HIGHLIGHTS ADVANCED MATERIALS & PROCESSES | SEPTEMBER 2023 58 FROM THE FOUNDATION FROM THE FOUNDATION Notes from a Master Teacher I have been teaching high school science in Hartland, Michigan, for 20 years. After I completed the ASM Materials Camp for Teachers and the advanced camp, I was so excited about the program that I began training as a Master Teacher. However, at the time my children were young, and I found the travel requirements too strenuous. Though I needed to decrease my involvement with the camps at the time, I continued to teach science in my classroom and stayed in touch with the ASM Foundation. This year, I picked up where I left off several years ago to resume Master Teacher training. I realized how important it is for students to learn about the opportunities the field of materials science and engineering holds. I was inspired by my experiences at the ASM Foundation, so I created a semester-long materials class as a science elective for students at Hartland High School about 10 years ago. I found that students respond to hands-on activities that help them engage with and understand STEM in a way that applies it to the real world. The materials science and engineering curriculum has changed not only the way I teach, but the way my students learn. The impact my class has had on my students is a source of great pride for me. “Throughout the semester, I learned about many interesting job opportunities and different paths I could take after high school,” said Brian, one of my students. “In my opinion, this class is one of the best that this school offers in terms of educating students about different careers and providing examples of what people in those occupations do on a daily basis. Many classes don’t do a very good job of showing where we can use the information in life past high school, but materials science and engineering is one of my favorite classes because I can see exactly what I can do with what I learned.” So far, I know of at least 10 students who are currently studying or working in materials science related fields after taking my course. It brings me joy to inspire students to get involved with materials science, and working with teachers to bring materials science into classrooms is the first step. Looking forward to seeing you at IMAT in Detroit in just a few weeks! Laura Moore Master Teacher Moore 2022 Impact Factors Announced for ASM Journals ASM International is excited to share the 2022 Impact Factors for our journals, as announced in the 2023 edition of Journal Citation Reports (JCR) that was released in late June by Clarivate. We are proud to share that all ASM journals that previously had an Impact Factor saw an increase in their score for 2022. Additionally, three of our journals (Journal of Failure Analysis and Prevention, Metallography, Microstructure, and Analysis, and Shape Memory and Superelasticity) received their very first Impact Factor, meaning that all ASM journals now have an Impact Factor! Here are the 2022 Impact Factors for the ASM journals (in parentheses are noted the 2021 Impact Factor for that journal): • International Materials Reviews: 16.1 (15.750) • Journal of Failure Analysis and Prevention: 1.2 (first Impact Factor) • Journal of Materials Engineering and Performance: 2.3 (2.036) • Journal of Phase Equilibria and Diffusion: 1.4 (1.284) • Journal of Thermal Spray Technology: 3.1 (2.839) • Metallography, Microstructure, and Analysis: 1.6 (first Impact Factor) • Metallurgical and Materials Transactions A: 2.8 (2.726) • Metallurgical and Materials Transactions B: 3.0 (2.872) • Shape Memory and Superelasticity: 2.2 (first Impact Factor) “ASM International has been publishing journals for the materials community since 1970. The effort of the journal authors, editors, associate editors, reviewers, and support team at ASM has consistently improved the quality and relevancy of the journals, which is recognized by the annual increase of each journal’s Impact Factor. A sincere thanks is due to all who contributed to this success,” said Ryan Milosh, Chief Operating Officer at ASM International. The annual Impact Factor of a journal measures the frequency with which the articles in the journal have been cited in a particular year or period. It is calculated by dividing the number of current-year citations by the number of articles published during the previous two years.
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