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 U L Y / A U G U S T 2 0 2 2 7 4 FROM THE FOUNDATION Thankful for Volunteers This has been an exciting year as we finally returned to in-person programming for the first time in three years! Our volunteers worked tirelessly to help meet the challenge of organizing teacher and student camps across the country and making our programs a success. We couldn’t be more thankful for their continuous dedication to our organization and mission. As executive director of the ASM Materials Education Foundation Board of Trustees, one of my many roles is talking with ASM members about the ASM Materials Education Foundation’s mission and work. Through these conversations, I have found many ASM members are surprised to learn that the Foundation is a separate entity from ASM International. The ASM Foundation has its own budget, board of trustees, and bylaws and is a separate 501(c)(3) non-profit organization. But that doesn’t mean we do it all on our own. The Foundation counts on the support of you, our ASM members, to increase outreach efforts and continue to provide best-in-class resources. We also need your help to further the mission of the ASM Materials Education Foundation. We ask you to join us as we fulfill our mission today. The ASM Foundation’s priorities include increasing the number of students entering the materials science and engineering field and in STEM fields in general. These priorities can be achieved through increasing the number of partici- FROM THE FOUNDATION pants in our ASM Materials Camp for teachers and students and expanding our outreach efforts to help individuals learn more about materials science and engineering. Your support is needed to help carry out these goals. It takes all of us working together to provide essential resources for the next generation of professionals in the field. As we adjust to our new normal, now is the time to accelerate the growth of these proven programs and inspire thousands more young people to explore materials science and consider engineering and technical fields. On behalf of the staff and board of the ASM Materials Education Foundation, we look forward to the accomplishments we will achieve together through this partnership. As ASM members, you understand the urgent need to increase the number of students entering materials science and the excitement of teaching students through the ASM Materials Camp for students. Working with teachers through our ASM Materials Camp for teachers allows our Master Teachers to share hands-on, minds-on experiments and activities that can reach exponentially more students to engage their interest in STEM, as well as entering the materials science and engineering field. The partnership between ASM members and the ASM Materials Education Foundation is critical to the Foundation’s success. Thank you for all your work to make the 2022 programs happen. We are grateful for your continued support. Carrie Wilson Executive Director ASM Materials Education Foundation International Metallographic Contest at IMAT Deadline: September 2 The International Metallographic Contest (IMC), an annual contest cosponsored by the International Metallographic Society (IMS) and ASM International to advance the science of microstructural analysis, will be held at IMAT 2022 in New Orleans, September 12-15. Six different classes of competition—including a new video class—cover all fields of optical and electron microscopy: Class 1: Light Microscopy—All Materials Class 2: Electron Microscopy—All Materials Class 3: Student Entries—All Materials (Undergraduate Students Only) Class 4: Artistic Microscopy (Color)—All Materials Class 5: Artistic Microscopy (Black & White)—All Materials Class 6: Video Entry—Topic of Choice involving defined problem (Undergraduate Students Only) Best-In-Show receives the most prestigious award available in the field of metallography, the Jacquet-Lucas Award, which includes a cash prize of $3000. For a complete description of the rules, tips for creating a winning entry, and judging guidelines, visit asminternational.org/web/ims/ membership/imc or contact IMC chair, Ellen Rabenberg, at ellen.m.rabenberg@nasa.gov. Wilson
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