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MEMBERS IN THE NEWS
Narayan wins North Carolina’s Top
Science Award
In November, Governor Pat McCrory’s office announced
Prof. Jagdish (Jay) Narayan, FASM, as the winner of the 2014
North Carolina Award
in Science. Narayan is
the John Fan Family
Distinguished Chair
Professor in the
materials science
and engineering
department at
North Carolina
State University.
The North Carolina
Award is the highest
civilian honor bestowed by the state. Referred to as the
“Nobel Prize of North Carolina,” the award is celebrating
its 50th anniversary in 2014. Narayan was recognized
for his pioneering contributions in nanomaterials and
nanotechnology impacting society, particularly related to
thin film science for epitaxy across the misfit scale, laser
processing of novel functional materials, and control of
defects and interfaces in nanostructured materials to
improve performance and efficiency.
Chen receives 2014
Materials Theory Award
The Materials Research Society
(MRS) named Long-Qing Chen,
FASM, professor at The Pennsylvania
State University, as the recipient of
its Materials Theory Award for his
“pioneering work in the development
of the phase-field method and its applications in the
computational modeling of mesoscale structures and
their dynamics in inhomogeneous materials.” The award,
endowed by Toh-Ming Lu and Gwo-Ching Wang, recognizes
exceptional advances made in materials theory.
Cramb named President
of Illinois Institute of
Technology
The Board of Trustees of Illinois
Institute of Technology (IIT), Chicago,
unanimously elected Alan W. Cramb,
FASM, to be the ninth president of
HIGHL IGHTS
The Power of One | Membership Drive
ASM Helps Reconnect
Colleagues and Classmates
Ben Ruchte, Materials Engineer,
Structural Integrity Associates
ASM is an organization that provides
value to its members in a variety of formats ranging
from textbooks and classes to workshops and
seminars. These are all successful in part due to the
wealth of knowledge that has gone into each. That
said, it’s also important for current ASMmembers
tomake a push to bring in new people through the
membership drive. This will helpmaintain the flow of
knowledge for years to come.
Agreatway for currentmembers tohelp recruit
others is by talking toand reconnectingwithcoworkers
andcollege classmates. For example, I useASM’s
Heat Treater’sGuide
onadailybasis for anumber of
applications at our failureanalysis laboratory. Just
recently, I reachedout toanoldcollege friendand talked
withhimabout using this guide for someworkhe is
doing for a steelmanufacturer. I havealso reconnected
witha former coworkerwho showedgreat interest in
themicrostructural characterizationof thehigh-energy
piping components for power plants. I brought tohis
attentionASM’s
Metallurgy for theNon-Metallurgist
course, whichheendedupcompleting.
Not only is it great tocatchupwithold friends, but
ultimately theseefforts help to strengthenand rekindle
networks of knowledge that can translate toone’s own
personal career development. Manymembers and
potentialmemberswork for awide varietyof companies
that providediverseproducts and services, butwhat
theyhave incommon is basic engineeringprinciples and
anoverall understandingofmaterials.
I believe that materials engineers, scientists,
and technicians all have an essential role in
developing the materials of today and the future,
and are responsible for taking performance to
the next level. ASM continues to support these
endeavors with a rich history over the past 100
years and remains instrumental in many industries
by providing knowledge on enhancements to
current materials technologies and by being at the
forefront of future technologies.
Governor Pat McCrory presents
award to Prof. Narayan.
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