Chapter Calendar
Review Important Dates for the Chapter Year
January - The Chapter Nexus will not be published.
January 15 - 1099 Information due to ASM
February - Member Recognition Awards sent to Chapter Secretary
February 1 - Deadline to submit nominations for most ASM Awards
February 15 - 2007Year-end Financial Reports due to Materials Park
May 31 - Deadline for all Chapter annual business meetings to be completed
May 31 - 2006-2007 Chapter year officially ends
June 1 - 2007-2008 Chapter year begins
June 30 - Annual Year-end Chapter Reports due
August 14-17 - Leadership Days 2008
Trustee Visits Schedule January and February
It’s never too early to submit your Trustee Visit Request forms. If you are thinking of having a trustee speak at your April meeting, now is the time to submit your request. Click here for more information and/or to download the forms.
If you are interested in attending one of these meetings click on the Meeting Contacts name.
January 7, Dr. Dennies, Milwaukee Chapter visit
Meeting Contact: Michael Ries
January 8, Dr. Parker, Phoenix Chapter visit
Meeting Contact: Jim Hartman
January 10, Dr. Smith, Canton Massillon Chapter visit
Meeting Contact: Patrick Anderson
January 15, Dr. Parker, Carolinas Southern Piedmont Chapter visit
Meeting Contact: Jack Smythe
January 16, Dr. Wagner, Minnesota Chapter visit
Meeting Contact: Thom Schleisman
January 17, Mr. Tirpak, San Diego Chapter visit
Meeting Contact: Ryan Mitchell
February 7, Dr. MacDonald Lehigh Valley Chapter visit
Meeting Contact: Michael Hill
February 11, Dr. Chong Detroit Chapter visit
Meeting Contact: Caryn Ruzich
February 12, Dr. Chong Saginaw Valley Chapter visit
Meeting Contact: Angela Zsidi
February 12, Dr. Dennies Inland Empire Chapter visit
Meeting Contact: Adam Mortensen
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These comfortable fleeces will keep you nice and cozy as well as stylish with the ASM logo proudly displayed on the left. Click here to visit the ASM Store and view other Signature Collection items.
Membership Development Kit
The Membership Development kit is a chapter resource to assist your chapter in planning and organizing various chapter activities. From recruiting new members to retaining current members, this tool is designed by the ASM Membership committee to engage all members. To download this tool, click here.
The Emerging Professionals Program provides a younger demographic — the future of ASM — to see, understand and be involved with the inner workings of our internationally recognized professional society. The program allows ASM to seamlessly transition through from one generation to the next. Involvement goes beyond the local chapter level as our Emerging Professionals interact with ASM at the national level, organizing and executing events at the ASM Annual Meeting held at MS&T, guiding the direction of ASM by attending various committee meetings, as well as interacting with and learning from a diverse group of professionals who are acknowledged leaders within ASM International and as acknowledged mentors in the field.
To learn more about this program, click here.
For more information regarding the Emerging Professionals Program, please contact
Patrick Anderson, Chair, or Candace Cunningham Staff Liaison
Education
Raise Money for Your Chapter While Helping Your Members Improve Performance
ASM offers its Chapters a 40% discount off the non-member or "list" price of self-study materials. Take advantage of this useful means of raising money while helping your members improve performance and keep up with the latest technological advances. When holding educational programs, chapters keep 100% of the profits, minus the cost of the materials. Many chapters around the country take advantage of this special offer with great success like Peoria, Milwaukee, Leigh Valley, and Houston.
For more information, contact Jim Flynn at 1-800-336-5152, ext. 5221, or check out our website.
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Feature Article
Save the Date – Upcoming ASM Events and Report Deadlines
TIME TO SUBMIT YOUR IRS 1099 INFORMATION – January 15th Deadline Approaching
ASM International's Finance & Accounting Department must complete an IRS Form 1099 annually for each independent contractor or vendor who received payments over $600. Please send any of your vendor’s and/or contractor's name, address, and Social Security Number with the dollar amount and how the Chapter utilized their service, to ASM International, 9639 Kinsman Road, Materials Park, OH 44073, Attn: Barbara Pryor. ASM will then process the 1099 forms for your Chapter and send it to the IRS. ASM must report this information to the IRS by January 31, 2008, so please send the above information to ASM no later than January 15, 2008.
If you have any questions concerning 1099's, please click here to contact Barbara Pryor.
CHAPTER FINANCIAL REPORTS DUE – February 15 Deadline Approaching
The Financial Report deadline is quickly approaching. As referenced in the Chapter Operations Manual, "All chapters will submit a financial report for each calendar year." Financial reporting forms can be accessed online in Officer Tools. The Annual Financial Report is due by February 15. Failure to submit this report may result in loss of chapter incentives (rebates). If you need assistance with
the Financial Report, click here to contact
Megan Herrmann.
