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A D V A N C E D

M A T E R I A L S

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P R O C E S S E S | F E B R U A R Y / M A R C H

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Opportunities specific to each Society:

ASM International

Attend four board meetings (June 26-28, October

8-11 during MS&T17, March and June 2018)

Term begins June 1

ASM Failure Analysis Society

Attend two board meetings (fall 2017 and spring 2018)

Participate in two teleconferences

Term begins in September

ASM Heat Treating Society

Attend two board meetings (October 23 during HTS

Conference & Exposition and spring 2018)

Participate in three teleconferences

Term begins in September

ASM International Metallographic Society

Attend one board meeting (October 2018)

Participate in monthly teleconferences

Term begins in August

ASM Thermal Spray Society

Attend one board meeting in the second half of 2017

Participate in two teleconferences

Receive a one-year complimentary membership in

Material Advantage

Term begins in October

Application deadline is

April 1.

Visit asminternational.

org/students/student-board-member-programs for com-

plete form and rules.

RAVINDRAN TO CHAIR 2017

NOMINATING COMMITTEE

Members of the 2017 Nom-

inating Committee have been

selected and

Prof. C. Ravi Ravin-

dran, FASM,

professor of advanced

materials,

Ryerson

University,

Toronto, was elected to serve as

chair by the ASM Board of Trustees.

Ravindran has been a member of

ASM International since 1970 and

served as ASM president in 2013-

2014. He is also a past chair of the

ASM Canada Council and is the founding chair of the ASM

Materials Camps Canada. Ravindran is a Distinguished Life

Member of Alpha Sigma Mu and has been honored with the

ASM Allan Ray Putnam Service Award. He has been involved

with metal casting for more than 40 years, a unique combi-

nation of industrial (19 years) and academic experience (25+

years). He was elected an ASM Fellow in 1994. In addition to

his many contributions through committee service, Ravin-

dran served the Manitoba Chapter in all positions including

chair and is a past chair of the ASM Canada Council. Ravin-

dran is also a past president of the Canadian Academy of

Engineering.

ASM Officers Appoint Members

In accordance with the ASM International Constitution,

ASM president

Dr. William E. Frazier, FASM,

vice president

Dr. Frederick E. Schmidt, Jr., FASM,

and immediate past

president

Mr. Jon D. Tirpak, P.E., FASM,

appointed nine

members to the Nominating Committee from among can-

didates proposed by chapters, committees, councils, and

ASM Affiliate Society boards. The committee is responsible

for selecting a nominee for vice president-trustee (one-year

term) and for nominating three trustees (three-year terms).

Members do not select a candidate for president of the Soci-

ety, because Article IV, Section 3 of the Constitution states

that the office of president shall be filled for a period of one

year by succession of the vice president. The 2017 Nominat-

ing Committee’s nominee for vice president will serve as

ASM’s president in 2019.

2017 Nominating Committee Members

Include:

Rodney Boyer, FASM,

RBTi Consulting, Bellevue,

Wash. (nominated by AeroMat Committee);

Michael Hahn,

engineer, Northrop Grumman Corp., Redondo Beach, Calif.

(nominated by Los Angeles Chapter);

Mark Hineman,

senior consultant, Engineering Systems Inc., Aurora, Ill.

(nominated by Chicago Regional Chapter);

Robert Hyers,

professor, University of Massachusetts, Amherst (nomi-

nated by Boston Chapter);

Arun Kumar,

Flow Serve, Irving,

Texas (nominated by North Texas Chapter);

Khinlay Maung,

director of engineering, Air Industries Corp., Irvine, Calif.

(nominated by the Columbus Chapter and Chapter Council);

Philip Maziasz, FASM,

distinguished research scientist, Oak

Ridge National Laboratory, Tenn. (nominated by Oak Ridge

Chapter);

B.S. Murty, FASM,

professor, Indian Institute of

Technology, India (nominated by Chennai Chapter);

Erhan

Ulvan,

manager−Eng. & Labs, Eastern Canada, Acuren

Group Inc., Mississauga (nominated by Ontario Chapter,

Canada Council, Failure Analysis Society).

The Nominating Committee will meet on April 26-27

and its recommended slate of officers will be published in

the May/June issue of

ASM News.

BOARD NOMINATIONS

Ravindran