2018 Winners
George L. Kehl Award
Optimization of Self-Resistance Upset Welding of Molybdenum-LCAC (Class 3)
Nicholas Francis Kilbane
University of Dayton
Dayton, OH
Class 1 – Light Microscopy, All Materials
Honorable Mention
The Unfired and Fired
Arif Hariyadi and Anggun Puspita Asri
PT Pembangkitan Jawa Bali-UPHT
Gresik, Jawa Timur
Indonesia
Honorable Mention
Failure Investigation of a Shattered Molybdenum Sheathed Thermocouple
Victoria R. Narby
Rhenium Alloys, Inc.
Lakewood, OH
Class 2 – Electron Microscopy, All Materials
First Place
Nano-Copper Decorated Graphene – Cementation Process
Archana Loganathan, Luiza Fontoura, Benjamin Boesl, and Arvind Agarwal
Florida International University
Miami, FL
Second Place
Fractography of Ductility-Dip Cracking in Nickel-Based Alloy 52M
Samuel J. Luther and Boian T. Alexandrov
The Ohio State University
Columbus, OH
Class 3 – Student Entries – All Materials (Undergraduate Students Only)
First Place and the George L. Kehl Award
Optimization of Self-Resistance Upset Welding of Molybdenum-LCAC
Nicholas Francis Kilbane
University of Dayton
Dayton, OH
Second Place
Using Microscopy to Characterize Chromium Carbide Overlays for Hardfacing
Thomas Munn
Iowa State University
Ames, IA
Honorable Mention
Pump up the ‘Betes’: Analysis of Insulin Pump Activation Spring
Phacharapol Tanasarnsopaporn and Emma Isaacs
Lehigh University
Bethlehem, PA
Class 4 – Artistic Microscopy (Color)
First Place
Deeply Etched Graphite Yellowstone
Amir Ardalan Rezaie and Reza Abbaschian
University of California
Riverside, CA
Second Place
Blue Martensite
Juan Carlos Hernando
Jönköping University
Jönköping, Sweden
Third Place
Bismuth Microstructure
Lukasz Boron
Foundry Research Institute
Krakow, Poland
Honorable Mention
Characterization of Tectonic Plates
Yung Suk Jeremy Yoo , Saryu J. Fensin, G.T. (Rusty) Gray III, John S. Carpenter
Michael J. Brand and Robin M. Pacheco
Georgia Institute of Technology
Atlanta, GA
Los Alamos National Laboratory
Los Alamos, NM
Honorable Mention
5160 Alloy Steel
Johnathon Brehm
University of Wisconsin
Madison, WI
Honorable Mention
Last Nodule Standing
Juan Carlos Hernando
Jönköping University
Jönköping, Sweden
Class 5 – Artistic Microscopy (Black and White)
First Place
Death Star
Mauricio Mendes Costa
Centro Tecnológico da Marinha
São Paulo, Brazil
Second Place
First MAB Phase on the Moon
Amir Ardalan Rezaie, J.P Scheifers and Boniface P.T Fokwa
University of California
Riverside, CA
Third Place
Porosity Exploration
Juan Carlos Hernando
Jönköping University
Jönköping, Sweden
Honorable Mention
Rusty Bits of Low Carbon Steel
Sheri Neva
EAG-Los Angeles
El Segundo, CA
Honorable Mention
Wrought Iron from The Milwaukee Road Railroad
Johnathon Brehm
University of Wisconsin
Madison, WI
Honorable Mention
A Land of Death
Samuel J. Luther and Boian T. Alexandrov
The Ohio State University
Columbus, OH
Honorable Mention
Fracture Surface of 316L Tensile Specimen Produced by Additive Manufacturing
Tiago Carvalho Leça
University of Porto
Porto, Portugal
