2005 Winners International Metallographic Contest

Previous winners: 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004

Best In Show, Jacquet-Lucas Award

Tomographic Dark-Field TEM Observation of Ordered Precipitates in Ni-Mo Alloy

Kousuke Kimura, Satoshi Hata
Department of Applied Science for Electronics and Materials
Kyushu University, Fukuoka 816-8580, Japan
and
Syo Matsumura, Takao Horiuchi
Department of Applied Quantum Physics and Nuclear Engineering
Kyushu University Fukuoka 812-8581, Japan

CLASS 1: Light Microscopy - Metals and Metal Alloys

1st Place

Determining Ancient Processing Temperatures With Quantitative Image Analysis
Laura Limata
Lehigh University
73 Riverwalk Way
Cohoes, NY 12047

2nd Place

Interface Microstructure Development in Co-Extruded 1020 Plain Carbon Steel and 304 Stainless Steel
Mario Epler
Institute for Metal Forming, Lehigh University
5 East Packer Avenue
Bethlehem, PA 18015

3rd Place

Condition Assessment of Aged Power and Process Plants By Improved Field Metallography
Dr. G. Venkataraman
Consultant to TBW
1103 Tiruvalluvar Avenue
No. 1 Toll Gate
TRICHY - 621 216, India

Honorable Mention

Solid-State Flow, Mechanical Alloying, and Melt-Related Phenomena
During Single Crystal Ballistic Rod Penetrating Steel Armor
C.Pizaña, M. T. Baquera, E. Esquivel
The University of Texas at El Paso
Department of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering
Engineering Science Complex, Room M201
500 West University Ave.
El Paso, TX 79968-0520

CLASS 2: Light Microscopy - All Other Engineering Materials

1st Place

no entries

2nd Place

no entries

3rd Place

no entries

Honorable Mention

no entries

CLASS 3: Electron Microscopy - Transmission and Analytical

1st Place

none awarded

2nd Place

Viewing Solid-State Properties of Metastable gamma-TiHx Nanoprecipitates in alpha-Ti by EFTEM/EELS
Vladimir P. Oleshko and James M. Howe
Department of Materials Science & Engineering
University of Virginia
116 Engineer’s Way, Room 109
Charlottesville, VA 22904-4745

3rd Place

Hardfacing Delamination During Weld Repair: Microstructural Characterization of Stellite/Steel Interface
M.G. Burke, T.G. Hicks
Bechtel Bettis, Inc.
PO Box 79
West Mifflin, PA 15122
and
M.W. Phaneuf
Fibics, Inc.
556 Booth St.
Ottawa, Ontario K1A0G1, CANADA

Honorable Mention

Novel Approach to SiC Nanoarchitecture
G.N. Yushin, Z.G. Cambaz, Y. Gogotsi
Drexel University, College of Engineering, Department of Materials Science
A.J. Drexel Nanotechnology Institute
3141 Chesnut St.
Philadelphia, PA 19104
and
V.G. Lutsenko, V.I. Vernadski
Institute of General and Organic Chemistry
Ukrainian National Academy of Sciences
Prospekt Palladina 32/34
03680 Kiev 142, Ukraine

CLASS 4: Electron Microscopy - Scanning

1st Place

none awarded

2nd Place

none awarded

3rd Place

none awarded

Honorable Mention

none awarded

CLASS 5: Unique, Unusual, and New Techniques in Microscopy

1st Place

Tomographic Dark-Field TEM Observation of Ordered Precipitates in Ni-Mo Alloy
Kousuke Kimura, Satoshi Hata
Department of Applied Science for Electronics and Materials
Kyushu University
Fukuoka 816-8580, Japan
and
Syo Matsumura, Takao Horiuchi
Department of Applied Quantum Physics and Nuclear Engineering
Kyushu University
Fukuoka 812-8581, Japan

2nd Place

Reversible Spindle Polisher for Efficient Field Metallography
Dr. G. Venkataraman
Consultant to TBW
1103 Tiruvalluvar Avenue
No. 1 Toll Gate
TRICHY - 621 216 India

3rd Place

New Metallographic Preparation Technique for Viewing Titanium and its Alloys Using Polarized Lighting
Paul Danielson
Albany Research Center
1450 Queen Avenue, SW
Albany, OR 97321

