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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 | N O V E M B E R / D E C E M B E R 2 0 1 8 7 7 Shipilov’s Research Helps Protect Troops Sergei Shipilov, FASM, an indus- trial consultant and adjunct professor at the University of Science and Tech- nology Beijing, received the Best Paper Award at the 2017 DoD-Allied Nations Technical Corrosion Conference for an investigation he conducted for the U.S. Army’s Stryker Brigade Combat Team while at Oak Ridge National Lab- oratory. The paper is featured on the Spring 2018 cover of DoD CorrDigest. Shipilov determined the cause and mechanism of cracking under the command- er’s seat of newer double V-hull (DVH) Stryker vehicles and found a solution. In September 2018, the Army announced contracts to produce 742 Stryker DVH vehicles, as both retrofits and new production vehicles. Prior to Shipilov’s involvement, in 2011, the “newer” DVHs were created in response to high landmind-related casualties in Afghani- stan. But after being put into use, nine vehicles experienced cracking, which brought into question their ability to with- stand explosives and roadside mines. Shipilov’s research provided a lifesaving solution. Chang Creates Thin Films for Photonics Alvin Chang of Oregon State University was a Summer Scholar at MIT’s Materials Research Laboratory (MRL). Sum- mer Scholars and interns participated on the MIT campus through the MRL’s Materials Research Science and Engineer- ing Center, with support from the National Science Founda- tion, AIM Photonics Academy, MRL Collegium, and Guided Academic Industry Network (GAIN) program. Chang created chalcogenide thin films with nonlinear properties for pho- tonics applications. These materials can be used for infra- red sensing and imaging. Allanore Advances Copper Production Antoine Allanore, associate pro- fessor of metallurgy at the Massachu- setts Institute of Technology, received a $1.9 million grant from the DOE’s Office of Energy Efficiency and Renew- able Energy to run larger scale tests of a new way to produce copper using electricity to separate copper from melted sulfur-based minerals. Allanore intends to make high-purity copper that can go directly into production of copper wire. In June 2017, his team identified how to separate pure copper and other metallic elements from sulfidemineral ore in one step. With the new process, it may be possible to cut the energy needed for making copper by 20 percent. Shipilov Allanore MEMBERS IN THE NEWS Radzilowski Shares Insights on Steel Industry Ronald H. Radzilowski, FASM, was selected by the University of Michigan’s materials science and engi- neering department to present the inaugural Robert D. Pehlke Lecture- ship in Materials Processing. He spoke about emerging technologies and process innovations in the steel industry on September 14. According to Radzilowski, with increasing man- dates to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions and car- bon footprint, steel producers are upgrading their process technologies using state-of-the-art computer ware and novel approaches. He outlined a number of potentially breakthrough technologies and processes on the horizon. Radzilowski is principal research engineer associated with AK Steel’s Research & Innovation Center in Middletown, Ohio. He also serves as chair of ASM’s Emerging Technol- ogies Awareness Committee. Robert Pehle, FASM, and his wife Julie, funded an endowed MSE graduate student schol- arship in addition to the lectureship. Kaufman Speaks at MIT Conference John Gilbert (Gil) Kaufman, FASM, a 50-year member of ASM Inter- national, was an invited speaker at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology/ American Institute of Architects Confer- ence, on Architectural Aluminum in the 21st Century: Design & Preservation of Contemporary & Historic Architec- ture. Gil spoke on “The Fire Resistance of Aluminum Alloys” and “Aluminum Alloys for Bridges and Bridge Decks.” The event took place March 24 and 25 on the MIT campus in Cambridge and was designed to explore technical and practical issues involved in keeping new and existing building components and artis- tic works in good condition. It also looked at innovative uses of aluminum and its alloys in the design of new structures. Kaufman is CEO and president of Kaufman Metallurgical Engineering in Delaware and a member of the ASM Brandy- wine Valley Chapter. He has authored several ASM technical books on aluminum. Radzilowski Kaufman MEMBERS IN THE NEWS