ANNOUNCING
LEADERSHIP DAYS 2008
Leadership Days 2008 will return to Cleveland, Ohio, August 14-17, 2008. Save the date to join us as we unite under the Dome, explore the new downtown Cleveland Studio ASM, and hear from fellow Chapter members from around the world. Each chapter is required to send an executive committee representative every other year to remain a Chapter in Good Standing. Schedule of Events and Registration Information will be forth coming.
For more information on Leadership Days 2008 please contact Megan Herrmann, Chapter Relations Administrator at 440-338-5151, ext. 5651.
Chapter Corner
Welcome and Congratulations to our New Chapters
The Saudi Arabia Chapter was chartered September 2007. Located in Dhahran, the Saudi Arabia Chapter currently serves 38 members.
Founding Officers include:
Chair, Dr. Hussain Al-Fadhli
Vice Chair, Dr. Waleed Al Shaflan
Secretary, Mr. Tareq Al-Ghamdi
Treasurer, Mr. Alaedeen Mustafa
Executive Committee Member, Mr. Tareq Al-Nuaim
Executive Committee Member, Prof. B.S. Yilbas
Executive Committee Member, Prof. Zuhair Gasem
Executive Committee Member, Dr. Ihsan Al Taie
Congratulations to the Saudi Arabia Chapter!
Submit your Chapter’s best practices and success to be highlighted in this section. Submissions can be any length and pictures are always welcome. Contact Megan Herrmann with your submissions.
Membership Matters
MEMBERSHIP DAY 2007 – Review and Award Winners!
Thank you to all Chapters and volunteers who joined with the ASM Membership Committee and staff during November to contact members due for renewal and prospective members. Although all reports haven’t yet been returned and tabulated, we’re estimating 100 members will renew through this special activity and 45 new members will join ASM.
“The Chapters had good, ‘best practice’ approaches to encourage member renewals and new members to join as part of the Membership Day activities,” says Karen Zapp, ASM Member Retention Specialist. “One Chapter offered a complimentary first meeting for new members, while another assigned members to contact their colleagues within their own companies to remind them to renew or to encourage them to join.”
Chapters winning $500 each for their participation in Membership Days are:
1. Gujarat – India
2. Inland Empire
3. Pittsburgh
In addition, the following members were recognized for their individual support of Membership Days 2007 with “ASM Bucks” to be used toward the purchase of ASM products or services:
1. Rodney Linnekin
2. Richard Polenick
3. Dr. Robert Rioja
4. Steve Schatz
5. Alan Vormelker
6. Barbara Young
For membership recruitment and retention information, click here to contact Karen Zapp
or
Scott Giesler.
Foundation News
Planning a 2008 Materials Camp®? Let the ASM Materials Education Foundation Know.
If your Chapter is planning to hold a 2008 Materials Camp, the ASM Foundation would like to know the dates, times and primary Camp organizers as soon as possible to facilitate planning, funding and to promote your camp on the ASM Foundation website.
If you know of a student or teacher who should attend Materials Camp, encourage them to visit the
ASM Foundation website to apply online.
For more information contact:
Teacher Camps - Jeane Deatherage
440-338-5151, ext. 5533 or jeane.deatherage@asminternational.org
Student Camps – Scott Giesler
440-338-5151, ext 5655 or scott.giesler@asminternational.org
Student Chapter Grants available through the ASM Materials Education Foundations(SM)!
The ASM Materials Education Foundation encourages Material Advantage Student Chapters to take advantage of this opportunity!
Up to five grants of $800 each are available in
2008-2009.
Deadline: February 15, 2008.
For details, click here.
Undergraduate Scholarships through the ASM Materials Education Foundation!
Material Advantage student members may be eligible for scholarship next year! Scholarship applications for the 20098 ASM Materials Education Foundation Year Undergraduate Scholarship Program is now available. Visit www.asmfoundation.org to get more information, and to download a copy of the application. Application deadline is May 1, 2008.
Questions? Contact Jeane Deatherage, Administrator of Foundation Programs at 440-338-5151, ext. 5533.
Material Advantage 
COMPLIMENTARY MEMBERSHIP FOR MATERIAL ADVANTAGE GRADUATES
Did you know that upon graduation, student members of the Material Advantage Program are eligible for a free year of ASM Membership? If you know someone who meets these qualifications, contact Candace Cunningham for more information on how they can take full advantage of this great offer.
For more details on Student Activities please visit www.materialadvantage.org or contact
Candace Cunningham.
Happy Holidays from
ASM International!
Hope your holidays light up with joy from family and friends.
