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Foundation, ACerS, and AIST. Roughly 350 students from
17 schools enjoyed 10 demonstrations including heat
treatment, corrosion, casting, refractory materials, and
polymers. Presentations were led by master teacher Bob
Wesolowski. During the event, one MS&T participant
stated she is currently a materials science graduate
student at the University of Akron and chose the major
after attending a materials camp several years ago.
Detroit Tours ASM Birthplace
On November 10-11, 2014, ASM president Sunniva
Collins visited the Detroit Chapter and several materials-
related institutions. She delivered a talk and live
demonstration on orbital welding applications during a
dinner meeting. The next day, she was hosted by Chapter
chair Manish Mehta and several committee members at
the headquarters of Park Metallurgical/HeatBath Corp.,
a 100-year-old chemical and heat treating company in
Detroit owned by William Park Woodside in the early 20th
century. Woodside founded the Steel Treaters Society
in 1913 in Detroit, which eventually became the global
materials information society ASM is today.
ASM President Sunniva Collins addresses the Detroit Chapter.
Gujarat Highlights ASM Benefits
In September 2014, the Gujarat
Chapter’s most active student member,
Viraj Dave, gave a lecture to raise
awareness of ASM among college
students. Dave is in his final year of
studying mechanical engineering at
Charotar University of Science and
Technology, Gujarat, India. He delivered the lecture to 120
participants who came from different area colleges.
Rhode Island Enjoys Museum Tour
The Rhode Island Chapter held its September
2014 meeting at the New England Wireless and Steam
Museum in East Greenwich, an electrical and mechanical
engineeringmuseumemphasizing the beginnings of radio
and steampower. The facility preserves the original Massie
coastal wireless station, which was moved fromPoint
Judith, R.I. This station, built in 1907 to communicate with
marine shipping, is the oldest originally equipped wireless
station anywhere. It demonstrates the beginnings of the
electronics industry including radio, TV, cellphones, Satcom,
the Internet, computers, and other marvels of electrical and
materials engineering.
Museum director
Robert Merriam
demonstrates a
Handy Talkie, built by
Motorola in 1944 and
used in World War II.
Key Content Updates for 2014
ASM continues to expand the breadth and depth of
its online materials science and engineering content,
delivering relevant, peer-reviewed information and
insight via regular updates. All updates are automatically
included with each online database subscription. Key
updates in 2014 include:
• ASM Alloy Phase Diagram Database: More than 1500
diagrams added, bringing the total to more than
39,000 binary and ternary diagrams and associated
phase data
• ASM Handbooks Online: Added four NEW volumes,
exclusively focused on practical and theoretical heat
treatment information
• ASM Medical Materials Database: Two NEW modules—
Surgical and Neurological devices and associated
materials
• ASM Micrograph Database: Nearly 200 NEW
micrographs and associated data, with a focus on
composites
• ASM-NACE Corrosion Analysis Network: Updated
regularly, now features more than 21,000 documents
from ASM, NACE, ASTM, and SSPC
For more information, contact Denise Sirochman at
800.336.5152 or
440.338.5151 ext. 5230.