Board Recording (Mimeo) and Voice Capture share them with the Technology: High-tech lecture capture equipment was installed in class. The new com- the classrooms. This consists of computer screen capture, voice puters allow students capture, and whiteboard capture. Mimio Teach and Ink Capture to digitally capture are portable systems that turn any whiteboard into a smart board. their microstructures They capture instructors’ board notes along with comments made and save them to files. while writing on the board. The captures are then posted online al- Instructional proce- lowing students to review their class sessions. dures for equipment operation and testing procedures are pre- loaded on the tablets, bringing all required information to play in a modern interactive package. Lab Equipment Donations: Two new grinder/polishers, an abrasive cutoff saw, and vacuum-mounting system were donated by Allied High Tech, Rancho Dominguez, Calif. This new equip- ment allows ten students access to individual machines during hand grinding and polishing activities. The additional Allied equipment to the ASM Metallographic Lab, which is outfitted with donations from Buehler, Leco, and Struers, helps keep lab capabilities current. Buehler also delivered a new abrasive cutoff saw. Solar Atmospheres’ donation of a vacuum furnace is ex- In the photo, (left to right) Clay Smith, Allied High Tech president, and George Abraham, materials engineer at Allied, are joined by John pected in June 2013. The furnace allows lab exercises to augment Peppler, ASM lab manager, in front of the new TechCut 5 Precision existing heat treating courses, as well as a new course offering, Sectioning Machine during installation day in February. Vacuum Heat Treating.

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HIGHLIGHTS...Chapter Profile Chapter News news Houston – Spouse and Past Chairs Night Dr. Zay Jeffries: An Amazing Life ASM Perhaps the greatest “unknown” modern met- allurgist was Dr. Zay Jef- fries, who during his lifetime had the moniker “The Dean of American Metallurgists.” In a dis- tinguished career span- ning 1911 to 1950, Dr. The ASM Houston Chapter hosted its annual spouse and past Jeffries accumulated a chairs night at Maggiano’s Little Italy. It was a great success. Past string of accomplish- chapter chairs in attendance were (left to right): Joel Russo, Mike Andrus, George Sellnau, Diane Nielsen, Eric Drake, Anil Kumar, ments that few have Marco Deuterio, Bob Koester, Edgar Zapata, Bob Badrak, John matched. After graduat- Starkweather, and Tim Munsterman. ing from the South Dakota School of Mines Boston – From Steamships to Hardness Testing in 1911, Jeffries em- At the February 27 Boston Chapter meeting, author John barked on research in the then cutting-edge technology Laurence Busch gave an enthusiastic presentation of infor- of microstructural analysis at the Case School of Applied mation and excerpts from his book, Steam Coffin, which Science (now Case Western Reserve University). His delves into the inception, design, construction, and maiden findings led to the development of grain size measure- voyage of the Savannah, history’s first steamship. ment techniques that are still the basis for modern meas- Mr. Busch described the difficulties experienced urements, and he was an early proponent of the use of in raising a crew among the mariners of New York x-ray diffraction to study crystal structure. He was one of City, who had nicknamed the ship the “Steam Cof- the first to understand the relationship between process- fin” due to several highly-publicized accidents on ing, microstructure, and properties, the basis for modern the steamboats in service. materials science. The Science of Metals, first published As a tie in to metallurgy, Bill O’Neill of Wilson in 1924 with co-author Robert Archer, was a standard Hardness, Norwood, Mass., presented a historical metallurgy text into the 1970s. review of the methods and technology of hardness Jeffries took advantage of Case’s liberal consulting testing. He described the “scratch tests” of the policies to establish relationships with many local com- Bill O’Neill early 18th century, the Mohs Scale developed in panies including General Electric’s (GE’s) Lamp Depart- describes the 1822, and the various indentation-based testing ment at NELA Park, the Aluminum Casting Company earliest methods methods developed in the early 20th century. (now part of Alcoa) and the National Tube Division of of testing and classifying More recent developments have focused on im- U.S. Steel. material proving the design of testing equipment, with such Dr. Jeffries was responsible for many of the early alloys hardness at the innovations as computer control, closed-loop that made aluminum a commercial success. With Archer Boston chapter meeting. technology, and automated systems. Current de- and others, he produced the first heat treatable alu- velopment work centers on improvements in soft- minum alloys, including still-used alloys 122, 195, 319, ware, user interface, optics, and automation. CHAPTER PROFILE ASM Alamo Chapter History

