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edfas.org ELECTRONIC DEVICE FAILURE ANALYSIS | VOLUME 22 NO. 4 36 EDFAS AWARDS SEEKING NOMINATIONS FOR EDFAS AWARDS The ASM Electronic Device Failure Analysis Society established two awards to recognize the accomplishments of its members. The awards will be given at ISTFA 2021. Nominate a worthy colleague today! EDFAS LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD EDFAS Lifetime Achievement Award was established by the EDFAS Board of Directors in 2015 to recognize leaders in the EDFAS community who have devoted their time, knowledge, and abilities to the advancement of the electronic device failure analysis industry. EDFAS PRESIDENT’S AWARD The EDFAS President’s Award shall recognize exceptional service to EDFAS and the electronic device failure analysis community. Examples of such service include, but are not limited to committee service, service on the Board of Directors, organization of conferences or symposia, development of education courses, student and general public outreach. While any member of EDFAS is expected to further the Society’s goals through service, this award shall recognize those who provided an exceptional amount of effort in their service to the Society. Nomination deadline for both awards is March 1, 2021. For rules and nomination forms, visit the EDFAS website at edfas.org, click on Membership & Networking and then Society Awards, or contact Mary Anne Jerson at 440.671.3877, maryanne.jerson@asminternational.org. EDFAS MEMBERS RECEIVE ASM AWARDS T he Electronic Device Failure Analysis Society (EDFAS) is proud to announce that three of itsmembers have been named as recipients of 2020 ASM Awards. ASM FELLOWS Dr. JanezGrum, retiredprofessor, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering at theUniversity of Ljubljana in Slovenia was named to the 2020 Class of Fellows of ASM International. He was cited “for sustained contributions in metallurgical research and technologies, including nondestructive testing, failure analysis, and laser processing of steel and other engineering alloys.” Dr. Virginia Osterman, corporate chemist at Solar Atmospheres Inc. in Souderton, Pa., was also selected as a Fellow of ASM International. Her award is “for significant technical and educational contributions specific to vacuumheat treating processes, including use of vacuum furnaces for the embrittlement of titanium, tantalum, and other refractory metals for powder production.” Prof. Michael Pecht, professor, Center for Advanced Life Cycle Engineering at the University of Maryland in College Park, joined the 2020 Class of Fellows. He was cited “for technical contributions and leadership in the areas of electronics reliability, physics of failure, and sustainment.” Grum, Osterman, and Pecht join Larry Wagner (2010), Ed Cole (2013), Bill Vanderlinde (2014), Cheryl Hartfield (2017), Dehua Yang (2018), Felix Beaudoin (2019), and Richard McSwain (2019), as EDFAS members selected for this honor. Grum Pecht Osterman