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MEMBERS IN THE NEWS
India Discusses Materials Camps
Jointly published by ASM International and TMS,
Met-
allurgical and Materials Transactions
was founded as the
Metallurgical Transactions
journal in 1970, and has since
expanded to encompass three peer-reviewed journals for
metallurgy and materials science.
Met Trans A
focuses on
physical metallurgy and materials science,
Met Trans B
covers the theoretical and engineering aspects of process-
ing metals and other materials, and
Met Trans E
explores
materials being investigated or applied to address energy
technologies.
Pollock began her career at GE Aircraft Engines,
where she developed advanced superalloys for gas tur-
bine engines. In 1991, she joined the materials science and
engineering faculty at Carnegie Mellon University, later
moving to the University of Michigan in 2000, and then join-
ing the Materials Department at UCSB in 2010. Pollock’s
current interests span mechanical and environmental per-
formance of materials in extreme environments, unique
high-temperature materials processing paths, ultrafast
laser-material interactions, alloy design, and 3D materials
characterization.
Abkowitz Honored by Boston
Patent Law Association
In October 2015, the Boston
Patent Law Association’s (BPLA)
Invented Here!
Committee cele-
brated Massachusetts Inventors
Day by holding its fifth annual
event honoring New England’s
innovators and their innovations.
This year, the event recognized
Stanley Abkowitz,
FASM,
an
inventor who is a leader in the
titanium industry. Abkowitz has
received patents in each of the past seven decades and
still has patent applications pending. His innovations have
made their way into military, commercial, and consumer
products. During his speech, Abkowitz shared how his tita-
nium process and compounds are created and used in the
development and production of titanium components.
Left row, front to back: Pankaj Deval, Rajesh Shah, Ashok Tiwari,
Prem Aurora, and Vishwas Altekar. Right row, front to back:
Suhas Sabnis, H.M. Mehta, Aziz Asphahani, Sundip Parikh, and
Naresh Daftary. The India Chapter, Mumbai, enjoyed a special
lunch meeting in February with visiting ASMMaterials Education
Foundation past chairman Aziz Asphahani, FASM, where topics
related to ASMMaterials Camp programs and student member-
ships were discussed.
MEMBERS IN THE NEWS
Pollock Named Principal Editor for
Metallurgical and Materials Transactions
In January, it was announced
that the new principal editor of
the
Metallurgical and Materials
Transactions (Met Trans)
family of
journals will be
Tresa M. Pollock,
FASM
. The Alcoa Professor and
chair, Department of Materials,
University of California, Santa
Barbara (UCSB), Pollock will begin
her editorship on September 1
and will work alongside current principal editor,
David
Laughlin, FASM,
through the end of 2016 when he steps
down. Laughlin, the Alcoa Professor of Physical Metallurgy
at Carnegie Mellon University, has led
Met Trans
as principal
editor since 1987. Pollock likewise has a long association
with
Met Trans,
having served as an associate editor since
1997.