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 | A P R I L 2 0 2 3 4 8 Canada Council Award Nominations due April 30 ASM’s Canada Council is seeking nominations for its 2023 awards program. These prestigious awards include: G. MacDonald Young Award–The ASM Canada Council established this award in 1988 to recognize distinguished and significant contributions by an ASMmember in Canada. This award consists of a plaque and a piece of Canadian native soapstone sculpture. M. Brian Ives Lectureship–This award was established in 1971 by the ASM Canada Council to identify a distinguished lecturer who will present a technical talk at a regular monthly meeting of each Canadian ASM Chapter who elects to participate. The winner receives a $1000 honorarium and travels to each ASM Canada Chapter throughout the year to give their presentationwith expenses covered by the ASM Canada Council. John Convey Innovation Awards–In 1977, the Canada Council created a new award to recognize sustaining member companies that contribute to development of the Canadian materials engineering industry. The award considers a new product and/or service directed at the Canadian or international marketplace. Two awards are presented each year, one to a company with annual sales in excess of $5million, and the other to a company with annual sales below $5 million. Place your nominations for the 2023 awards! Award rules, past recipients, and sample nomination forms can be found at asminternational.org/membership/awards/ nominate. It is ASM’s commitment to be inclusive and mindful of diversity in our policies, programs, courses, awards, and interactions with others. As an organization, we affirm and encourage nominations of qualified candidates, within each award’s criteria, regardless of their age, culture, ethnic origin, gender, gender identity, marital status, nationality, race, religion, sexual orientation, and socioeconomic status. members come together to share knowledge and expertise, and to create enthusiasm in emerging professionals for rewarding careers inmaterials science and engineering. Our international events also support our globalization efforts, with 2023 and 2024 events happening in Mexico, Canada, Sweden, and Portugal. In this day and age, organizations are increasingly learning that much of how we grow membership and do business hinges on another of our strategic planning goals, Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion. Our objectives this year center on beginning to modernize our Nominating Committee and Awards Committee, to bring more inclusion into our leadership and recognition systems, and to eliminate bias from the review and award processes. As the baby boomers continue to retire in ever greater numbers, remaining relevant to the next generations has never been so urgent. We welcome your feedback on our priorities as we begin preparations for this year’s strategic planning process. Please share your thoughts by contacting us at our emails below. Have a wonderful spring! David B. Williams, FASM President, ASM International david.williams@asminternational.org Sandy Robert, CAE Executive Director, ASM International sandy.robert@asminternational.org Journal of Thermal Spray Technology Announces Editorial Transition After seven years of serving as Editor-in-Chief of the ASM Journal of Thermal Spray Technology (JTST), Dr. Armelle Vardelle, FASM, TSS HoF, has transferred her responsibilities to Dr. André McDonald, FASM, announced Prof. Bertrand Jodoin, FASM, chair of the Journal of Thermal Spray Technology Committee. McDonald has been Lead Editor of JTST since 2016, having served as a guest co-editor of the journal and as Lead Editor of the International Thermal Spray Conference Proceedings prior to that. He will be succeeded as Lead Editor by Dr. Giovanni Bolelli. To read the full story, see page 35 in the iTSSe newsletter in this issue. McDonald CANADA COUNCIL
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