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MEMBERS IN THE NEWS
Treatment and Surface Engineering from Tradition to Inno-
vation,” held in May in Venice, Italy. Other ASM speakers
included
George Totten, FASM, D. Scott Mackenzie, FASM,
and
Derek Northwood, FASM.
The following week, Vander
Voort presented four one-day seminars organized by Stru-
ers at the Association of Italian Metallurgists in Milan, RTM
Breda test laboratory in Cormano, AQM laboratory and
technical service center in Provaglio d’Iseo, and at Tenaris
in Dalmine.
Vander Voort and his class at the RTM Breda test laboratory in
Cormano, Italy.
Sahay Named John Deere Fellow
Satyam Sahay, FASM,
is part of
the inaugural class of four John Deere
Fellows, selected for his exemplary
knowledge leadership in materials
engineering. The new distinction was
created this year as the highest recog-
nition of functional expertise within
the company. Sahay co-leads the
enterprise advanced materials engineering division and is
based at the John Deere Technology Center India, in Pune.
Erdemir Receives Mayo D. Hersey Award
Ali Erdemir, FASM,
recently
received the American Society of
Mechanical Engineers’ (ASME) Mayo D.
Hersey Award “in recognition of distin-
guished and continued contribution
over a substantial period of time to the
advancement of lubrication science and
engineering.” A scientist at the DOE’s
ArgonneNational Laboratory since 1987,
Erdemir has dedicated nearly his entire career to reducing fric-
tion between moving parts. His discoveries of nearly friction-
less carbon and superhard nanocomposite coatings, as well
as a range of novel nanolubricants and lubrication additives,
have been hailed as major breakthroughs in the field.
IN MEMORIAM
Richard C. Krutenat,
Life Member, passed away
on July 8 in Cocoa Beach,
Fla. Born February 25,
1934, in Buffalo, N.Y., he
earned a Ph.D. in metal-
lurgy and materials science
at Massachusetts Institute
of Technology in 1965. He
was employed by Pratt and
Whitney Aircraft, Exxon
Research and Engineering Co., and retired from Tex-
tron Systems Corp. in 1997. Krutenat joined ASM in
1960 and his most recent activity was with the Cen-
tral Florida Chapter where he served as treasurer and
program chairman until 2007.
Régis Pelloux, FASM,
died July 10 at age 83. Pel-
loux was born in Passy,
France, where he was edu-
cated before receiving a
Jean Gaillard Fellowship
to study at the Massachu-
setts Institute of Technol-
ogy (MIT), where he earned
an M.S. in 1956 and a Ph.D. in 1958. After completing
his doctorate, he enrolled in the French Army and
was stationed at the French Army Atomic Research
Centre. In 1961, he was hired by Boeing Scientific
Research Laboratories to work on difficult assign-
ments related to turbine fracture. He joined the MIT
faculty in 1968, in what is now the department of
materials science and engineering, where he most
recently served as professor emeritus. Pelloux was a
researcher and educator in what was then a new and
relatively small field—fatigue and fracture of engi-
neering materials and structures. He worked closely
with faculty in the departments of aeronautics and
astronautics and mechanical engineering, consulted
widely, and taught an unusually large course load
until he retired in 1995. Pelloux received ASM’s Albert
Sauveur Achievement Award in 1995.