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SOCIETY NEWS
REVIEW ARTICLE
AVAILABLE ON COLD
SPRAY DEPOSITION
The September issue of
In-
ternational Materials Reviews
features the article “The Unique
Abilities of Cold Spray Deposi-
tion” by Victor Champagne and
Dennis Helfritch. The review
is useful to those new to cold
spray, members of the cold
spray community, and prod-
uct developers in need of cold spray
capabilities. Descriptions of equipment and techniques
used to create cold-spray deposits are helpful to those seeking
to produce products requiring similar characteristics. The jour-
nal is co-owned by ASM International and IOM3. Visit http://
tinyurl.com/j5lp5lr to purchase and download the article.
NOMINATIONS SOUGHT FOR ASM
THERMAL SPRAY SOCIETY BOARD
The ASM TSS Nominating Committee is currently seeking
nominations to fill three board member positions. Candidates
may be from any segment of the thermal spray community.
Nomineesmust be amember of the ASMThermal Spray Society
and must be endorsed by five TSS members. Board members
whose terms are expiring may be eligible for nomination and
possible re-election on an equal basis with any other nominee.
Nominations must be received no later than
March 1, 2017.
Forms can be found at tss.asminternational.org. For more infor-
mation, contact ChristianMoreau, nominating committee chair,
at
christian.moreau@concordia.ca.
SEEKING STUDENT MEMBERS FOR TSS BOARD
The ASM Thermal Spray Society is seeking applicants for
the two student boardmember positions. Nominations are due
by
March 1, 2017.
Students must be a registered undergradu-
ate or graduate during the 2016-2017 academic year and must
be studying or involved in research in an area closely related to
the field of thermal spray technology. For more information,
visit tss.asminternational.org.
TSS ANNOUNCES NEW BOARD MEMBERS
The ASMThermal Spray Society elected officers and board
members for 2016.
Douglas G. Puerta,
director–aerospace
product qualifications, Element Materials Technology, succeeds
as president of TSS, while
Christian Moreau, FASM, TS-HoF,
professor, Concordia University, remains on the board as im-
mediate past president.
André McDonald,
associate professor,
University of Alberta,
is elected vice president. Officers serve a
two-year term. In addition,
Dan C. Hayden,
president, Hayden
Corp., continues on the board as secretary/treasurer for a one-
year term.
New board members elected for a three-year term
include
Komal Laul,
senior process engineer, Chromal-
loy;
James A. Ruud,
materials scientist, General Electric;
Maurice E. VandenBergh,
president, VandenBergh & Asso-
ciates Inc.
Two student members were also appointed to the
board for a one-year term:
Ankur Gupta,
University of Cen-
tral Florida, and
Gregory Smith,
Stony Brook University.
Puerta
Moreau
McDonald
Hayden
Laul
Ruud
VandenBergh
Gupta
Smith