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SOCIETY NEWS
TSS COMMITTEE CHAIRS NAMED
FOR 2015-2016 TERM
The ASM Thermal Spray Society Board appointed chairs
to each of its committees for the 2015-2016 term.
Christian
Moreau, FASM,
Concordia University, Montreal, continues as
president of TSS.
Luc Pouliot,
Tecnar Automation Ltd., Que-
bec, Canada, still serves TSS as immediate past president and
chair of the Nominating Committee.
Robert C. Tucker, Jr.,
FASM,
The Tucker Group, continues as chair of the Journal of
Thermal SprayTechnologyCommittee.
AtinSharma,
Siemens
Energy Inc., Charlotte, N.C., serves as chair of the Membership,
Marketing and Outreach Committee.
Douglas Puerta,
Ele-
ment Materials Technology, Portland, Ore., continues to serve
as vice president of TSS and chair of the TSS Program Com-
mittee.
Fardad Azarmi,
North Dakota State University, Fargo,
N.D., was named chair of the TSS Training Committee.
Timo-
thy N. McKechnie, FASM,
Plasma Processes LLC, Huntsville,
Ala., continues to serve as chair of the TSS Awards Committee.
Shari Fowler-Hutchinson,
Saint-Gobain, Worcester, Mass.,
serves as chair of the Exposition Committee and
Richard
Chromik,
McGill University, Montreal, was named chair of the
Accepted Practices Committee. If you are interested in serving
on an affiliate society committee, contact the respective com-
mittee chair or email
joanne.miller@asminternational.org.
SEEKING APPLICANTS FOR TSS
STUDENT BOARD MEMBERS
The ASM Thermal Spray Society is seeking applicants for
its two student boardmember positions. Nominations are due
by
April 1, 2016.
Students must be a registered undergradu-
ate or graduate during the 2015-2016 academic year andmust
be studying or involved in research in an area closely related to
thermal spray technology. For more information on eligibility
and benefits, visit
tss.asminternational.org.
JOURNAL OF THERMAL SPRAY TECHNOLOGY
ANNOUNCES EDITORIAL TRANSITION
After 12 years of serving as editor-in-chief of the
Jour-
nal of Thermal Spray Technology
(JTST), Dr. Christian Moreau,
FASM, TS HoF, has transferred his responsibilities to Dr. Ar-
melle Vardelle, FASM, according to Dr. Robert C. Tucker, Jr.,
FASM, TS HoF, chair of the Journal of Thermal Spray Technol-
ogy Committee. Vardelle has been Lead Editor of JTST since
2013 and prior to that was an associate editor of the journal
from 2006 through 2012. She will be succeeded as Lead Edi-
tor by Dr. André McDonald.
Moreau became JTST editor in 2004, and led the journal
through an extraordinary period of growth, in which the jour-
nal increased from a quarterly to six issues per year in 2007,
then to eight issues per year in 2013. Building on the strong
foundation laid by JTST Founding Editor Chris Berndt, FASM,
TS HoF, Moreau enlarged the editorial staff to its current com-
plement of five associate editors by identifying individuals
who were both well qualified technically as well as represen-
tative of the journal’s international readership. Further, he cre-
ated the position of Lead Editor to focus on special topical and
event-related issues.
Throughout Moreau’s termas editor, the journal has con-
tinued to grow in number of submissions, quality, and articles
published. Working closely with former JTST Committee chair
Jockel Heberlein andChris Berndt, Moreaubrought into reality
an annual special double issue containing invited and expand-
ed papers originating from the International Thermal Spray
Conference. He also led the journal through its transition into
the publishing partnership with Springer, which has greatly in-
creased the journal’s international visibility and accessibility.
A professor at Concordia University (Canada Research
Chair, Thermal Spray and Surface Engineering), Moreau will
continue to offer the journal the benefit of his experience by
remaining involved as a member of the JTST Committee.
Mary Anne Fleming, ASM’s senior content developer,
Journals, said, “On behalf of the ASM staff who have worked
with Christian on JTST, I thank him for unceasingly providing
his insight and dedication as he has skillfully led the journal for
the past 12 years and for ensuring its future success by identi-
fying a capable and qualified successor. We are delighted that
Armelle has agreed to step into the editor position.”
Moreau
Pouliot
Tucker
Sharma
Puerta
Azarmi
McKechnie
Fowler-Hutchinson Chromik