Chapter Calendar
Review Important Dates for the Chapter Year
November It’s never to early to submit your Trustee Visit Request form
November The 2008 Member Recognition list will be sent electronically to each Chapter Secretary for review of 5-year, 15-year, 25-year and Life Awards.
November 30 Deadline to submit nominations for ASM Fellows
December 15 Nominations for the 2008 ASM Nominating Committee due
Item of the Month
New Bistro Style ASM Mug Available for $10.00
Whether you prefer coffee, tea or hot chocolate ASM has the perfect mug! This Navy bistro style ceramic mug has the ASM logo on one side and the geodesic dome image on the other.
Click here to buy this item or visit the ASM Store and view other items the Signature Collection has to offer.
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.
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.
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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Feature Article
ASM Emerging Professionals Program - Life in the Fast Lane of MS&T 2007
For the first time, the MS&T community was exposed to the hard work of our ASM Emerging Professionals Program who identified the need for demographic tailored programming. This developmental/ observational program for early career professionals was introduced to our ASM family in Cincinnati last year.
In 2007, the professional volunteer members of the Emerging Professionals Program developed, implemented and executed an amazing “Life in the Fast Lane: Building Skills to Thrive in the Materials & Global Community” session with ASM President Dr. Dianne Chong as keynote speaker. This session also featured a panel discussion by Dr. Ellen Cerreta, Los Alamos National Lab, Mr. John R. Keough, P.E., FASM, Chief Executive Officer, Applied Process Incorporated, and Mr. Christopher L. LaPole, Application Metallurgical Engineer, The Timken Company.
Please join us in welcoming this year’s members of the Emerging Professionals Program:
Returning Members:
Patrick Anderson – The Timken Company – Canton-Massillon Chapter
Tiffany Biles – Alcoa – Cleveland Chapter
Margaret Bush – Engle Metallurgical – Minnesota Chapter
Leonard Grant – Eastman Kodak – Boston Chapter
Emily Kinser – IBM – Metro NY-NJ Chapter
Matthew Perricone – RJ Lee Group – Pittsburgh Chapter
Dustin Turnquist – Engineering Systems – Rocky Mountain Chapter
Juan Villegas – Intel Corporation – Phoenix Chapter
Charles Young – Engineering Systems – Chicago Regional Chapter
New Members:
Nathan Ashmore – Toyota Manufacturing & Engineering – St. Louis Chapter
Ryan Deacon – Johns Hopkins University – Washington DC Chapter
Jaret Frafjord – Y-12 National Security Complex – Oak Ridge Chapter
Elizabeth Hoffman – Savannah River National Laboratory – Savannah River Chapter
Liam Pingree – University of Washington – Puget Sound Chapter
Alyssa Yarbrough – Boston Scientific – Minnesota Chapter
Back Row L to Rt. – Nathan Ashmore, Matthew Perricone, ASM Immediate Past President, Dr. Larry Wagner, ASM Managing Director, Mr. Stan Theobald, Leonard Grant, Jaret Frafjord, Dustin Turnquist; Front Row L to Rt. – Elizabeth Hoffman, Patrick Anderson, Juan Villegas, Margaret Bush, Emily Kinser, Alyssa Yarbrough, Liam Pingree; Not Pictured – Tiffany Biles, Ryan Deacon, Charles Young
The function of the Emerging Professionals Program is to allow a younger demographic, the future of ASM, to see, understand and be involved with the inner workings of an internationally recognized professional society. The program allows ASM to seamlessly transition from one generation to the next. Involvement goes beyond the local chapter level when 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 their fields.
Stay tuned for more information, updates and incite into the initiatives of the Emerging Professionals Program including efforts related to the new ASM Strategic Planning and programming at MS&T 2008 in Pittsburgh.
For more information regarding the Emerging Professionals Program, please contact
Patrick Anderson, Chair, or Candace Cunningham,
Staff Liaison.
Chapter Corner
Recent Changes to Officer’s Tools
on ASM Website
There have been a few changes and upgrades to the Officer’s Tools function with the installation of the new ASM Community:
1. All Officer’s Tool are now available in Membership/Networking, under Councils/Committees
2. Choose your Login as soon as you bring up the website. Within your member profile you will see a portal called My Community and within this you will see My Councils/Committees. Under My Councils/Committees you will see your chapter name and tools – this will bring you to the appropriate page with your access information.
