2019 International Metallographic Contest Winners
Best in Show – Jacquet Lucas Award
Annealing of a Nanostructured Bainitic Steel (Class 2)
Peter Kirbiš and Dr. Henrik Kaker
SIJ Metal Ravne d.o.o.
Dr. Darja Jenko
Institute of Metals and Technology
Slovenia
George L. Kehl Award
Gibeon and Karasburg: A Meteorite Mishap (Class 3)
Johnathon Brehm
University of Wisconsin – Madison
East Troy, WI
Class 1 – Light Microscopy – All Materials
First Place
Laser Weld Hot Cracking Behavior of Austenitic Stainless Steel with Boron Microalloying Additions
Alex Hickman
Sandia National Laboratories
Albuquerque, NM
Second Place
Improving the Weldability of High Strength Baninitic Steels
Peter Kirbiš and Dr. Tatjana Večko Pirtovšek
SIJ Metal Ravne d.o.o.
Dr. Mihael Brunčko
University of Maribor | UM
Slovenia
Third Place
Clamp Ring Failure
Celedoni Jaramillo and Christina Profazi
Sandia National Laboratories
Albuquerque, NM
Class 2 – Electron Microscopy, All Materials
Jacquet Lucas Award
Peter Kirbiš and Dr. Henrik Kaker
SIJ Metal Ravne d.o.o.
Dr. Darja Jenko
Institute of Metals and Technology
Slovenia
Second Place
Metallurgical Evaluation of GTD 111 Gas Turbine Bucket for Life Extension
Girish Shejale, Darshan Ahire, Ashok Kandurkar and Vishal Suryawanshi
Al Masaood John Brown Gas Turbine Services
Dubai, UAE
Third Place
Fractography and Microscopy of Udimet 500 Gas Turbine Bucket
Girish Shejale, Darshan Ahire, Ashok Kandurkar and Vishal Suryawanshi
Al Masaood John Brown Gas Turbine Services
Dubai, UAE
Class 3 –Student Entries – All Materials (Undergraduate Students Only)
First Place and the George L. Kehl Award
Gibeon and Karasburg: A Meteorite Mishap (Class 3)
Johnathon Brehm
University of Wisconsin – Madison
East Troy, WI
Second Place
What Does It Look Like Spike?
Eddie McGowan and Diana Hammerstone
Lehigh University
Bethlehem, PA
Third Place
Classifying the Microstructures of Monel K-500 and Monel 400
Haley Myer
Pennsylvania State University
Sinking Spring, PA
Honorable Mention
Go With the Flow – A Metallographic Analysis of a Bathroom Faucet
Tracey Miller and Matt Boorman
Lehigh University
Bethlehem, PA
Class 4 – Artistic Microscopy – Color
First Place
Dusk and Dawn
Sam Luther
Ohio State University
Columbus, OH
Second Place
3D Printed Maraging Steel Alloy
Lukasz Boron
Lukasiewicz Research Network – Foundry Research Institute
Poland
Third Place
Boride Bleeding Tree
Amir Ardalan Rezaie, Jan P. Scheifers and Boniface R.P. Fokwa
University of California
Riverside, CA
Honorable Mention
NiAl Microplanet
Raiyan Seede
Texas A&M University
College Station, Texas
Honorable Mention
Zircaloy-4
Mauricio Mendes Costa
Centro Tecnológico da Marinha – DDNM – LACAM
Brazil
Class 5 – Artistic Microscopy – Black and White
First Place
Caterpillar Spiky
Sheri Neva
EAG-Los Angeles
El Segundo, CA
Second Place
OXI
Diego Ivan Bernal Moreno
UNAM,Universidad Nacional AutÛnoma De MÈxico
Mexico
Third Place
MAB Crystal Cave
Amir Ardalan Rezaie, Jan P. Scheifers and Boniface R.P. Fokwa
University of California
Riverside, CA
