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MEMBERS IN THE NEWS
On Saturday, Chapter leaders attended various ses-
sions related to programming, such as exploring new
approaches, sharing ideas, and brainstorming creative top-
ics for future meetings. Following these sessions, attendees
were transported to ASM headquarters to experience the
wonder of “Dinner Under the Dome” as a way to express
gratitude to our Chapter leadership for all of their hard
work. Guests were treated to an evening of food, music,
and networking activities. Leadership Days came to a close
Sunday morning with a breakfast and impromptu speech by
ASM past president C. Ravi Ravindran.
ASM Congratulates Chapters on
Outstanding Service
The ASM Chapter Council presented 13 Chapter awards
at the Leadership Days Awards Dinner on July 17. Prior to
the selection process, all Chapters had the opportunity to
submit essays in a variety of categories in conjunction with
the annual reporting process. Congratulations to this year’s
winners:
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Membership retention & recruitment:
Chennai and Pune
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Student outreach:
Quebec, Albuquerque, Hartford, and
Pittsburgh
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Innovative programming:
Chennai, Edmonton, Bran-
dywine Valley, and Detroit
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Communications:
Edmonton and Pittsburgh
We look forward to receiving your Chapter’s submis-
sions in 2016!
MEMBERS IN THE NEWS
Ilia Recognized for Outstanding Technical
Paper
The Howard I. Sanderow Outstanding Technical Paper
Award was presented to
Edmond Ilia, FASM,
chief metal-
Los Angeles Chapter Presents
Scholarships, Samples Spirits
At the recent Los Angeles Chapter Scholarship Golf
Tournament, two scholarships were presented, including
$2000 to Rukmini Ravi (left) of Chaffee College and $8000
to Stoney Middleton (right) of the University of California,
Irvine.
Following a tour of the Greenbar Craft Distillery in Los An-
geles (LA’s first legal distillery to open since Prohibition),
members of the Los Angeles Chapter sampled various
spirits after learning about how the products are made
using organic ingredients and sustainable practices and
packaging.
Edmond Ilia (right) receives the Howard I. Sanderow Outstand-
ing Technical Paper Award from James Trombino of the Metal
Powder Industries Federation.
lurgist, Metaldyne Performance Group, Plymouth, Mich., for
his paper, “The Effect of Copper Precipitation on Mechanical
Properties at Operating Temperature of the Materials Used to
Manufacture Powder Forged Connecting Rods.” He was rec-
ognized during Powdermet2015 in San Diego. The award was
established in 1993 to recognize authors of manuscripts for
excellence in scientific and technical written communications.
Vander Voort Teaches in Italy
George Vander Voort, FASM,
gave the opening and
closing keynote lectures at the Europena Conference on
Heat Treatment 2015 and the 22nd IFHTSE Congress, “Heat