Sisson Named ASM Trustee
The nominating Committee of ASM International has selected Prof. Richard D. Sisson, Jr., as a Trustee. His term as Trustee will be voted on at the ASM Annual Meeting, on October 7, during the 2002 ASM Annual Event in Columbus Ohio.
Richard Sisson is professor of Mechanical Engineering and program head of Materials Science and Engineering at WPI. He received his B.S. degree in metallurgical engineering from Virginia Polytechnic Institute, a M.S. degree in metallurgical engineering from Purdue University and a Ph.D. in materials science and engineering from Purdue.
His teaching and research has focused on the applications of thermodynamics and kinetics to materials processing and degradation phenomena in metals and ceramics. Sisson has more than 80 publications and 100 technical presentations to his credit on topics ranging from synthesis of nanocrystalline ceramics to hydrogen embrittlement of high strength steels.
He is principal investigator on CHTE's project "Understanding, Controlling and Optimizing the Quenching Process."
In 1987, Sisson received the WPI Trustees Award as Teacher of the Year. He joined ASM in 1970 and was named a Fellow in 1993. He currently serves on the Heat Treating Society Quenching and Cooling committee, the MSCTS Atomic Transport Committee, and with the Surface Engineering Critical Technology Sector.
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