2013 Winners
Best in Show – Jacquet-Lucas Award
Extrusion Welding in a Magnesium Alloy Extrudate
Nabeel Hussain Alharthi
Lehigh University
(On sponsored study leave from King Saud University, Saudi, Arabia)
5 E. Packer Avenue
Bethlehem, PA 18015
USA
Class 1 Light Microscopy – Metal and Metal Alloys Only – sponsored by Struers, Inc.
First Place
Extrusion Welding in a Magnesium Alloy Extrudate
Nabeel Hussain Alharthi
Lehigh University
(On sponsored study leave from King Saud University, Saudi, Arabia)
5 E. Packer Avenue
Bethlehem, PA 18015
USA
Second Place
None awarded
Third Place
None awarded
Honorable Mention
Metallographic Analysis of 16th Century Japanese Cannon Shot
Joseph C. Sabol, Anthony P. Ventura
Lehigh University
5 E. Packer Avenue
Bethlehem, PA, 18015
Class 2 – All Other Materials – sponsored by Allied High Tech Products
No entries
Class 3 Electron Microscopy – Transmission and Analytical
only 1 entry – No award
Class 4 Electron Microscopy Scanning
First Place
Nano Titania/Carbon Sheets Hybrid Structure by Oxidizing 2-D Ti3C2
Babak Anasori, Michael Naguib, Yury Gogotsi, Michel W. Barsoum
Department of Materials Science and A.J. Drexel Nanotechnology Institute
Drexel University
3141 Chestnut St. Lebow 344
Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA 19104
Second Place
None Awarded
Third Place
None awarded
Honorable Mention
None awarded
Class 5 Color Microscopy
None Awarded
Class 6 The Dubose-Crouse Award for Unique, Unusual, and New Techniques in Microscopy – sponsored by Metallurgical Supply Company
None Awarded
Class 7 Undergraduate Student Entries – Metal and Metal Alloys Only – sponsored by Precision Surfaces International
First Place and Kehl Plaque
Metallurgical Analysis of a Explosively Formed Projectile
Paul Justin Ramirez
Chapman University
20391 Via Guadalupe Ave
Yorba Linda, CA 92887
Second Place
Failure Analysis of a Brass Fitting
Emily Leonard
Maple Grove MN Senior High School
13301 94th Ave North
Maple Grove, MN 55369
Third Place
None Awarded
Honorable Mention
Metallographic Analysis of a Circular Saw Blade
Ray Hickey, Kyle Stritch
Lehigh University
5 E. Packer Avenue
Bethlehem, PA, 18015
The Wheel Deal: Metallographic Analysis of a Roller Coaster Wheel Hub
Drew Batten, Alain Schremmer, Andrew Shang, Seung Won Yang
Lehigh University
5 E. Packer Avenue
Bethlehem, PA, 18015
Metallographic Analysis of a Boat Propeller
Matt Adams, Madeline Dean, Nadia Krook, Jeff Luo
Lehigh University
5 E. Packer Avenue
Bethlehem, PA, 18015
Class 8 Undergraduate Student Entries – All Other Materials
No entries
Class 9 Artistic Microscopy – Black and White Only
First Place
Eel
Sheri Neva
SEAL Laboratories
250 N Nash St.
El Segundo, CA 90245
Second Place
FIB-Damaged Surface of AlAgCu Ternary Eutectic
Amber Genau
University of Alabama at Birmingham
Materials Engineering, BEC 254
1720 2nd Ave. S, Birmingham, AL 35294
Third Place
Zinc Metal Dendrites
Irene Paulauskas, Gerald E. Jellison Jr., Lynn Boatner
Oak Ridge National Laboratory,
MS6044, Bldg. 3150
1 Bethel Valley Road
Oak Ridge, TN. 37831
Honorable Mention
None awarded
Class 10 Artistic Microscopy – Color Only – sponsored by ESI – Engineering and Scientific Investigation
First Place
Non-Metallic Inclusions in Cast Iron
Lukasz Boron
Foundry Research Institute
ulTorfowa 3/5
30-384 Krakow, Poland
Second Place
Untitled Entry
Baillie McNally
Worchester Polytechnic Institute
Materials Science and Engineering
100 Institute Road
Worchester, MA 01609
Third Place
Psychedelic Nuclear Fuel
Barbara Deschamps
CEA Marcoule, France
TDEC / SGCS / LMAC
Bp 17171
30207 Bagnol Sur Ceze, France
Honorable Mention
Fluid-like Microstructure of a Solid
Xian Chen, Yintao Song, Richard D. James
University of Minnesota
Aerospace Engineering & Mechanics Department
110 Union St. SE, 107 Akerman Hall
Minneapolis, MN 55455-0153
Spirals in Cast Basalt
Anna M. Ignatov
Perm National Research Polytechnic University
614000, Perm
Str. Kirova (Permskaya) 126A-23
Russia
Class 11 Digital Microscopy Artistic
First Place
Insect, Cast Basalt
Anna M. Ignatov
Perm National Research Polytechnic University
614000, Perm
Str. Kirova (Permskaya) 126A-23
Russia
Second Place
Bridge Between Two Worlds – Carbon Joined Cobalt Chromium Spheres
Erich Hahn
University of California
Materials Science and Engineering Program
9500 Gilman Drive
La Jolla, CA 92093
Third Place
Flight
Sheri Neva
SEAL Laboratories
250 N Nash St.
El Segundo, CA 90245
Honorable Mention
None awarded
