2024 International Metallographic Contest
Best in Show – Jacquet Lucas Award
Best in Show – Jacquet Lucas Award
Scale-Bridging Characterization of Acicular Ferrite Nucleation

George L. Kehl Award
George L. Kehl Award
Metal Music: Pieces of a Piccolo
Champuri Srinivasa Rao
Central Manufacturing Technology Institute
India

Class 1 – Light Microscopy – All Materials
First Place
Time-dependent microstructure evolution of 600°C post-weld heat treated 309L stainless steel claddings on low carbon steel.
Scott C. Bozeman
Oregon State University
USA

Second Place
A graphite nut dissolves in high speed steel
Peter Kirbiš, Egidij Hudrap
SIJ Metal Ravne d.o.o., SIJ Ravne Systems d.o.o.
Slovenia

Third Place
Lucky Color Etching in the Air
Ondřej Ambrož
Institute of Scientific Instruments of the Czech Academy of Sciences
Czech Republic

Class 2 – Electron Microscopy – All Materials
Best in Show – Jacquet Lucas Award
Scale-Bridging Characterization of Acicular Ferrite Nucleation
Adrian Herges; Christoph, Pauly; Sebastian, Scholl
Universität des Saarlandes; AG der Dillinger Hüttenwerke
Germany

Second Place
Phase Characterization and Oxidation Behavior Analysis of As-Cast (NbTi)90(CoCrNi)10 Refractory Alloy Using Scanning Electron Microscopy
Ochieze Ugochukwu Philip
University of Cincinnati, Materials Engineering Department
USA
Third Place
Post Heat Treatment Effects on Mechanical Behavior and Microstructure of L-PBF and Casting of Al-10Ce-Zr
Haijian Yang, Le Zhou, Thinh Huynh, Kevin Graydon, Yongho Sohn, David Weiss
Department of Mechanical Engineering, Marquette University; Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Central Florida; Eck Industries, Inc.
USA

Honorable Mention
Wire Rod Steel Fractures: Unveiling Drawing Behavior and Mechanisms
Sujata Panda, Rakesha KK , Dr. Satish D
JSW Steel, Vijayanagar Works
India

Class 3 – Student Entries – All Materials (Undergraduate Students Only)
George L. Kehl Award
Metal Music: Pieces of a Piccolo
Hanna Everding, Daniel Popovich, Kiara Schmidt
The Ohio State University
USA

Second Place
Corrosion of Pre-1982 Bronze vs. Modern Copper-Plated Zinc Pennies
Emmaline Hutchison, Chris Choi
The Ohio State University
USA

Third Place
Microscopic View of a CPU
Ashley Ohmstede, Sterling Thompson
The Ohio State University
USA

Class 4 – Artistic Microscopy – Color
First Place
ASM International (Shiva Pesaran)
Shiva Pesaran
Central Lab of Shiraz University- Iran
Iran

Second Place
Pearlite brush
Monika Trabska
Laboratoria Badan Batory / Research Laboratories Batory
Poland

Third Place
White Skies
Michelle Chambers
Eurofins EAG
USA

Honorable Mentions
Reef
Michelle Chambers
Eurofins EAG
USA

Honorable Mentions
Aluminum(Al-10Ce-1Mg) alloy melt pool front view
Haijian Yang
Marquette University
USA

Class 5 – Artistic Microscopy – Black and White
First Place
Honey Suckle Pollen
Sheri Neva
Eurofins | EAG Laboratories
Manhattan, CA

Second Place
Dragons in Polyethylene
Michelle Chambers
Eurofins – EAG Los Angeles
El Segundo, CA

Third Place
Steel moonlight
Monika Trabska
Laboratoria Badan Batory / Research Laboratories Batory
Poland

Honorable Mentions
Eutectic maze
Spyridon Chaskis, Vasilis Loukadakis, Prof. Spyros Papaefthymiou, Dr. Marianthi Bouzouni, Fotis Tsiolis, Dr. Evangelos Gavalas
School of Mining & Metallurgical Engineering, NTUA; ELKEME S.A.
Greece




