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MEMBERS IN THE NEWS
On the Road with Vander Voort
George Vander Voort, FASM, gave talks at three ASM
Chapters this winter. In January, he spoke about “The
Measurement of Decarburization” to the Akron Chapter. In
February, he presented “Failure Analysis—Materials and
Manufacturing Problems” to the Southern Connecticut
Chapter, and then spoke on “Determination of the Degree
of Thermal Exposure to the Lower Head of the Three Mile
Island Unit 2 Nuclear Reactor Using Metallography” to the
Philadelphia Liberty Bell Chapter.
MEMBERS IN THE NEWS
Frazier, Halbig Honored by
The Engineers’ Council
Bill Frazier, FASM,
VP of
ASM International and Chief Sci-
entist, Air Vehicle Eng. Dept.,
Naval Air Systems Command,
received the Distinguished Engi-
neering Achievement Award of
The Engineers’ Council on Feb-
ruary 19 in Palm Beach Gardens,
Fla. Frazier was recognized “for
pioneering work as the technical
architect and driving force behind
several cross-disciplinary, multi-
organizational, public-private RDT&E programs in materials
engineering, additive manufacturing, nanomaterials and
metamaterials, and structural health management.” He
received his award from Cris Vigil, senior vice president of
BRPH, an international architecture and engineering firm.
Michael C. Halbig,
materials
research engineer, NASA Glenn
Research Center, received the
William B. Johnson International
Inter-professional Founders Award
of The Engineers’ Council at the
61st Annual Honors & Awards Ban-
quet celebrating National Engi-
neers Week, held on February 27
in Universal City, Calif. Halbig was
cited for “for dedicated organiza-
tional leadership in professional
societies and technical contri-
butions to advance the field of engineered ceramics.” He
received his award from Sharlene Katz, who serves on the
Council’s board of directors and is a professor at California
State University, Northridge.
Rajiv Asthana, FASM,
editor of the
Journal of Mate-
rials Engineering and Performance,
nominated Frazier and
Halbig for the awards. Asthana received the Distinguished
Engineering Educator Award from The Engineers’ Council in
2015.
From left, Jamie Jones presents George Vander Voort with a
Liberty Bell memento.
Los Angeles Hosts Hawkins
Gary Hawkins (left), formerly of Aerospace Corp. and co-founder
and CTO of Radian Labs, is thanked by Jeff Goldstein, Los Ange-
les Chapter webmaster, after speaking on “Machine Augmented
Composites—From Invention to Application” at the February
Chapter meeting.
From left, Bill Frazier
and Cris Vigil.
From left, Michael
Halbig and Sharlene
Katz.