3. Chapter rosters, e=mail and mailing labels are now available under Committee Tools or Officers Tools.
4. The Chapter Operations Manual can be found under Membership/Networking, Chapters, Professional Chapters, Manage Your Chapter.
5. The Membership Development Kit is now available under Membership/Networking, Chapters, Professional Chapters, Grow Your Membership.
6. The Chapter Council District Representative Contact page can be found Membership/Networking, Chapters, Professional Chapters, Manage Your Chapter, Chapter Council Reps.
7. The Downloadable Roster, E-mail Blast and Mailing Label functions have all been rolled into one tab on the left navigation – Roster, E-mail & Labels.
8. With the integration of new functionality, the Downloadable Chapter Roster information is now pulled directly from our membership database. Any previous roster and database inconsistency issues have been resolved.
9. For clarity, you will begin to see a new member type on the Downloadable Roster – SUSREP. This member type identifies Sustaining Representatives to chapter leaders.
10. The column title of Column V on the roster has been changed from “NO_MAIL” to “OK_TO_MAIL.” A “YES” in that column it means it’s okay to send correspondence to that member. A “NO” indicates a request to not receive mail from their local chapter. Please do not include ”NO_MAIL” members in your mailings or emails.
For more assistance navigating the ASM community contact Megan Herrmann.
Membership Matters
MEMBERSHIP DAY 2007
Recruit and Retain Members
and Win!
If you haven’t already enlisted your Chapter in the 2007 Membership Day activities, there is still time. Simply click here to e-mail Scott Giesler, Society Programs Coordinator or click here to e-mail Karen Zapp, Member Retention Specialist, if you’re interested in Chapter participation.
WHAT IS IT ABOUT: Membership Day is an opportunity for you and your Chapter to focus on membership recruitment and retention and be recognized for your hard work. ASM will provide sample phone scripts, e-mail messages, and prospect and lapsed member lists to help your team be successful in increasing membership.
WHEN WILL IT HAPPEN: The ASM Membership Committee set Friday, October 26 as Membership Day, but credit will be given for all membership contacts made during the period of October 24-November 30, 2007.
WHO CAN PARTICIPATE: Anyone can join in the fun of sponsoring a new member or renewal. Chapter officers, members of your Membership Committee, Chapter members, Retired or Life members, all can participate! Identification of a sponsor on the membership application or renewal form is all that is needed for the member to be entered in the prize drawing.
WHAT CAN WE WIN: All members serving as sponsors/recruiters will have the chance to win “ASM Bucks” up to $500 toward the purchase of ASM products and services. Plus, participating Chapters will have the chance to win $500 cash to support Chapter activities.
NEED TO KNOW MORE: Contact Scott Giesler at scott.giesler@asminternational.org or Karen Zapp at karen.zapp@asminternational.org.
Foundation News
Planning a 2008 Materials Camp®? Let the ASM Materials Education Foundation Know.
If your Chapter is planning to hold a Materials Camp during 2008, the ASM Foundation would like to know the type of Camp, dates, times and primary Camp organizers as soon as possible to facilitate planning and funding for next year.
To confirm your Materials Camp or if you have questions about the Materials Camp program, contact ASM Foundation staff:
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
ASM Materials Education Foundation Opportunities for Local Chapters
ASM Chapter Council is currently engaged with the ASM Materials Education Foundation and ASM staff to coordinate visits by Mr. Ash Khare, ASM Foundation Trustee, for informing Chapters about the opportunities that lie in working with the ASM Foundation. Opportunities include; how to host student or teacher camps, teach fundraising techniques and collect donations to support Foundation or local Chapter. Any chapters that are interested in learning more about the opportunities available through working with the ASM Materials Education Foundation or having Mr. Khare visit their chapter and/or executive committee, should contact their Chapter Council District Representative or Candace Cunningham
(candace.cunningham@asminternational.org).
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.
MATERIAL ADVANTAGE WELCOMES
NEW CHAPTERS
Three new Material Advantage Chapter petitions were reviewed at MS&T. Exciting news! All three received a passing vote from the leadership of ACerS, AIST, ASM International and TMS!
