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MEMBERS IN THE NEWS
Jandeska to Receive PM Lifetime
Achievement Award
William F. Jandeska, Jr.,
FASM,
president of Midwest Met-
allurgical Ltd. and project man-
ager for the Center for Powder
Metallurgy Technology, will receive
the Kempton H. Roll PM Lifetime
Achievement Award by the Metal
Powder
Industries
Federation
(MPIF). The award will be pre-
sented during Powdermet 2016,
taking place June 5-7 in Boston.
The award is named in honor of Kempton H. Roll, found-
ing executive director of MPIF. It was established in 2007 to
recognize individuals with outstanding accomplishments
and a lifetime of involvement in the PM field and related
technologies. This is only the third time the award has been
given since its inception.
Connor Named VP of Technology for AFS
The American Foundry Soci-
ety (AFS) named
Zayna Connor
vice president of technology in
March. Most recently, she was a
senior engineering specialist at
Caterpillar Inc. and led the corpo-
rate casting team, where she was
responsible for all casting and
aluminum specifications and also
performed failure analysis. Connor
earned her B.S. degree in metallur-
gical engineering from the University of Missouri-Rolla and
her Ph.D. in materials science and engineering from North-
western University, where she received a National Science
Foundation fellowship and an Amelia Earhart fellowship.
Anderson Elected to National
Academy of Engineering
In February, the National
Academy of Engineering (NAE)
elected 80 new members and 22
foreign members. Among the new
members is
Kevin Anderson,
FASM,
Mercury Fellow, corpo-
rate research and development,
Mercury Marine. He is cited “for
advances in metals recycling
through invention of innovative
aluminum alloys.” Election to NAE
is among the highest professional distinctions accorded to
an engineer. Academy membership honors those who have
made outstanding contributions to engineering research,
practice, or education. An induction ceremony will be held
on October 9 at NAE’s annual meeting in Washington.
Howard Named TMS President
The Minerals, Metals &Materi-
als Society (TMS) installed
Stanley
M. Howard
as its 2016 president in
February at the TMS 2016 Annual
Meeting & Exhibition in Nashville,
Tenn. He is a professor of materials
and metallurgical engineering at
the South Dakota School of Mines
and Technology. Howard received
his B.S. and Ph.D. in metallurgical
engineering from the Colorado
School of Mines and is a licensed
professional engineer.
Jandeska
Connor
Anderson
Howard
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