AFS Gold Medal Awards. (107th AFS Casting Congress Milwaukee, Wisconsin).April 26-29, 2003 Thomas W. Pangborn Gold Medal gold medal traditional first prize. [Western Cult: Misc.] See : Prize Peter L. Simpson Gold Medal The 2003 Thomas W. Pangborn Gold Medal was bestowed upon Ezra L. Kotzin, AFS A distributed file system for large, widely dispersed Unix and Windows networks from Transarc Corporation, now part of IBM. It is noted for its ease of administration and expandability and stems from Carnegie-Mellon's Andrew File System. AFS - Andrew File System (retired), "for recognition of over 60 years of dedicated service, leadership and the willingness to share his lifetime of experience for the benefit of the metalcasting industry." Kotzin received his ME. from the Univ. of Rochester in Rochester, New York This article is about the city of Rochester in Monroe County. For the town in Ulster County, see Rochester, Ulster County, New York. Rochester, once known as The Flour City, and more recently as The Flower City or . He began his career in 1942 with Metal and Alloy Specialties as director of laboratories. He moved on to Buffalo Pipe & Foundry Co. in 1947 as chief metallurgist; Curtiss-Wright in 1951 as production superintendent; and metallurgist and superintendent of melting for Bonney Floyd Co. in 1957. In 1964 Kotzin moved to the Midwest and joined the American Colloid colloid (kŏl`oid) [Gr.,=gluelike], a mixture in which one substance is divided into minute particles (called colloidal particles) and dispersed throughout a second substance. Co. He then briefly worked for Howard Foundry Company as vice president-technical director before joining AFS in 1970 as technical director. Throughout his 62 years in the foundry industry, Kotzin has written a number of papers relating to relating to relate prep → concernant relating to relate prep → bezüglich +gen, mit Bezug auf +acc sand technology, sand testing and foundry practice, and has given countless presentations. Kotzin also authored and edited two AFS publications titled "Metalcasters Reference and Guide" and "Metalcasting and Molding Processes." The 2003 Peter L. Simpson Gold Medal was bestowed upon Ray H. Witt, chairman, CMI (Computer-Managed Instruction) Using computers to organize and manage an instructional program for students. It helps create test materials, tracks the results and monitors student progress. Management Services, Inc., "for future thinking leadership and innovation in technical and management methods as well as boundless support and service to the metalcasting industry." Witt received his B.S. in Metallurgy from Case Institute of Technology and is proud to have been one of the first recipients of an FEF FEF forced expiratory flow. FEF abbr. forced expiratory flow FEF forced expiratory flow rate. scholarship. Witt began his foundry career at Lake City Malleable Iron (Metal.) iron sufficiently pure or soft to be capable of extension under the hammer; also, specif., a kind of iron produced by removing a portion of the carbon or other impurities from cast iron, rendering it less brittle, and to some extent malleable. Co., Cleveland, Ohio "Cleveland" redirects here. For the Cleveland metropolitan area, see . For other uses, see Cleveland (disambiguation). Cleveland is a city in the U.S. state of Ohio and the county seat of Cuyahoga County, the most populous county in the state. , in 1949 as a foundry superintendent. He worked as a sales manager sales manager n → gerente m/f de ventas sales manager n → directeur commercial sales manager sale n → for Cadillac Malleable Iron Co., Cadillac, Michigan Cadillac is a city in the U.S. state of Michigan and is the county seat of Wexford County. The zipcode location of Cadillac Michigan is 49601. As of the 2000 census, the city population was 10,000. The city is situated at the junction of US 131, M-55 and M-115. , from 1952-57. In 1957, Witt began his own firm, Ray H. Witt Industries, in Detroit. In 1960, he founded another firm, Cast Metals Industries, into which Ray H. Witt Industries was merged in 1974. In 1983, Cast Metals Industries changed its name to CMI International, Inc. Witt has developed