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HIGHL IGHTS A D V A N C E D M A T E R I A L S & P R O C E S S E S | O C T O B E R 2 0 2 1 5 8 TECHNICAL COMMUNITIES demic, the camps this year were virtual. However, the camps reached more than 400 teachers and 100 students. Since 2000, the Materials Camps have reached almost 18,000 stu- dents! Many of these students decide to pursue STEM-based careers as a result of their experiences with our camps. If you would like to learnmore or even sponsor a camp, please visit asmfoundation.org . As always, thank you for your support of ASM! Ron Aderhold, Acting Executive Director, ASM International ron.aderhold@asminternational.org Growing Technical Engagement at ASM International ASM International has been a pillar of technical excellence supported by our authors, editors, peer reviewers, subject matter experts, speakers, and members who have provided content for successful handbooks, conferences, journals, magazines, and education courses. As we adjust to changes in tech- nology and the advances in the dissemination of information, ASM must adapt as a society and meet the growing need for materials related knowledge while reinventing how it is distributed and consumed. ASM is able to publish quality, reviewed, technical content because of the experts in our membership who dedicate their time to volunteering and sharing their expertise with the larger community. To help foster this sharing of knowl- edge, ASM has embarked on a reimagined volunteer committee structure, which will enable our membership to find tech- nical areas of community where they can choose to get involved and work alongside others who share that same passion. In short, ASM’s new volunteer structure allows for the quick formation of technical areas of interest both informally and formally. If a group of volunteers would like to communicate and discuss a technical topic in more of an ad hoc for- mat, ASM Connect allows for the formation of a Technical Community for a specific topic where spontaneous or planned discussion can occur and both experts and those seeking knowledge can communicate together online. After it is formed, a Technical Committee would operate with a defined mission, leadership, meeting cadence, and goals. Technical Committees can form based on a group of volunteers’ desires to gather around a specific technical topic and work toward deliverables such as programming at a conference, working on a Handbook, or building an education course. Technical Committees can form directly with enough volunteer support and Technical Communities may desire to transition to a more formal committee structure over time. To engage with or create a Technical Community, visit ASM Connect at https://connect.asminternational.org/ home. To review current open volunteer opportunities with current ASM Committees or to submit interest in forming a new Technical Committee, visit https://connect.asminternational.org/volunteeropportunities/about- volunteering. VISIT THE CAREER HUB Matching job seekers to employers just got easier with ASM International’s CareerHub. After logging on to the ASM website, job seekers can upload a resume and do searches on hiring companies for free. Advanced searching allows filtering based on various aspects of materials science, e.g., R&D, failure analysis, lab environment, and manufacturing. Employers and suppliers can easily post jobs and set up pre-screen criteria to gain access to highly qualified, profes- sional job seekers around the globe. For more information, visit careercenter.asminternational.org .