2015 Winners
Best in Show – Jacquet-Lucas Award
Welding of Novel High Carbon Bainitic Steel
Peter Kirbiš
University of Maribor
Faculty of Mechanical Engineering
Smetanova ul. 17, SI-2000 Maribor
Slovenia, Europe
The DuBose-Crouse Award
None selected
Class 1 – Light Microscopy, All Materials
Second Place
A New Decorative Steel
Lynn A. Boatner and J.A. Kolopus
Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Materials Science & Technology Division
Oak Ridge, TN 37831
Class 2 – Electron Microscopy, All Materials
First Place
Cu Hot Shortness in Steel Exacerbated by Residual Sb and Sn
Eric Lynch, Dengqi Bai, and Richard Bodnar
SSAB Americas
Research and Development
Muscatine, IA 52761
Class 3 – Student Entries – All Materials (Undergrad or Graduate Students Only)
First Place and the George L. Kehl Award
Casting a Curious Carb
Austin Keller and Hannah Maret
Lehigh University
Materials Science Department
Bethlehem, PA 18015
Second Place
Breaking Open a Masterlock Padlock
Brandon Leonard and Maura Godfrey
Lehigh University
Materials Science Department
Bethlehem, PA 18015
Third Place
A Real Cliff-Hanger
Aidan Din and Brett Ley
Lehigh University
Materials Science Department
Bethlehem, PA 18015
Honorable Mention
Chopping Up a Hatchet
Sarah Gregori and Sam Present
Lehigh University
Materials Science Department
Bethlehem, PA 18015
Class 4 – Artistic Microscopy (Color)
First Place
Katana Before Final Hardening
Sheri Neva
SEAL Laboratories
250 N Nash St
El Segundo CA, 90245
Second Place
Titanium-Graphite Joints
Lukasz Boron
Foundry Research Institute
ul. Zakopianska 73
30-418, Cracow
Poland, Europe
Third Place
Is There Anybody Out There?
Briana Binnie and Christopher Holp
Nucor Steel Memphis, Inc.
Memphis, TN 38109
FirstEnergy Nuclear Operating Company – BETA Labs
Mayfield Village, OH 44143
Honorable Mention
Grain Growth in Decarburized Region of Steel
Peter Kirbiš
University of Maribor – Faculty of Mechanical Engineering
Smetanova ul. 17, SI-2000 Maribor
Slovenia, Europe
Honorable Mention
Trioxane Fusion Prep
Tony Havics
Environmental, Health & Safety, Microscopy, Materials Science & Forensic Engineering pH2, LLC
Avon, IN 46123
Honorable Mention
Cu/316 TIG Weld
Patrick Holmes
Lehigh University
5 E Packer Avenue
Bethlehem, PA 18015
Honorable Mention
On the Horizon – Bulk Metallic Glass Sphere
Eric N. Hahn
University of California, San Diego
Materials Science and Engineering
Class 5 – Artistic Microscopy (Black and White)
First Place
Graphene Van Gogh
Michael Deagen
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
110 8th Street
Troy, NY 12180
Second Place
Fish Swimming in a Sea of Banite
Peter Kirbiš and Ivan Anžel
University of Maribor
Faculty of Mechanical Engineering
Smetanova ul. 17, SI-2000 Maribor
Slovenia, Europe
Third Place
Cast Iron Striations Under Corrosion
Sheri Neva
SEAL Laboratories
250 N Nash St
El Segundo CA, 90245
Honorable Mention
Spheroidal Graphite Cast Iron – 220x
Anna Regordosa Romagosa
Universitat de Barcelona-Funderia Condals SA
Carretera Abrera-Manresa, Km.25, 08241 Manresa, Barcelona
Honorable Mention
Spheroidal Graphite Cast Iron – 180x
Anna Regordosa Romagosa
Universitat de Barcelona-Funderia Condals SA
Carretera Abrera-Manresa, Km.25, 08241 Manresa, Barcelona
Honorable Mention
Chris Bagnall and Matt Welc
Product Evaluation Systems, Inc.
637 Donohoe Road, PO Box 722
Latrobe, PA 15650-3524
