HIGHLIGHTS ADVANCED MATERIALS & PROCESSES | MAY/JUNE 2025 52 Cleveland Celebrates Zay Jeffries Night The ASM Cleveland Chapter held its annual Zay Jeffries Night on April 14 at The Aviator Cleveland. The speaker was Tony Rollett, the U. S. Steel Professor of Metallurgical Engineering and Materials Science at Carnegie Mellon University. In his talk, “Towards a Digital Twin for Fatigue,” Rollett provided an overview of a NASA University Leadership Initiative to develop an ecosystem for the qualification of additive manufacturing processes and materials in aviation. The event’s namesake, Zay Jeffries, was a founding member of the Cleveland Chapter, and ASM President in 1929. In 1960, Jeffries gave the keynote speech at the dedication ceremony of the current ASM headquarters. He also was the recipient of five of ASM’s major awards including being awarded the first ASM Gold Medal in 1943. Coincidentally, Tony Rollett was the 2024 Gold Medal awardee. Tony Rollett responds to questions after his presentation. Tony Rollett (left) receives a speaker’s award from event chair Robert Carter of NASA Glenn Research Center. Pune Hosts Annual Women’s Day To celebrate International Women’s Day, the ASM Pune Chapter in India hosted a breakfast Fireside Chat on March 16 featuring accomplished women professionals from the materials and manufacturing industry. The event welcomed Ms. Rujuta Jagtap, second-generation entrepreneur of SAJ Test Plant Pvt. Ltd.; Ms. Maithilee Tambolkar Kamat, joint managing director of Sanjeev Auto Parts Mfrs. Pvt. Ltd.; and Dr. Asha Ingle, past HOD of the Department of Mechanical Engineering in MPSTME; along with other members of the chapter, creating a space for meaningful conversation and camaraderie. The event was organized with contributions from Ms. Jaswandi Gotmare, Dr. Kruttika Upshankar Kher, and Ms. Devika Bhandare. Attendees connect over common challenges and aspirations. MEMBERS IN THE NEWS Anderson Retires from Ames Iver Anderson, FASM, retired in April after a 38-year career in materials innovation as a scientist at Ames National Laboratory and as a faculty member of Iowa State University’s department of materials science and engineering. With over 56 patents to his name, Anderson was named a Fellow of the National Academy of Inventors in 2016. He was then inducted into the National Inventors Hall of Fame in 2017 for developing lead-free solder, an alloy of tin, silver, and copper that is now used worldwide in most consumer electronic devices. Anderson earned his B.S. from Michigan Technological University followed by his M.S. and Ph.D. in metallurgical engineering from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He spent five years at the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory before joining Ames in 1987. Anderson MEMBERS IN THE NEWS
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