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ASMI Cleveland Chapter Award & Honor Recipients

Recap of Cleveland Chapter Awards for 2005-2006

Last September 2005, at the ASMI Conference in Pittsburgh, four people supported by Cleveland Chapter were recognized as Fellows.

Mr. J. Richard Douglas of JRD Associates and a co-founderof Metalworking Consultant Group, LLC,  was recognized as follows: "For advancing metallurgical knowledge within the field and for educating and training graduate engineers and technicians."  What this does not say is that Dick is an expert in metalworking, in particular forging.   He has been a consultant to the general metalworking industry for several years.  Prior to starting his private business, he worked for many years at Eaton’s Technology Center in Willoughby Hills.  One of his noted achievements was hot forging of net shaped gears.

Dr. Sai V. Raj, a Materials Research Engineer at NASA Glenn Research Center, was recognized "For seminal contributions to the understanding of the creep behavior of materials and the development, processing and characterization of intermetallic alloys." 

Mr. Alvin M. Sabroff, co-founder and President of Metalworking Consultant Group, LLC, was recognized "For outstanding research and development in metalworking of titanium metals and its alloys, and hydrostatic extrusion of various metals."  Al is well known to the metalworking community from his many years of research and development at Battelle Memorial Institute, later at Eaton Corporation, and more recently at MCG.  He is a strong advocate for maintaining a strong manufacturing technology base in Northeast Ohio.

Dr. R. Devesh K. Misra,the Stuller Endowed Professor of Metallurgy in the Chemical Engineering Department at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette, in Lafayette, Louisiana, was recopgnized "For notable contributions to the knowledge, understanding and application of high-strength steels, copper alloys and aluminum alloys; the influence of grain boundary segregation; and the development of the ultra-high-strength hot rolled microalloyed steels."  Formerly a researcher at the LTV Technology Center in Independence, Devesh was an active member of our chapter in addition to being a well known steel metallurgist performing research on microalloyed steels.

The award winners for the Cleveland Chapter Awards for this 2005-2006 year are:

2006 ASMI Cleveland Chapter Award of Distinction:  Dr. WilliamScott, recently retired from ASMI.  Bill essentially had two careers.  First, he was a well known researcher in the world of steels, working at Lukens Steel Co.  However he is better known to many in Cleveland Chapter because of his dedicated work within ASMI.  He has been editor of Advanced Materials & Processes, the flagship publication of ASMI, he has been a technology leader on many ASMI committees, and just prior to his retirement he was the Acting Director of ASMI.

2006 ASMI Cleveland Chapter Outstanding Company Support Award:   NASA Glenn Research Center.  This facility and the people who work there have been a great supporter of the Cleveland Chapter.  The staff at NASA-GRC have been active on our chapter committees, especially on our Young Members’ Committee.  The facility at NASA-GRC has hosted many technical meetings and tours over the many years of support.

2006 ASMI Cleveland Chapter Outstanding Young Member Award:  Tiffany Biles, Alcoa Forged Products.  Tiffany is an energetic, active member of our chapter, especially in the area of Student Affairs.  As the current chapter treasurer, she is progressing through our officers chain.  Cleveland Chapter benefits tremendously from hard working volunteers like Tiffany, and we are pleased to recognize her significant contributions to our organization.

2006 ASMI Cleveland Chapter Distinguished Service Award:  Dan Hennessy, GE Lighting.  As a Past-Chairman, Dan has been an active member of Cleveland Chapter for many years.  During his tenure Dan planned a variety of novel functions to attract a wider than normal cross section of our members to events and meetings.  He continues to be involved as an advisor and member of several committees.  Recently, he lead a team in updating our Chapter Constitution.  We are grateful for his service.

2006 ASMI Cleveland Chapter President's Award:  Dr. Gary Coubrough, Twin Analytical, Ltd.  Gary was selected for this award by our Chairman, Ed Basta, because of his assistance in many areas over the past year.  In particular, Gary has been a stabilizing force as we move our Chapter from a paper-base communication system toward an electronic-based system for the Directory, Newsletters, and advertising.  

2006 ASMI Cleveland Chapter Technical Educator Award:  Prof. Joe Payer, Department of Materials Science & Engineering, CWRU.  Joe is well known for his work in corrosion engineering.  The Cleveland Chapter is very pleased to recognize his years of service as an educator in Northeast Ohio.

ASMI Nominating Committee:

Dr. Brenda Trautman, our immediate Past-Chairman, has been selected to be on the Nominating Committee of ASMI.  This is a crucial committee as this committee selects the future President and Trustees of ASMI.  It is an honor to have Brenda represent us.