HIGHLIGHTS ADVANCED MATERIALS & PROCESSES | NOVEMBER 2026 52 ASM Thermal Spray Society Komal Laul, senior principal engineer at Delta Air Lines, succeeds as president of TSS, while Andrew Ang, FASM, senior research engineer and senior lecturer at Swinburne University of Technology in Australia, remains on the board as immediate past president. Filofteia-Laura Toma, senior research scientist at the Fraunhofer Institute for Material and Beam Technology, is appointed vice president, and Bala Balachander, principal engineer at Delta Air Lines, is reappointed secretary/treasurer. Officers serve two-year terms. Atin Sharma, FASM, business development manager at Siemens Energy Inc., is reappointed to the board. Bertrand Jodoin, FASM, professor at the University of Ottawa, and Kentaro Shinoda, leader of the coatings and interface engineering research group, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, are newly appointed to the board for threeyear terms. Newly appointed Ali Eskandari, Ph.D. student at University West, Sweden, and Caleb Griffin, Ph.D. student at the University of Strathclyde, Scotland, who is reappointed, will serve as student board members for one-year terms. ASM Nominating Committee Nominations due December 15 ASM International is seeking members to serve on the 2027 ASM Nominating Committee. The committee will meet in person at ASM headquarters to select a nominee for 2027-2028 vice president who will serve as senior vice president in 2028-2029 and president in 2029-2030. The Nominating Committee will also select three trustee nominees for 2027-2030. Candidates for this committee can only be proposed by a Chapter through its executive committee, an ASM committee or council, or an affiliate society board. Nominations are due December 15. For more information, contact Karesha Nutter at 440.671.3897 or karesha.nutter@asminternational.org, or visit asminter- national.org/about-asm/governance/nominating-committee. ASM Seeks Vice President and Board of Trustees Nominations ASM is seeking nominations for the position of vice president as well as three trustees. The Society’s 2027 vice president and trustees-elect will serve as voices for the membership and will shape ASM’s future through implementation of the ASM Strategic Plan. Qualifications: Members must have a well-rounded understanding of the broad activities and objectives of ASM on a local, Society, and international level, and the issues and opportunities that ASM will face over the next few years. Further, they must also have a general appreciation for international trends in the engineered materials industry. Duties: The duties of board members include various assignments between regular meetings. Trustees also assume the responsibility of making Chapter visits and serving as a board liaison to ASM Affiliate Societies and various committees and councils. Guidelines: Nominees for vice president must have previously served on the ASM Board or served as the president of an ASM Affiliate Society Board. Those selected to serve as trustees should be capable of someday assuming the ASM presidency. Deadline for nominations is March 15, 2027. For more information, visit asminternational.org/about- asm/governance/vp-board-nominations or contact Karesha Nutter at karesha.nutter@asminternational.org or 440.671.3897. CALL FOR NOMINATIONS Laul Balachander Shinoda Toma Jodoin Griffin Ang Sharma Eskandari
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