•   :: Who We Are
•   :: Member Recognition
  • 5 Star Chapter Award
  • Bradley Stoughton Award
  • Outstanding Young Member Award
  • Reverse Engineering Student Poster Award
  • ASMI Fellow
•   :: Executive Members
•   :: Calendar of Events
  • Calendar
  • Next Meeting
  • Past Meetings
•   :: Materials Camp
•   :: Sustaining Members
•   :: Lehigh Valley Expo
•   :: Education

Who We Are

ASM Vision Statement:
"To be the first-stop resource for technical knowledge, education,
networking, and professional development for members and
customers in the metals and materials community"

Lehigh Valley ASM Chapter Mission:
"To provide a forum for personal and professional growth, the exchange of information and ideas, and the development of a social network among chapter members"

Lehigh Valley ASM Chapter ByLaws 2008 (PDF)

Financial Statement (xls)

ASM International – Lehigh Valley Chapter
Our most recent program year was full of activity as the Lehigh Valley Chapter undertook the challenges of exceeding the expectations of our members and our parent society. Our activities this year were geared toward providing service to our local membership, to ASM International and to our surrounding community.

Local Membership
Overall, networking opportunities, professional recognition and convenient communications helped us meet our members’ needs. We had one of the most successful program years in recent history with topics ranging from metallurgy of firearms by Chapter Member Karl Funk to Offshoring Implications by Carpenter CEO Anne Stevens. Our January Sustaining Member recognition night at Air Products drew over 100 attendees to a tour and presentation at their Trexlertown HQ.

Our members also enjoy the opportunity for professional recognition that comes with notable contributions to Materials Science and Engineering (MSE) and to the Chapter. Local awards include the Chapter’s The Bradley Stoughton Award—honoring Dr. Stoughton, former Chairman of the Lehigh Valley Chapter, and The Outstanding Young Member Award—given for MSE contributions and Chapter leadership. The Chapter also sponsors submissions for national honors. This year three chapter members were elected Fellows of the Society, and member Robert J. Torcolini was awarded a Distinguished Service Award by the International. It’s through this type of significant acknowledgement that we are able to help our members gain the professional recognition that they deserve.

Our Materials Camp at Lehigh University continues to draw top caliber students and to garner national attention – with articles appearing in both Society journals and educational journals. Sixteen students participated in this summer’s materials camp, which continues to be run by graduate student members. We also continued to sponsor awards at the Berks County Science Fair and the Pennsylvania Junior Academy of Science – both in the Lehigh Valley and in Northeastern PA. Through this work, the Chapter pursued the goals of the Materials Education Foundation—“To excite young people in materials, science and engineering careers.”

Above all, the service to our local membership hinges on communication. This year, our regular communication tools were significantly improved. A major overhaul of our Chapter website resulted in a professional, standardized layout capable of the convenience features needed. A semi-annual newsletter reinforced significant Chapter dates and contact information for members. Furthermore, regular use of the ASM web server e-mail utility kept us in touch with “e-enabled” members.

ASM International
The mission of both the local chapter and ASM International is to serve as the leading professional society for members of the materials science community. As such, the society provides unparalleled resources of materials information resources to its members and the world at large. This information is contained in extensive, searchable online databases and handbooks and in a vast array of traditional publications – from monthly peer-reviewed journals, to encyclopedic multi-volume handbooks, to single volume in depth treatments of specific topics. A great deal of the society’s efforts are focused on education, both for the materials community and about materials to the broader world. Some of our most well-known texts and courses are the “Metallurgy for the Non-Metallurgist” family and other courses designed to introduce other technical professionals to the particulars of our field. We also attempt to enhance the profile of materials and materials science at the high school level, where the field is traditionally under-represented.

The International also acts to provide resources to the affiliate chapters for planning, oversight and financial management. A substantial portion of the society’s membership dues are returned to the local chapter and form the bulk of the local’s operating revenue. As a society representing tens of thousands of professionals, the International has also negotiated a substantial number of discounts and other benefits to its members.

Past Chapter Chairs