approximately 30 apparatus and patents pertaining to foundry equipment and methods. He has served the industry as past president of AFS, the Ductile Iron Ductile iron, also called ductile cast iron or nodular cast iron, is a type of cast iron invented in 1943 by Keith Millis[1]. While most varieties of cast iron are brittle, ductile iron is much more ductile, as the name implies. Society, the Foundry Educational Foundation and the Iron Casting Society. The Hoyt Memorial Lecturer in 1987, he also received the ACMA ACMA Australian Communications and Media Authority ACMA American Composites Manufacturers Association ACMA Academy of Country Music Awards ACMA American College of Mortgage Attorneys ACMA Associate of the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants Gold Medal in 1987. CMI Directors' Award Mary Beth Krysiak, president, Sand Technology Co., received the 2003 CMI Directors' Award "for her exceptional contributions to the Institute as an instructor and member of its faculty." Krysiak received her B.A.S. in chemistry from Siena Heights College. She began her career at the Harry W. Dietert Co. in Detroit, Michigan “Detroit” redirects here. For other uses, see Detroit (disambiguation). Detroit (IPA: [dɪˈtʰɹɔɪt]) (French: Détroit, meaning strait as a sand technician in 1981. In 1987, she started working for George Fisher George Fisher may refer to:
AFS Awards of Scientific Merit George M. Goodrich, president, Professional Metallurgical Services, received recognition "for untiring efforts to improve the metalcasting process through ferrous metals research, technology transfer and sharing his vast knowledge of the metalcasting process." He attended Michigan College of Mining and Technology and Michigan Technological Univ. and earned a B.S. and M.S. in metallurgical engineering, respectively. Since 1998 he has been president of Professional Metallurgical Services, which provides testing services and metallurgical consulting. Thomas Piwonka, director, Metalcasting Technology Center (retired), The University of Alabama-Tuscaloosa, earned his award "for extensive contributions in the form of fundamental research and transfer of technology regarding molding sand (Founding) a kind of sand containing clay, used in making molds. See also: Molding , steel technologies, investment casting investment casting Precision casting for forming metal shapes with minutely precise details. Casting bronze or precious metals typically involves several steps, including forming a mold around the sculptured form; detaching the mold (in two or more sections); coating its and thin walled iron castings." He received his B.S. in metallurgical engineering from Case Institute of Technology and his S.M. and Sc.D. in metallurgy from Massachusetts Institute of Technology Massachusetts Institute of Technology, at Cambridge; coeducational; chartered 1861, opened 1865 in Boston, moved 1916. It has long been recognized as an outstanding technological institute and its Sloan School of Management has notable programs in business, . Thomas E. Prucha, vice president technical services, Intermet Corp., was bestowed the award "for extensive contribution to process development, metal properties, computer-aided engineering See CAE. Computer-aided engineering Any use of computer software to solve engineering problems. With the improvement of graphics displays, engineering workstations, and graphics standards, computer-aided engineering (CAE) has come to mean the computer and non-destructive evaluation for aluminum and iron castings." He received his B.S. and M.S. in metallurgical engineering from the Univ. of Wisconsin-Madison. He joined Intermet as director of process R&D in 1999 and was named vice president technical services in 2003. AFS Service citations Nino V. Davi, vice president for Pacific Steel Casting Steel casting is a manufacturing process in which molten metal is poured into a mold, allowed to solidify within the mold, and then the mold is broken and the solid piece is taken out. Co. (retired), earned the award "for over 50 years of leadership, service and support for the American Foundry Society and the Northern California