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 | A P R I L 2 0 2 1 6 9 Hartford Hosts AM Aerospace Expert The Hartford Chapter welcomed Eliana Fu, industry manager of aerospace and medical at Trumpf USA, as their speaker for a February 9 virtual meeting. Fu spoke on “Additive Manufacturing Applications for Space Exploration.” The talk covered the technical advantages of AM for aerospace and space exploration, highlighting examples that compared traditional manufacturing to current AM processes along with the benefits of reduced lead time and greater access to space. Future ideas for printing in space were also explored. Educated at Imperial College London with a masters and Ph.D. in materials science, Fu worked at TWI, TIMET, and then SpaceX, before turning her attention to additivemanufacturing. Fu has written a book based on her experiences as a female engineer at SpaceX. Philadelphia’s Eisenman Night The Liberty Bell Chapter of Philadelphia hosted their annual Eisenman Award Night in a virtual format on February 18. This year’s award recipient and presenter was John A. Janiszewski, P.E., FASM, of Hatch/LTK. His intriguing talk was entitled “Old Metallurgists Never Die, They Just Hammer Away: Reflections on 50 Years in the Profession.” In his presentation, Janiszewski reflected on some of the lessons learned, both technical and professional, in his long career in the power and rail industries. He discussed opportunities for materials engineers to make both themselves and their colleagues more effective by understanding how they interact with other technical personnel, how materials applications have evolved over the years, and how important the personal and professional relationships with other materials engineers are to keeping the materials profession moving forward. MEMBERS IN THE NEWS Pollock Makes News with Standout Alloy Tresa Pollock, FASM, has been making materials science news quite a bit lately. Most recently, her team’s work in making a defect-resistant superalloy that can be 3D-printed has made a splash in industry headlines. The professor of materials and associate dean of the College of Engineering at UC Santa Barbara published a paper about the innovation in the journal Nature Communications, in collaboration with Carpenter Technologies, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, and other UCSB colleagues. The research was supported by a $3 million Vannevar Bush Faculty Fellowship that Pollock was awarded from the U.S. Department of Defense in 2017. Pollock and teamdescribe a newclass of high-strength, defect-resistant, 3D-printable superalloys, defined as typically nickel-based alloys that maintain their material integrity at temperatures up to 90% of their melting point. Most alloys fall apart at 50% of their melting temperatures. These new superalloys contain approximately equal parts cobalt and nickel, plus smaller amounts of other elements. The materials are amenable to crack-free 3D printing via electron beam melting as well as the more challenging laserpowder-bed approaches, making them broadly useful for a multitude of printing machines entering the market. Pollack holds a Ph.D. in materials science and engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and a B.S. in metallurgical engineering from Purdue University. She was the ASM/TMS Distinguished Lecturer in 2013 and was awarded the ASM Gold Medal in 2014. She currently serves as principal editor of Metallurgical Transactions A and B. Fu Congratulations to this ASM Chapter celebrating 100 years of serving local members! Central Massachusetts Thank you for your commitment! We look forward to celebrating your future success! Tresa Pollock in her lab. Courtesy of Matt Perko. MEMBERS IN THE NEWS
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