SMST Board of Directors

Prof. Ashley Bucsek

President

(2022-2026)

Assistant Professor

University of Michigan

Ann Arbor, MI

Dr. Srinidhi Nagaraja

Vice President

(2022-2026)

Technical Fellow

G Rau Inc

Silver Spring, MD

Dr. Othmane Benafan, FASM

Immediate Past President

(2022-2026)

Materials Research Engineer
NASA Glenn Research Center
Cleveland, OH

Dr. Ramana Reddy, FASM

ASM Board Liaison

(2025-2026)

ACIPCO Endowed Professor
of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering

The University of Alabama
Tuscaloosa, AL

Dr. Frederick (Tad) Calkins

Member

(2022-2028)

Technical Fellow

Boeing
Renton, WA

Mr. Ibraheem Khan

Member

(2025-2028)

President and CEO

Smarter Alloys, Inc.
Cambridge, Canada

Mr. Max Launey

Member

(2022-2028)

Senior Technical Fellow
G. Rau, Inc
Scotts Valley, CA

Mr. Eric Lehuta

Member

(2024-2026)

Engineering Manager
Norman Noble Inc.
Cleveland, OH

Dr. William LePage

Member

(2022-2028)

Assistant Professor
University of Tulsa
Tulsa, OK

Dr. Burkhard Maass

Member

(2024-2027)

CEO/CTO
INGPULS GMBH
Bochum, Germany

Prof. Paul Motzki

Member

(2023-2026)

Research Division Director
ZEMA GGMBH

Saarbruecken, Germany

Dr. Harshad Paranjape
Conference Steering Committee Chair

(2024-2026)

Confluent Medical Technologies

Freemont, CA

Dr. Scott Robertson
Member

(2024-2027)

VP – Nitinol Technology

Resonetics

San Francisco, CA

Mr. Andreas Wick
Member

(2025-2028)

Sr. Director of Technology

Confluent Medical Technologies

San Jose, CA

Mr. Mohammad Reza Farahani

Student Board Member

(2024-2026)

University of Minnesota

Minneapolis, MN

Nicole Hale

Director, Membership & Affiliate Societies
ASM International
Materials Park, OH

Mary Anne Jerson

Administrative Assistant
ASM International
Materials Park, OH