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from Missouri S&T, she joined ATI
Specialty Materials as product engi-
neer and later served as process
engineer at ATI Specialty Materials
Richburg Operations where she was
responsible for Ni/Ti/Fe-base alloy
heat treatment, continuous bar roll-
ing, and coil processing. She recently
accepted the position of superinten-
dent at the new ATI Bakers Powder Operations in Monroe,
N.C., which will make powder for the aerospace industry.
Noll has been a member of the executive board of the ASM
Carolinas Southern Piedmont Chapter since 2012 and is
currently chapter chair. She is a contributing member of
engineergirl.org, directed the first Union County JobReady
Partnership “Women in Engineering” summer camp for mid-
dle school girls in 2014, and also directed the camp in 2015.
HTS MEMBERS RECEIVE ASM AWARDS
Three HTS members have been named as recipients
of 2016 ASM Awards. The awards will be presented at ASM’s
annual Awards Dinner, taking place October 25 in Salt Lake
City, during MS&T16.
Distinguished Life Membership
Mr. William R. Jones, FASM,
owner/CEO, Solar Atmospheres Inc.,
Souderton, Pa., will receive this year’s
award “for innovations in the field
of vacuum furnace technology and
applying this technology to enhance
metallurgical
thermal
processes
around the world.”
Prof. Diran Apelian, FASM,
Alcoa-Howmet professor of mechani-
cal engineering, Worcester Polytechnic
Institute, Mass., will receive this year’s
award “for his leadership and vision
for establishing and executing a model
for industry-university collaborative
research, and for his pioneering work in
metal processing.”
The medal was established in 1943 to recognize out-
standing knowledge and great versatility in the application
of science to the field of materials science and engineering,
as well as exceptional ability in the diagnosis and solution of
diversifiedmaterials problems.
Allan Ray Putnam Service Award
Mr. Robert J. Gaster,
senior staff engineer, Deere &
Co. Technology Innovation Center, John Deere, Moline, Ill.,
will receive this year’s award “for continuous and enthusi-
astic promotion of ASM membership and volunteerism at
the local chapter and national society
level, as well as his longstanding vol-
unteerism for the Heat Treat Society.”
Established in 1988, the award recog-
nizes the exemplary efforts of various
outstanding members of ASM Interna-
tional on behalf of the Society to further
its objectives and goals. The purpose
of this award is to recognize those individuals whose contri-
butions have been especially noteworthy and to whom the
Society owes a particularly great debt of appreciation.
CAI RECEIVES 2016 ASM HTS/BODYCOTE
BEST PAPER IN HEAT TREATING AWARD
Xiaoqing Cai
(center)
received the 2016 ASM HTS/
Bodycote Best Paper in Heat
Treating Award from
Dean
Hoffmann
of Bodycote (left)
at Worcester Polytechnic
Institute’s Center for Heat
Treating Excellence on June
15during their springmeeting. She receivedassistanceonher
winning paper entitled, “Microstructure Development in AISI
4140 Steels During Tempering” from her advisor,
Dr. Richard
D. Sisson, Jr., FASM
(right). Cai is a Ph.D. student in materi-
als science and engineering at WPI. She is currently working
on a research project focused on furnace and induction tem-
pering of steel. The award includes a plaque and $2500 prize
endowed by Bodycote Thermal Process-North America.
SOLICITING PAPERS FOR ASM HTS/BODYCOTE
BEST PAPER IN HEAT TREATING CONTEST
The ASM HTS/Bodycote award was established by
HTS in 1997 to recognize a paper that represents advance-
ment in heat treating technology, promotes heat treating
in a substantial way, or represents a clear advancement
in managing the business of heat treating. The award is
endowed by Bodycote Thermal Process-North America.
The contest is open to all students, in full-time or part-
time education, at universities (or their equivalent) or col-
leges. It is also open to those students who have graduated
within the past three years and whose paper describes work
completed while an undergraduate or post-graduate stu-
dent. The winner receives a plaque and check for $2500.
To view rules for eligibility and paper submission, visit
hts.asminternational.org, Membership & Networking, and
Society Awards.
Paper submission deadline is March 1, 2017.
Sub-
missions should be sent to Joanne Miller, ASM Heat Treat-
ing Society, 9639 Kinsman Rd., Materials Park, OH 44073,
440.338.5151 ext. 5513,
joanne.miller@asminternational.org.