ASM International Fellow: Prof. Michael Pecht. CALCE has served over 300 of the world’s leading companies as a resource and knowledge base for the development of reliable, safe, and cost-effective products and systems for more than 35 years.ASM International has elected CALCE Director Prof. Michael Pecht as a member of the 2020 Class of Fellows in honor of his contributions in the field of materials science and engineering. The award was established in 2007 to recognize outstanding contributions to the field of Phase Equilibria. It is expected that all nominees will be truly outstanding.“For identifying impediments to knowledge in thermal spray technology, which led to his developing improved tools for wide industrial adoption of in situ process diagnostics and coating property measurements.” CALCE has served over 300 of the world’s leading companies as a resource and knowledge base for the development of reliable, safe, and cost-effective products and systems for more than 35 years.ASM International has elected CALCE Director Prof. Michael Pecht as a member of the 2020 Class of Fellows in honor of his contributions in the field of materials science and engineering. Prof. Pecht is a Professional Engineer and the founder and director of The Center for Advanced Life Cycle Engineering (CALCE), at the University of Maryland. He has a BS in Physics, an MS in Electrical Engineering and an MS and Ph.D. in Engineering Mechanics from the University of Wisconsin at Madison. The awards program recognizes achievements of members of the materials science and engineering community. The Henry Marion Howe Award was established in 1923 and is awarded in memory of a distinguished teacher, metallurgist, and consultant, to honor the author (or authors) whose paper has been selected as the best of those published in a specific volume of Metallurgical and Materials Transactions.Established in 1988, the award recognizes the exemplary efforts of various outstanding members of ASM International on behalf of the society to further its objectives and goals. GMU’s biodefense program was fortunate to send several students to attend the 2020 ASM Biothreats conference in which topics ranged from diagnostics to technology as a source for biothreats. Prof. Pecht has earned this achievement through his “technical contributions and leadership in the areas of electronics reliability, physics of failure, and sustainment.” The award recognizes the best technical paper with a graduate or undergraduate student as first author that is published in an ASM sponsored publication during the year. ASM International has elected CALCE Director Prof. Michael Pecht as a member of the 2020 Class of Fellows in honor of his contributions in the field of materials science and engineering. Scharf named Fellow of ASM International Thursday, May 14, 2020 Thomas Scharf, a professor in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering, recently was elected Fellow of ASM International for significant contributions in materials tribology and surface engineering, pioneering work on solid lubricant materials and mechanisms, and distinguished service to the materials science community. ASM Materials Education Foundation. The purpose of this award is to recognize leadership at an early stage and encourage individuals to grow, nurture, and further contribute to the growth of the profession, as well as the society. Held in Arlington, Virginia on January 28-30, this was… Prof. Pecht has earned this achievement through his “technical contributions and leadership in the areas of electronics reliability, physics of failure, and sustainment.”ASM International Fellow: Prof. Michael Pecht