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HIGHLIGHTS...Emerging Professionals
Chapter News
Philadelphia Receives Rowan Grant
In 2012, Al Singmaster and Tom Reid
from the ASM Philadelphia Liberty Bell
Chapter began discussions with the Rowan
Family Foundation regarding a grant to
support the Chapter’s Materials Camp ac-
tivities. In December 2013, the Chapter
was notified that their request for a grant
was approved. The $75,000 grant will be
used to support the Students Materials
Camp and develop a Teachers Materials Camp. The Chapter
is extremely grateful to the Rowan Family for their support
of these camps.
Rhode Island Hosts Asphahani
The ASMRhode Island Chapter held its May dinner meet-
ing with ASM past president Aziz Asphahani, FASM, speak-
ing on “High-Performance Alloys Design and Development:
Then and Now.” He
is CEO of QuesTek
Innovations LLC and
chairman of Advanced
Motion Technologies.
Asphahani discussed
improved computa-
tional tools and
enhanced analytical
characterization, based
on integrated computa-
tional materials engi-
neering, which has proven highly effective in optimizing
materials performance. He also spoke with the Chapter’s
board about ways to enhance member participation and de-
scribed new directions of the ASM Foundation. He is an ac-
tive participant in the ASM Materials Camp initiative, a
program of great interest and participation of the Chapter.
Student Posters in Chicago
The University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC) was the site of
the Chicago Chapter’s Student Poster night held in April.
There was a strong turnout with 17 posters on display sub-
mitted by undergraduate and graduate students from UIC,
Northwestern, IIT, and NIU. Shown are students on a tour of
the UIC lab. Far left is Didem Ozevin, assistant professor of
UIC’s Civil and Materials Engineering Department, who
gave a presentation on monitoring civil engineering struc-
tures to predict failure using acoustic emission. Far right is
David Rollings, Chapter chair.
Henry Rowan
R.I. Trustees welcome Aziz Asphahani in May.
Clockwise: incoming Chapter chairman Paul
Forde, Ted Greene, John Goetz, Chapter
chairman David Shaner, Aziz Asphahani, Gary
Haupt, Robert Baboian, and Greg Dexter.
What are the common career experiences of successful
materials engineers and scientists? How do they help shape
careers? What lessons are learned along the way? For more
established engineers, the answers may come easily. How-
ever, for early career professionals, the answers may not
seem so obvious.
At MS&T14 in Pittsburgh (October 12-16), materials pro-
fessionals with various backgrounds will share the narrative
of their careers so that early career professionals can make
informed decisions about their own paths. The ASM Emerg-
ing Professionals Committee is excited to announce the 7th
Annual Symposium “Perspectives for Emerging Materials
Professionals: Career Opportunities and Experiences in
Materials Science and Engineering.” The symposium is de-
signed for the emerging professionals’ community and is part
of Tuesday’s (October 14th) daylong programming for the
early career professional.
This year’s program includes invited presentations from
an outstanding group of speakers, ranging from those estab-
lished in their field to those in the early stages. The topics
include: seasoned career and early career perspectives and
advice from government labs, academia, and industry; en-
trepreneurship and small business; the importance of men-
toring and networking; international experiences; emerging
careers and professional development in the new economy.
We also are proud to announce that two keynote speakers
will share their career experiences and wisdom for emerging
professionals at this symposium: Paul K. Mason, president,
Thermo-Calc Software Inc., and ASM president-elect, Sun-
niva Collins, FASM.
On behalf of the Emerging Professionals Programming
Subcommittee, we personally extend an invitation to attend
this symposium. It will provide an excellent opportunity to
interact with both emerged and emerging professionals alike.
We hope to see you there!
For questions or to participate in future Emerging Profes-
sional symposia, contact the symposium organizers: Mark
A. Tschopp, Army Research Laboratory, at
and Khinlay Maung, ATK, at
.
MS&T 2014 Symposium for Emerging Professionals:
Career Opportunities and Experiences
in Materials Science and Engineering