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Muzyka Receives Liberty Bell’s Eisenman Award
The ASM Liberty Bell Chapter an-
nounced the selection of
Donald R.
Muzyka, FASM,
as recipient of its 2014
WilliamHunt Eisenman Award. The award,
announced at the May 16 Award and Past
Chairman’s Meeting in Hosham, Pa., was
given in recognition of his service to ASM,
foresight, dynamic management, leadership,
and promotion of the materials industry and materials edu-
cation. Muzyka is an ASM past president and has served as
ASM Foundation trustee and treasurer. He will address the
Philadelphia Chapter meeting on October 16 with a discus-
sion on the history of the ASMFoundation’s Materials Camps
and his thoughts on issues in technical education.
Lados Honored by SAE and TMS
Diana Lados,
associate professor of mechanical engineering
at Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) and founding direc-
tor of the university’s Integrative Materials Design Center, re-
cently received two major career
achievement awards from leading
engineering societies. At its an-
nual congress in Detroit, SAE In-
ternational presented Lados with
the 2014 Ralph R. Teetor Educa-
tional Award “in recognition of
significant contributions to
teaching, research, and student
development.” In February, TMS
awarded her the Brimacombe
Medal at its annual meeting and
exhibition in San Diego. The
award, presented to mid-career
professionals, recognizes sus-
tained excellence and achieve-
ment in business, technology, education, public policy, or
science related to materials science and engineering.
IFHTSE Fellowship Awarded to Ferguson
B. Lynn Ferguson, FASM,
president,
Deformation Control Technology Inc.,
Cleveland, was honored at the 21st
IFHTSE Congress in Munich, held in May,
with an IFHTSE Fellowship 2014 Award.
The citation reads: In recognition of glob-
ally acknowledged leadership in the devel-
opment and practical implementation of
principles and practices of mathematical modeling and their
application to the benefit and advancement of the heat treat-
ment industry and surface engineering. Ferguson is a long-
standing member of the ASM Heat Treating Society.
Heller Award to Maurer
Russ Maurer,
a science teacher at Hawken School in
Gates Mills, Ohio, received the Irene C. Heller Award from
the Cleveland section of the American Chemical Society
(ACS). The award recognizes an outstanding high school
chemistry teacher who teaches in the Cleveland area. Mau-
rer received the award at the April 9 meeting of
the Cleveland ACS. A graduate of Princeton Uni-
versity, Maurer earned his Ph.D. in biochemistry
from Harvard University and started his teaching
career at Case Western Reserve University School
of Medicine in 1982. He transitioned to high
school teaching at Hawken School in 2001. He is
also an ASMMaster Teacher with the ASM Foun-
dation’s Materials Camps program.
Furnace Awarded during Master Teachers Training
Sherri Rukes
of Libertyville
High School, Ill., was awarded
the seventh furnace from the
Michael Connelly “Furnace
Project” during aMaster Teach-
ers Training weekend in April at
Materials Park, Ohio.
Michael
C. Connelly, FASM,
started the
project in 2008 with a mission
to get furnaces into as many
classrooms as possible. “A small
donation can have an immedi-
ate impact on a student’s future
as they experience materials,
science, and engineering for the
first time.” Rukes plans to try various labs with her students
that incorporate the furnace, such as glass fusing, slumping,
Nitinol wire, and Raku.
Narayan Wins Max Gardner Award
The President and Board of Governors of the
University of North Carolina System have an-
nounced
Prof. Jagdish (Jay) Narayan, FASM,
as
the winner of the 2014 O. Max Gardner Award. He
is the John Fan Family Distinguished Chair Profes-
sor in the Department of Materials Science and
Engineering at North Carolina State University.
The O. Max Gardner Award is the highest faculty
honor of the system comprising of 17 universities, given an-
nually to one faculty member whose academic and research
contributions made the maximum impact on the human
race. The winner receives a medallion and prize of $35K.
Narayan is recognized for his groundbreaking contributions
in nanoscience and nanotechnology leading to useful prod-
ucts for society at large. This is a first for the field of materi-
als science in the award’s 66-year history.
Knovy Receives “Next Generation”
Award from AGMA
Scott Knovy
(right), vice president of
GermanMachine Tools of America in Ann
Arbor, Mich., was recognized as being a
rising star in the industry by being awarded
AGMA’s Next Generation Award. Lou
Ertle, chairman of Overton Gear Chicago
and the AGMA Board of Directors, made
the presentation at the association’s annual
meeting on April 11 in St. Petersburg, Fla.
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Diana Lados, left, receives
the 2014 TMS Brimacombe
Medal from TMS president
Elizabeth Holm at the
society’s 2014 annual
meeting and exhibition in
San Diego.
Senior Master Teachers Debbie
Goodwin and Andy Nydam presented
the furnace award to Sherri Rukes
(center) while instructing at a teacher
training session at ASM headquarters.