Three LANL scientists named ASM Fellows

September 20, 2011—The following LANL scientists were selected as ASM Fellows for their distinguished contributions in the field of materials science and engineering by the ASM International board of trustees:

• Robert Field
• Deniece Korzekwa
• Amit Misra

The new Fellows will be honored during a ceremony in October in Columbus, Ohio. ASM is the Materials Information Society.

Scientific accomplishments

Field was cited for “applied research of superalloys, intermetallic compounds, and beryllium alloys, dislocation and deformation analysis, and characterization of deformation mechanisms in uranium alloys through excellence in crystallography and electron microscopy.”

Field is the deputy leader of LANL's Materials Design Institute. He received his doctorate in metallurgical engineering from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. His current research is uranium and its alloys.

Korzekwa was cited for “outstanding contributions in the field of casting, fluid flow and solidification modeling of actinide metals, and the impact of that research on national security, for her tireless mentoring and outreach to next generation scientists, and service to ASM International, especially the Los Alamos Chapter.”

Korzekwa is group leader for the Lab's Nuclear Materials Science group. Previously, she was the team leader for the MST-6 Foundry, Machining and Deformation Processing team. Korzekwa received a bachelor’s degree in metallurgical engineering from the Colorado School of Mines and a master’s in multidisciplinary engineering from Purdue University. Her research has focused on a coupled simulation/experimental program incorporating the application of fluid flow and solidification modeling for nuclear material casting processes.

Misra was cited for “significant contributions to fundamental understanding of the mechanical behavior, radiation damage, and stability of metallic materials, particularly micro and nanolayered materials.”

Misra is co-director of the Center for Materials at Irradiation and Mechanical Extremes, an Energy Frontier Research Center sponsored by DOE Basic Energy Sciences. He received his doctorate in materials science and engineering from the University of Michigan. His research is in defects and interfaces in materials, transmission electron microscopy, nanomechanics, and structural materials for nuclear energy.

ASM and its Fellows

ASM is a society dedicated to serving the materials science and engineering profession. Through its network of 36,000 members worldwide, ASM provides authoritative information and knowledge on materials and processes, from the structural to the nanoscale. Recipients of one of the highest honors in the field of materials, ASM Fellows are technical and professional leaders who have been recognized by their colleagues and now serve as advisors to the Society.