FEATURE ADVANCED MATERIALS & PROCESSES | APRIL 2025 48 HEAT TREATING SOCIETY NEWS TEAM FROM MEXICO WINS HTS STRONG BAR Team IMMEXICO from the University Instituto Tecnológico de Morelia won the 2024 HTS Strong Bar Competition held at IMAT 2024 in Cleveland. Team representatives include María Isabel Bucio Herrejón, Adolfo Tapia Tovar, Adriana Lozano Garcia, Emmanuel Lozano Maldonado, Marco Sebastián, and Silverio Morales. TOP THREE RECOGNIZED IN FLUXTROL STUDENT RESEARCH COMPETITION Congratulations to the winners of the 2024 Fluxtrol Student Research Competition, held last fall in Cleveland at IMAT 2024. First Place: Mitchell Shields, Colorado School of Mines, Effects of Thermal Processing History on Microstructure and Local Hardness in a Bainitic TRIP Steel. 2nd Place: Olujide Oyerinde, Clarkson University, The Influence of Multi-Stage Heat Treatments on the Deformation Behavior of Binder Jetting Additively Manufactured AlCoCrFeNi High-Entropy Alloy. 3rd Place: Ian Wietecha-Reiman, Penn State University, Impact of Manganese Composition on the Thermal Stability of Nitrides in Additively Manufactured 316L Austenitic Stainless Steel. Thank you to all 14 participants, to Fluxtrol for their continued sponsorship, and to Rob Goldstein, FASM, Fluxtrol, for his leadership of this initiative. Fluxtrol Student Research Competition winners receive their awards from Rob Goldstein, le to right: Mitchell Shields, Olujide Oyerinde, and Ian Wietecha-Reiman. SOLICITING PAPERS FOR ASM HTS/BODYCOTE BEST PAPER IN HEAT TREATING CONTEST The ASM Heat Treating Society established the Best Paper in Heat Treating Award in 1997 to recognize a paper that represents advancement in heat-treating technology, promotes heat treating in a substantial way, or represents a clear advancement in managing the business of heat treating. The award is endowed by Bodycote Thermal Process-North America. The contest is open to all students, in full time or part-time education, at universities (or their equivalent) or colleges. It is also open to those students who have graduated within the past three years and whose paper describes work completed while an undergraduate or postgraduate student. The winner will receive a plaque and a check for $2500. Congratulations to Bernoulli Andilab for his paper entitled: “In-situ Analysis of Incipient Melting of Al2Cu in a Novel High Strength Al-Cu Casting Alloy using Laser Scanning Confocal Microscopy,” which won the 2024 Best Paper in Heat Treating Award. To view rules for eligibility and paper submission, visit hts.asminternational.org, click on Membership & Networking, and Society Awards. Paper submission deadline has been extended to April 15. 4 This exciting competition challenged student teams to heat treat steel bars for maximum bending strength and deflection. Thanks to MTS Systems Corp. for providing the testing equipment and Doug Puerta for serving as chair and master of ceremonies.
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