ASM’s 2025 Class of Fellows
In 1969, ASM established the Fellow of the Society honor to provide recognition to members for their distinguished contributions to materials science and engineering and to develop a broadly based forum of technical and professional leaders to serve as advisors to the society. ASM will recognize the 2025 Class of Fellows at the Annual Awards Banquet held during IMAT’25, on Tuesday, October 21st, in Detroit, MI. Tickets can be purchased with IMAT registration.
The following are the members recognized by their colleagues for 2025. Additional Fellows may be elected to this distinguished body in subsequent years. The solicited guidance, which the Fellows will provide, will enhance the capability of ASM as a technical community of materials science and engineering in the years ahead.
Mr. Burak Akyuz, FASM
Vice President-Testing
Applied Technical Services
Marietta, GA
“For pioneering advancements in failure prevention through strategic implementation of cutting-edge failure analysis and materials testing techniques, significantly enhancing the reliability and safety of materials across diverse industries.”
Dr. Amber N. Black, FASM
Additive Manufacturing Team Leader/R&D Engineer
Los Alamos National Laboratory
Los Alamos, NM
“For outstanding contributions to the field of high-energy density processing of materials and devoted service dedicated to the advancement of ASM International.”
Mr. Gabriel M. Lucas, FASM
Metallography Subject Expert
Scot Forge Company
Spring Grove, IL
“For longstanding history of metallurgical expertise in metallography, quality control, and characterization, especially in advanced metals and forgings, with notable contributions to ASM and IMS.”
Image of the Month
The Micrograph Database is looking for more images to add to this growing library and more volunteers to help select and review submitted images. Would you like to see your images in the database? Or do you love micrographs and want to volunteer some time to help the database grow? Contact [email protected] for more information. LEARN MORE
Model Electroplating
This image reflects one of the high-resolution images of a Ni-Co alloy composition captured via scanning electron microscopy by a team at Los Alamos National Laboratory during an electroplating project. The researchers trained an AI model on this and other images during the various phases of electroplating. They then used their generative diffusion-based AI model approach to help establish efficiencies in their process by reducing the need for extensive physical experiments when optimizing new materials and processes. Electroplating is important to their work as it improves a material’s corrosion resistance and increases durability. The team’s research was published in the Journal of the Electrochemical Society. Courtesy of Los Alamos National Laboratory.
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Metallography, Microstructure, and Analysis Call for Micrographs
Metallography, Microstructure, and Analysis (MMA) wants to showcase your micrographs! In each issue, the “Mystery Micro” feature challenges readers to solve a puzzle pertaining to an interesting microstructure. The “MicroArt” feature highlights curious or aesthetically pleasing images of materials from under the microscope. Readers are invited to share any interesting or unusual micrographs with the journal for these features – a great way to share your work with our technical community!
Please fill out this form and send it with your micrographs to MMA Editor-in-Chief Ryan Deacon at [email protected] and ASM Content Developer Emily Glorioso at [email protected] for consideration for these two features.
Call for Papers for Special Issue of MMA on Archaeometallurgy
The journal Metallography, Microstructure, and Analysis (MMA) will publish a special issue on Archaeometallurgy in 2027. This special issue of MMA aims to gather innovative research and cutting-edge studies related to archaeometallurgy and the historical use of metals and metallurgical materials. The articles will also align with the journal’s broad scope of metallographic and microstructural analysis and materials characterization.
Dr. Patricia Carrizo, National Technological University, Mendoza Regional Faculty (Argentina), Dr. Peter Northover, University of Oxford (retired) (United Kingdom), Dr. Omid Oudbashi, University of Gothenburg (Sweden), Mr. Joseph Paul Mitchell, PCC Revert Group, Greenville Metals (United States), and Dr. Joshua Mueller, Michigan Technological University (United States) will serve as guest editors.
Interested authors are strongly encouraged to submit an abstract to Dr. Patricia Carrizo ([email protected]), Dr. Peter Northover ([email protected]), Dr. Omid Oudbashi ([email protected]), Mr. Joseph Paul Mitchell ([email protected]), or Dr. Joshua Mueller ([email protected]) for consideration and comment prior to preparation of a full manuscript.
Abstract submissions are due by May 1, 2026. For more information, please visit here.
“Free Access to Special Issue of Metallography, Microstructure, and Analysis”
The April issue of Metallography, Microstructure, and Analysis is free access for you to read now through the end of the month. This is a special topical issue of the journal on Characterization and Analysis of Aluminum and Magnesium Alloys in Engineering Applications. The issue was organized by Payam Emadi, OCI Group, and Bernoulli Andilab, University of Toronto.
To read this special issue for free, please visit here now through June 30th.
