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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 2 0 5 3 Folk Named VP at Ra Medical Systems Chris Folk was appointed vice president of engineering at Ra Medical Systems Inc., Carlsbad, Calif., medical device company focusing on commer- cializing excimer laser systems to treat vascular and dermatological diseases. With more than 20 years of engineering experience primarily in medtech, Dr. Folk has led the design, development, and engineering of novel medical devices with highly specific design requirements, leading to commercial success. Prior to the appointment, he worked at Microfabrica Corp. and General Electric. Folk holds a B.S. in aerospace engineering from the University of Notre Dame, an M.S. in engineering mechanics from the University of Cin- cinnati and a Ph.D. in aerospace engineering from the Uni- versity of California, Los Angeles. IN MEMORIAM Norman George Feige, Jr ., FASM, a resident of Rockport, Ind., died on June 17 at age 88. Born in Evansville he was raised in Wauwatosa, Wisc. He graduated from the School of Engineering at the University of Wisconsin as a metallurgical engineer and earned credits toward a master’s degree at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. He spent most of his profes- sional career in the titanium industry, where he was responsible for the engineering and manufacturing of materials as well as several management positions. Feige published 33 papers about themetals industry and earned five patents. Later in his career, he established an independent consulting firm, which provided technical support in material applications and evaluation of material field failures. He was a member of several professional societies and in 1985 was made an ASM Fellow. For 32 years, he lived in South Salem, N.Y., and was member of the ASM Hudson Valley Chapter before retiring to Rockport. He also had been a member the ASM Western Kentucky Chapter. George W. Pearsall died at age 82 on February 21, 2016. ASM was recently informed of his passing. Born on Long Island, N.Y., he served honorably in the U.S. Army during the Korean War. He earned a bachelor of metallurgical engineering degree from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and then joined Dow Chemical as a research engineer. In 1961, he received a doctor of science degree from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), and served on the MIT faculty for four years before moving to Duke University. His research focused on material failure analysis and its relationship to product safety and design. During his over 30 years at Duke, Pearsall was dean of the MEMS department in the Pratt School of Engineering and was founding trustee of the Triangle Universities Center for Advanced Studies, Inc., which facilitated the location of the National Humanities Center, the Microelectronics Center of North Carolina, and the North Car- olina Biotechnology Center in Research Triangle Park. He helped initiate Duke’s Program in Sci- ence, Technology, and Human Values, and he was the first director of an experimental program at Duke in Technology and the Liberal Arts. He received the Triodyne Safety Award from the American Society of Mechani- cal Engineers in 2001 for his contributions to safe design practices. He was amember of the ASMCarolinas Central Chapter. Rivnay Recognized by MRS Jonathan Rivnay, associate pro- fessor of biomedical engineering at Northwestern University, Evanston, Ill., was named a 2020 recipient of the Outstanding Early-Career Investigator Award by the Materials Research Soci- ety (MRS). He was cited “for innovative research on an organic semiconductor microstructure and charge transport for electronics and bioelectronics.” The Outstanding Early-Career Investigator Award recognizes outstanding, interdisciplinary scientific work in materials research by a young scientist or engineer. The award recip- ient must show exceptional promise as a developing leader in the materials area. Folk Pearsall Rivnay MEMBERS IN THE NEWS