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Analysis of 19th Century Boat Anchor Using Field Metallography Techniques
Ryan Deacon
Lehigh University
Department of Materials Science and Engineering
5 East Packer Ave
Bethlehem PA 18015
CLASS 1: Light Microscopy - Metals and Metal Alloys
Analysis of 19th Century Boat Anchor Using Field Metallography
Techniques
Ryan Deacon
Lehigh University
Department of Materials Science and Engineering
5 East Packer Ave
Bethlehem PA 18015
Martensitic Structures Produced by the Cryogenic Quenching of Oriented
Single Crystals of an Fe-Ni-Cr Alloy
Lynn A. Boatner, Hu Longmire, Allison Gray
Materials Science & Technology Division
Oak Ridge National Laboratory
1 Bethel Valley Road, MS-6056, Bldg 3150
Oak Ridge, TN 37831
Metallographic Confirmation of a Martensite Boundary on the WRC-1992 Weld
Constitution Diagram
Tim Anderson
Lehigh University
Department of Materials Science and Engineering
5 East Packer Ave
Bethlehem, PA 18015
Quasicrystalline Alloy A1-Cu-Fe
Mrs. Boncina Tonica
University of Maribor, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering
Smetanova ulica 17, SI-2000 Maribor, Slovenija
CLASS 2: Light Microscopy - All Other Engineering Materials
Polycrystalline Glacier Ice
Rachel W. Obbard
Thayer School of Engineering at Dartmouth College
1420 North Street
Montpelier, Vermont 05602
and
Ian Baker
Thayer School of Engineering at Dartmouth College
8000 Cummings Hall
Hanover, NH 03755
2nd Place
no entries
3rd Place
no entries
Honorable Mention
no entries
CLASS 3: Electron Microscopy - Transmission and Analytical
Precipitates with Peculiar Morphology Consisting of a Disk-Shaped Amorphous
Core
Masahiko Nishijima, Kenji Hiraga
Yoshida
Institute for Materials Research
Tohoku University
Sendai, 980-8577, Japan
and
Makoto Matsuura, Kazuya Konno, Mitsuhiko Yoshida
Miyagi National College of Technology
Nodayama Natori Miyagi, 981-1239, Japan
Dynamic Observation of Magnetization Process in Mn-Zn Ferrite by Electron
Holography
T. Kasahara, H.S. Park, J.J. Kim, D. Shindo, H. Yoshikawa, T. Sato, K.
Kondo
Insititute of Multidisciplinary Research for Advanced Materials
Tohoku University
1-1, Katahira, 2-Chrome, Aobaku
Sendai 980-8577, Japan
3rd Place
no entries
Honorable Mention
no entries
CLASS 4: Electron Microscopy - Scanning
Mineral Filaments in Ice
Rachel W. Obbard
Thayer School of Engineering at Dartmouth College
1420 North Street
Montpelier, Vermont 05602
and
Ian Baker
Thayer School of Engineering at Dartmouth College
8000 Cummings Hall
Hanover, NH 03755
Porous Alumina Ceramic
Rachel W. Obbard
Thayer School of Engineering at Dartmouth College
1420 North Street
Montpelier, Vermont 05602
and
Chris Pekor, Ian Nettleship
University of Pittsburgh
BENDM 848 Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh, PA 15260
Understanding the Growth Mechanism of Lanthanum Cobalt Based Mixed
Ionic-Electron Conductors
Siddhartha Pathak
Drexel University
3141 Chestnut Street, LeBow 344, Philadelphia PA 19104
9-Fold Symmetry of the Surface Termination Steps of
(La.9Sr.1).95Cr.85Mg.10Ni.05O3
Rachel Rosten, Dr. Nina Orlovskaya
Michigan Technological University
1400 Townsend Drive
Houghton, Michigan 49931-1295
CLASS 5: Unique, Unusual, and New Techniques in Microscopy
STM Observation of Surface Atomic Arrangement and Surface Relief in Parent
and Martensite Phases
Yuichi Ozawa, Toshiyuki Ito, Hee Young Kim, Shuichi Miyazaki
Institute of Materials Science
Tsukuba University
Tsukuba, 305-8573, Japan
Anomalous Surface Structures on ZnO Single Crystal Hexagonal
Plates
Lynn Boatner, Allison Gray
Materials Science & Technology Division
Oak Ridge National Laboratory
1 Bethel Valley Road, MS-6056, Bldg 3150
Oak Ridge, TN 37831
and
Miria Varela, Ulrike Diebold, Olga Dulub
Department of Physics
Tulane University
Crack Morphology of TiN Ceramic Film after Deformation
Yukio Inokuti
Steel Research Lab
JFE Steel Corp.
1, Kawasaki, Chuo, Chiba
260-0835, Japan
Improved Jet Electropolishing and Thinning of TEM Foils using New Type
Cathode Gun
and Secondary Anode Leak Current Sensor
Dr. G. Venkataraman
Consultant for Thermax Babcock and Wilcox Ltd.
