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GIBBS AWARD WINNER ANNOUNCED

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2016 Bradley Stoughton Award for Young Teachers

Winner receives $3000. Deadline is March 1. This award recognizes excellence in young teachers in the field of materials science, materials engineering, design, and processing. Do you know a colleague who: • Is a teacher of materials science, materials engineering, design, or processing • Has the ability to impart knowledge and enthusiasm to students • Is 35 years of age or younger by May 15 of the year in which the award is made • Is an ASM Member View forms, rules, and past recipients at asminter- national.org/membership/awards/nominate. To nominate someone, contact christine.hoover@asminternational.org for a unique nomination link. Ursula Kattner, FASM, Receives 2016 J. Willard Gibbs Phase Equilibria Award ASM is pleased to announce The Gibbs Award was established in 2007 to recognize outstanding contributions to the field of phase equilibria. The award honors J. Willard Gibbs, one of America’s great- est theoretical scientists. The award is endowed by QuesTek Innovations LLC. Gibbs laid the thermodynamics foundations of phase equilibria with his brilliant essay, “On the Equilibrium of Heterogeneous Substances,” published in 1876 and in 1878 in the Transactions of the Connecticut Academy . Kattner will receive her award at MS&T16 in October in Salt Lake City. On October 11, 2015, the Scranton Iron Furnaces were awarded the 2015 ASM Historical Landmark Award. ASM Trustee Jacqueline Earle, a Scranton area native, attended the celebration that was held at the Anthracite Heritage Museum in Scranton, Pa. The furnaces were one of the largest iron production capabilities in the U.S. by 1865 and ranked as the second largest iron producer in the U.S. by Scranton Iron Furnaces Receive ASM Historical Landmark Award that Dr. Ursula R. Kattner, FASM, physical scientist, National Insti- tute of Standards and Technology, is the 2016 J. Willard Gibbs Phase Equilibria Award recipient. She is cited “for contributions to the thermodynamic assessment of metallic alloys and application to metallurgical processing.”

The furnaces shown here were constructed between 1848 and 1857.

the 1880s. The first furnace was built there in 1841, but is no longer standing. The plaque reads, “The Scranton Iron Furnaces spurred the nation’s industrial revolution in iron and coal through the use of anthracite. Locally produced rails contributed to the growth of America’s 19th century railroads.” JTST Announces Editorial Transition After 12 years of serving as editor-in-chief of the Jour- nal of Thermal Spray Technology (JTST), Christian Moreau, FASM, TS HoF, has transferred his responsibilities to Armelle Vardelle, FASM. The transition was announced by Robert Tucker, Jr., FASM, TS HoF, chair of the Journal of Thermal

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