The Alamo Chapter became an and interest to keep the Chapter active and meaningful. official ASM chapter in April of As the Chapter matured it developed more outreach activ- 1962. The main organizers of the ities. It ventured out of Alamo city and held Quad-chapter Chapter included Bob Wiley who meetings with New Orleans, Houston, and Dallas. Over the later died in an airplane crash, years, Chapter members toured at various local businesses. H.G. Fraunhofer, Charles R. Mc- Since 1962, the chapter has been committed to providing ed- Grail, Bob Brown, A. L. Lowenberg, Herman Burghard, El- ucation and training to the local community and businesses wood Norris, and Henry Davila. by its course offerings. Membership in the early 1960s was about 60; the peak was The Alamo Chapter enthusiastically supports two univer- 160 members in the early 1980s; and in 2002, the Alamo sities with scholarships: the University of Texas at San Anto- Chapter had a membership of 94. Since 1962, the Chapter nio (UTSA) and University of Texas at Pan Am (UTPA). has had 31 chairmen, several serving more than two terms. Additionally, the Chapter donates materials reference books The leadership of those 25 men provided the energy, vision, to the university library, hosts students at annual meetings

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HIGHLIGHTS...Jeffries Commemorated ASM news Dr. Zay Jeffries: An Amazing Life 2014, 2025, and 6051. The two researchers also proposed the slip interference theory of hardening to explain precip- Cleveland Chapter itation strengthening. Dr. Jeffries established Alcoa’s re- Commemorates Jeffries search lab and later became the company’s director of On April 22, 2013, on Dr. Zay Jeffries’ 125th birthday, a talk research. discussing the breadth of his accomplishments will be Steel was another material that Dr. Jeffries investigated, presented at the Cleveland Chapter meeting at working under Dr. Albert Sauver of Harvard University for ASM Headquarters. The Chapter’s annual Zay Jeffries Night his doctoral dissertation. Later, with Archer, he applied the keeps the memory of this remarkable man alive. slip interference theory to steels in The Hardening of Steel to explain the role of grains, alloying elements, processing, phases, and phase sizes on the strength of steels. Jeffries is most associated with GE. In his first court case as an expert witness, he successfully testified in support of the patent for the Coolidge process, the basis for GE’s incandes- cent lamp filaments. His work on the mi- crostructure of tungsten led to GE’s standard for the number of grains in a filament cross section, a standard that was in use until the end of in- candescent light bulb production. Following his success in lobbying GE to invest in cemented carbide tooling, he became president and later chief executive officer of Carboloy, the first non- At the 1946 ASM annual meeting (left to right): Gerald Wendt, editorial director, Science Illustrated; Zay Jeffries, vice president, GE; Robert S. electric industry-related subsidiary of GE. Car- Archer, Climax Molybdenum Co. boloy’s carbide tipped tools served well in World War II, enabling the manufacture of airplane parts made tute, where he helped bring together The Haloid Co. and of otherwise unmachinable high strength aluminum al- Chester Carlson to form Xerox Corp. loys that Jeffries and Archer invented. In 1946, Dr. Jef- Dr. Jeffries was associated with ASM throughout his life. fries became vice president of GE’s Chemical Division, He was a founding member of the Cleveland Chapter, now known as GE Plastics. served as ASM president in 1929, received all five major As a member of the National Academy of Science, Dr. ASM awards, was an Honorary Member (precursor to Jeffries served several roles during World War II. His work ASM Fellow), served as chairman of the First and Second on substitution of scarce metals led to the steel penny, sav- World Metallurgical Congresses, chaired the Fiftieth An- ing copper for ammunition cartridges. He also consulted niversary committee, and worked extensively with William with Arthur Compton at the University of Chicago in sup- Eisenman. In 1960, he gave the keynote speech at the ded- port of the first nuclear reactor. ication of the current ASM Headquarters. After retirement, he co-invented Selsun Blue and served as chairman of the board for The Battelle Memorial Insti- Courtesy of Dr. David L. Ellis, FASM, Cleveland Chapter

and local industry tours, conducts a “sponsor-a-student” program, and encourages internship opportunities. The ASM Alamo Chapter was designated as a Five-Star Award winner from 2001 to 2012. In 2009, the chapter re- ceived the chapter of excellence award under the leadership of Paul Redmond from SwRI in San Antonio. The ASM Alamo Chapter has a great heritage and dedi- cated members. Through effective leadership and communi- cation, it will continue to make a difference in the community and the life of the members.

Courtesy of Daniel J. Benac, P.E., and Donald A. Norsworthy, Alamo Chapter The original ASM Alamo Chapter Charter.

