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EDFAS President’s Award
The EDFAS President’s Award shall recognize excep-
tional service to EDFAS and the electronic device failure
analysis community. Examples of such service include com-
mittee service, service on the board of directors, organiza-
tion of conferences or symposia, development of education
courses, and student and general public outreach. While
any member of EDFAS is expected to further the Society’s
goals through service, this award shall recognize those who
provided an exceptional amount of effort in their service
to the Society. For complete rules and nomination forms,
visit edfas.org, click on Membership & Networking and then
Society Awards or contact Joanne Miller at 440.338.5151
ext. 5513, .
Deadline for both awards is March 1, 2017. For
more information, visit asminternational.org/web/edfas/
societyawards.
Nominations Due for 2017
ASM Nominating Committee
ASM International is seeking members to serve on
the 2017 ASM Nominating Committee. The committee will
select a nominee for 2017-2018 vice president (who will
serve as president in 2018-2019) and three nominees for
trustee. Committee candidates may only be proposed by a
Chapter through its executive committee, an ASM commit-
tee or council, or an affiliate society board. Nominations
are due December 15. For more information, contact Leslie
Taylor at 440.338.5151, ext. 5500, leslie.taylor@asminterna-
tional.org, or visit asminternational.org/about/governance/
nominating-committee.
Nomination Deadline for 2017 Class of
Fellows is Fast Approaching
The honor of Fellow of the Society was established to
provide recognition to members for distinguished contribu-
tions in the field of materials science and engineering, and
to develop a broadly based forum for technical and profes-
sional leaders to serve as advisors to the Society. Criteria for
the Fellow award include:
• Outstanding accomplishments in materials science or
engineering
• Broad and productive achievement in production,
manufacturing, management, design, development,
research, or education
• Five years of current, continuous ASM membership
Deadline for nominations for the class of 2017 is
November 30, 2016. View rules and past recipients at
asminternational.org/membership/awards. To receive a
unique nomination form link, contact Christine Hoover at
.
Annual ASM Award Nominations
due Feb. 1, 2017
The deadline for the majority of ASM’s awards is
February 1, 2017, and we are actively seeking nominations
for all of these awards, a few of which are listed below:
• Edward DeMille Campbell Memorial lectureship
• Distinguished Life Membership
• William Hunt Eisenman Award
• Gold Medal
• Silver Medal
• Bronze Medal
• Historical Landmarks
• Honorary Membership
• Medal for Advancement of Research
• Allan Ray Putnam Service Award
• Albert Sauveur Achievement Award
• Albert Easton White Distinguished Teacher Award
• J. Willard Gibbs Phase Equilibria Award
View rules and past recipients at asminternational.
org/membership/awards. To receive a unique nomination
form link, contact Christine Hoover at christine.hoover@
asminternational.org.
WOMEN IN ENGINEERING
This new profile series introduces leading
materials scientists from around the world
who happen to be females. Here we speak with
Ida Berglund, materials design engineer for
QuesTek Innovations LLC.
What does your typical workday look like?
It starts with a cup of coffee (or three) at my desk while
going through emails and outlining my agenda for the day.
There are often one or several internal project meetings
during the day to discuss technical work and strategies, and
the remaining time is spent by the computer on data anal-
ysis, reporting, communication, or doing basic research.
There is also the daily lunch group effort on solving the Chi-
cago Tribune crossword puzzle.
What’s been your biggest technical challenge?
Being able to easily convey scientific concepts, ideas,
and methods to a new audience. Also, despite almost six
years in the U.S. I cannot appreciate magnitudes of inches,
ksi, miles, and such, and find myself having to convert to SI
units during conversations and presentations.
What part of your job do you like most?
The variety. There is a balanced combination of techni-
cal work, meetings, reporting, client or collaborator interac-
tions, and proposal writing, as well as travel to conferences
or client meetings. Further, QuesTek works with a variety of
Berglund