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generation, and consumer products. Although managing
a company and supervising a team of engineers takes up
much of his time, Hanke is happiest when he is at a micro-
scope looking at a fracture or a microstructure.
ASM has played an important role in Larry’s profes-
sional life since joining the society as a student member. He
was a founding member and officer of the student chapter
at Iowa State University, has chaired two local chapters,
and served on four national committees including terms
as chair of the Handbook Committee and Failure Analysis
Committee. Along the way, he has also taught ASM educa-
tion courses, chaired symposia, and mentored at materials
camps.
Hanke is a registered professional engineer in multiple
states and is also a member of SPE, NACE, AWS, ASTM, and
three ASM Affiliate Societies, the Shape Memory and Super-
elastic Technologies Society, Failure Analysis Society, and
International Metallographic Society.
Roger A. Jones
Nominee for Trustee
Roger A. Jones is corporate
president of Solar Atmospheres.
He attended Hocking Technical
College and then joined ABAR
Corp. in 1975. At the founding
of Vacuum Furnace Systems in
1978, he began working at the
company along with his father,
William R. Jones, FASM. In 1983,
Jones assisted the founding of
Solar Atmospheres Inc. as vice president, moving up to
corporate president in 2001. Early on, he established Solar
Atmospheres’ strategic management team. Today, Solar is
the largest privately owned vacuum heat treating company
in North America, with four heat treat facilities.
A member of the Metal Treating Institute (MTI) since
1983, Jones served as chairman of the Atlantic Coast Chap-
ter in 1994. He has been on the Program Committee since
1995 and is currently co-chair. A member of the Board of
Trustees since 1998, Jones was president of the Institute
from 2004-2005. He was called back onto the Board in 2009
for a third term.
Jones has chaired nine committees since becoming a
member of ASM’s Philadelphia Liberty Bell Chapter in 1983.
He became his company’s sustaining member representa-
tive in 1986 and was Chapter chairman for 1993-1994. At
the national level, Jones served on and chaired numerous
committees, including the Membership Committee in 1996-
1997. He also chaired the Heat Treating Society (HTS) Imme-
diate Needs Committee as well as its Education Committee,
and continues as a member. He served on the Nominating
Jones
Committee for two separate terms. He is also a member of
the HTS T&P Committee. In 2005, Jones was appointed to
the HTS Board and continues to serve.
Jones received many local awards from the Philadel-
phia Chapter, and was the recipient of the William Hunt
Eisenman Award in 2001 as well as the Distinguished Ser-
vice Award in 2004. In 2009, he received the President’s
Award. Honors from MTI include the President’s Award and
Program Service Award in 2002. He received the Distin-
guished Service Award in 2009 and The Award of Merit 2011.
Jones has given talks and published various technical
papers in
Industrial Heating
,
AdvancedMaterials & Processes,
and
Heat Treating Progress
.
Dr. John Wolodko, P. Eng., FASM
Nominee for Trustee
Dr. John Wolodko is cur-
rently the AITF Strategic Chair in
Bio and Industrial Materials, and
an associate professor at the Uni-
versity of Alberta in Edmonton,
Canada. His main research focus
is in novel materials from sustain-
able sources and materials for the
energy sector. Specific areas of
research include development of
bio-based composites, bio-based textile structures, charac-
terization of degradation mechanisms, characterization of
wear/abrasion in oil sands mining, microbially influenced
corrosion (MIC) in pipeline systems, and product life cycle
assessment.
Wolodko is a former executive director at Alberta Inno-
vates – Technology Futures (AITF) in Edmonton and has
over 20 years of research and development experience in
advanced materials, manufacturing, testing, and engineer-
ing design. He is also the former director of the Materials
and Reliability in Oil Sands research program, a consortium
focused on applied R&D and technology development for
the oil sands sector.
Wolodko obtained his Ph.D. in mechanical engineer-
ing from the University of Alberta in 1999, and has been an
active ASMmember over the past 15 years. He is a past chair
of ASM Canada Council and the ASM Volunteerism Commit-
tee. He has also participated in various roles at both the
local and national levels including former chair of the ASM
Edmonton Chapter, member of the ASM Nominating Com-
mittee, and regular presenter at MS&T. In addition to his
committee roles, he has organized ASM Teachers Materials
Camps for the Edmonton Chapter over the past decade, and
has been a volunteer for outreach programs including the
Edmonton Regional Science Fair and the Alberta Teachers
Association Science Conference.
Wolodko