1103, Tiruvalluvar Avenue
No.1 Toll Gate, TRICHY 621 216, INDIA
CLASS 6: Color Microscopy
Thermochemical Reactions on the Zinc and Oxygen-Therminated Surfaces of
ZnO -a fast Scintillator
Lynn A. Boatner, Hu Longmire, John Neal, Allison Gray
Center for Radiation Detection Materials & Systems
Oak Ridge National Laboratory
1 Bethel Valley Road, MS-6056, Bldg 3150
Oak Ridge, TN 37831
Engine Cylinder Liner
Dr. Asim Bag
# 05-03 Hong Leong Garden Condominium
85, West Coast Drive
Singapore 128 001
Development of Clear Ultrasonic Detectability by Aspiration Biopsy
Yukio Inokuti
Steel Research Lab, JFE Steel Corp.
1, Kawasaki, Chuo, Chiba 260-0835, Japan
and
Masaharu Oishi
Taigold Corp.
516 Yokota Sanbu, Chiba 289-1226, Japan
and
Hiroyuki Fukuda
Dept. of Medicine and Clinical Oncology
Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba University
Inohana 1-8-1, Chuo-ku, Chiba 260-0856, Japan
Vacuum Pump Shaft
Dr. Asim Bag
# 05-03 Hong Leong Garden Condominium
85, West Coast Drive
Singapore 128 001
CLASS 7: Artistic Microscopy - Color Only
Amoebic Steadite in Pearlite Sea
Dr. Asim Bag
# 05-03 Hong Leong Garden Condominium
85, West Coast Drive
Singapore 128 001
Aluminum - 40% Copper
Chris Samuel, Dr. Srinath Viswanathan, Dr. M. Shamsuzzoha
University of Alabama
Dept. of Metallurgical & Materials Engineering A-129 Bevill Building
201 Seventh Ave. PO Box 870202
Tuscaloosa, AL 35487-0202
Coral Dream
Maria I. Lopez
The University of Texas at El Paso
Dept. of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering
Engineering Science Complex Room M-201
500 W. University Ave.
El Paso, TX 79968-0520
Honorable Mention
no entries
CLASS 8: Artistic Microscopy - B&W Only
Terraced Fracture Landscape
Rick Noecker
Lehigh University
Department of Materials Science and Engineering
5 East Packer Ave
Bethlehem, PA 18015
and
Gerry Neugebauer
Lockheed Martin Corp.
Cellular Towers
Rick Noecker
Lehigh University
Department of Materials Science and Engineering
5 East Packer Ave
Bethlehem, PA 18015
and
Gerry Neugebauer
Lockheed Martin Corp.
Feeding of a Quasicrystal
Mrs. Boncina Tonica
University of Maribor
Faculty of Mechanical Engineering
Smetanova ulica 17, SI-2000 Maribor, Slovenija
Bat Bearing a Cross on it's Back
Rick Noecker
Lehigh University
Department of Materials Science and Engineering
5 East Packer Ave
Bethlehem, PA 18015
and
Gerry Neugebauer
Lockheed Martin Corp.
CLASS 9: Undergraduate Student - Metals and Metal Alloys
1st Place and George L. Kehl Plaque
Surface Termination Steps as Active Catalyst Sites in
La.6Sr.4Fe.8Co.2O3
Rachel Rosten, Dr. Nina Orlovskaya
Michigan Technological University
1400 Townsend Drive
Houghton, Michigan 49931-1295
2nd Place
no entries
3rd Place
no entries
Honorable Mention
no entries
CLASS 10: Undergraduate Student - All Other Engineering Materials
1st Place and George L. Kehl Plaque
Debris Analysis of the Space Shuttle Columbia
Katie Strader, Hubert Gibson, Emily Simonds, Benjamin Petersen, Mike
Manrod
(all secondary school students attending an ASM Materials Camp)
and
Jaret Frafjord
Y12 National Security Complex
1010 Commerce Park
Oak Ridge, TN 37830
2nd Place
no entries
3rd Place
no entries
Honorable Mention
no entries
CLASS 11: Digital Microscopy
Moons
Michael L. Morgan
ArvinMeritor Inc./Columbus Technical Center
950 W 450S Building 1
Columbus, IN 47201
Cast A356 Aluminum Alloy
Masakazu Kobayashi
Uesugi, Toda, Ohgaki, Kobayashi
Dept of Production Systems Eng.
Toyohashi University of Technology
1-1, Hibarigaoka, Tempaku-cho, Toyohashi, Aichi 441-8580 Japan
Stained Glass
Erika V. Esquivel
The University of Texas at El Paso
Dept. of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering
Engineering Science Complex Room M-201
500 W. University Ave.
El Paso, TX 79968-0520
Star Burst
Sara M. Gaytan
The University of Texas at El Paso
Dept. of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering
Engineering Science Complex Room M-201
500 W. University Ave.
El Paso, TX 79968-0520
CLASS 12: DuBose-Crouse Award
Al-Si Phase Diagram
George Vander Voort
Buehler, Ltd.
41 Waukegan Rd.
Lake Bluff, IL 60044