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Chapter Operations Manual
The Chapter Operations Manual is a compendium of resources to assist ASM local chapters. It's designed to help you do your job as a chapter officer as efficiently and effectively as possible by providing you with many helpful suggestions, programming options and chapter management guidelines. To download,
click here.
Awards
The deadline for the majority of ASM's awards
is February 1, 2008 and we
are actively seeking nominations for over 10 different awards.
View the entire list, get instructions, and download nomination forms online.
If you have any questions about the nominating process, please contact Carole Chesla.
Here are a few awards that we’re looking for nominations:
Albert Easton White Distinguished Teacher Award –
Deadline February 1, 2008.
Bradley Stoughton Award for Young Teachers –
Deadline March 1, 2008.
International Metallographic Contest –
Deadline July 18, 2008.
International Graduate Student Paper Contest –
Deadline June 15, 2008.
AMSC HIGH TEMPERATURE SUPERCONDUCTOR
WIRE WINS 2007 EMAA
Pictured are American Superconductor’s Key Technical Contributor, Dr. Alexander Otto (l), Senior Technical Manager, Dr. Steven Fleshler (r), Director of Research & Development, and 2006-2007 ASM President, Dr. Larry Wagner, at the 2007 Awards Dinner in Detroit, Michigan.
The 2007 ASM Engineering Materials Achievement Award was given to American Superconductor Corporation (AMSC) for “Leadership in the Development and Successful Manufacture of Commercial High Temperature Superconductor Wire.”
High Temperature Superconductor wire (HTS) is the driving force for a revolutionary new generation of electric power, magnet, ship propulsion and military equipment. The technology helps to deliver more efficient, environmentally benign and power-dense equipment which can be used to solve key challenges related to the electric power grid, and is enable major advances in military capability. Innovative prototypes utilizing this wire are being rapidly developed around the world, and the first commercial products – a dynamic synchronous condenser for reactive power compensation and a magnet system for research – have been successfully introduced to the marketplace.
2008 EMMA: Do you know of an innovative, cutting-edge scientific achievement that has distinctly impacted industry, technology and society in the last ten years? If so, it might be a good candidate for the 2008 ASM Engineering Materials Achievement Award.
Nomination Deadline: March 15, 2007.
Click here for an overview.
ASM-Indian Institute
of Metals Seeks
2008
Visiting Lecturers
Qualified lecturers:
•Are ASM members who visit India
•Can lecture on current technological conditions in India
•Will be available between April 1 and December 31, 2007
•Have definite travel plans to and from India using own funds
•Have experience with delivering technical presentations of interest to government, industrial or academic organizations
Award carries with it an $800 honorarium to be used for travel expenses within India during their visit and a certificate of recognition to be presented at the ASM Leadership Awards Luncheon scheduled for September 2008 in Pittsburgh, PA during MS&T’08. Deadline for application is February 1, 2008. For more information, contact Carole Chesla at 440-338-5151, ext. 5330.
Papers Sought for ASM HTS/Bodycote ‘Best Paper in Heat Treating’ Contest
In 1997, the ASM Heat Treating Society established the Best Paper in Heat Treating Award to recognize a paper that represents advancement in heat treating technology, promotes heat treating in a substantial way, or represents a clear advancement in managing the business of heat treating. The award is sponsored by Bodycote Thermal Process-North America.
The winner of the HTS Best Paper Contest receives a plaque of recognition and is automatically qualified to compete in the Spring 2008 Bodycote Best Paper Competition.
The Bodycote portion of the award includes a monetary prize of $3,000 for each of 3 categories:
•The best undergraduate scientific or technical paper
•The best postgraduate scientific or technical paper
•The best orally presented paper (this can also be the best scientific/technical paper), as well as $1,250 to all other finalists.
To view rules for eligibility and paper submission, simply click here.
Paper submission deadline is December 21, 2007.
Submissions should be made to Sarina Pastoric
ASM Heat Treating Society
9639 Kinsman Road
Materials Park, OH 44073-0002
440-338-5151, ext. 5513
Click here to e-mail Sarina.
Heat Treating Society Seeks Board Nominations
Nominations are sought for the ASM Heat Treating Society (HTS) Board. Instructions and nominations form are available onlineor contact Sarina Pastoric at 440-338-5151 ext. 5513
Nomination deadline is
February 1, 2008.
 Authors
and
Instructors
ASM International welcomes you and your chapter colleagues to contact ASM Reference Publications with ideas for book proposals in all subjects of metals, ceramics, polymers, and composites for engineers, scientists, technicians, and students.
Click here to send your book proposal ideas or for more information, visit us online.
For more information contact Jim Flynn at 1-800-336-5152, ext. 5221, or visit the website.
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