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SEPTEMBER 2014

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Domes Day

From the President’s Desk

ASM Membership,

A Lifelong Phenomenon

Thanks to visionaries William

Park Woodside and William

Hunt Eisenman, ASM Interna-

tional is now a global society

with 30,000 members supported

by 83 chapters in the U.S.,

Canada, India, Europe, the Mid-

dle East, and Singapore.

Leadership Days:

Chapter leaders met in Min-

neapolis, July 17-19. They ignited theASMspirit with

ideas such as sustainingmemberships with increased

representation and seed grants

for regional conferences. I

chaired the opening session of

this conclave of effervescent

materials professionals deter-

mined to participate in our ad-

vancement. I reviewed my

presidential focus and vision: Membership and cus-

tomer development were at the top of the list, fol-

lowed by ASM’s position as an information leader,

partnerships with related societies, lifelong learning,

students as future leaders, andmanaging our finances

with a shared vision. I was also keen to celebrate their

successes and listen to their ideas.

New Initiatives:

ASM is proactive in keeping up

with the ever changing needs of materials profes-

sionals and fulfilling needs unique to specific geo-

graphical regions and key industrial sectors. Our

society is the key driver of many government proj-

ects, in particular the Computational Materials Data

Network and Thermal Manufacturing Industries

Advanced Technology Consortium. ASM is proud

to lead a national effort with a major grant from

NIST through the AMTech Program to create a

roadmap for the future. I also value the currency and

quality of ASM’s content and delivery methods. We

are pleased to launch two new ASMHandbooks on

heat treatment of ferrous materials in October, and

soon as an online resource.

Membership Drive:

The time has come to cele-

brate the value of ASM membership with renewed

enthusiasm. We are launching a major membership

drive starting this month, along with incentives for

recruitment. I seek active participation of our mem-

bers, trustees, past presidents, and employees in this

effort. Membership and chapter development go

hand in hand: I salute ASM Canada Council Chair

Erhan Ulvan as he invigorates chapter leaders with

monthly teleconferences, and I applaud India Coun-

cil Vice Chair PremAurora for championing amajor

regional ASM event (MET-14 and HTS) and facili-

tating new chapters. ASM members advance to-

gether and make the world better for humanity.

C. (Ravi) Ravindran

ravi.ravindran@asminternational.org

ASM Indian Institute of Metals

Announces 2014 Recipients

of Two Visiting Lecturer Programs

The cooperative Visiting Lecturer

program of ASM International and

the Indian Institute of Metals (IIM) is

pleased to announce the five distin-

guished individuals named to partic-

ipate in the

2014 ASM/IIMVisiting

Lecture Program:

Prof. Sundar V.

Atre, Oregon State University; Prof.

Maria Kocsis Baan, University of

Miskolc, Hungary; Prof. Christopher C. Berndt, FASM,

Swinburne University of Technology, Australia; Prof. In-

drajit Charit, University of Idaho; and Dr. Alberto Vom-

iero, National Research Council, Italy. The award carries

with it an $800 honorarium to be used for travel ex-

penses within India during the lecturer’s visit and a cer-

tificate of recognition to be presented at the ASM

Leadership Awards Luncheon scheduled for October 13

in Pittsburgh during MS&T14.

Prof. B.S. Murty, FASM, and Prof. N.K. Mukhopadhyay, both from the

Indian Institute of Technology, were named to participate in the

2014

ASM/IIMNorth American Visiting Lectureship Program.

This award

carries with it a $2000 honorarium to be used for travel expenses within

the U.S. and/or Canada during the lecturer’s visit and a certificate of

recognition to be presented at the ASM Leadership Awards Luncheon

during MS&T14.

Exciting New Design Competition

ASM International Student Board Members are pleased to announce

a new design competition open to all material advantage students at

MS&T 2014! In an effort to bring “our home at the dome” to chapters

and students across the country, student teams will design and build

miniature geodesic domes, which will then be compression tested. The

competition will take place Tuesday, October 14, during MS&T on the

exhibit floor. Come cheer on your team and see if the domes can take

the weight!

Visit

asminternational.org/students3

for more information and to reg-

ister before the

September 12th deadline.

Follow the competition at

#ASMDomesDay.

Atre Baan Berndt Charit

Vomiero Murty

Mukhopadhyay

If your actions

inspire others to

dream more, learn

more, do more

and become more,

you are a leader.

John Quincy Adams