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CHAPTERS IN THE NEWS
CHAPTERS IN THE NEWS
Pittsburgh Hosts Young Members’ Night
Shivram Sridhar. David Ott and Eamonn Hughes won the
Outstanding College Seniors award, Yushuan Peng won
the PCEAS junior award, and Guarav Balakrishnan won the
PCEAS sophomore award. Sponsors included Arconic, Allied
High Tech Products Inc., American Stress Technologies, ATI,
Elliott Group, The Perryman Co., Product Evaluation Sys-
tems Inc., Westmoreland Mechanical Testing and Research
Inc., and Carpenter Technology Corp., Latrobe Specialty
Metals.
Northwestern PA Chapter Hosts
Student Night
From left, Zhimin Sun, Chase Royer, Katerina Kimes, Taylor
Russo, Shuchen Cong, Christine Rooney, Heather Bowman,
Rafael Giacomin, Betsy Clark, and Bennet Monnie.
On February 16, the Pittsburgh Chapter hosted its 31st
annual Young Members’ Night at the University of Pitts-
burgh (Pitt) University Club. Students from Carnegie Mel-
lon University (CMU), University of Pittsburgh, and Robert
Morris University, along with participants in industry, orga-
nized this event. Farzin Fatollah-Fard of CMU presented on
his dissertation topic, “The Electrochemical Production of
Titanium by the MER Process,” followed by a poster compe-
tition, awards ceremony, a guest speech by Richard J. Lee
(CEO of RJ Lee Group), and door prizes.
Undergraduate poster winners were Colleen Hilla,
Heather Bowman, and Katerina Kimes. Graduate poster
winners included Ross Cunningham, Isha Kashyap, and
From left, scholarship winners Eamonn Hughes, David Ott,
Guarav Balakrishnan, and Yushuan Peng, along with Pittsburgh
Chapter member Allan Hutt.
One of the crankshafts p oduced by
Ellwood Crankshaft G oup (ECG).
The Northwestern PA Chapter held a successful stu-
dent night at Penn State Behrend in February. The presenta-
tion, “Continuous Grain Flow (CGF) Forging of Diesel Engine
Crankshafts: Development and Startup of the World’s Larg-
est Crankshaft Forging Press,” was given by Manas Shirga-
okar, director of forging technology and Sharon Operations
for Ellwood Crankshaft Group. Approximately 40 students
attended the event.
Manas Shirgaokar, left, receives a certificate of appreciation from
Chetan P. Nikhare of Penn State.