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“LIVING INAMATERIAL
WORLD”——K—12 TEACHER
GRANTS PROGRAM
Provides 20 $500 grants to K–12 teachers
to develop and implement science activi-
ties in the classroom.
Biomimicry: Using Nature’s Inspiring
Designs,
Krystal Bolar, Thurgood
Marshall, Michigan (Grades 4–7)
Building Bridges to Excel,
Richard
Humphreys, St. Martin High School,
Mississippi (Grades 9–10)
Chemical Engineering Using Plants and
Minerals,
Rodgers Tiska, Dexter High
School, Michigan (Grades 9–12)
Chemistry is an Art/Art is Chemistry,
Nancy Engler, Socorro High School,
New Mexico (Grades 9–12)
Discovering Magnetism: A First Step
in Understanding Forces,
Fran Wach-
ter, Adams School, Illinois (Grades 6–8)
Diving into Density,
Danielle Penrod,
Waverly Junior High, Ohio (Grade 6)
Engineering a Fused Glass Bowl,
Bruce
Wellman, Olathe Northwest High
School, Kansas (Grade 10–12)
Funding for Raw Materials for Materials
Testing,
Barry Witte, South Colonies
High School, New York (Grade 9–12)
Investigating Electrochemical
Properties of Inorganic Materials,
David Benedetto, Winchester
High School, Massachusetts
(Grades 10–11)
It’s a Material World!
Adrian Gumpert,
Cienega Elementary School, California
(Kindergarten)
Material Optimization,
Bernoli
Baello, Northridge Preparatory
School, Illinois (Grades 9–11)
Materials and Selection in an
Internal Combustion Engine,
Karen Hinkley, Oxbridge Academy of
the Palm Beaches, Florida
(Grades 9–12)
Playing with Polymers,
Ben Trew,
St. Stephen’s Academy,
Pennsylvania (Grades 5–8)
Project Based Learning—Materials
Science,
Lois Douglas, George
Washington High School, Utah
(Grades 9–12)
Robotics Design Competition,
Stacey
Johnson, Junction City High School,
Oregon (Grades 9–12)
Spin into Physics!
Peggy Thompson,
BT Wilson, Texas (Middle School)
Underwater ROV and Materials Design
Challenge,
Ben Williams, Cleveland
High School, Tennessee (Grade 9–12)
What is THAT?
Jennifer Yang Cheng,
Northridge Middle School,
California (Grade 7–8)
Why is My Sidewalk Cracking?
Hope
Aoko, Carter G. Woodson
Middle School, Illinois (Grade 6)
Your Shrinking World,
Kelly Ann
Romanych, High Point Academy,
California (Grades 6–8)
Mr. Michael B. Connelly, FASM
Michael B. Connelly is vice president of
Casey Products Inc., Woodridge, Ill. His
participation in ASM’s educational pro-
grams began in 1973 when he attended
Chicago Chapter courses in heat treating
and metallography. Connelly officially
joined ASM in 1979 while attending a
new class at “the Dome” called “Practi-
cal Interpretation of Ferrous Microstruc-
tures.” He then made the transition from
student to instructor in 1990 when he began teaching an
ASM course on the practical application of statistical process
control in heat treating. This lead to volunteer work with
various ASM education committees. In 2000, Connelly was
asked if he would like to join a new endeavor with other ASM
volunteers and create a camp to excite high school students
about careers in materials science. That initiative became
Materials Camp. For the past 15 years, Connelly has served
as a mentor at the Eisenman Camp held every summer at
ASM Headquarters. Connelly has also served on the ASM
Materials Education Foundation Board of Trustees and is
currently involved in the “Fabulous Furnace Team Project,”
which awards Materials Camp Master Teachers a furnace for
their classroom.
2014GEORGE A. ROBERTS AWARD
This camp is AWESOME! I have attended the past three years and
every year I learn something new. It is the best science workshop I
have ever attended and I highly recommend it to any science teacher.
—Wendy Bramlett, Tuscaloosa Magnet Middle School, Alabama
REVENUE
Investment Earnings
$344,970
26%
Programs
$258,952
20%
Foundations
$212,600
16%
Government Grants
$167,708
13%
Corporate
$155,620
12%
Individual Contributions
$111,738
9%
ASM Chapters
$51,653
4%
Total Revenue
$1,303,241
100%
EXPENSES
Materials Camps
$830,010
65%
Administrative
$192,500
15%
Scholarships
$113,291
9%
Governance
$71,547
6%
Fundraising
$47,046
4%
All Other Programs
$19,124
2%
Total Expenses
$1,273,518
100%