Northern California, sometimes referred to as NorCal, is the northern portion of the U.S. state of California. The region contains the San Francisco Bay Area, the state capital, Sacramento; as well as the substantial natural beauty of the redwood forests, the northern chapter." He spent his entire working career at Pacific Steel Casting. John V. Grabel, senior process engineering supervisor, Caterpillar, Inc., received his award "for involvement as founding chairman of Bradley University's FEF student chapter and his dedication to the next generation of metalcasters as well as his active participation on the Cast Iron and Engineering Divisions of the AFS." He received his B.S. and his MS. in Material Science and Metallurgical Engineering from Purdue Univ., and his MBA MBA abbr. Master of Business Administration Noun 1. MBA - a master's degree in business Master in Business, Master in Business Administration from Bradley Univ., and joined Caterpillar in 1971. Frederick P. Schleg, vice president education (retired), Cast Metals Institute, earned his award "for lifelong dedication to helping others learn the metalcasting process demonstrated by his untiring course instruction, writings and leadership in the development of the Cast Metals Institute." He received his B.S. and M.S. in industrial education from the Univ. of Wisconsin-Stout and joined the AFS Training and Research Institute, now known as the Cast Metals Institute, as a training supervisor in 1965. Alan K. Steffe, manufacturing engineering director-castings, General Motors Powertrain, received his award "for promoting excellence in managerial and technical leadership in the metalcasting industry including high volume lost foam casting processes for automotive aluminum castings." Steffe received his B.S. from General Motors Institute (now Kettering Univ.) and his M.S. in electrical engineering from the University of Michigan (body, education) University of Michigan - A large cosmopolitan university in the Midwest USA. Over 50000 students are enrolled at the University of Michigan's three campuses. The students come from 50 states and over 100 foreign countries. . Steffe's entire career has been with General Motors, starting as a GMI GMI Governance Metrics International (New York, New York) GMI Giant Magneto-Impedance GMI Global MSF Interoperability GMI General Motors Institute GMI General Mills, Inc. student at the Saginaw Malleable Iron Plant of the Central Foundry Division in 1962. Joseph R Ward, metallurgist, Indianapolis Casting Corp., International Truck and Engine Corp., earned his award "for numerous contributions made through active and dedicated service to the technical committees of the American Foundry Society and for technical developments in metals and green sand technologies." Ward received his B.S. in metallurgical engineering from the Univ. of Missouri-Rolla and has been with Indianapolis Casting Corp. in his present position since 1988. Ray H. Witt Management Award The Ray H. Will Management Award is presented "to recognize a management or marketing-oriented paper that exhibits the greatest probability of favorably impacting the metalcasting industry." C. Ruud (1) presents the award to this year's winners (from 1), K. Hayrynen, K. Brandenberg and J. Keough, Applied Process, Inc., for their paper "Applications of Austempered Cast Irons" (02-084). Howard F. Taylor Award The Howard F. Taylor Award is presented "in recognition of the paper having the greatest long-range technical significance in the field of cast metals technology." C. Ruud (I) presents this year's award to K. Williams (ctr), Arena-Flow, L.L.C., and M. Walker, General Motors Corp., for their paper "Process Modeling: Sand Core Blowing" (02-141 1. Not pictured: 0. Snider, Arena-Flow, LL.C., and S. Palczewski, GM Powertrain. Division Awards Winners Engineering Div. Paul L. Barker, Chairman Norris B. Luther Distinguised Service Award Robert Creese, West Virginia Univ. Jeff Westover Award (in Industrial Engineering) Anthony Grohman, GM Powertrain Plant Engineering Award International Truck & Engine Corp., Waukesha, Wisconsin Best Paper Award Process Modeling: Sand Core