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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 2 0 7 0 ASM International – Supporting All Our Members ASM International has a global membership spanning multiple gen- erations, genders, cultures, religions, ethnicities, abilities, and backgrounds. In our current Strategic Plan, one of the four Strategic Goals is: “Cultivate a foundational culture and practice of diversity, equity, and inclusion for all ASM stakeholders.” We are working to be a technical society whose overarch- ing focus is our commitment to respond to the needs of all our members and their organizations. “Our ability to reach unity in diversity will be the beauty and the test of our civilization.” – Mahatma Gandhi Please show your support of our vision by volunteering to become an active member of the IDEA Committee. For more information, contact Marissa Reigel, chair of the IDEA Committee at marissa.reigel@srnl.doe.gov. ASM President Diana Essock, FASM diana.essock@asminternational.org Essock Annual ASM Award Nominations due Feb. 1, 2021 Nominate deserving peers for ASM International’s prestigious awards. The deadline for the majority of ASM’s awards is February 1, 2021, and we are actively seeking nominations for all of these awards, a few of which are listed below: Edward DeMille Campbell Memorial Lectureship Distinguished Life Membership William Hunt Eisenman Award Gold Medal Silver Medal Bronze Medal Historical Landmarks Honorary Membership Medal for Advancement of Research Allan Ray Putnam Service Award Albert Sauveur Achievement Award Albert Easton White Distinguished Teacher Award J. Willard Gibbs Phase Equilibria Award View rules and past recipients at asminternational. org/membership/awards. To receive a unique nomi- nation form link, contact Christine Hoover at christine. hoover@asminternational.org . “Because all elements of a synergetic system support one another, they also support the whole.” – R. Buckminster Fuller Since its formation in 2013, the Women in Materials Engineering (WiME) committee has been one of the most active ASM committees. At the urging of the WiME leader- ship, ASM has now extended inclusion-focused activities to all under-represented members. It was my pleasure to participate in the Board approval of the newly formed IDEA Committee – Inclusion, Diversity, Equity, and Awareness. The IDEA Committee’s structure includes four teams: • Women in Materials Engineering Team – Focus on the needs of women engineers and further the momentum of the WiME activities. • URM Team – Focus on the support and acceptance of under-represented minorities (URM) • LGBTQ+ Team – Focus on the support for LGBTQ+ interests and acceptance • Retention Team – Focus on the retention of women, URM, and those who otherwise feel marginalized in the materials engineering field. Our vision is to have an ASM where everyone feels wel- comed and each person’s needs are met. We have taken one step closer to making this a reality. When everyone is included, we all win. Danielle Cote and Dharma Maddala both received the Bronze Medal Award fromDavid Furrer, FASM, in 2019. FROM THE PRESIDENT’S DESK FROM THE PRESIDENT’S DESK