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Armelle Vardelle (D.Sc. 1987; Ph.D.
1979, M.Sc. 1975, B.Sc. 1973) is profes-
sor, University of Limoges, France. She is
Co-Chair of the Department of Materials
(Surface Treatments and Environment) at
the Engineering School of the University
of Limoges (Ecole Nationale Supérieure
d’Ingénieurs de Limoges, ENSIL). She holds
the title of Distinguished Professor and is
involved in research in the laboratory of
Sciences of Ceramics and Surface Treat-
ment Processes, UMR-CNRS in the Europe-
an Ceramic Center.
Her current research interests include
thermal spray and thermal plasma pro-
cesses, modeling of plasma processes and
torch operation, transport and chemical
rate phenomena at high temperature, ther-
mal spray coatings, and greenmanufactur-
ing. Her teaching interests include thermal
spraying, surface engineering, thermal sci-
ences, transport phenomena in surface en-
gineering processes, materials properties,
industrial ecology, and life cycle analysis.
Vardelle has authored or coauthored more than 111
peer-reviewed scientific journal publications, 141 publications
in international and national conference proceedings, and
seven book chapters. She has presented 42 invited lectures at
international conferences and 11 invited seminars at foreign
universities. She has been a member of the editorial board of
Plasma Chemistry and Plasma Processing since 2009. She be-
came a Fellow of the International Plasma Chemistry Society
in 2015 and a Fellow of ASM International in 2012.
As newly appointed editor-in-chief of JTST, Vardelle joins
Tucker in announcing that McDonald has been named Lead
Editor of the journal. McDonald is chair of the ASM Thermal
Spray Society Training Committee, Lead Editor of the 2015 In-
ternational Thermal Spray Conference Proceedings, and has
served as a guest co-editor of the journal.
Currently an associate professor in the Department of
Mechanical Engineering at the University of Alberta, McDonald
received his BSME from the City College of New York (CCNY) in
2001, where he was the Dupont Mechanical Engineering Dis-
tinguished Graduate and won the Peggy Benline, Eliza Ford,
and ALCOA awards. He was awarded his MSME from that same
institution in 2002. He received his Ph.D. from the University of
Toronto in 2007, followed by a short post-doctoral fellowship
at the Industrial Materials Institute - National ResearchCouncil
Canada (IMI-NRC) in Boucherville, Québec.
McDonald’s current research includes development of
flame-sprayed coatings toprovidewear anderosion resistance
and to provide heating and structural health monitoring to
polymer-based airfoil structures. In the area of cold-spraying,
he has been working to develop a variety of metal matrix com-
posite coatings with alumina or tungsten carbide as the rein-
forcing particle material.
Since 2006, his work has resulted in 33 peer-reviewed
journal articles, 39 conference articles, a textbook on the prac-
tical design of thermo-fluids systems, an industrial manual for
thermal spraying for the oil and gas industry, 26 industrial re-
ports, and several awards including the International Thermal
Spray Conference and Exposition Best Paper Award, the Har-
old C. Simmons Best Paper Award from ILASS-Americas, the
Composites Conference Best in Track Technical Paper Award
for Manufacturing, and the Association of Professional Engi-
neers and Geoscientists of Alberta’s Early Accomplishment
Award. Since becoming a professor, McDonald has trained 50
students, at both the graduate and undergraduate levels, in
the areas of thermal spraying and/or heat transfer.
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