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The ASM Thermal Spray Society elected officers and board members for
2015.
Christian Moreau, FASM,
TS-HoF, professor, Concordia University, suc-
ceeds as President of TSS, while
Luc Pouliot,
COO, Tecnar Automation Ltd., re-
mains on the Board as Immediate Past President.
Douglas Puerta,
VP, Materials
Testing, IMR Test Labs, is elected Vice President. Officers serve a two-year term.
New board members elected for a three-year term include:
Christopher
Dambra,
manager, CSCAmericas, Oerlikon-Metco;
Daniel Hayden,
president,
Hayden Corp.; and
Kumar Sridharan, FASM,
distinguished research prof.,
University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Ann Bolcavage, FASM,
chief, Materials-
Capability Acquisition, Rolls-Royce Corp., continues on the board and accepted the role
of secretary/treasurer.
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Dambra Hayden Sridharan
TSS Members Honored at MS&T 2014
ASM President
C. Ravi Ravindran, FASM,
welcomed three new TSS
members to the 2014 Class of Fellows at MS&T 2014 in Pittsburgh in October.
Javad Mostaghimi, FASM,
professor, University of Toronto. His citation
reads, “In recognition of pioneering developments related to thermal plasmas
and thermal spray coatings.”
Ashim Kumar Mukhopadhyay, FASM,
scientist G, Defense Metallurgical
Research Laboratory, Hyderabad, India. His citation reads, “For sustained and
significant technical and scientific contributions in the areas of physical and me-
chanical metallurgy of aluminum alloys, and for the development and commercial pro-
duction of these materials for structural applications.”
Dongming Zhu, FASM,
senior materials engineer, NASA Glenn Research Center,
Cleveland. His citation reads, “For technical achievements in the design and characteriza-
tion of novel and advanced materials for gas turbine engine components, specifically in the
areas of thermal and environmental barrier coatings.”
Mostaghimi Mukhopadhyay Zhu