We’re happy to introduce you to the newest Material Advantage Chapters:
• Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology (Terre Haute, IN)
• The Rutgers University (Piscataway, NJ)
• University of New South Wales (Sydney, Australia)
As the 2007-2008 Chapter year progresses, we’re looking forward to many exciting and innovative endeavors from our entire Material Advantage Chapter System.
For more details on Student Activities please visit www.materialadvantage.org or contact
Candace Cunningham.
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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
ASM Accepting Fellow Nominations through November 30th
Deadline for nominations for the Class of 2008 is November 30, 2007. Complete information including the rules, interpretive comments, and user-friendly nomination form are available on the ASM website or by contacting Carole Chesla, Awards Administrator, ASM International, Materials Park, OH 44073-0002; tel: 440-338-5151, ext. 5330.
ASM International inducted 25 new members into the 2007 Class of Fellows during the Annual Awards Dinner which took place on September 18, 2007 in Detroit, MI. Pictured above is the 2007 Class of Fellows.
ASM-Indian Institute
of Metals Seeks
2008 Visiting Lecturers
Five lecturers have been selected to participate in a cooperative program between ASM International and the Indian Institute of Metals (IIM) for 2007:
Dr. C. Suryanarayana, FASM
Prof. Ashok Kumar
Dr. Sergei Shipilov
Dr. Rajiv S. Mishra, Ph.D
Dr. Nikhil Gupta
Qualified lecturers:
• ASM members who visit India
• Have experience with delivering technical presentations of interest to government, industrial or academic organizations.
• Lecture topics relevant to current technological conditions in India
• Will be available between April 1 and December 31, 2008
• Have definite travel plans to India using own funds
The 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 October 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.
Submit your Chapter’s Nominations for the 2008 ASM Nominating Committee Now!
ASM chapters are eligible to recommend candidates for the 2008 Nominating Committee of ASM International. The Nominating Committee will have the responsibility to select three (3) trustees and one (1) vice presidential nominees for 2008. For those selected, here is what you need to know:
1) Time commitment is approximately 1 ½ day for a meeting in mid-April beginning with informal dinner meeting the first evening and full day meeting the 2nd day. An announcement of those who will serve on the Nominating Committee will be published in ASM News.
2) All expenses are paid by ASM International; this is the only committee for which ASM assumes all charges in order to not preclude any qualified eligible member form serving.
3) Click here to get the nomination form. It’s easy to fill out and submit!
4) Deadline is December 15th.
For more information contact either Leslie Taylor or
Gloria Terpay for assistance.
Thank you and we look forward to receiving your nominations!
Papers Sought for ASM HTS/Bodycote ‘Best Paper in Heat Treating’ Contest
The ASM Heat Treating Society established the Best Paper in Heat Treating Award in 1997 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 Bodycote Best Paper Competition scheduled for Spring 2008.
The Bodycote portion of the award includes a monetary prize of $3,000 for each of the 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 online or contact Sarina Pastoric at 440-338-5151, ext. 5513,
or e-mail. Nomination deadline is February 1, 2008.
J. Willard Gibbs Phase Equilibria Award Established 
J. Willard Gibbs
Nominations due February 1 for debut presentation at MS&T ’08
The ASM Board of Trustees, at the recommendation of the Awards Policy Committee, has approved the establishment of the J. Willard Gibbs Phase Equilibria Award. The new award, proposed by the ASM Alloy Phase Diagram Committee, recognizes outstanding contributions to the field of phase equilibria.
In addition to the award presentation at the annual ASM Awards Dinner, the recipient will give a keynote address at the ASM symposium “Phase Stability, Diffusion, and Their Applications,” organized annually by the Alloy Phase Diagram Committee.
The J. Willard Gibbs Phase Equilibria Award is funded by QuesTek Innovations LLC. In stating QuesTek’s commitment to fund the award, President and CEO Charles J. Kuehmann, said, “We believe that thermodynamics is the backbone of a new revolution in materials engineering and, in fact, is akin to the materials genome. Recognition of prominent figures contributing to this field is very well deserved and overdue.”
For complete rules and information and to make a nomination for the J. Willard Gibbs Phase Equilibria Award, visit ASM’s website or contact Carole Chesla, awards administrator, at 440-338-5151, ext. 5330, or e-mail.
Deadlines 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.
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