Blowing (02-141) Ken Williams and Dale Snider, Arena Flow L.L.C., and Mike Walker and Sheila Palczewski, GM Powertrain Aluminum Div. John C. Miller, Chairman Hall/Heroult Scientific Merit Award Bruce Cox, DaimlerChrysler Glenn Stahl Service Award Rafael Gallo, Foseco Metallurgical, Inc. William Frishmuth Award Louis Iannettoni, Meloon Foundries, Inc. Best Paper Award Microstructure-Property Analysis and Optimization of Control Arm (02-036) Mark Horstemeyer, Sandia National Laboratories Sandia National Laboratories, which is managed and operated by the Sandia Corporation (a wholly owned subsidiary of Lockheed Martin Corporation), is a major United States Department of Energy research and development national laboratory with two locations, one in Albuquerque, New , Richard Osborne, General Motors Corp., and Donald Penrod, Manufacturing Services & Development, Inc. Copper Alloy Div. J. Leigh Omer, Chairman David Kunkel Distinguished Service Award Stephan Ducharme, H. Kramer & Co. Best Paper Award Advances in Pressure Die Casting of Electrical Grade Copper (02-002) Dale Peters and John Cowie, Copper Development Assoc., Edwin Brush, BBF BBF Brother's Brother Foundation (Pittsburgh, PA) BBF Big Block Ford BBF Box/Box/File (file cabinet under the work surface) BBF Buffet Breakfast BBF Bumblefoot (band) and Assoc., and Stephen Midson, Formcast, Inc. Molding Methods & Materials Div. Joseph R. Ward, Chairman Best Paper Award Formation and Control of Lustrous lus·trous adj. 1. Having a sheen or glow. 2. Gleaming with or as if with brilliant light; radiant. See Synonyms at bright. lus Carbon Surface Defects in Iron and Steel Castings (02-154) Rod Naro, ASI ASI, n See Anxiety Sensitivity Index. International, Ltd. Cast Iron Div. Kevin McMahon, Chairman Outstanding Individual Service Kathy Hayrynen, Applied Process, Inc. Group Service Award Brillion Iron Works, Brillion, Wisconsin Best Paper Award and Best Operating Paper Eliminating Fish-Eye Defects in Ductile Iron Castings (02-04 Ronald Aufderheide and Ralph Showman, Ashland Specialty Chemical Co., and John Close and E. Jay Zins, The Dotson Co., Inc. Melting Methods & Materials Div David C. Williams, Chairman Excellence in Committee Activity Award Peter Satre, Allied Mineral Products, Inc. Outstanding New Member Bill Merchant, ThyssenKrupp-Waupaca, Inc. Best Paper Award Critical Properties of Ca[C.sub.2]--Bearing Reagents for Desulfurization of Liquid Iron (02-006) Tulian Riposan, Mihai Chisamera and Stelian Stan, Politechnica Univ. of Bucharest, Sorin Ignat, S.C. Carbid Fox SA., and Seymor Katz, S. Katz Assoc. Sttl Div Selcuk Kuyucak, Chaiman Best Paper Award A Review of the Feeding Distances in Current Use for Steel Castings (02-115) Selcuk Kuyucak, CANMET/MTL Environmental Health & Safety Div. Jitendra T. Radia, Chairman Best Presentation Major Recent Federal Court Ruling on Superfund Liability for Constructive Use of Foundry Wastes (02-196) William Stephens and Thomas Devine, Kestral Management Services, L.L.C., and Vincent Atriano, Squire Sanders and Dempsey, L.L.P. Lost Foam Casting Div. Ruth Ann Dudenhoefer, Chairman Technical Contribution Award Ray Donahue, Brunswick Corp., Mercury Marine Div. Best Paper Foam Removal Mechanism in Aluminum Lost Foam Casting (02-083) Qi Zhao and John Burke, Metal Casting Technology, Inc., and Thomas Gustafson, GM Powertrain Marketing/Management Div. Robert E. Prevette, Chairman Jack F. Steel Excellence in Marketing Award Joe Farrar, Farrar Corp. Outstanding Member Award William Grimes, Gartland Foundry Outgoing Division Council Members Todd Nelson Division Council Member-at-Large The Dotson Co. Thomas Stark Chair, AFS Research Board Badger Mining Corp. Joseph Ward Chair, Molding Methods & Materials Div. Indianapolis Cating Corp. Kevin McMahon Chair, Cast Iron Div. Brillion Iron Works Michael Welch Chair, Pattern and Foundry Tooling Div. Brillion Iron Works David Williams Chair, Melting Methods & Materials Div. Allied Mineral Products, Inc. Ruth Ann Dudenhoefer Chair, Lost Foam Casting Div. Ashland Specialty Chemical Co. Robert Prevette Chair, Marketing Div. Kuenkel Wagner |
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