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Opportunities specific to each Society:
ASM International
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Attend four board meetings (June 26-28, October
8-11 during MS&T17, March and June 2018)
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Term begins June 1
ASM Failure Analysis Society
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Attend two board meetings (fall 2017 and spring 2018)
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Participate in two teleconferences
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Term begins in September
ASM Heat Treating Society
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Attend two board meetings (October 23 during HTS
Conference & Exposition and spring 2018)
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Participate in three teleconferences
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Term begins in September
ASM International Metallographic Society
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Attend one board meeting (October 2018)
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Participate in monthly teleconferences
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Term begins in August
ASM Thermal Spray Society
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Attend one board meeting in the second half of 2017
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Participate in two teleconferences
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Receive a one-year complimentary membership in
Material Advantage
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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