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iTSSe TSS A D V A N C E D M A T E R I A L S & P R O C E S S E S | N O V E M B E R / D E C E M B E R 2 0 1 7 3 3 iTSSe TSS 3 THERMAL SPRAY SOCIETY ANNOUNCES NEW BOARD MEMBERS TSS President Douglas G. Puerta, operations manager, Precision Castparts Corp., recently announced new appoint- ments to the TSS Board. Christopher Dambra, manager, CSC Americas, Oerlikon Metco, and Dan C. Hayden, president, Hayden Corp., were reappointed to the board for a second three-year term. Dan was also reappointed secretary/treasurer for one year. Friedrich Herold, chief executive officer, Castolin Eutectic, was appointed to a three-year term. Gregory Smith, Stoney Brook University, was reappoint- ed student board member and Alexandre Romao Costa Na- scimento, Concordia University, was also appointed student boardmember. Both appointments are for one year. NOMINATIONS SOUGHT FOR ASM THERMAL SPRAY SOCIETY BOARD The ASM TSS Awards & Nominations Committee is seeking nominations to fill three board member positions. Candidates can 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 reelection on an equal basis with any other nominee. Nominations must be received no later than February 1, 2018. Forms can be found at tss.asminternational.org . For more infor- mation, contact Christian Moreau, awards & nominations com- mittee chair, at christian.moreau@concordia.ca . TRIBUTE TO PETER HEINRICH: THERMAL SPRAY PIONEER Peter Heinrich, FASM, TSS HoF, passed away on October 25 at age 69 after a long and illustrious career in the thermal spray industry. In 1966, he completed a fitter’s apprenticeship and later gradu- ated as a mechanical engineer from the University of Applied Science in Munich in 1975. In August of that year, Heinrich be- gan working for Linde AG in Munich, in the R&D department. In 1977, he also became a certified welding engineer at the Ger- man Welding Institute (SLV) in Munich and became a member of the GermanWelding Society (DVS) in 1978. Beginning in 1979, he focused on industrial gases in thermal spray applications at Linde. Heinrich was the cofounder and executive manager of GTS, the Association of Thermal Sprayers (founded in 1992), co-organizer and head of the eight HVOF Spray Colloquia in Mu- nich (1988−2009), ITSC chairman (2001−2010), head of the DVS/ DIN standards committee for thermal spraying, and served on the ASM TSS board from 2005 to 2010. A few of Heinrich’s most notable achievements include receiving the DVS Ring of Honor Award in 1999, the Plaque of Honor for hiswork on the DINStan- dards Committee for Welding in 2002, election as an ASMFellow in 2009, and induction into the TSS Hall of Fame in 2011. In ad- dition to TSS Board membership, Heinrich also served on the Society’s nominating, program, and safety committees, as well as the Journal of Thermal Spray Technology committee. SEEKING STUDENT MEMBERS FOR TSS BOARD The ASM Thermal Spray Society is seeking applicants for its two student board member positions. Nominations are due by April 1, 2018. Students must be a registered undergraduate or graduate during the 2018-2019 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 . SOCIETY NEWS Puerta Dambra Hayden Herold Smith Nascimento Heinrich