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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 | O C T O B E R 2 0 1 9 6 4 MEMBERS IN THE NEWS Collins Leads Alumni Association Sunniva Collins, FASM, Cleveland Heights, Ohio, has been named pres- ident of the Case Western Reserve University (CWRU) Alumni Association Board of Directors, as of July. She’s only the second woman to lead the 134-year-old association and the first president to have graduated from the Case School of Engineering, which was created in 1992. She earned a Ph.D. in metallurgy from CWRU and is currently associate professor in the depart- ment of mechanical and aerospace engineering. Collins is an ASM past president and ASM Fellow. The professor was featured in the fall 2019 issue of Case Alumnus, the maga- zine of the Case Alumni Association. MEMBERS IN THE NEWS Cheng and Henein Honored by MetSoc Prof. Frank Cheng, University of Calgary (left), re- ceived the 2019 MetSoc Distinguished Materials Scientist Award in recognition as a world renowned researcher in corrosion science and engineering pipelines. Prof. Hani Henein (right), University of Alberta, received the Met- Soc Research Excellence Award. Both presentations took place at the MetSoc Annual Conference of Metallurgists in Vancouver, August 20. Tirpak Partners with ValueSelling Associates Jon D. Tirpak, P.E., FASM, has joined ValueSelling Associates Inc., as a new associate based in South Carolina. The company is the creator of the Val- ueSelling Framework, a practical sales methodology for accelerating results. Tirpak consults with companies in the aerospace, defense, government, and industrial sectors on value-based approaches to expand into new mar- kets and win coveted, large-scale contracts. He is a licensed professional engineer, past president of ASM International, and an ASM Fellow. A member of the ASM Trident Chapter, Tirpak holds a bachelor’s degree in metallurgical engineer- ing from Lafayette College and a master of science in mate- rials engineering from the University of Dayton. Mathaudhu Receives Presidential Award Suveen Mathaudhu has been awarded the Presidential Early Career Award. Mathaudhu is the chief scien- tist for the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory’s (PNNL) Solid Phase Pro- cessing Science Initiative. He joined PNNL in 2015 as a joint-appointee from the University of California, Riv- erside mechanical engineering depart- ment and materials science and engineering program. His research centers on the synthesis and processing of advanced nanostructured metallic alloys and composites. Mathaudhu’s expertise supports PNNL’s growing portfolio in solid phase processing, a disruptive approach to metals manufacturing that can be better, cheaper, and greener than the melt-based methods typically associated with metals manufacturing. Mathaudhu and his fellow award winners were honored at a White House ceremony July 25. He is a member of the ASM Orange Coast Chapter.