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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 | O C T O B E R 2 0 2 1 4 0 Schaffer Benafan Bucsek Ulmer Kumar Wagner Undisz McMahon Gantz Chekalkin Duerig SHAPE MEMORY SOCIETY NEWS Ph.D. (2007) in solid state physics from the National Re- search Tomsk State University, Russia. He then worked as a research associate at the Research Institute of Medical Ma- terials (Tomsk) for porous/solid NiTi-based shape memory implants research. In 2009, he joined the Lab of Shape Mem- ory Materials at the Research Tomsk State University, first as a guest scientist and later as a senior research fellow. In 2015, he was invited to chair the R&D Center of Kang & Pand Medical Co. Chekalkin’s research interests include thermo- dynamics and phase equilibria of NiTi-related alloy systems, experimental procedures, and in situ devices and equip- ment with FEM-based technique simulation tools. He has authored and co-authored more than 40 papers, four book chapters, 11 monographs, and eight patents . Andreas Undisz studied materials science at Friedrich Schiller University (Jena, Germany). He completed his Ph.D. thesis on “Optimization of Structural and Functional Proper- ties of NiTi Alloys for Medical Application” in 2009. In 2010, he was conferred a Feodor Lynen-Fellowship by Alexander von Humboldt-Foundation to proceed with his research at Mas- sachusetts Institute of Technology. At MIT, Undisz broadened his research background toward biology and biomechanics. After his return to Friedrich Schiller University, he continued his research on NiTi alloys as head of the Metals and Biology Group and received the Habilitation for his research on the variability of natural NiTi surfaces. In 2020, Undisz accepted an appointment as full professor in the field of electron mi- croscopy and microstructural analysis at Chemnitz Univer- sity of Technology (Germany). His teaching activities include lectures, seminars, and lab courses on materials science and microstructural analysis, materials for medical application, and electron microscopy. Faith Gantz is a Ph.D. student of materials science and engineering at the University of North Texas. Her research is focused on processing and characterization of shape mem- ory alloys with the goal of improving actuation fatigue life. She has support from the NASA ULI program in developing high temperature shape memory alloys for aerospace ap- plications. Gantz’s previous projects include collaborating with the Dallas Museum of Art Ceramic on their Metal Work Collection and with the Forging Foundation on high-entro- py alloy (HEAs) research. The research produced by laser coating HEAs onto forging die heads earned her the Charles W. Finkl Scholarship sponsored by the Forging Industry Ed- ucational and Research Foundation. She was introduced to working with shapememory alloys in her junior year and has continued working with these alloys for her master’s thesis and Ph.D. As an undergraduate, Gantz had the opportunity to present her research on the effects of Ni in NiTiHf SMAs during thermo-mechanical processing at SMST 2019 where she won 2nd place in the poster competition. An internship at NASA Glenn Research Center (GRC) came shortly after, where she worked primarily on their shape memory al- loys database. After receiving her master’s, Gantz received another internship at GRC for two terms focused on study- ing the mechanism behind the hysteresis in shape mem- ory alloys. 4 4