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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 9 Student Speaker Symposium (S 3 ) Winners After the COVID-19 pandemic caused the cancellation of the in-person IMAT Student Poster Competition, the ASM Student Board Members organized a Student Speaker Sym- posium Competition. Speakers created five-minute videos showcasing their research. Awards included First ($1000), second ($750), and third ($500) for both graduate and undergraduate categories. A Most Popular Presentation Award ($500) was given to the video (title slide shown here) garnering the most “likes” on the ASM YouTube Channel. Congratulations to the fall 2020 winners of the S 3 ! Graduate Category • First Place: Diptak Bhattacharya, Colorado School of Mines, Liquid Metal Embrittlement Susceptibility of Zn- Coated Advanced High Strength Steels • Second Place: Rafael Rodriguez, University of Pittsburgh, Microstructure Characterization and Post- Heat Treatment Design for High-Strength Low-Alloy Steels Strengthened with Fe 2 SiTi Precipitates • Third Place: Geeta Kumari, Michigan State University, A Strategy to Make Turbine Blades Stronger: Bi-Modal Distribution of the γ ’ Phase in Ni-Based Superallo y Undergraduate Category • First Place: Jacob Wall, The University of Alabama, Low- Temperature Processed Highly Efficient Hole Transport Layer Free Carbon-Based Planar Perovskite Solar Cells with SnO 2 Quantum Dot Electron Transport Layer • Second Place: Gabriella Tuell, Colorado School of Mines, Metamorphic Manufacturing Most Popular Presentation • Juan Bosch Giner, The University of Akron, Diffusion and Critical Chloride Threshold in Reinforced Fly Ash Concrete EMERGING PROFESSIONALS EPC Strategic Group Alignment for 2021 Jonathan Healy Starting in 2020, ASM embarked on the “ASM Realization” to further expand the return on investment from the “ASM Renewal.” In doing so, ASM plans to strategically target the growth of digital-first capabilities and become more interdisciplinary, diverse, and global as quickly as possible. To aid these efforts, the Emerging Professionals Committee (EPC) has maintained the strate- gic alignment formed out of the 2019 EPC Annual Business Meeting. These strategic groups include: Digital Metrics , Membership & Chapter Engagement, and Mentorship. Digital Metrics. The EPC has realized that as the “Mate- rials Information Society,” it is increasingly important that we as a Society understand and leverage the data available to us. In fact, it is pivotal in developing our digital-first capa- bilities. Fittingly, this group will help establish the baseline for EPC activity engagement in addition to developing track- able metrics. Membership & Chapter Engagement . Engagement at all levels of the Society is crucial to ASM’s goals of fur- ther developing as a diverse, interdisciplinary Society. To this end, this group has a dedicated purpose of increasing engagement and membership of the emerging professional demographic across our Society’s many chapters. Mentorship. While not explicitly stated in the strategic plan, it is a fundamental aspect of our Society. The empha- sis placed onmentorship will only increase with the growing surge of early-career professionals joining ASM at historic rates. This group will foster authentic mentorship not as a box to check, but rather a foundation to build upon. This will be executed by developing an actionable plan to support the needs of the emerging professional community over the course of the Renewal. While it is our hope to make great strides in furthering these strategic initiatives, we realize that they cannot be accomplished overnight and require dedicated efforts on the part of our committee members. If you are an emerg- ing professional interested in helping with these efforts, or know of one who might be interested, please apply for a position with the EPC at https://bit.ly/33Wuyup. The dead- line to apply is March 8, however it is never too early to submit an application. Juan Bosch Giner won the Most Popular Presentation award in the Student Speaker SymposiumCompetition. Healy EMERGING PROFESSIONALS