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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 | J A N U A R Y 2 0 2 1 4 6 Aderhold bility and for a copy of the nomination form, visit the HTS website at asminternational.org/web/hts. International Metallographic Society (IMS) is seek- ing nominations to fill one vice president and one secretary for two-year terms. Any IMS members in good standing are encouraged to nominate themselves or another member for any of these positions. Current board members whose terms are expiring may be eligible for nomination and pos- sible reelection on an equal basis with any other candidate. For more information on eligibility and how to submit a nomination, visit the IMS website at asminternational.org/ web/ims. International Organization on Shape Memory and Superelastic Technologies (SMST) is seeking nominations to fill three board member positions. Any member of SMST in good standing is encouraged to nominate themselves or another member for one of these positions. For more infor- mation on eligibility and how to submit a nomination, visit the SMST website at asminternational.org/web/smst. Thermal Spray Society (TSS) is seeking nominations to fill three board member positions, specifically from the government and international thermal spray community. Nominees must be a member of the ASM Thermal Spray Society and must be endorsed by five TSS members. Board members whose terms are expiring may be eligible for nomination and possible reelection on an equal basis with any other nominee. For more information on eligibility and for a copy of the nomination form, visit the TSS website at asminternational.org/web/tss. MD CORNER Initiatives at the Dome By the time you read this we will have made it through 2020. By any account, it was an interesting year! I, for one, am glad to have it behind us. Our Operations team at the ASM Dome did an amazing job staying focused on our mission of generating, curating, and disseminating high quality mate- rials information and services to our members and member companies. The first two months of 2020 started off well, then COVID-19 hit. Luckily, the investments we made in commu- nication and collaboration tools allowed us to quickly pivot and have everyone working from home without missing a beat. Even though the pandemic made things harder, we still made a lot of progress. MD CORNER As part of our digital-first strategic initiative, we added Alloy Digest, conference proceedings, technical books, and lots of additional content into the Digital Library. We worked with our chapters to help them go virtual with ASM Connect, our collaboration platform, and Zoom licenses. So while we couldn’t meet in person, we could still meet vir- tually. We released the ASM Handbook, Volume 24: Additive Manufacturing Processes, both digitally and in print, and we launched the Materials Properties for Data Science platform that will allow our members to search a massive database of inorganic materials data through a graphical user inter- face or through an API. Lastly, with tremendous support and advice from our members, we built a prototype of our Data Ecosystem, which will add education, data, and services to help our members take advantage of Materials 4.0 and data analytics. You will hear a lot more about that in 2021. We also focused on how we can help our materials community grow both globally and across other engineer- ing disciplines. We are in discussions with several societies in Europe and Asia on how we could work together to help the community. At the Dome, we are building both corpo- rate and affiliate membership types to help us connect to other societies and work together on committees or proj- ects. Since we know that many non-materials engineers and scientists work with or need materials as part of their job, we are developing technical and data management classes that can help mechanical engineering or other engineering disciplines enhance their knowledge of materials. And lastly, we continue to support the Materials Education Foundation, which did an outstanding job switching to Virtual Teacher and Student Camps that help develop our next generation of materials professionals. Last but not least, is our initiative to cultivate a culture and practice of diversity, equity, and inclusion. Building off the success we had with Women in Materials Engineer- ing, we formed the IDEA Committee, a membership-driven group geared toward fostering an authentic culture of inclu- sion, diversity, equity, and awareness. A primary goal of the committee is to identify and remove barriers to successful involvement of all genders, races, ethnicities, and back- grounds represented by the ASM membership. Overall, 2020 was a tough year, but through hard work and dedication our team at ASM Headquarters made a lot of progress, and I thank them for it! As always, I welcome your thoughts and ideas, feel free to let me know what you’re thinking. Ron Aderhold Acting Managing Director, ASM International ron.aderhold@asminternational.org

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