2024 Henry Clifton Sorby Awardee

Professor Luiz Henrique de Almeida

Department of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering at the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro in Brazil


Upcoming Courses

Advanced Metallographic Techniques
March 25–28
John Peppler
ASM Headquarters

For a full list of education courses and online options, click here.


IMS Member Receiving ASM Fellow in 2023

In 1969, ASM established the Fellow of the Society honor to provide recognition to members for their distinguished contributions to materials science and engineering and to develop a broadly based forum of technical and professional leaders to serve as advisors to the society. ASM will recognize the 2023 Class of Fellows at the Annual Awards Banquet held during IMAT’23, on Tuesday, October 17th, in Detroit, MI. Tickets can be purchased with IMAT registration.

Following are the members recognized by their colleagues for 2023. Additional Fellows may be elected to this distinguished body in subsequent years. The solicited guidance, which the Fellows will provide, will enhance the capability of ASM as a technical community of materials science and engineering in the years ahead.

Dr. Laura E. Moyer, FASM
Metallography, Light Optical Microscopy, X-Ray Diffraction Manager
Lehigh University
Bethlehem, PA

 “For outstanding leadership and technical contributions to the education of personnel in both manufacturing and academia to be beneficial to the field of materials science and engineering.”

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IMS  Member Receiving ASM Award Program in 2023

Bronze Medal Award Established in 2014, the honor of Bronze Medal of the Society recognizes ASM members who are in early-career positions, typically, 0 to 10 years of experience, for their significant contributions in the field of materials science and engineering through technical content and service to ASM and the materials science profession.

Dr. Christopher J. Marvel

Assistant Professor,
Mechanical and Industrial Engineering,
Louisiana State University

“For significant contributions in the field of Materials Science and Engineering through his work as an Assistant Professor, Research Scientist, as the former Associate Director of the NHI, and COO of GrainBound, as well as his continued volunteerism with ASM.”

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2023 MMA Editor’s Choice Articles Announced

Metallography, Microstructure, and Analysis Editor-in-Chief Ryan Deacon recently announced this year’s Editor’s Choice articles, showcasing six of the high-quality articles that were published in the journal in 2023. They are free to read and can be shared with your colleagues.

We hope you enjoy reading these outstanding articles, and congratulations to the authors of the selected papers for this well-deserved recognition!

As a reminder, IMS members receive free online access to

Metallography, Microstructure, and Analysis

Metallography, Microstructure, and Analysis


Call for Papers

Metallography, Microstructure, and Analysis (MMA), the official journal of the International Metallographic Society, is actively seeking manuscripts.

For more information about Metallography, Microstructure, and Analysis, including full instructions for authors, please visit the journal homepage or submit online.


Image of the Month

The Micrograph Database is looking for more images to add to this growing library and more volunteers to help select and review submitted images. Would you like to see your images in the database? Or do you love micrographs and want to volunteer some time to help the database grow? Contact dana.m.drake@gmail.com for more information.

The Crystals on Copper

This scanning electron microscope image is of tin crystals, stimulated by electricity and growing on a copper surface. A new method developed by Princeton researchers could speed up the process of designing and testing new crystalline materials. Although computer simulations are commonly used in crystal design, the new method relies on a large language model, similar to those that power text generators like ChatGPT. Their research is published in the article “LLM-Prop: Predicting Physical and Electronic Properties of Crystalline Solids from their Text Descriptions.” Courtesy of Lynn Trahey/Argonne National Laboratory.

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