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MEMBERS IN THE NEWS
lecture and another talk after lunch on the opening day.
Later in May and early June, Vander Voort presented sem-
inars on metallography and failure analysis at various loca-
tions throughout India, Italy, Poland, and Russia.
Anderson, Choquette Win Outstanding
Technical Paper Award
The Howard I. Sanderow Outstanding Technical Paper
Award was presented to
Iver Anderson, FASM,
senior met-
allurgist, Ames Laboratory, and
Stephanie Choquette,
graduate research assistant, for their paper, “Liquid-Phase
Diffusion Bonding: Temperature Effects and Solute Redistri-
bution in High-Temperature Lead-Free Composite Solders.”
They were officially recognized during the industry lun-
cheon held during Powdermet2016 in Boston. The award
was established in 1993 to recognize authors of excellent
manuscripts submitted for publication at the annual tech-
nical conference organized by the Metal Powder Industries
Federation (MPIF) and APMI International.
Hillman Named Rockwell Collins Fellow
David Hillman
is among six
Rockwell Collins engineers hon-
ored for leadership, innovation,
and technical expertise as well
as dedication to mentoring oth-
ers. He was named to the compa-
ny’s third annual class of Fellows
during a special ceremony on July
19 in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. Hillman
is a principal material and process engineer in advanced
operations engineering. He is also the recognized Rockwell
Collins enterprise technical expert and leading authority for
matters related to solderingmaterials and processes, solder
joint reliability, lead-free materials and processes, and met-
allurgy and finishes.
Murty Appointed Progress Energy
Distinguished Professor
K.L. Murty, FASM,
profes-
sor and director of graduate pro-
grams for the nuclear engineering
department at NC State University,
was recently appointed Progress
Energy Distinguished Professor in
the department of nuclear engi-
neering. Murty joined NC State in
1981 following industrial expe-
rience at Westinghouse Research Center and Lynchburg
Research Center of Babcock & Wilcox Co. Prior to that, he
was an AINSE Research Fellow at the University of Newcas-
tle and a research metallurgist in the Inorganic Materials
Research Division of Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory at the
University of California, Berkeley.
Iver Anderson, center, and Stephanie Choquette, right, receive
the Howard I Sanderow Outstanding Technical Paper Award
from James Trombino of MPIF.
Henein Named 2016
Distinguished Lecturer
Hani Henein, FASM,
pro-
fessor, department of chemicals
and materials engineering, Uni-
versity of Alberta, was selected by
the Canadian Institute of Mining,
Metallurgy and Petroleum (CIM)
as a Distinguished Lecturer for
2016. Speakers are chosen based
on accomplishments in scientific,
technical, management, or educational activities related to
the minerals industry, and speak at CIM branch and student
chapter meetings across Canada. Founded in 1898, CIM is
the leading not-for-profit technical society of professionals
in the Canadian minerals, metals, materials, and energy
industries.