HIGHLIGHTS ADVANCED MATERIALS & PROCESSES | NOVEMBER 2026 59 Revie Named 2026 George A. Roberts Award Recipient Established by the ASM Materials Education Foundation in 2003, the George A. Roberts Award highlights the importance of educational outreach and is presented annually to an individual “who has made a significant impact to reach students and teachers, in efforts to increase awareness of materials and applied science careers.” The first award recipient was its namesake, George Roberts, who served the materials community with great distinction for many years. The ASM Foundation continues to proudly associate Roberts’ significant impact on science and engineering with this dedicated award. This year’s recipient, R. Winston Revie, FASM, has served as the lead organizer and fundraiser of the ASM Materials Camp-Teachers in Canada for 20 years. Through his fundraising efforts, three Canada camp locations in Calgary, Ottawa, and Hamilton, were all fully funded. For 33 years, Revie worked on pipeline integrity issues at CANMET in Ottawa serving as a research scientist, project leader, and program manager. He is now an independent corrosion consultant, book editor, and author. EMERGING PROFESSIONALS Sheet-based gyroid lattice structure showing the sheet thickness evaluation using computed tomography data. Courtesy of ASM Handbook, Vol. 24A, 2023. Winston Revie makes remarks a er receiving the 2026 George A. Roberts Award at the ASM Awards Banquet in Quebec City in October. Two New Courses Offered in December ASM is pleased to offer two new courses focused on the characterization of additively manufactured (AM) metals. Metallography and Computed Tomography of Additively Manufactured Materials (December 7-9). Because no single method tells the whole story of an AM part, this three-day course will combine x-ray computed tomography with metallography to find defects and examine the material around them. Students will trace defects back to the AM processes that cause them, then section, polish, and etch AM alloys to reveal melt pool boundaries and grain structure. They will also classify porosity types and compare the effects of stress relief, heat treatment, and HIP. Participants are encouraged to bring their own samples to the hands-on lab sessions. Industrial Computed Tomography for Metals Characterization (December 9). For those focused on CT alone, this one-day course, held on the final day of the threeday class, will show how computed tomography reaches the internal features that traditional inspection misses. Students will learn CT fundamentals, scan specification, and artifact diagnosis, then scan parts on ASM’s Nikon CT system to measure porosity and wall thickness. Anyone who specifies CT inspection or is evaluating a CT purchase will benefit from this course. For a complete list of ASM courses, visit asminternational.org/learning/courses. EMERGING PROFESSIONALS Young Professionals Gain Wisdom at IMAT At IMAT 2026, the Emerging Professionals Committee (EPC) hosted this year’s Perspectives for Emerging Professionals symposium amid the red and orange trees of Quebec City, Canada. The symposium opened with a few remarks from immediate past ASM president, Elizabeth Hoffman, FASM. She finished by noting that “career paths are often unexpected.” This sentiment was echoed by Laura Moyer, FASM, who shared her journey from industry and her earlier-than-expected call to teach. Students and young professionals alike also heard from Mario Buchely, Véronique Vitry, FASM, and Brajendra Mishra, FASM, regarding emerging sustainability efforts in the realm of materials science—efforts that those in the room may one day be a part of. The symposium finished with presentations from
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