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 2 3 2 SHAPE MEMORY SOCIETY NEWS by training with emphasis on mechanical properties of materials, Launey has led teams in government research laboratories, large, mid-size and start-up companies. Prior to Edwards Lifesciences, Launey worked at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Cordis Corp., Nitinol Devices and Components, and more recently at a start-up company, Glassimetal Technology. He is the author and co-author of more than 40 peer-reviewed publications, book chapters and patents. Launey holds a bachelor’s degree in materials engineering from the University of Poitiers in France, an M.S. and Ph.D. in materials science from Oregon State University, and was a post-doc research fellow at the University of California Berkeley and the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory in the Prof. Robert O. Ritchie research group. William LePage is an assistant professor of mechanical engineering at the University of Tulsa. He received his Ph.D. and M.S.E. degrees in mechanical engineering at the University of Michigan in 2018 and 2015, respectively, and then worked as a postdoctoral research fellow at Michigan until 2020. Subsequently, he joined the faculty at Tulsa, where he leads the Advanced Materials Design Group (https://www.amdg.science). LePage’s group leverages experimental mechanics, materials science, and data analysis to discover mechanisms of damage and fatigue in structural materials, including shape memory alloys and 3D printed metals, and then uses this knowledge to pioneer ways to overcome critical performance barriers. Tom Duerig, FASM, became interested in the field in 1980 after accidentally discovering a shape memory effect in beta titanium alloys while working at Brown-Boveri in Switzerland. While not practical as a shape memory alloy, this spurred him on to look at the beta bronzes and Nitinol. In 1983, he moved to Silicon Valley to work with Raychem. There Duerig researched both beta brass alloys and various aspects of Nitinol, eventually assuming a general manager’s role for Raychem’s metals division. A keen belief that medical devices would ultimately be the breakout success for shape memory alloys led him to resign from Raychem in 1991, and found Nitinol Development Corporation (NDC). NDC was sold to Johnson & Johnson in 1997, profitably grew to over 400 employees entirely dedicated to this unique technology, and then in May 2008, NDC was spun out from J&J to its employees and a few private investors. After purchasing several other medical device companies, NDC changed its name to Confluent Medical Technologies, which continues to flourish today, though Duerig retired at the end of 2019. Today, he sits on a variety of small company boards and is involved in various charitable activities. Martin Wagner has been full professor, chair of materials science, at TU Chemnitz since early 2010. In 2012, he was also appointed as visiting professor at the Indian Institute of Science in Bangalore. From 2014 to 2017, he was speaker/leading scientist of a Collaborative Research Center on ultrafine-grained aluminum alloys, which received funding from the German Research Foundation. Wagner’s teaching contributions cover a wide range of MSE topics. His research interests are broadly focused on the mechanical behavior of materials on all length scales, especially on the relation between microstructures and properties. Wagner has received several awards, including the Opel and Eickhoff awards at Ruhr-University in Bochum, Germany (in 2003 and 2006), a Humboldt scholarship (2006), funding of an Emmy Noether Research grant (2007-2012), election into the North-RhineWestfalia Academy of Science and Arts’ Young College (2007), the Gold Ring of the German Engineering Society (awarded for SMA research), the prestigious DGM award of the German Materials Society (2017), and the Acta and Scripta Materialia Award for Excellence in Reviewing (2011 and 2018). Eathan Devine is a student at the University of Tulsa pursuing a master of science degree in mechanical engineering. He serves as part of the Advanced Materials Design Group (AMDG), where his research is exploring the thermal and mechanical responses of shape memory alloys (SMAs) to understand and target better fatigue characteristics. Devine’s past research experience from internships with NASA has helped him grow professionally and fueled his passion for the aerospace industry. Ultimately, his career goal is to work as a scientist in the aerospace sector, pursuing novel SMA materials developments and applications. Devine has enjoyed listening to, learning from, and growing through his interactions with experts in industry, government, and academia through his service on the SMST board. LePage Duerig Wagner Devine 4
RkJQdWJsaXNoZXIy MTYyMzk3NQ==