FEATURE ADVANCED MATERIALS & PROCESSES | MARCH 2024 36 Fluxtrol Student Research Competition winners, left to right: Alyssa Stubbers, Rob Goldstein from Fluxtrol, Michelle N. Kent, and M. Nabil Bhuiyan. HIGHLIGHTS FROM HEAT TREAT 2023 4 CRYDERMAN WINS PROF. VALENTIN S. NEMKOV ACADEMIC RESEARCH AWARD Robert Cryderman, FASM, research associate professor at Colorado School of Mines, has won the Prof. Valentin S. Nemkov Academic Research Award, presented at Heat Treat 23 in Detroit. In addition to his many contributions to the field, Professor Cryderman is also the creator of the ASM International Heat Treating Society Strong Bar Competition, which has become a crowd favorite at Heat Treat and IMAT. The award is Fluxtrol Inc.’s annual recognition program for postdoctoral researchers, lecturers, and professors (academic researchers) that is presented to the researcher who had the greatest impact on that year’s event in the area of thermal processing of materials. UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT WINS 2023 STRONG BAR COMPETITION Congratulations to the “Huskies Bar” student team from the University of Connecticut for winning the 2023 ASM Heat Treating Society Strong Bar Competition at Heat Treat 2023. Teams from six universities flexed their metallurgical muscles during this competition, which challenged them to heat treat steel bars to achieve the highest combination of bending strength and bend deflection. Thanks to competition chair Robert Cryderman, vice chair Doug Puerta, and to MTS Systems Corp. for sponsoring the competition by providing the equipment for the bend test phase. FLUXTROL STUDENT RESEARCH COMPETITION WINNERS This competition-based award and recognition program for young innovative scientists/professionals seeks to encourage participation in ASM HTS, and to provide attractive offers and opportunities in the worldwide thermal processing community. Sponsored by Fluxtrol, this is a two-phased award encompassing a poster competition, as well as an oral presentation for semifinalists. First Place: Alyssa Stubbers, University of Kentucky, “SAXS High-temperature Analysis of Heat Treatment Conditions in AA7050 to Assess Precipitate Evolution and Strengthening Mechanisms.” Second Place: Michelle N. Kent, Colorado School of Mines, “Effects of Vanadium Carbide Precipitation and Dislocation Density on Hydrogen Absorption and Retention in 1300 MPa Steel Fasteners.” Third Place: M. Nabil Bhuiyan, University of Connecticut, “Numerical Analysis on Morphology of Second Phase Particles during Grain Growth.” HTS/BODYCOTE BEST PAPER IN HEAT TREATING AWARD The winner of the 2023 ASM HTS/Bodycote Best Paper in Heat Treating Award is entitled “Flux Analysis of Nitrogen and Carbon during Nitriding and FNC Heat Treating,” by Haoxing You. The award includes a plaque and $2500 cash prize endowed by Bodycote Thermal Process-North America. Winning team representatives: Benjamin Gwinnell, Justin Coe, Jaclyn Grace, and Leena Alam.
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