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HIGHLIGHTS... Canada Council Awards ASM
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Canada Council Award Nominations
due April 30
ASM’s Canada Council is seeking
nominations for its 2014 awards
program. These prestigious awards
include:
The G. MacDonald Young
Award – the ASMCanada Coun-
cil established this award in 1988
to recognize distinguished and
significant contributions by an ASMmember in Canada. This award
consists of a plaque in addition to a piece of Canadian native soap-
stone sculpture.
M. Brian Ives Lectureship – This award was established in 1971 by
the Canada Council of ASM to identify a distinguished lecturer who
will present a technical talk at a regular monthly meeting of each of
those Canada ASM Chapters who elect to participate. The winner
receives a $1,000 honorarium and travels to each ASM Canada
Chapter throughout the year to give their presentation at the ex-
pense of the ASM Canada Council.
John Convey Innovation Awards – In 1977, the Canada Council
created a new award to recognize sustaining members companies’
contributions for further development of the materials engineering
industry in Canada. The award considers a new product and/or
service directed at the Canadian or international marketplace. Two
awards are presented each year—one to a company with more than
$5 million in sales.
Nomination forms and award rules can be found at
Contact Christine Hoover at
or 440/338-5151 ext. 5509 for more information.
From the President’s Desk
Vision 101—Moving into the
Next Century
We recently celebrated ASM’s
first 100 years with a fabulous gala
and mega-conference of five tech-
nical societies in Montréal. The
celebrations continued at Materi-
als Park. On December 5, 2013, I
unveiled the 100th anniversary
plaque and proposed a toast to
ASM in the presence of VP Sunniva Collins, manag-
ing director Thom Passek, and the entire staff. It was
a great time to rejoice, as it was 100 years earlier
(October 4, 1913) that William Park Woodside en-
visioned the value of information sharing. His vision
of knowledge exchange and professional advance-
ment resulted in the Steel Treaters Club, which
eventually became ASM. Today we have 83 chapters
and approximately 30,000 members worldwide.
Now is the time to surge forward with optimism
and confidence. Although we face challenges, we
also see opportunities. We have a loyal member-
ship, unique volunteers, dedicated staff, outstand-
ing managers, a committed managing director,
and a pragmatic board. I dedicated the anniver-
sary plaque to our founding fathers William Park
Woodside and William Hunt Eisenman as well as
this outstanding team.
At the Dome, I shared my “Vision 101”—key pri-
orities as ASM President—with specific items for
immediate consideration. These include ideas re-
lated to membership and chapter development;
ASM’s position as a gateway and clearinghouse for
materials information; e-courses for lifelong learn-
ing; participation of student board members in Ma-
terials Camps and professional chapters; and
increased visibility for our sustaining members in
the digital edition of Advanced Materials &
Processes. With our Montréal meeting as inspira-
tion, we can plan for future collaboration with affil-
iate and related societies, transgressing boundaries
in materials science and engineering.
During my presidency, I am traveling extensively.
I was delighted to visit the Chennai, India, Pune, and
Bengaluru Chapters and the India Council in De-
cember 2013 and was encouraged by their dy-
namism. At the IISc, I visited the IIM team led by
President Prof. Kamanio Chattopadhyay with sig-
nificant progress on inter-society partnerships. I
also visited the Los Angeles, Orange County,
Chicago Regional, and Detroit chapters. In the near
future, I look forward to seeing the Montréal, Notre
Dame, Ontario, North Texas, Savannah River, and
Hartford chapters.
As the most visible ambassador of our great soci-
ety, I am doing my best to promote ASM.
C. (Ravi) Ravindran
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ASM Debuts Revamped Website
ASM International recently rolled out a major redesign of the organi-
zation’s website, , aimed at enhancing the user
experience by simplifying and streamlining the information and serv-
ices available online.
“Member feedback is everything to us, so redesigning the website
around their needs was the natural next step in ASM’s evolution,” says
Thom Passek, Managing Director of ASM. “We celebrated our 100th
year anniversary in 2013, so kicking off 2014 with an all-new website is
a great start to the next century of this society.”
The major updates, based on member and customer feedback, include:
• Simplified Navigation –Users can find content with less clicks by
hovering over the “Mega Menu” main navigation tabs.
• New Filtering – It is now easier to pare down ASM’s huge resource
collection of content by Resource Type, Subject and Publication Date.
• Easier Reading – Enlarged text adds to a simplified look and feel.
• Fast Checkout – The new checkout process is designed after
well-known internet commerce vendors.
• Enhanced Rewards – Members can now earn points for product
purchases, which can be redeemed for free content.
• More Connections – Profile pictures can now be uploaded to the
Member Directory, which can help with recognition at networking
events.
• Convenient Searching – The new search function for the ASM
store allows users to find content to solve materials problems quickly
and easily.
Users are encouraged to send feedback to
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