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Ravindrans Visit Pratt & Whitney
Shanti Ravindran
and
ASM president Ravi Ravindran,
FASM,
visited Pratt &Whitney in East Hartford, Conn., on
May 12 to review aerospace materials technology and how
ASM International is working to support engineering
design and manufacturing with advancements in materials
data technology. Ravi reviewed the Computational
Materials Data Network and how this emerging capability
will support rapid
development of new
materials and pro-
cessing methods
through the use of
modeling and simu-
lation. The ideas
he presented were
well received and
aligned with many
efforts within Pratt
& Whitney and in-
dustry in general.
David Furrer, FASM,
senior fellow discipline lead and past
ASM trustee, served as their guide.
Schadler Named Vice Provost and Dean
for Undergraduate Education at RPI
Linda Schadler, FASM,
has been named
vice provost and dean for undergraduate ed-
ucation at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
(RPI), effective October 13. A member of
the ASM Board of Trustees, she is currently
the Russell Sage Professor and associate
dean for academic affairs for RPI’s School of
Engineering. In her new role, Schadler will
be responsible for overseeing the Institute’s undergraduate
degree programs. Along with enhancing the core curricu-
lum and growing opportunities for undergraduate research
and international experiences, Schadler will strengthen Insti-
tute programs focused on student advising, retention, grad-
uation, and other student support services. She will continue
to advance initiatives in teaching and learning, such as the
Mandarin Project and Art Across the Curriculum.
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In Memoriam
ASM
news
Members
in the News
IN MEMORIAM
Stephanie Kwolek,
of Wilmington, Del.,
a pioneer chemist credited with inventing
the body armor component Kevlar, died on
June 18 at age 90. Kwolek made her discov-
ery in the mid-1960s while working on spe-
cialty textile fibers. She invented a liquid
crystalline solution that could be spun into
exceptionally strong fibers. She was proud
of her invention and worked to get more women into science.
Kwolek was among DuPont’s recipients of ASM’s Engineering
Materials Achievement Award (1978) and she received the
National Medal of Technology and Innovation (1996). In 1995,
she became the fourth woman to be added to the National In-
ventors Hall of Fame.
On May 11,
John A. “Jay” Millane,
FASM,
of Doylestown, Pa., passed away. A
beloved member of the Philadelphia Chap-
ter, he was awarded ASMDistinguished Life
Membership in 1994. He was a fifth genera-
tion owner and past president of the Chap-
ter’s oldest Sustaining Member Company,
Tinius Olsen Testing Machine Co., in Hor-
sham, Pa., which is now 134 years old. He graduated from
Lehigh University in 1958 with a degree in metallurgical engi-
neering and was a member of Beta Theta Pi Fraternity. He re-
tired as president in 2001, and remained chairman of the board
until his passing. Millane received the WilliamHunt Eisenman
Award in 1983 from the Chapter and Tinius Olsen Co. was rec-
ognized by ASM as a National Historical Landmark in 1996.
Donald A. Bergh
of Fenton, Mich., died on June 1 in
Bradenton, Fla. He was a past chair of the Saginaw Valley
Chapter. He received a bachelor’s degree in metallurgical en-
gineering in 1944 and a graduate degree in
process and metallurgical engineering, both
from Michigan State University. Serving in
the U.S. Army, he was a field spotter for an
artillery battery in the 71st Infantry Division
and participated in combat against German
forces in France, Germany, and Austria until
the end of the war in 1945. Bergh was a pro-
fessor of engineering at General Motors Institute (now Ketter-
ing University) and served as faculty advisor for their Sigma
Nu fraternity. Contributions are welcomed at The Kettering
University FIRST Robotics Scholarship program at
Ketter- ing.edu/give.Goerge Hebel III
of Royal Oak, Mich.,
passed away on July 6. Hebel received a de-
gree in mechanical technology from
Lawrence Institute of Technology in 1970
and did post-graduate studies at Lawrence
Tech’s School of Industrial Management.
He served Bonal International Inc. in vari-
ous capacities throughout a 50-year period,
starting as a machinist in 1963. Hebel retired as president
and CEO in 2010 and remained chairman of the Board of
Directors until this past February. He coined the name
“Meta-Lax” for the stress relief technology he patented. In
2002, Hebel was honored by Entrepreneurs for Energy Effi-
ciency Inc. and was a finalist for Ernst & Young’s 2008 Cen-
tral Great Lakes Entrepreneur of the Year. Hebel was a
member of ASM’s Detroit Chapter.
Word has been received at ASMHeadquarters of the death of
Life Member
Andrew Tulecki
of Kitchener, Ontario, Canada.
(Ontario Chapter).