To celebrate the distinguished achievements of leaders in the field of materials
science and engineering, the Board of Trustees of ASM
International (the materials information society) has named its 2009 Awards
Recipients. The awards will be presented at the society’s annual Awards
Banquet on Tuesday, October 27, in Pittsburgh during Materials Science &
Technology 2009 (MS&T ’09).
Honorary Membership: Prof. Martin E. Glicksman, FASM, Professor of Materials
Science & Engineering and Florida 21st Century Scholar, University of Florida,
will receive Honorary Membership for “advancing fundamental knowledge
of materials science and engineering, leading to deeper understanding and more
accurate prediction of cast alloy structures, and the evolution of polycrystalline
networks.”
Medal for the Advancement of Research: W. James McNerney, Jr., Chairman, President
and Chief Executive Officer, Boeing Company, will receive this year’s
award for “executive leadership in transforming development of high technology
materials to emphasize customer-focus and faster time-to-market, enabling a
new generation of aircraft engines, airplanes, and customer products.”
Distinguished Life Membership: Dr. Craig R. Barrett, Retired CEO/Chairman of
the Board, Intel Corporation, will be recognized for “enduring contributions
to the advancement of microelectronics and computing in the US. Dr. Barrett’s
leadership of Intel has set the standard for science based industrial management.”
Distinguished Life Membership: Dr. Jack Shilling, Retired Executive Vice President,
Corporate Development and Chief Technical Officer, Allegheny Technologies, Inc.,
will be recognized for “34 years of outstanding contributions and leadership
to the specialty metals industry as researcher, manager, executive and spokesman
for his industry.”
Gold Medal: Dr. Y. Austin Chang, FASM, Wisconsin Distinguished Professor, Department
of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Wisconsin, Madison, will
receive this year’s award for “outstanding accomplishments as an
exemplary world-class teacher/researcher and distinguished leadership in materials
science and engineering.”
William Hunt Eisenman Award: Mr. Richard L. Kennedy, FASM, Vice President of
Research and Development, ATI Allvac, will receive this year’s award for
“sustained and profound contributions to superalloy metallurgy and process
research for advanced aerospace components.”
Albert Sauveur Achievement Award: Dr. Sungho Jin, FASM, Distinguished Professor,
Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, University of California
at San Diego, will receive this year’s award for “pioneering research
for discovery of new materials and phenomena in the fields of electronic, magnetic
and superconducting materials.”
J. Willard Gibbs Phase Equilibria Award: Dr. Y. Austin Chang, FASM, Distinguished
Professor, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Wisconsin,
Madison, will receive this year’s J. Willard Gibbs Phase Equilibria award
for “his seminal contributions to phase equilibria and alloy thermodynamics
both theoretically and experimentally.”
Allan Ray Putnam Service Award: Prof. Joachim V. R. Heberlein, FASM, Department
of Mechanical Engineering, University of Minnesota, will be recognized for his
service to ASM International, and for “dedicated service and visionary
leadership as chair of the Editorial Board of the Journal of Thermal Spray Technology
and as an organizer and an ambassador of thermal spray activities.”
Albert Easton White Distinguished Teacher Award: Dr. Lawrence E. Murr, FASM,
Murchison Professor and Chairman, Department of Metallurgical and Materials
Engineering, University of Texas at El Paso, will receive this year’s
award for “selfless dedication to the formation of generations of students
through teaching, research, mentoring, academic administration and leadership
in the profession.”
Bradley Stoughton Award for Young Teachers: Dr. Mathieu Brochu, Assistant Professor,
Canada Research Chair in Processing and Joining Bulk Nanostructured Materials,
Mining and Materials Engineering Department, McGill University, will receive
this year’s award for “dedication and mentorship towards the scientific,
professional and personal growth of undergraduate and graduate students.”
Engineering Materials Achievement Award: Dr. Robert E. Burrell, Professor and
Canada Research Chair in Nanostructured Biomaterials, and Professor and Chair
of Biomedical Engineering, University of Alberta, will receive this year’s
award for “the development of technology and manufacturing methods for
silver based nano-structured antimicrobial and anti-inflammatory coatings with
significant and wide ranging clinical and patient benefits.”
Henry Marion Howe Medal: This year’s medal is being awarded to, J.V.
Bernier, postdoctoral fellow, with the Materials Modeling and Simulation Group,
Engineering Technologies Division, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore,
Calif.; J.-S. Park, graduate research assistant, and M.P. Miller, professor,
with the Sibley School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Cornell University,
Ithaca, N.Y.; A.L. Pilchak, graduate research assistant, with the Department
of Materials Science and Engineering, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio;
and M.G. Glavicic, senior materials fellow, with Rolls Royce Corporation, Indianapolis,
Ind. Their paper is entitled “ Measuring Stress Distributions in Ti-6Al-4V
Using Synchrotron XRay Diffraction,” which was published in Metallurgical
and Materials Transactions, Transactions A, Volume 39A, December 2008, p.3120-3133.
Tickets for the Awards Dinner are $75 each and can be ordered by using the
MS&T ’09 registration form, which is included in the event’s
advance brochure. Those interested in purchasing a table should contact Carole
Chesla, Administrator, Awards, ASM International, Materials Park, OH 44073;
tel: 440/338-5151, ext. 5330, or 800/336-5151, ext. 5330; fax: 440/338-6614;
email: carole.chesla@asminternational.org.