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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 | M A Y / J U N E 2 0 2 1 7 6 MEMBERS IN THE NEWS Kuehmann’s Growing Tesla Team Charles (Charlie) J. Kuehmann, FASM, was in the news recently as Tesla embarks on creating a new Materials Applications Team. As vice president of materials engineering at Tesla Motors and SpaceX, Kuehmann’s staff will hire the new team to support the part designers in adopting new materials. Kuehmann interned at Hon- eywell and General Dynamics while studying aerospace engineering at Arizona State University. Then, while pursuing a Ph.D. in materials science and engi- neering at Northwestern University under the guidance of Gregory Olson, FASM, Kuehmann became interested in com- putational modeling to improve materials design. Both men then developed computational materials at QuesTek Inno- vations LLC in Evanston, Ill., through 2012, with Kuehmann serving as CEO. A stint at Apple as its alloy expert then led to an offer by Elon Musk to be the lead materials engineer at both Tesla and SpaceX. Up to the challenge, Kuehmann created a cross-company engineering team to develop new advanced materials. Specifically, his team—which includes several ASM members—has been creating new alloys for its products, such as aluminum alloy for casting larger parts for Tesla vehicles and new stainless steel alloys for Tesla’s Cybertruck’s exoskeleton and SpaceX’s starship. The new Materials Application Team plans to accelerate integration of those new materials into Tesla products. fused filament fabrication, CNC milling, laser cutting, and injection molding—spilled outside of the lab when he and two colleagues founded ModMan Technology. Dobson is a member of Material Advantage. Mankins Retires from Teaching ASM announces the retirement of longtime member and friend, William (Bill) L. Mankins, PE, FASM. Mankins has been an integral part of ASM Inter- national’s Education Department for the past 22 years. He has taught courses on metallurgy, metallography, and heat treating. During the last two decades, he taught 77 classes under the Dome and created 57 customized courses for private companies, government organizations, and the military. Mankins taught 25 of the 57 courses at international facilities from Canada to Dubai. His dedica- tion and commitment to ASM’s mission and his warm and friendly personality have been greatly appreciated over the years. He will be missed indeed. Kanematsu Receives Japan’s Top Prize Hideyuki Kanematsu, of Suzuka, Japan, received his country’s Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Sci- ence, and Technology Award in early May. It is considered the number one prize from the Minister of Education in the Japanese government. Kanematsu is now among the top of 4500 faculty members in the National Institute of Technol- ogy (NIT), which is composed of 51 colleges across Japan. He is a professor in the department of materials science and engineering at NIT’s Suzuka College and works with his stu- dents in the Kanematsu Laboratory. Kanematsu is a mem- ber of the AM&P Editorial Committee and the International Materials Reviews Committee. IN MEMORIAM [End of Part II] Dobson Awarded AM Scholarship Sean Dobson was awarded the Guy E. Bourdeau Scholarship by the Additive Manufacturing Users Group (AMUG). He presented his work at the AMUG Conference in Orlando, Fla., held May 2-6. The scholarship honors stu- dents and teachers who demonstrate a passion for AM. Dobson is pursuing a Ph.D. in materials science at the Uni- versity of Cincinnati and working for Vertex Manufacturing as an additive and materials engineer. As an undergraduate in mechanical engineering at the University of Louisville (U of L), Dobson’s introduction to AM occurred during an internship in Gulf- stream Aerospace’s 3D Printing Laboratory. Next, he was an undergraduate research assistant in U of L’s Rapid Proto- typing Center (RPC). There he was drawn to metal additive manufacturing and followed that path in working on RPC projects for NASA and the U.S. Navy. Dobson’s senior proj- ect—creating an affordable, modular desktop machine for Dobson Mankins Kuehmann Due to COVID-19, the ceremony originally planned to be held in Tokyo was cancelled, so the Suzuka College president (right) handed Hideyuki Kanematsu his award on behalf of Japan’s Minister of Education. MEMBERS IN THE NEWS