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AUTHOR SPOTLIGHT

George Krauss

George Krauss, FASM, pub-

lished his second edition of

STEELS

Processing, Structure, and

Performance

with ASM in March.

The volume is an up-to-date de-

scription of state-of-the-art phys-

ical metallurgy of steel. Krauss

explains, “Text comes from a half

century in understanding steel, learning from others in in-

dustry and universities, step-by-step discoveries with my

students and colleagues, and participation in the interna-

tional materials community specializing in steel. The key

with

STEELS

Second Edition

is understanding microstruc-

ture as influenced by chemistry and processing, including

steelmaking, mechanical and thermal processing, and sur-

face heat treatment, and relating that structure to perfor-

mance. These considerations have been updated in almost

every chapter of the second edition and help to provide the

basis for new discoveries and applications.”

Krauss is currently University Emeritus Professor at the

Colorado School of Mines and a metallurgical consultant

specializing in steel microstructural systems. In addition

STEELS

, he coauthored the book

Tool Steels, Fifth Edition

with ASM and has published over 300 papers and lectured

widely in technical conferences, universities, corporations,

and ASM chapters, including a number of keynote, invited,

and honorary lectures.

Krauss also served as president of the Internation-

al Federation of Heat Treatment and Surface Engineering

(IFHTSE) and is a past president of ASM. He is a Fellow of

ASM, TMS, and IFHTSE. Krauss has been awarded medals

from numerous organizations including the Adolf Martens

Medal of the German Society for Heat Treatment and Mate-

rials and has received several other professional and teach-

ing awards, including the ASM Albert Easton White Distin-

guished Teacher Award. He dedicates the new edition to the

“men and women that make, use, and study steel.”

VOLUNTEERISM COMMITTEE

Profile of a Volunteer

Steve Brubaker

A young materials engineering graduate left the Uni-

versity of Cincinnati for Brazil in 1969 with the Peace Corps—

and brought back a lifelong lesson in developing communi-

ties. Steve Brubaker now shares that with ASM, as education

outreach volunteer in Delaware’s Brandywine Valley Chap-

ter. Brubaker joined ASM in 1974, but during his 29-year ca-

reer as a materials consultant with DuPont he focused on

raising a family and growing his skills. It wasn’t until he was

in his 60s that he became an active member on the exec-

utive board. He was invited by Art

Graham, a retired DuPont Ph.D.

with expertise in surface engineer-

ing. “Art was a real inspiration. It

was important to him to rescue a

near-dormant chapter,” says Bru-

baker. “He demonstrated that a

chapter is totally dependent on

volunteers. He was in his 70s and

retired, and when he had to back

off, I stepped up along with the

rest of the executive committee.”

Brubaker’s retirement years have been “healthy and in-

vigorated” by working with ASM. He worked to build a stron-

ger affiliation with the University of Delaware’s department

of materials engineering, including sponsorship of graduate

student poster sessions and a successful Teachers Camp.

Looking back, he reflects, “I became Chair in 2010 and

thought it would be too much stress when I retired, but a

strong and motivated executive committee practically runs

itself.” The chapter has grown from a base of 130 members

to more than 180 and now includes a Materials Advantage

chapter at the University, graduates of the Teachers Camp,

and a

Metallurgy for the Non-Metallurgist

course.

Brubaker’s advice for a vital chapter:

1. Invite older members and retirees to get involved.

2. Strive for excellent programming with fun planning

meetings.

3. Provide valuable professional development to attract

volunteers.

“Everything is an opportunity,” he says. “But it only

happens when people get together and motivate each

other!”

Materials Genome Toolkit Competition

Winners Announced

ASM’s Computational Materials Data Network (CMD

Network) is pleased to announce the winners of the 2015

ASM Materials Genome Toolkit competition. Six engineering

schools—University of Maryland, Michigan Tech, Cal-Poly

Pomona, Carnegie Mellon, Virginia Tech, and Alfred Univer-

sity—were selected by a review committee to receive state-

of-the-art materials modeling software for use in under-

graduate education and enrichment. The winning schools

will be recognized at MS&T15, taking place October 4-8 in

Columbus, Ohio.

Schools were required to submit a proposal stating

how they planned to integrate the software into their under-

graduate curriculum and how they would use it in the con-

text of the ASMUndergraduate Design Competition. Winners

were chosen based on howwell their proposal balanced the

use of the software between theory and application. Each

Brubaker