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Abbaschian to Lead Winston
Chung Global Energy Center
Reza Abbaschian, FASM,
dean
of the Bourns College of Engineer-
ing, University of California, River-
side (UCR), will step down in June
to become director of the Winston
Chung Global Energy Center. In 2010,
Abbaschian oversaw the largest gift
from an individual donor in UCR’s his-
tory—a $10 million cash endowment
and more than $3 million worth of
batteries from Chinese inventor
Winston Chung.
As direc-
tor of the new center, Abbaschian will hold a Winston Chung
Endowed Professorship and continue his research focusing
on solidification and materials processing involving interfa-
cial kinetics, high temperature intermetallics, composites,
and diamond crystal growth.
Anderson Joins National
Academy of Inventors
U.S. Department of Energy’s
Ames Laboratory senior metallurgist
Iver Anderson, FASM,
was recently
named a Fellow of the National Acad-
emy of Inventors. An induction cere-
monywill take place inApril at theU.S.
Patent and Trademark Office. Ander-
son is best known for his co-invention
of lead-free solder. The solder patent is the top-earning pat-
ent for Ames Laboratory, Iowa State University, and Sandia
National Laboratory. It has generated approximately $60
million in royalty income throughout the life of the patent,
which expired in 2013.
Apelian Honored
with Bernard M.
Gordon Prize
The
National
Academy of Engineer-
ing announced that
Worcester Polytechnic
Institute (WPI) is being
honored with the 2016
Bernard M. Gordon
Prize for Innovation
in Engineering and Technology Education.
Diran Apelian,
FASM,
is among the four WPI educators recognized “for a
project-based engineering curriculum developing leader-
ship, innovative problem-solving, interdisciplinary collab-
oration, and global competencies.” Among other honors,
Apelian received ASM’s Bradley Stoughton Award for Young
Teachers in 1980, the Henry Marion Howe Medal in 1989,
and served as the ASM-TMS Distinguished Lecturer in 2004.
MEMBERS IN THE NEWS
ASM’s Chapter in Pune, India, recently welcomed 21 newmem-
bers. Pictured here is Mr. L.D. Deshpande with special mementos
presented to each newmember in December 2015.
From left to right, Gregory Olson, WilliamWinegard, and Jun
Nogami. Courtesy of Jason Tam.
Abbaschian
Anderson
Diran Apelian, second from left, and
his WPI colleagues.
Pune Welcomes New Members
MEMBERS IN THE NEWS
Olson Presents Winegard Lecture
The Department of Materials Science & Engineering at
the University of Toronto hosted the 4th annual Winegard
Visiting Lectureship in New Materials Engineering in Decem-
ber 2015. The Winegard lecture, made possible through
the support of
William C. Winegard,
FASM,
is an annual
event that brings together a world-renowned academic or
industrial professional to give a seminar series. The 2015
Winegard Lecturer was
Gregory B. Olson,
FASM,
Walter
P. Murphy Professor of Materials Science and Engineering,
Northwestern University.
Winner Picked for ASM
Handbook Giveaway
Jeff Easter
of Illinois is the winner of a free copy of the
latest in the
ASM Handbook
series,
Volume 7, Powder Metal- lurgy. When describing why he wanted the free copy, Easter
mentioned his role advising on alternate methods to manu-
facture products in the metal forming and machining indus-
try. One such process is powder metal, and he explained
that the newest edition of this resource would be very useful
in his work.