12 ADVANCED MATERIALS & PROCESSES | OCTOBER 2023 BRIDGING MECHANICAL ENGINEERING AND MATERIALS SCIENCE To learn about the important connection between mechanical engineering and materials science, we turned to five experts with backgrounds in both fields for insight. Following are their perspectives on how the two disciplines informed their careers, which types of design challenges can be solved with materials information, and how ASM can improve that connection by leading with a “unity of disciplines” approach. ASM PANEL OF EXPERTS Scott Carpenter Senior Director of R&D Vactronix Scientific Bertrand Jodoin, FASM Professor, Mechanical Engineering Department Cold Spray Laboratory University of Ottawa Vistasp Karbhari, FASM Professor, Department of Civil Engineering Professor, Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering The University of Texas at Arlington Marina B. Ruggles-Wrenn, FASME Professor of Aerospace Engineering Department of Aeronautics & Astronautics AFIT/ENY Air Force Institute of Technology Judith A. Todd, FASM, FASME Professor of Engineering Science and Mechanics Department of Engineering Science and Mechanics The Pennsylvania State University Image courtesy of Ehsan Ahi, Velan Inc., Montreal. INTERDISCIPLINARY PERSPECTIVES
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