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31 68 58 ASM NEWS The latest news about ASM members, chapters, events, awards, conferences, affiliates, and other Society activities. 3D PRINTSHOP Learn what’s new in additive manufacturing from Cranfield University, Fraunhofer Institute, and the European Space Agency. SMST SHOW PREVIEW Experts from around the world are headed to SMST 2019 in Germany to review and assess recent advances and future directions in shape memory and superelastic technology. JACQUET-LUCAS AWARD NEW ETCHING TECHNIQUE FOR CHARACTERIZING FRICTION STIR WELDS IN ALUMINUM ALLOYS Elvin Beach, Thomas Luzanski, Dustin Marshall, and Brian Dix This entry won the prestigious 2017 Jacquet-Lucas Award for Excellence in Metallography at the International Metallographic Contest held during MS&T in Pittsburgh, October 2017. 14 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 | A P R I L 2 0 1 9 2 Micrograph of a sample of friction stir welded AA6111 sheet. Courtesy of Elvin Beach et al. On the Cover: