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North India Chapter Debuts
ASM International launched a North India Chapter at a
special dinner at Vasant Vihar Club on September 26, 2014.
The event included a technical talk on “Material Needs of the
Indian Defense Sector: An Update” by Dr. K. Muraleedharan,
director, Tech Materials Group, DRDO. New officers include
L.Pugazhenthy, president; Rakesh Gupta and Anil Gupta,
vice presidents; and Ankit Gupta, secretary. The Chapter
will continue to organize technical programs following a
successful International Conference on Advanced Heat
Processing, held December 4-6, 2014, in Gujarat.
Pittsburgh Hosts Materials Mini-Camp
This year’s camp was sponsored by several local
companies including MatCo, Vesivius, American Stress
Technologies, and Zircar Ceramics, as well as the ASM
Valery Rudnev, FASM, Inductoheat Inc., answers questions at
the well-attended heat processing conference organized by the
new North India Chapter.
Dharma Maddala, senior scientist, Alcoa Technical Center,
demonstrates the classification of materials based on their
properties.
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