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HIGHLIGHTS...In Memoriam Members in the News news Engineers’ Council Awards in Universal City (Hollywood), Calif. The Engineers’ Council 58th annual National Engineers Several ASM members were involved

ASM Week Honors and Awards Banquet was held on February 23 in the ceremony.

Dr. Alton D. Romig Jr., FASM, (top IN MEMORIAM photo, right) vice president, Advanced ASM Past President Dr. George A. Roberts, Development Programs at Lockheed FASM, passed away at age 93 on February 15, Martin, presents the Clarence L. “Kelly” Johnson Skunk Works Award to DARPA 2013 in Dallas, Tex. Serving as ASM’s Deputy Director, Dr. Steven H. Walker youngest president in 1955 at the age of 36, (top photo, left) at The Engineers’ George was, and will remain, a pillar of ASM Council 58th annual National Engineers Week Honors and Awards Banquet. International. He had over 72 years of ASM membership and was emeritus trustee of the Dr. Hua-Tay Lin, FASM, FACerS, ASM Materials Education Foundation. (bottom photo, right) from Oak Ridge Through the Foundation, he endowed nearly 100 scholarships National Laboratory, displays his Distinguished Engineering Achievement for students studying materials, science, and engineering. The Award for career accomplishments ASM George A. Roberts Award honors teachers making an im- while with Council trustee, pact in materials science education. Mr. Robert Tarn. George studied at the U.S. Naval Academy and the Carnegie Institute of Technology, where he earned his B.S., M.S., and D.Sc. TMS Young Leader Professional degrees. He first worked as a metallurgist for Vanadium Alloys Development Award Steel Corp. in Latrobe, Pa., becoming its president. In 1966, it The Minerals, Metals & Materials merged with Teledyne Inc. where he became president and chief Society (TMS) named 20 recipients executive until his retirement. He continued as a Board member of the 2013 TMS Young Leader Pro- of a number of Teledyne related enterprises. An author, Dr. fessional Development Award. The Roberts published Distant Force, a memoir of Teledyne which he awards were presented at the 142nd TMS Annual Meeting & grew to be a Fortune 500 corporation along with his close friend Exhibition in early March 2013 in San Antonio, Tex. Recip- Henry Singleton. The ASM Tool Steels reference book, first pub- ients received support from the TMS Foundation to attend lished in 1944, was co-authored by Dr. Roberts. a TMS technical conference, as well as access to networking A memorial service was held March 2, 2013 in Dallas. ASM opportunities and an invitation to participate in TMS Board International was represented by managing director Thom of Directors and Division Council meetings. Passek and past president Aziz Asphahani. George is survived ASM members among the winners are: Amy Clarke, by his wife Mrs. Ellen Roberts, children, and grandchildren. The Los Alamos National Laboratory, Nikhil Gupta, Polytechnic family has asked that memorial donations be given to the ASM Institute of New York Materials Education Foundation, 9639 Kinsman Rd., Materials University; Leon Pren- Park, OH 44073. tice, CSIRO Process Sci- ence and Engineering; Prof. Norman S. Stoloff, FASM, of Clifton Michael Sangid, Purdue Park, N.Y., 78, professor emeritus at Rensse- University; and Jian laer Polytechnic Institute, passed away on Wang, Los Alamos Na- February 21, 2013 in Albany. He earned a B.S. tional Laboratory. from New York University and a Ph.D. in ma- Clarke Gupta terials science from Columbia University. He was a Fulbright Fellow and a member of Tau Beta Pi and Sigma Xi. After holding engineer- ing positions at Pratt & Whitney and Ford, he had a distin- guished 30-year career as professor at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) in the department of materials engineering. Prof. Stoloff served as chair of the International Materials Reviews Committee for 19 years (1987-2006) and as U.S. Editor of the Prentice Sangid Wang journal for ten years (1996-2006). He also edited textbooks and the Journal of Materials Research and chaired conferences for Engineering Conferences International. Prof. Stoloff was a WPI Researchers Receive Inaugural mentor and instructor to many dedicated students who con- IJCMR Founder’s Publishing Prize tinue to carry out his work. The inaugural publication prize of the Worshipful Com- Word has been received at ASM headquarters of the death of pany of Founders for the best paper published in the Interna- Life Member, Prof. William J. Mitchell, of Dearborn Heights, tional Journal of Cast Metals Research (IJCMR) was awarded Mich. (Detroit Chapter). He served 50 years as professor of en- in February 2013 to researchers from Worcester Polytechnic gineering at the University of Michigan. Institute (WPI), Mass., for their paper entitled, “Characteri- sation of hot tearing in Al cast alloys: methodology and pro-

