ASM Intl. honors 2015 Class of Fellows for materials science contributions

ASM Intl., Materials Park, Ohio, recently honored its 2015 Class of Fellows at an awards dinner in Columbus, Ohio. The Fellow of the Society honor recognizes members for their distinguished contributions to materials science, engineering, or manufacturing and their exemplary personal reputations. This year, 30 members were named to the 46th Class of Fellows.

The 2015 Class of Fellows includes:

• Sean R. Agnew, professor, University of Virginia (Charlottesville, Va.)
• Pranesh B. Aswath, professor and associate dean, College of Engineering, University of Texas (Arlington, Texas)
• Victor K. Champagne Jr., leader of ARL Center for Cold Spray, U.S. Army Research Lab (Aberdeen, Md.)
• Mark Robert De Guire, associate professor, Case Western Reserve University (Cleveland)
• Dr. Robert L. Freed, principal consultant, DuPont Co. (West Chester, Pa.)
• Dr. Hamid Garmestani, professor, Georgia Institute of Technology (Atlanta)
• Dr. Frank W. Gayle, deputy director, AMNPO, National Institute of Standards and Technology (Gaithersburg, Md.)
• Pradeep Goyal, chairman and managing director, Pradeep Metals Ltd. (Mumbai, India)
• William L. Hamm Jr., director and board member, Materials Design Inc. (Angel Fire, N.M.)
• Jacob C. Huang, national chair professor and senior vice president, National Sun Yat-Sen University (Kaohsiung, Taiwan)
• Donald F. Jordan, vice president of research and development and corporate metallurgist, Solar Atmospheres (Souderton, Pa.)
• Vivekanand Kain, outstanding scientist, Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (Mumbai, India)
• Dr. Paul S. Korinko, senior fellow scientist, Savannah River National Lab (Aiken, S.C.)
• Dr. Xingbo Liu, professor, West Virginia University (Morgantown, W.Va.)
• Dr. Benji Maruyama, senior materials research engineer, Air Force Research Laboratory (Dayton, Ohio)Suveen Mathaudhu, assistant professor, University of California (Riverside, Calif.)
• Brett A. Miller, technical director, IMR Metallurgical Services (Louisville, Ky.)
• Christopher J. Misorski, technical specialist – materials, Mercury Marine (Fond du Lac, Wis.)
• Dr. Thomas M. Moore, president, Waviks Inc. (Dallas)
• Dr. Joseph W. Newkirk, associate professor, Missouri University of Science & Technology (Rolla, Mo.)
• Dr. Gankidi Madhusudhan Reddy, scientist, Defense Metallurgical Research Laboratory (Telangana, India)
• Federico Rosei, professor and UNESCO chair, INRS (Varennes, Que.)
• Dr. Muthukumarasamy Sadayappan, research scientist, Canmet Materials, NRCAN (Hamilton, Ont.)
• Dr. Judy Schneider, professor, University of Alabama (Huntsville, Ala.)
• Justin Schwartz, Kobe Steel distinguished professor and department head, North Carolina State University (Raleigh, N.C.)
• Yongho Sohn, professor, University of Central Florida (Orlando, Fla.)
• David B. Spenciner, research fellow, DePuy Synthes Mitek Sports Medicine (Raynham, Mass.)
• Chester J. Van Tyne, FIERF professor, Colorado School of Mines (Golden, Colo.)
• Petri Vuoristo, professor, Tampere University of Technology (Finland)
• Zbigniew Zurecki, senior research associate, Air Products & Chemicals Inc. (Allentown, Pa.)

Information on the fellows is available at www.asminternational.org/membership/awards/asm-fellows/2015.