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ASM
NEWS
Ms. Diana Essock, FASM, president, Metamark Inc.,
continues as chair of the Women in Materials Engineering
Committee.
PRESIDENT TIRPAK APPOINTS
COMMITTEE COUNCIL CHAIRS
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A SM International President Jon D. Tirpak, FASM,
appointed a chair to each of the Society’s general
committees and councils. All appointments were
unanimously approved by the Board of Trustees. Terms
began September 1, 2015. Congratulations to all of our ASM
International leaders!
Committee/Council chairs include:
Mr. Burak Akyuz, team lead, metallurgy and failure
analysis, Applied Technical Service Inc., was appointed
chair of the Failure Analysis Committee.
Ms. Beth Armstrong, staff scientist, Oak Ridge
National Laboratory, was appointed chair of the Volunteer-
ism Committee.
Dr. Aziz I. Asphahani, FASM, chief executive officer,
QuesTek Innovations LLC, continues as chair of the Invest-
ment & ASM Materials Education Foundation Investment
Committee.
Mr. Premkumar Aurora, partner, Aurora Engineering
Co., continues as chair of the India Council.
Prof. Laura Bartolo, senior research associate, North-
western University, was appointed chair of the Content
Committee.
Dr. Corbett Battaile, principal member of technical
staff, Sandia National Laboratories, was appointed chair of
the Materials Property Database Committee.
Dr. Amber Black, applications engineer, Precision
Technologies Inc., was appointed chair of the Emerging
Technologies Awareness Committee.
Prof. Krishan Chawla, FASM, professor, University of
Alabama at Birmingham, continues as chair of the Interna-
tional Materials Review Committee.
Mr. Craig Clauser, president, Craig Clauser Engi-
neering, continues as treasurer and chair of the Finance
Committee.
Dr. Zayna Connor, senior engineer specialist, Cat-
erpillar Inc., was appointed chair of the Technical Books
Committee.
Akyuz Armstrong Asphahani Aurora Bartolo
Battaile Black Chawla Clauser Connor
Essock Freed Hirschfeld Hoffman Kodali
Lin Mason Morral Schneider Seal
Shemkunas Spangler Stockdale Taylor Thome
Tiley Ulvan Vander Voort