ADVANCED MATERIALS & PROCESSES | OCTOBER 2023 35 SHAPE MEMORY SOCIETY NEWS SMST ANNOUNCES NEW OFFICERS AND MEMBERS The Shape Memory & Superelastic Technologies (SMST) board, at the recommendation of the SMST Awards and Nominations Committee named two new members to serve on the SMST Board for the 2023-2026 term; Eric Lehuta, engineering manager, Norman Noble Inc., and Paul Motzki, head of division, ZeMA gGmbH. Continuing on the board as officers are Ashley Bucsek, (president), Srinidhi Nagaraja, (vice president/finance officer), and Othmane Benafan, FASM, (immediate past president). Continuing on the board as members are Frederick Calkins, Timofei Chekalkin, Tom Duerig, FASM, Max Launey, William LePage, Andreas Undisz, Martin Wagner, and Parikshith Kumar (conference co-chair). Eathan Devine, University of Tulsa, was reappointed to serve as student board member for a one-year term (2023-2024). Retiring from the board are Parikshith Kumar and Jochen Ulmer. Alan Pelton and Darel Hodgson will continue to be Advisors on the board. Eric Lehuta is an accomplished engineering manager at Norman Noble Inc., where he has played a pivotal role in the development of medical device manufacturing processes from the prototype stage through production. He holds a bachelor’s degree in biomedical engineering from the University of Akron. Since joining Norman Noble in 2006, Lehuta has developed expertise in Nitinol manufacturing technologies and micro machining, where he has been 3 Bucsek Lehuta Motzki Benafan Nagaraja Calkins Duerig Chekalkin Launey Undisz LePage Wagner Devine Kumar instrumental in driving the development and implementation of innovative manufacturing processes. He has played a key role in optimizing the fabrication of Nitinol-based medical devices, ensuring the highest standards of quality, performance, and patient safety. Lehuta has spearheaded the launch of automation, additive manufacturing, rapid prototyping, and technology initiatives at the company. These initiatives have significantly contributed to the overall process development activities, enabling faster iterations, improved design flexibility, and enhanced efficiency. Paul Motzki, a Prof. Dr.-Ing., is the director of the research division “Smart Material Systems” at the Center for Mechatronics and Automation Technology (ZeMA gGmbH) in Saarbruecken, Germany. He received his B.Sc., M.Sc., and Ph.D. in mechatronics and systems engineering from Saarland University, Germany. In 2022, he was appointed to the professorship “Smart Material Systems for Innovative Production” by the Department of Systems Engineering of Saarland University. His research interests cover the design and development of multifunctional actuator-sensor-systems or artificial muscles based on smart materials like shape memory alloys and electroactive polymers. Special focus is on the emerging field of elastocalorics. During his academic years, Motzki was in a cooperative student program at HYDAC International GmbH in Sulzbach.
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