Honorable Mention

Structure of Silicon Nitride Ceramic Thin Film Using High Rate, High Quality
and Extended Life Ferro-Si+Cr+Al Sputtering Target
Yukio Inokuti
Steel Research Laboratory
JFE Steel Corp.
1 Kawasaki, Chuo, Chiba
260-0835, Japan
and
Masaharu Oishi
Taigold Corp.
516 Yokota Sanbu, Chiba
289-1226, Japan
and
Hirotaro Mori
Research Center for Ultra-High Voltage Electron Microscopy
Osaka University
Yamadaoka, Suita, Osaka
565-0871. Japan

CLASS 6: Color Microscopy

1st Place

none awarded

2nd Place

none awarded

3rd Place

Color Tint Etching of Multiphase Steels
A. K. De, J. G. Speer, D. K. Matlock
ASPPRC
Department of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering
Colorado School of Mines
Golden, CO 80401

Honorable Mention

none awarded

CLASS 7: Artistic Microscopy - Color Only

1st Place

Uranium Carbide
Ramiro A. Pereyra
Los Alamos National Laboratory
PO Box 1663
Los Alamos, NM 87545

2nd Place

Church Window
Dan Raiser
Lehigh University
5 East Packer Avenue
Bethlehem, PA 18015

3rd Place

Cocoon
Mirza Bulic
ACCELLENT
PO Box 26992
Collegeville, PA 19426

Honorable Mention

Cast Austentitic Manganese Steel
M. O'Brien
CCi Pope Pty Ltd.
Box 96, Hunter Region Mail Centre
New South Wales, 2310, Australia

CLASS 8: Artistic Microscopy - B&W Only

1st Place

Nano-Reef
Jose Hector Sandoval
The University of Texas at El Paso
c/o Metallurgy Dept.
500 W. University Ave.
El Paso, TX 79968

2nd Place

Tungsten Cathedral
Micah T. Baquera
The University of Texas at El Paso
Department of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering
Engineering Science Complex, Room M201
500 West University Ave.
El Paso, TX 79968-0520

3rd Place

Shell on Sand
Carlos Pizaña
The University of Texas at El Paso
Department of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering
Engineering Science Complex, Room M201
500 West University Ave.
El Paso, TX 79968-0520

Honorable Mention

Christmas Tree
Dr. G. Venkataraman
Consultant to TBW
1103 Tiruvalluvar Avenue
No. 1 Toll Gate
TRICHY - 621 216 India

CLASS 9: Undergraduate Student - Metals and Metal Alloys

1st Place and George L. Kehl Plaque

Metallographic Analysis of Spherical Geological Phenomena: Ironstone Concretions
James Neilson
Materials Science & Engineering Dept.
Lehigh University
5 East Packer Avenue
Bethlehem, PA 18015

2nd Place

none awarded

3rd Place

none awarded

Honorable Mention

Microstructural Evolution of Tin
Karel Filmalter, Debasis Bera, Sudipta Sea
University of Central Florida
4000 Central Florida Blvd.
AMPAC/MMAE, Eng: 1, #381
Orlando, FL, 32816

CLASS 10: Undergraduate Student - All Other Engineering Materials

1st Place and George L. Kehl Plaque

Densification of Yb/Er-doped Y₂O₃ Ceramics
Mike Martin
Materials Science & Engineering Dept.
Lehigh University
5 East Packer Avenue
Bethlehem, PA 18015

2nd Place

none awarded

3rd Place

none awarded

Honorable Mention

none awarded

CLASS 11: Digital Microscopy

1st Place

Electron Shadow
Carlos Pizana
The University of Texas at El Paso
Department of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering
Engineering Science Complex, Room M201
500 West University Ave.
El Paso, TX 79968-0520

2nd Place

none awarded

3rd Place

none awarded

Honorable Mention

Zr effect in Ti-1100 Alloy
Mesut Varlioglu, Philip Nash
Thermal Processing Technology Center
Illinois Institute of Technology
10 W 32d Street
Chicago, IL 60616
and
Geping Li, Feng Xu
Institute of Metal Research
Chinese Academy of Sciences
72 Wenhua Road
Shenyang 110016 China

CLASS 12: DuBose-Crouse Award

no winner