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MEMBERS IN THE NEWS
India Chapters Growing Strong
During Leadership Days 2016, ASM’s India Chapter
Council reported that their five chapters are experiencing
significant growth:
•
Bangalore
– from 32 to 64 members
•
Chennai
– from 36 to 90 members
•
Gujaret
– from 15 to 46 members
•
India
– from 74 to 100 members
•
Pune
– from 90 to 110 members
Congratulations, ASM India!
Material Advantage
Chapters of Excellence
Every year, ASM administers the Chapters of Excellence
competition on behalf of the Material Advantage Student
Program. The following Chapters were selected based on
excellence in programming, career development, service,
social activities, chapter management, and report quality.
All winners will be recognized at the Student Awards Cere-
mony at MS&T16.
Most Outstanding Chapter
($750 award and certificate):
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Chapters of Excellence
($450 award and certificate):
•
Suez University
•
Iowa State University
•
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
•
Colorado School of Mines
•
Missouri University of Science and Technology
Runner-Up
(certificate of achievement): Virginia Tech
MEMBERS IN THE NEWS
Wang Achieves Named
Professorship
On August 26, the Purdue Univer-
sity Board of Trustees approved
Haiyan
Wang
as the Basil S. Turner Professor of
Engineering. Wang is a joint professor
of materials engineering and electrical
and computer engineering who came
to Purdue in August from Texas A&M
University where she served as a professor of electrical and
computer engineering since 2006. From 2013-15, she also
served as a program director at the U.S. National Science
Foundation. In addition, Wang was on staff at Los Alamos
National Laboratory, first as a postdoctoral fellow and later
as a technical staff member, from 2003-2006. Her research
interests include electronic materials and nanoscale pro-
cessing and characterization of oxide and nitride-based thin
films.
Suresh Rides in
Driverless Car
Subra Suresh, FASM,
president
of Carnegie Mellon University joined
Pittsburgh Mayor Bill Peduto in Sep-
tember for the first official ride in an
Uber self-driving car. The inaugural ride
began at City Hall for a loop around the
downtown area. The commercial appli-
cation of autonomous driving has drawn national attention
in recent days, highlighting the formative role Carnegie Mel-
lon research has played in this field for more than 30 years.
Official ASM Annual Business
Meeting Notice
The Annual Business Meeting of
members of ASM International will be held
in conjunction with MS&T16 on:
Monday, October 24
4:00 - 5:00 p.m.
Salt Palace Convention Center,
Salt Lake City
The purpose of the ASM Annual Business Meeting
is the election of officers for the 2016-17 term and
transaction of other Society business.