April_AMP_Digital

38 / 50

ADVANCED MATERIALS & PROCESSES • APRIL 2014 38
ASM
news
HIGHLIGHTS... Chapter News
Chapter News
Toronto MA Execs Meet with President Ravindran
University of Toronto Material Advantage Chapter exec-
utives met with ASM president Ravi Ravindran on March 6
to discuss the chapter program, ASM Scholarships and
Awards, and careers in materials science and engineering.
From left to right: Anthony Lombardi, ASM 100th fundrais-
ing coordinator, Ph.D. candidate; Abdallah Elsayed, ASM
100th fundraising coordinator, Ph.D. candidate; Ayman El-
zoka, chair, 4th year undergraduate; President Ravindran,
FASM; Hans Zhang, vice chair, 4th year undergraduate; Jeff
Otto, vice chair, M. Eng. Candidate.
Houston’s Spouse and Past Chair Night
ASM Houston Chapter’s Spouse and Past Chair night was
heldMarch 4 at Fung’s Kitchen. Guests enjoyed a fabulous Chi-
nese banquet and journeyed with speaker, D. Scott MacKenzie
Ph.D., FASM, through the historical capitals of China.
Seated (left to right) at the Houston meeting are Marco Deuterio,
David Fitzgerald, FASM, Diane Nielsen, and Edgar Zapata.
Standing (left to right) are Bob Badrak, Bob Koester, FASM,
Joel Russo, Eric Drake, FASM, and Bill Bailey.
Stan Galanski (left) receives a
plaque from Willie Howie,
Houston chair, in recognition
of 50+ years of service to the
Houston Chapter of ASM.
Hartford March Meeting
Past chair of the ASMHartford Chapter, Arnie Grot (sec-
ond from right), presents a Speaker Mug to Maurice “Gus”
Gustin, director of sales, TIMET Powder Metals of Exton,
Pa., (second from left) at ASM Hartford Chapter’s March 6
meeting. Gus gave a presentation on “Titanium in the Auto-
motive Industry.” Amber Black (left), chair of the ASM In-
ternational Volunteerism Committee, gave a Coffee Talk on
the benefits of volunteering, based on her personal experi-
ence at the local and international levels of the Society.
Rainer Hebert, ASM Hartford vice chair, was the program’s
technical chair.
L.A.’s February Meeting
Members of the ASM Los Angeles Chapter meet for happy hour
at the Pour Haus wine bar downtown, before a tour of the nearby
Los Angeles Times Olympic Printing Plant.
No more Line-O-Type! The
tour guide shows one of the
thin aluminum sheets which
are etched and used in high
speed transfer printing of the
Los Angeles Times and
several other newspapers.
(The light color in the room
is to avoid exposing
photosensitive materials).