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The ASM Nomi-
nating Committee,
chaired by Richard
Blackwell, FASM,
announced the nom-
inees for ASM vice
president and trustee
for 2014-15 and three
members of the
Board of Trustees for 2014-17.
In accordance with the ASM Constitution, these
nominees will be voted on at the ASM Annual Busi-
ness Meeting on October 13, during MS&T14 in Pitts-
burgh. Once elected, the vice president will
automatically become ASM president for 2015-16.
In accordance with Article IV, Section 3 of the ASM
Constitution, the ASM Board of Trustees has also an-
nounced its nominee for ASM Treasurer for 2014-15.
Officers and members of the Board who will continue
serving in 2014-15 are: Dr. Sunniva R. Collins, FASM, who
will become president in October, Prof. C. Ravi Ravin-
dran, FASM, who will serve as immediate past president;
and trustees Dr. Iver Anderson, FASM, Mitchell Dorf-
man, FASM, Dr. James C. Foley, JacquelineM. Earle, John
Keough, FASM, and Dr. Zi-Kui Liu, FASM.
Retiring from the Board at this year’s Annual Busi-
ness Meeting will be immediate past president, Dr.
Gernant E. Maurer, FASM, Robert J. Fulton, FASM,
treasurer 2011-14, and trustees Dr. Jeffrey A. Hawk,
FASM, William J. Lenling, FASM, and Dr. Linda S.
Schadler, FASM.
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...in this issue
Board Nominees Announced
Tirpak for VP; Clauser for Treasurer; Dannemann, Sudarshan,
and Williams for Trustees
Collins Tirpak Clauser Dannemann Sudarshan Williams
Dr. Sunniva R. Collins, FASM
President-Elect
Sunniva Collins joined the faculty of the Case School
of Engineering at Case Western Reserve University
(CWRU) in March 2013, where she teaches Materials,
Design, and Manufacturing courses in the Department
of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering. She is also
contributing to the university’s initiatives in advanced
manufacturing. Prior to CWRU, she was employed by
Swagelok Co. for 18 years. As senior research fellow at
Swagelok, Collins was responsible for coordinating the
company’s academic and governmental research part-
nerships. She joined the company in 1995 as a research
metallurgist and served in engineering management po-
sitions, including manager, materials technology; and
manager, standards and product regulatory compliance.
Collins received her doctorate and master’s degree
in materials science and engineering from CWRU and
her bachelor’s degree from the University of Michigan.
From 2003 to 2006, she was Swagelok’s Principal In-
vestigator (PI) on a DoE-funded project to evaluate
surface hardening of austenitic stainless steels by low
temperature carburization. On this project, she was re-
sponsible for programmanagement of collaborative re-
search with CWRU, Oak Ridge National Laboratory
(ORNL), and other industry partners. Results of this
research were recognized with the 2006 ASM Engi-
neered Materials Achievement Award and a 2008 R&D
100 Award. She was also PI for Swagelok on an Ohio
Department of Development commercialization proj-
About the President-Elect and Board Nominees