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ASM BOARD NOMINATIONS
HIGHL IGHTS
For the past 14 years, he has served as executive director
of the Forging Defense Manufacturing Consortium leading
multiple, million-dollar R&D programs. Tirpak’s ASM vol-
unteerism includes service on committees that oversee
New Products and Services, Federal Affairs, Finance, In-
vestment, Web, Student Trustee Selection, and the 100th
Anniversary Awards. He received the Hammer Award from
Vice President Al Gore for “reinventing government” and is
a Licensed Metallurgical Engineer in S.C.
Dr. William E. Frazier, III, FASM
Nominee for Vice President
Dr. William E. Frazier, FASM,
has been an active member of
ASM International since joining
the Society as a student in 1977.
He received his B.S., M.S., and
Ph.D. degrees in materials engi-
neering from Drexel University. He
is a graduate of the Naval Aviation
Executive Institute’s Senior Exec-
utive Management Development
Program, and the Defense Systems Management College’s
Advanced Program Management Curriculum.
Frazier is a Navy executive with 35 years of experience
in naval aviation materials science and engineering. His po-
sition is Navy Senior Scientist for Materials Engineering and
he serves as the chief scientist of the Air Vehicle Engineering
Department at the Naval Air Systems Command. In this ca-
pacity, he provides technical direction and develops strate-
gic plans for the research, development, and transition of
naval aviation technologies.
Frazier is also the technical architect and driving force
behind several thrust areas. He developed cross disci-
plinary, multi-organizational program and R&D roadmaps
in the following areas: Additive manufacturing of struc-
turally critical metallic components; nano-materials and
meta-materials technology; durable aircraft materials and
structures; corrosion-resistant alloy development; erosion-
resistant rotor blade materials; and integrated structural
health management.
Frazier is a recognized expert in materials selection,
qualification, and certification, failure analysis, light alloy
development, materials processing, and manufacturing
technology. He has authored more than 90 technical pub-
lications, edited six books, and holds two U.S. Patents.
Frazier was an ASM Trustee from 2003 thru 2007 and has
also served on numerous committees including the Aero-
Mat Committee and the Emerging Technologies Awareness
Committee. Currently he serves as an associate editor for
the
Journal of Materials Engineering and Performance
and
he is a key reader for
Materials Transaction A.
Craig D. Clauser
Nominee for Treasurer
Craig D. Clauser is president
and owner of Craig Clauser Engi-
neering Consulting Inc., which he
founded in 2005. The company
provides metallurgical engineer-
ing services nationwide, primar-
ily in failure analysis and process
improvement.
He is a magna cum laude
graduate of Lehigh University with
a B.S. and M.S. in metallurgical engineering and materials
science and a registered professional engineer. Clauser
joined Westinghouse Electric Power Generation as a met-
allurgical engineer in the Materials Engineering Laborato-
ry after graduating and subsequently became Laboratory
Manager. The laboratory serviced the Steam Turbine, Gas
Turbine, and Heat Transfer Divisions at Lester, Pa. In 1977,
Clauser joined Phoenix Steel Corp. where he served as tech-
nical director. Phoenix produced carbon and alloy plate
in Claymont, Del., and heavy wall, pilger forged tubing in
Phoenixville, Pa., and was a leader in clean steel technol-
ogy. In 1986, he joined Consulting Engineers and Scientists
Inc. in Malvern, Pa., where he was an engineer and senior
vice president until starting his own firm.
Clauser joined ASM in 1967 and was Philadelphia
Chapter Chairman in 1983. He also served as chairman of
the ASM Chapter Operations Committee and the Handbook
Committee. He is currently a member of the ASM Content,
Failure Analysis, and Handbook Committees as well as the
ASM Finance and Investment Committees. He was the Del-
aware Valley Metals Man of the Year in 1993 and Philadel-
phia Liberty Bell Chapter Albert
Sauveur Lecturer in 2001. Clauser
is also a member of NSPE, ASTM,
NACE, ASME, and AWS.
Dr. Ellen K. Cerreta
Nominee for Trustee
Dr. Ellen K. Cerreta is the
group leader for the Materials in
Radiation and Dynamic Extremes
Group (MST-8) at Los Alamos Na-
tional Laboratory. She received
Clauser
Frazier
Cerreta