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ASM NEWS 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 | M A Y / J U N E 2 0 2 1 6 6 In This Issue Submit news of ASM and its members, chapters, and affiliate societies to Joanne Miller, editor, ASM News | ASM International 9639 Kinsman Road | Materials Park, OH 44073 | P 440.338.5455 | F 440.338.4634 | E joanne.miller@asminternational.org Contact ASM International at 9639 Kinsman Road, Materials Park, OH 44073 | P 440.338.5151 ext. 0 or 800.336.5152 (toll free in U.S. and Canada) | F 440.338.4634 | E MemberServiceCenter@asminternational.org | W asminternational.org ASM NEWS 66 ASM Board Nominees 69 Revision of ASM Constitution 70 From the President’s Desk 74 Contributor Spotlight 77 In Memoriam BOARD NOMINEES ANNOUNCED Williams for VP; Kuli for Treasurer; Bolcavage, Mudali, and Saal for Trustees T he ASM Nominating Committee, chaired by Dr. David U. Furrer, FASM, announces the nominees for ASM vice president and trustee for 2021-2022 and three mem- bers of the Board of Trustees for 2021-2024. In accordance with the ASM Constitution, these nom- inees will be voted on at the ASM Annual Business Meeting on September 13. Once elected, the vice president will auto- matically become ASM president for 2022-2023. In accor- dance with Article IV, Section 3, of the ASM Constitution, the ASM Board of Trustees has also announced its nominee, John C. Kuli, for a second one-year term as ASM Treasurer for 2021-2022. Officers and members of the Board who will continue in office for 2021-2022 include: Dr. Judith Todd, FASM, who will become president in September; Ms. Diana Essock, FASM, who will serve as immediate past president; and trustees Dr. Toni Marechaux, FASM, Dr. Priti Wanjara, FASM, Prof. Ji-Cheng Zhao, FASM, Burak Akyuz, Dr. Elizabeth Hoff- man, FASM, and Dr. Navin Manjooran, FASM. Retiring from the Board at this year’s Annual Business Meeting will be immediate past president Dr. Zi-Kui Liu, FASM, and trustees Prof. Diana A. Lados, FASM, Dr. Jason T. Sebastian, and Lawrence A. Somrack. About the President-Elect and Board Nominees Dr. Judith A. Todd, FASM President-Elect Judith Todd is department head, P.B. Breneman Chair, and professor of engineering science and mechanics at Penn State University. Prior to joining Penn State, she was the associate dean for research in the Armour College of Engineering and Science, and profes- sor in the department of mechanical, materials and aerospace engineering at the Illinois Institute of Technology. From 1996 to 2002, Todd held an Iron and Steel Society Professorship from the Iron and Steel Society of the American Institute of Mining, Metallurgical, and Petro- leum Engineers. Todd is vice president of ASM International, served as an ASM trustee (2017-2020), chair of the ASM Task Force on Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (2018-2020), and was chair of the Los Angeles Chapter in 1986. She also served as the 2009 president of the Society of Engineering Science and was vice president for manufacturing with the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) from 2002-2005. Her research interests include development of ad- vanced materials and manufacturing processes; laser- sustained plasma and laser-materials interactions; mechan- ical behavior; nondestructive evaluation of materials; and archaeometry. She has published more than 100 technical papers and holds two U.S. patents. She is a Fellow of ASM, ASME, and the Association of Women in Science. Todd’s awards include the Vanadium Award from the British Insti- tute of Materials, Minerals and Mining, and the ASME Board on Minorities and Women Award. She also received the Presidential Award for Excellence in Science, Mathematics and Engineering Mentoring from President Bush in 2007. She received her B.A., M.A., and Ph.D. degrees in materials science from Cambridge University and is a Chartered Engi- neer in the United Kingdom. Dr. David B. Williams, FASM Nominee for Vice President David B. Williams was dean of engineering at The Ohio State Univer- sity from 2011-2021. He led 1000 fac- ulty and staff, who educated 10,000 students with a $310 million budget, including $150 million in research. He was board chair of the Transportation Research Center and the Metro STEM School and was on the boards of LIFT and The Ohio Aero- space Institute. Williams represents OSU on the Business Todd Williams