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entries. There are now just five different classes of compe-
tition covering all fields of optical and electron microscopy:
• Class 1: Optical Microscopy—All Materials
• Class 2: Electron Microscopy—All Materials
• Class 3: Student Entries—All Materials (Undergraduate
or Graduate Students Only)
• Class 4: Artistic Microscopy (Color)—All Materials
• Class 5: Artistic Microscopy (Black & White)—All
Materials
All classes offer increased prize money. Best-In-Show
receives the most prestigious award available in the field of
metallography, the Jacquet-Lucas Award, which includes a
cash prize of $3000. For a complete description of the rules,
tips for creating a winning entry, and judging guidelines,
visit .
Canada Council Award
Nominations due April 30
ASM’s Canada Council seeks nominations for its 2016
awards program. These prestigious awards include:
The G. MacDonald Young Award–The ASM Canada
Council established this award in 1988 to recognize distin-
guished and significant contributions by an ASM member
in Canada. This award consists of a plaque and a piece of
Canadian native soapstone sculpture. The 2015 recipient
was John Wolodko, Alberta Innovates, Edmonton.
M. Brian Ives Lectureship–This award was estab-
lished in 1971 by the ASM Canada Council to identify a
distinguished lecturer who will present a technical talk at
a regular monthly meeting of each Canadian ASM Chapter
who elects to participate. The winner receives a $1000 hono-
rarium and travels to each ASM Canada Chapter throughout
the year to give their presentation with expenses covered
by the ASM Canada Council. The 2015 recipient was Linruo
Zhao, National Research Council of Canada, Ottawa.
John Convey Innovation Awards–In 1977, the Can-
ada Council created a new award to recognize contributions
of sustaining member companies for further development
of the materials engineering industry in Canada. The award
considers a new product and/or service directed at the
Canadian or international marketplace. Two awards are
presented each year, one to a company with annual sales
in excess of $5 million, and one to a company with annual
sales below $5 million. The 2015 recipient was Canmet­
MATERIALS, Hamilton.
Nomination forms and complete rules can be found at
. Con-
tact for a unique
nomination link or more information.
VOLUNTEERISM
COMMITTEE
Profile of a Volunteer
Merna Salama, Materials Process
& Physics Engineer, The Boeing
Company
At 23, Merna Salama has
accomplished much. She earned
her bachelor’s degree in chemis-
try and her master’s in materials
science and engineering from the
University of California, Irvine, and
had internships with Boeing’s Next
Gen Extreme Environment Materials and 737MAX Propul-
sion commercial aircraft team. In 2015, Salama was hired by
the Boeing Research and Technology group in Huntington
Beach, Calif., to develop materials for thermal protection
systems.
Beyond academics and career, she decided to step
out of her comfort zone and volunteer with ASM’s Orange
Coast (OC) Chapter. Salama first got involved with ASM as
an undergraduate when a professor invited her to enter a
poster contest hosted by the Los Angeles Chapter. “I met the
OC chapter guys there,” she recalls, “They asked me to join
their team and I said yes.”
Salama helps plan meetings, find speakers, and run
the website and emails. “We all help out and even though
we’re all busy, we do a good job with it.” She especially likes
the Chapter’s outreach program, which was set up to share
demos with middle school students. “Little kids have an
innocence when approaching science,” says Salama. “It’s
nice to see their wonder about the world because we lose
that as adults.”
ASM gives Salama a place to network and grow per-
sonally. “I was always a little quiet. ASM really opened me
up more,” she says. “In college, I wasn’t that involved and
would say ‘no’ a lot. But in my internships at Boeing, I met
more people and decided to say ‘yes’ to trying new things.
At work, you can get in a routine and forget about the world
outside. Through ASM, I meet people doing different things
in materials science. I keep learning something new from
both younger and older members with so much experience.
It inspires me to keep my eyes open for what’s out there and
to try new things to learn and grow.”
Salama