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Abu-Farha Receives SME Honors
SME, Dearborn, Mich., recently
selected 11 new Outstanding Young
Manufacturing Engineers for their
career achievements, including
Fadi
Abu-Farha
. This year’s awardees, age
35 or younger, were selected based
on their R&D efforts in emerging man-
ufacturing applications, published
works, design ingenuity, entrepre-
neurship, and leadership. Abu-Farha
is an assistant professor of automo-
tive engineering at Clemson University International Center
for Automotive Research, S.C. His research involves the man-
ufacture of lightweight materials with efforts targeting great-
er utilization in transportation via the development of cost-ef-
fective and energy-efficient manufacturing techniques.
Vander Voort Teaches in Turkey
In February,
George Vander Voort, FASM,
taught two
courses in Turkey. The first was for Erdemir’s Eregli Iron
and Steel Works Inc., in Zonguldak, at the request of Oktay
Elkoca, manager of hot rolled products and process R&D.
The course was titled
Metallography and Microstructure of
Steel
s. The second class was a two-day course in Istanbul
for Applied Laboratory Systems (ALS), Struers’ dealer in Tur-
key. All classes were in English with no translations, and the
students were excellent, attentive, and asked good ques-
tions, says Vander Voort.
Kubiak Receives Goldwater Scholarship
Joshua Kubiak,
a student at Carnegie Mellon Univer-
sity, Pittsburgh, is among 260 sophomores and juniors na-
tionwide chosen from more than 1200 nominations to re-
ceive the Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship for the 2015-2016
academic year. Kubiak is a junior majoring in materials sci-
ence and engineering and chemistry. As an undergraduate
research assistant, he is working to improve methods of cre-
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energy-efficient LCD screens for displays
such as those on televisions or portable
electronics. He is a member of the Car-
negie Mellon Racing team, Chem-E-Car,
and Engineers Without Borders. In the
future, he plans to pursue a doctorate in
materials science and engineering and
investigate novel polymeric materials for
alternative energy generation.
Shipilov Receives NACE
Award
In March,
Sergei Shipilov, FASM,
ASM Canada Council Past Chair, received
the R.A. Brannon Award, the signature
award of NACE International. He was
nominated for several initiatives, which
“enhanced the reputation of NACE Inter-
national in secondary and post-second-
ary applied science and engineering ed-
ucation.” In 2004, he proposed establishing a NACE Collegiate
Student Certificate Program, designed to recognize students
who complete a course in corrosion offered as part of the
regular curriculum. In 2003, he initiated a partnership that
organized a joint ASM/NACE Materials Camps for Teachers.
The first joint camp took place in Calgary in 2006 when Ship-
ilov chaired the local ASM chapter. That camp was followed
by 13 others in Calgary and Ottawa, serving more than 300
teachers.
Hall to Serve Canadian
Vacuum Processing Markets
Solar Atmospheres and Solar Man-
ufacturing, both of Pennsylvania, an-
nounce that
Harry Hall
will assume the
role of a sales representative focusing on
Canadian vacuum processing markets.
In 1989, Hall founded Aberfoyle Metal
Treaters Ltd. in Guelph, Ontario, where
he established a specialized business
consisting of large-scale heat treating for heavy industry in-
cluding steel mills, nuclear power, hydro-electric, petrochem-
ical, and large machine shops. In recent years, his company
heat treated and thermally straightened large complex com-
posite tools for the Boeing 787 Dreamliner and Airbus A350.
His new venture will be named H.G. Hall Inter-Connect Inc.
Abu-Farha
Kubiak
Shipilov
Hall
George Vander Voort, front row, third from right, and his stu-
dents at Erdemir’s Eregli Iron and Steel Works Inc. in Turkey.
IN MEMORIAM
Word has been received at ASMHeadquarters of the death
of
Morris D. Thomas, Life Member
, of Frederiksted, V.I.
Thomas was proud to be an ASM member, collaborator,
innovator, and educator.