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HIGHLIGHTS...Members in the News ASM Members in the News news cedures.” Prof. Diran Apelian, FASM, to the newly created position of vice president - product de- along with co-authors, Dr. Shimin Li, and velopment. Nolan will be overseeing the development of new Dr. Kumar Sadayappan, conducted the re- products for the automotive, construction, and rail markets. A search at the Advanced Casting Research metallurgist by training, John served in a variety of technical, Center at WPI and the CANMET Materials operational, and commercial positions within the steel indus- Technology Laboratory, Canada. Dr. Apelian, try and the company, since his graduation from Lafayette Col- Howmet Professor of Engineering and Di- lege with a B.S. in metallurgical engineering. He is also a rector of the Metal Processing Institute at Apelian graduate of the Executive Development Programs at North- WPI, commented on behalf of the authors, western University and the Harvard School of Business. “We are delighted to receive recognition of our work from the industrial sector. It is gratifying to learn that what we do Ma’s Bright Idea makes a difference, and that our research work makes an im- Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) student pact.” The prize is awarded biannually to a paper that makes Ming Ma developed a new method to manufac- outstanding contribution to the assured production of high- ture light-emitting diodes (LEDs) that are brighter, integrity castings. more energy efficient, and have superior technical properties than those on the market today. His Wang Observes Nanocrystalline Nickel patent-pending invention holds the promise of According to Dr. Haiyan Wang, an as- hastening the widespread adoption of LEDs and sociate professor in the Department of reducing the overall cost, energy consumption, Electrical and Computer Engineering at and environmental impact of illuminating our homes and Texas A&M University, College Station, businesses. For this innovation, Ma, a doctoral student in the strain hardening capability is critical for Department of Materials Science and Engineering, was metallic materials to achieve high ductil- named the winner of the prestigious 2013 $30,000 Lemel- ity during plastic deformation. Wang and son-Rensselaer Student Prize. Ma’s project is titled “Graded- her team use an in situ transmission elec- refractive-index (GRIN) Structures for Brighter and Smarter tron microscope nanoindentation tool to directly observe Light-Emitting Diodes.” Dr. Linda Schadler, FASM, ASM the dynamic work hardening event in nanocrystalline nickel trustee, professor of materials science and engineering, and during multiple loading-unloading cycles. Their study, “Di- associate dean for academic affairs in the School of Engi- rect observation of Lomer-Cottrell Locks during strain hard- neering is one of his faculty advisors. ening in nanocrystalline nickel by in situ TEM,” published online with Scientific Reports at nature.com, provides both Lemke as NanoSteel V.P. the evidence to explain the roots of work hardening at small The NanoSteel Co., (Providence, R.I.) announced in Feb- length scales and the insight for future design of ductile ruary 2013 that Harald Lemke joined the company as vice nanocrystalline metals. Dr. Wang’s honors include the ASM president & general manager of powder metallurgy (PM). Silver Medal Award in 2011, the National Science Founda- Lemke will lead the commercialization of NanoSteel’s alloys tion’s CAREER Award in 2009, and the Presidential Early Ca- into the PM industry using both the recent breakthrough in reer Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE) in 2008. advanced high-strength steel and the company’s established coatings products. He will focus on high hardness, wear, and Nolan Appointed to New Post yield strength applications that also require ductility tradi- In March 2013, Steel Dynamics Inc. (Ft. Wayne, Ind.) an- tionally served by specialty and hard materials. Lemke was nounced the appointment of John Nolan, vice president and most recently the global vice president of materials market- general manager of the company’s structural and rail division, ing at the coatings division of Sulzer-Metco. Calling All STEM Teachers! Attend ASM Materials Camp® Teachers Camps Attend a one-week professional development workshop this summer—at no cost to you! Who should attend? Where are the camps? • High school general science, chemistry, physics, math, There are many ASM and technology/vocational teachers Materials Camp-Teachers • Middle school physical science teachers locations throughout the Why attend? U.S. and Canada. For the • Learn how to engage your students in using simple, 2013 schedule, visit www. low-cost experiments tha you can integrate into your asmfoundation.org. existing lesson plans How to apply? • Help your students discover career opportunities in Go to www.asmfoundation.org to apply online. science and engineering For more information, contact: Jeane Deatherage, administrator of • Receive 4 CEU’s, and free materials, lunches, and snacks Foundation Programs at [email protected]. • 2 semester graduate credits available for a cost of $250

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