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Nominees for ASM Officers
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tions to high-temperature materials were most recognized.
Her career began at Bethlehem Steel Homer Research Lab-
oratories where she led coatings development activities.
She earned a Ph.D. in materials engineering from the Mas-
sachusetts Institute of Technology in 1989, and B.S. and M.S.
degrees in materials engineering from Rensselaer Polytech-
nic Institute. Dannemann has been actively involved with
ASM for 34 years. She currently serves on the Materials
Property Database Committee, is Scholarship/ Student Af-
fairs Chairperson for the Alamo Chapter, and was on the or-
ganizing committee for the inaugural Teachers Materials
Camp in San Antonio. She served the Eastern NY Chapter in
various executive board positions, including chairperson in
1995-96. Recognized as an outstanding young metallurgist,
she was the 1995 recipient of the chapter’s ASM Alfred H.
Geisler Memorial Award.
Dannemann also held numerous leadership positions in
other technical societies including TMS, the Society for Ex-
perimental Mechanics (SEM), and the Society of Women
Engineers (SWE). She was chairperson of the TMS High
Temperature Alloys Committee (1998-99), chairperson of
the SEM Dynamic Behavior of Materials Technical Division
(2008-10), executive board member of SEM (2012-14),
Treasurer for SWE Region C (2008-9), and counselor to the
SWE student section at Trinity University (2004-present).
Dr. T.S. Sudarshan, FASM
Nominee for Trustee
Dr. T.S. Sudarshan, FASM, is the president and CEO of
Materials Modification Inc. He received his B.Tech. in met-
allurgy from the Indian Institute of Technology in Madras,
and his M.S. and Ph.D. in materials engineering science from
Virginia Tech. He worked with Ashok Leyland in the Truck
and Bus division as a senior metallurgist and later as direc-
tor of R & D at Synergistic Technologies. For the past 28
years, Sudarshan has been responsible for the management
and technical development of innovative materials and the
development of new technologies related to surface engi-
neering and nanotechnology. His affiliation with ASM began
in 1984. He has actively served on various committees and is
currently chair of the ASM-IIM lectureship committee. He
also chaired the Surface Engineering Critical Technology
sector and has been a member of IMR, JMEP,
AM&P,
and
Awards committees.
Sudarshan is the recipient of numerous awards including
the
Design News
Award, the R&D 100 Award for the mi-
crowave plasma technique “Nanogen” and the Plasma Pres-
sure Compaction technique, and the SAE Outstanding
Young Manufacturing Engineer award. He served on numer-
ous committees of the NSF, NIH, U.S. Army, Michigan Eco-
nomic Development Council, National Research Council, as
well as technical advisory boards of numerous companies.
Sudarshan is editor of the journals
Materials and Manufac-
turing Processes
and
Surface Engineering.
He is a Fellow of
ASM, the International Federation for Heat Treatment and
Surface Engineering, and the Institute of Mining, Metals and
Materials, UK. A Distinguished Alumnus of IITM, he was a
member of the National Materials Advisory Board and
served on numerous NRC committees. He is coauthor of 175
publications and coeditor of 28 books on surface modifica-
tion technologies.
Prof. David B. Williams, FASM
Nominee for Trustee
Dr. David B. Williams, FASM, is the Monte Ahuja En-
dowed Dean’s Chair, Executive Dean of the Professional Col-
leges, and Dean of the College of Engineering at The Ohio
State University. Williams oversees the education of more
than 10,000 students, leads a $120M research program, and
oversees the administration of 950 faculty, research scien-
tists, and staff.
Williams serves on the Boards of the State of Ohio’s Third
Frontier Advisory Board, the American Lightweight Materi-
als Manufacturing Innovation Institute, Columbus 2020,
Metro High School, EWI, Ohio Aerospace Institute, Ohio
Aerospace & Aviation Council, and the Transportation Re-
search Center. A member of the Global Engineering Dean’s
Council, the American Society for Engineering Education,
and the Ohio Engineering Dean’s Council, Williams is also a
fellow of several national and international professional so-
cieties in the areas of materials and microscopy.
Williams served as the fifth president of the University of
Alabama in Huntsville from 2007 to 2011. Prior to that role,
he spent 31 years at Lehigh University in Bethlehem, Pa., as
professor of materials science and engineering. His activities
were supported by many federal agencies, including NSF,
DOE, NASA, and the U.S. Army. From 1980 to 1998, he di-
rected Lehigh’s Electron Microscope Laboratory and the Mi-
croscopy School. He chaired Lehigh’s Materials Science and
Engineering Department from 1992 to 2000, and was vice
provost for research from 2000 to 2007.
Williams co-authored and edited 11 textbooks and con-
ference proceedings, including the world’s leading text on
transmission electron microscopy. He published more than
220 journal papers and 200 conference proceedings in the
areas of analytical and transmission electron microscopy. He
has given 280 invited presentations in 28 countries. Williams
holds B.A., M.A., Ph.D., and Sc.D. degrees from the Univer-
sity of Cambridge.
Nominations and the ASM Constitution
The ASM International Constitution provides that members of the
society may submit additional nominations after the Nominating Com-
mittee has made its official report. Article V, Section 6 of the ASM Con-
stitution reads: “After publication of the Nominating Committee’s report
on nominees, and the Board report on its nominee for Treasurer, and
at any time prior to July 15 of the same year, additional nominations
for any or all of the vacancies may be made in writing to the Secretary
at Headquarters. Such nominations must be signed by at least five in-
dividuals or Chapter Sustaining Members, each from any combination
of at least 10 Chapters and/or ASM Committees. Such nominees shall
be processed by the Secretary for compliance with Section 4 of this Ar-
ticle. This shall be the only way in which additional nominations may
be made. The membership of ASM International shall be duly notified
of such additional nominations.” Section 7(a), a related provision,
states: “If no additional nominations are received prior to July 15, the
nominations shall close automatically. At the next succeeding annual
business meeting of ASM, the Secretary shall cast the unanimous vote
of all members for election of nominees of the Nominating Committee
and the nominee for Treasurer as presented by the Board even though
a quorum may not be present.”