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Pittsburgh Enjoys All-Clad Tour and
Trustee Visit
On a 7°F evening this past December, Pittsburgh Chapter
members visited the All-Clad Metalcrafters LLC facility in Can-
onsburg, Pa. The tour progressed through the company’s oper-
ationaldepartmentsofcladding,forming,rotary,andassembly.
Questions from various ASM contingents were revealing, if not
amusing: At the cladding operation, where aluminum and
stainless steel are sandwiched together, those who work with
aluminum asked solely about the aluminum and those who
work with stainless steel asked solely about the stainless steel.
Process people asked about both, plus furnace temperatures.
Everyone asked, “What size pot would that make?”
In January, at the Chapter’s National Officers Night, ASM
trustee Larry Hanke, FASM, gave a presentation on forensic
materials engineering for product liability litigation. Close to 50
members enjoyed the invited talk.
Alamo Hosts Trustee Seal
ASM trustee Sudipta Seal, FASM, enjoyed a visit to the
Alamo Chapter (San Antonio) in February. The day startedwith
a tour of Baker Risk, a materials consulting firm, followed by
a visit to Southwest Research Institute (SwRI), and a Chapter
boardmeeting. Points of discussion included ideas to increase
membership, such as partnering with University of Texas at
San Antonio and St. Mary’s University, and getting more Mate-
rial Advantage students involved to ensure the Chapter’s long-
termhealth.
San Fernando Valley Holds
Nanomaterials Meeting
In February, Sarah Allec, a graduate student in the
department of materials science and engineering at the
University of California, Riverside gave a talk to the San Fer-
nando Valley Chapter on the electronic properties of nano-
materials from a quantum mechanical perspective. The
meeting was held at California State University, Northridge.
Since moving the meeting location to the university cam-
pus, the Chapter has seen an increase in student involve-
ment and attendance.
MEMBERS IN THE NEWS
George Named
ORNL-UT
Governor’s Chair
Easo George, FASM,
an authority on advanced alloy
development and theory, was named the 15th Governor’s
Chair at the DOE’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL)
and the University of Tennessee
(UT). George has been a professor
of materials design and director of
the Center for Interface Dominated
High Performance Materials since
November 2014 at Ruhr-University
Bochum, Germany. Prior to that,
he worked for nearly 30 years at
ORNL where he was a distinguished
research staff member and head of
the Alloy Behavior and Design Group. He was also a profes-
sor of materials science and engineering at UT since 2002.
Pittsburgh Chapter members tour the All-Clad facility.
Fromleft,ChapterchairNateEisinger,trusteeLarryHanke,andChapter
vicechairPiyamaneeKomolwit.
SudiptaSeal,backrowwithbluetie,enjoysavisittotheAlamoChapter.
From left, Ray Engelhardt, Chapter chair, with guest speaker Sarah
Allec.
George