Chapter News

Mari-Therese Burton Receives Award at LVASM Young Members Night 2023

On November 2, 2023, the Lehigh Valley ASM chapter hosted students and professionals at Young Members Night at The Goose in Bethlehem, PA.

Mari-Therese Burton, a 5th-year PhD student at Lehigh University, received the Outstanding Young Member Award for supporting chapter operations, membership engagement, and excellence in metallurgical research. She joins 36 other recipients of the award since 1973. Mari-Therese presented about her research with a nanocrystalline Nickel-base alloy.

Lehigh Valley Material Science and Engineering undergraduate seniors participated in a poster contest in which they used metallography to examine common items from drill bits to cheese graters. LVASM members voted on the posters. The winners are listed below.

      • 1st place: Sarah Gnall, Juan Mendoza, Thomas Theiner – What’s so greatabout graters?
      • 2nd place: Itzel Esparza, Yash Patel – Don’t judge a bit by its coating
      • 3rd place (tie):
            • Ashlar Dotson and Ethan Hendrix – Tooting your own horn
            • Nicholas Cheney and Kirsten Sjoberg – Get Cracking!

 

ASM OYM Certificate 2023

LVASM OYM Mari-Therese Burton

LVASM – Metallurgy for the Non-Metallurgist Fall 2023

The Lehigh Valley ASM Chapter is offering a Fall 2023 Metallurgy for the Non-Metallurgist class at Carpenter Technology.

Time: 4 days, over 2 weeks

      • Thursday / Friday October 26-27, 12:30-4:30pm
      • Thursday / Friday November 2 – 3rd, 12:30-4:30pm

Location: In-person at Carpenter Technology – Cartech Rd, Reading, PA 19601

Cost: $1100 / student

Sign-up:   https://forms.gle/yoxB1imiZ6U9eVeq9

Fall 2023 Metallurgy for the Non-Metallurgist Flyer

Mario Epler receives 2023 Bradley Stoughton Award

The Lehigh Valley Chapter of ASMI established the Bradley Stoughton Award in 1944 to recognize outstanding contributions to the field of engineered materials. Mario’s award is given in recognition of excellence in process modeling research for specialty alloy development and manufacturing, mentorship of the next generation of R&D metallurgists, and service to the Lehigh Valley Chapter of ASM International.

For more information about the Bradley Stoughton Award and past recipients visit the Awards page.

LVASM celebrates Ally Fraser with Outstanding Young Member Award

The Lehigh Valley ASM Chapter awarded Ally Fraser as this year’s Outstanding Young Member.

Ally graduated from Lehigh University with her B.S (2017) and M.S (2019) in Materials Science and Engineering. She then started her professional career as a metallurgist in Carpenter Technology’s R&D department, focusing mostly on modeling, process enhancement, and
production support. She specializes in project management and failure analysis and uses these methods to improve processes and alloy design. Ally is very active in our chapter’s executive committee, serving as both the Chapter Vice Chairperson and the Materials Camp Chair. Congratulations, Ally!

LVASM Honors Bruce Smith with 2022 Bradley Stoughton Award

The Lehigh Valley Chapter of ASMI established the Bradley Stoughton Award in 1944 to recognize outstanding contributions to the field of engineered materials. Bruce’s award citation is “Recognition for leadership in research, new product development, quality initiatives,
training, and young engineer mentorship in specialty alloy metallurgy and support of Lehigh Valley Chapter of ASM International.”

For more information about the Bradley Stoughton Award and past recipients visit the Awards page.

Dr. Wojciech Misiolek wins William Hunt Eisenman Award

We are proud to announce that our own Lehigh Valley ASM Chapter member, Dr. Wojciech Misiolek, has won this year’s William Hunt Eisenman Award. The award was established in 1960, in memory of a founding member of ASM, and its first and only secretary for 40 years. It recognizes unusual achievements in industry in the practical application of materials science and engineering through production or engineering use. Dr. Misiolek is being specially recognized this year for technology transfer of his engineering science knowledge to industrially relevant materials processing.

Dr. Misiolek is the Chair of the Department of Materials Science and Engineering and the Director of the Leowy Institute at Lehigh University, as well as an active member of our executive committee.

A Brief History of the Metals Industry in Northeastern PA

For our May meeting this year, we were delighted to have Mike Piersa speak on the history of the metals industry in our region. Mike is a historian at the National Museum of Industrial History (www.nmih.org/).

The National Museum of Industrial History is located inside part of the former Bethlehem Steel mill in Bethlehem, PA. Mike graduated with a bachelor’s in history from Moravian College and a master’s in history from Lehigh University. He has been with NMIH for over 17 years and has been instrumental in the research and interpretation behind the museum’s collections as well as the relocation and restoration of historical industrial equipment both at the museum and at outside facilities.

A key player in the industrialization and growth of the United States was the metals industry in Northeastern Pennsylvania. The rich history of the industry will be explored in an illustrated presentation, tracing it from long-vanished early 19th century operations to names that are familiar today. This trip through time will unveil a surprising array of activity, technology, and products that made the region renowned throughout the world.