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HIGHL IGHTS 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 | S E P T E M B E R 2 0 1 8 7 9 Newkirk Myers Recognized by Marquis Who’s Who Ronald E. Myers, Strongsville, Ohio, was presented with the Albert Nelson Marquis Lifetime Achievement Award by Marquis Who’s Who. The principal and owner of Myers Consult- ing Services, Myers is a chemist and consultant with over 40 years of indus- try experience in problem solving for materials science-related industries. He has consulted for several Forbes Global 2000 companies and served as a researcher for Cabot Microelectronics Corp., Thermagon Inc., Sermatech International Inc., and B.F. Goodrich Co. The recipient of a 2005 Gettysburg College Distinguished Alumni Award for his achievements, one of his inventions was named among the Top 10 Best New Products of 1998 by SAE’s Aerospace Engi- neering magazine. Myers IN MEMORIAM Gopal Krishna Bhat, FASM, an ASM Life Member, passed away on May 27 at age 92. He completed his B.S. degree inmetallurgical engineering at Banaras University, India. He received a master’s degree in metallurgical engineering practice and industrial management in 1951 and a Ph.D. in metallurgical engineering in 1955, both from Lehigh University. From 1955 to 1958, he was staff metallurgist at Crucible Steel in Pittsburgh. He was then employed by Mellon Institute of Research, first as fellow but later rising to director of metallurgical and materials technology. From 1982 until retirement in 1998, Bhat was self-employed and engaged inmetal- lurgical and materials process consulting and new technology transfer for commercialization. He authored three U.S. patents and was editor/coeditor for eight Proceedings of International Symposia on Special Melting Technology and served as their primary meeting organizer. He was chairman of the ASM Pittsburgh Chapter, 1968 to 1970. He was nationally and interna- tionally recognized for his research on high-strength steels, electroslag and plasma melting, casting, welding, fracture mechanics, and stress analysis of pressure vessels. Bhat MEMBERS IN THE NEWS Newkirk Lectures Inspire Forward Thinking Joseph Newkirk, FASM, is on the road delivering a series of talks to fel- low materials scientists and engineers in hopes of spurring them to imagine new classes of metals, ceramics, and other materials that will help create future materials needed to transport people to Mars or make robots stron- ger. He delivered a talk titled “Creat- ing the Materials of Tomorrow” during the 15th annual Congress on Materials Research and Tech- nology in Paris in February. He spoke on a similar topic at MS&T in October 2017, and will do the same this Novem- ber in Rio de Janeiro. Newkirk is a professor of materials science and engineering at Missouri University of Science and Technology and president of Alpha Sigma Mu, the inter- national professional honor society for materials science and engineering. REMEMBER TO UPDATE YOUR MEMBER PROFILE Have you changed positions or employers lately? Do you have a new email address or new materials interests? Keep ASM in the loop by reviewing and updating your member profile at asminternational.org .