Skokan retires after 49 years

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Dr. Catherine Skokan earned her bachelor’s, master’s and PhD in Geophysical Engineering from the Mines Geophysics Department. She joined that department in 1975 and continued until 1996, when she joined the engineering department as a tenured associate professor. She continued this position until 2010 and then became a member of the research faculty, regularly working on educational outreach projects with the Trefny Institute for Educational Innovation.

Van Tyne elected Fellow of the ASM International Society

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Professor Chester J. Van Tyne (MME) has been elected Fellow of the ASM International Society. The honor of Fellow represents recognition of his distinguished contributions in the field of materials science and engineering, and develops a broadly based forum for technical and professional leaders to serve as advisors to the Society. His citation reads: "For significant contributions to understanding effects of processing and microstructure on the plastic deformation behavior of steels and nickel-based alloys in metal forming manufacturing processes."