HIGHLIGHTS ADVANCED MATERIALS & PROCESSES | JULY/AUGUST 2025 53 Bronze Medal Award Dr. Punnathat Bordeenithikasem, technical project lead, Machina Labs, Chatsworth, Calif., will receive this year’s award “for advancement in bulk metallic glass and additive manufacturing for space applications, and outstanding leadership of the ASM Emerging Professionals Committee.” Dr. Michael S. Titus, associate professor, materials engineering, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Ind., will receive this year’s award “for innovative approaches coupling computational and experimental techniques to develop new alloys and create efficient and effective processing of existing high temperature alloy systems.” Established in 2014, the honor recognizes ASM members who are in early-career positions, typically 0 to 10 years of experience, for significant contributions in the field of materials science and engineering through technical content and service to ASM and the materials science profession. Bradley Stoughton Award for Early Career Teachers Prof. Ji Ma, assistant professor, materials science and engineering, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, will receive this year’s award “for novel course development in additive manufacturing, extraordinary efforts in teaching and mentoring undergraduate students, and instrumental recruitment of new students to materials science and engineering at UVA.” This award, accompanied by $3000, was established in 1952 in memory of an outstanding teacher in metallurgy and dean of engineering who was president of ASM in 1942. The award recognizes early career teachers of materials science, materials engineering, and design and processing, by rewarding them for their ability to impart knowledge and enthusiasm to students. The recipient must have no more than 10 years teaching experience at the time of nomination. Albert Easton White Distinguished Teacher Award Prof. Lorraine Francis, professor, chemical engineering and materials science, University of Minnesota, will receive this year’s award “for career-long commitment to excellence in materials science instruction, educa2025 AWARD PROGRAM HONOREES tional innovation, and undergraduate curriculum development at the University of Minnesota.” The award was established in 1960 in memory of an outstanding teacher and research engineer who was a founding member and president of ASM in 1921. It recognizes unusually long and devoted service in teaching as well as significant accomplishments in materials science and engineering and an unusual ability to inspire and impart enthusiasm to students. Henry Marion Howe Medal A.E. Davis, J. Wainwright, V.K. Sahu, D. Dreelan (not pictured), X. Chen, J. Ding, T. Flint, S. Williams, and P.B. Prangnell will receive this year’s award for their paper entitled, “Achieving a Columnar-to-Equiaxed Transition through Dendrite Twinning in High Deposition Rate Additively Manufactured Titanium Alloys.” The award was established in 1923 in memory of a distinguished teacher, metallurgist, and consultant, to honor the author(s) whose paper was selected as the best of those published in a specific volume of Metallurgical and Materials Transactions. Francis Bordeenithikasem Titus Ma Chen Davis Ding Wainwright Flint Sahu Williams Prangnell
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