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ASM MANAGING DIRECTOR NAMED
Second prize goes to
Northwestern University
for
“PH Austenitic TRIP Stainless Steel for Additive Manufac-
turing.” Team members include Woo Hyun Chae, Nathaniel
Gilbert, Yongwook Oh, Sarah Rappaport, Christina Robin-
son, Ryan Weidinger, and faculty advisor Gregory Olson,
FASM. The team will receive $1500 and $500 travel assis-
tance for MS&T16. Third prize goes to
Missouri University
of Science & Technology
for “Reduction of the Adhesion
of Fayalite Bearing Scale (Silicon Streak Scale) in CSP Steel
Mill Production.” Team members include Adam Schmitz,
Mark Emmendorfer, Charles Campbell, Cameron Rudolph,
and faculty adviser Mark Schlesinger. The team will receive
$1000 and $500 travel assistance for MS&T16. Winners will
be recognized on October 24 at the ASM Leadership Awards
Luncheon at MS&T16 in Salt Lake City. To view abstracts of
the winning projects, visit asmfoundation.org.
William T. Mahoney Named
ASM Managing Director
With approval of the ASM Board of
Trustees, ASM is pleased to announce
the selection of William T. (Bill)
Mahoney as ASM Managing Director.
The appointment follows an extensive
search led by the board-appointed
Executive Search Committee with the
assistance of Dise & Company, an exec-
utive search firm. Mahoney’s appoint-
ment is effective immediately.
Mahoney most recently served as CEO of the South
Carolina Research Authority (SCRA), from August 2005 to
March 2016. SCRA is a non-stock, tax-exempt applied R&D
corporation, which operates under a public charter from
the state of South Carolina. Under his leadership, SCRA’s
annual revenues from its applied research and commercial-
ization services operations grew from $74M to over $455M.
In the decades prior to joining SCRA, Mahoney led a variety
of companies that commercialized innovative solutions
in telecommunications, electronic publishing, automatic
remote monitoring, and other emerging applied systems
markets, leading directly to IPO’s or strategic acquisitions.
In addition to company leadership roles, Mahoney held
a non-voting seat as secretary of the SCRA board and served
as chairman of SCRA’s applied R&D affiliate, Advanced Tech-
nology International Inc. He currently serves as chairman
of tech startups STEM Premier and Carbon Conversions Inc.
and is a board member of the National Defense Industrial
Association, National Energy Marketers Association, and
Fuel Cell and Hydrogen Energy Association. On a state and
local level, he serves or has served on the boards of the SC
Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Alliance, Midland Technical College
Foundation, and SC Economics. Mahoney is a Harvard grad-
uate and former member of both the Harvard Crew and U.S.
National Rowing Team. He and his wife, Paula, have been
married for 37 years and have two sons. A formal announce-
ment will be made on October 24 during the ASM Annual
Business Meeting at MS&T16 in Salt Lake City.
Jacquet-Lucas Award for Excellence
in Metallography
The ASM Metallographic Award was established in
1946 for the best entry in the annual ASM metallographic
competition. In 1958, it became known as the Francis F.
Lucas Metallographic Award and has been endowed since
that date by Adolph I. Buehler. In 1972, ASM joined with
The International Metallographic Society (IMS) in sponsor-
ing the Pierre Jacquet Gold Medal and the Francis F. Lucas
Award for Excellence in Metallography. This award has been
endowed by Buehler Ltd. since 1976.
The 2016 recipients of the Jacquet-Lucas Award are
Vikas Sinha, Adam Pilchak, Reji John, FASM, Sushant
Jha, James Larsen, FASM,
and
William J. Porter, III,
for
their entry entitled “Quantitative Characterization of Frac-
ture Features in Titanium Alloys.” Sinha works as a scientist
at UES Inc., Dayton, Ohio, and is an onsite scientist at the
Air Force Research Laboratory, Materials and Manufactur-
ing Directorate, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base (WPAFB).
Pilchak is senior research materials engineer, research
lead metallic materials and processes team, Metals Branch
Structural Materials Division, Materials and Manufacturing
Directorate, Air Force Research Laboratory, Air Force Mate-
rial Command, WPAFB. John is the research lead for metals
probabilistic performance prediction research team in the
Metals Branch, Structural Materials Division, Materials and
Manufacturing Directorate, Air Force Research Laboratory,
WPAFB. Jha is a senior research engineer, Universal Tech-
Sinha
Pilchak
John
Larsen
Jha
Porter