APMI International, a non-profit professional society which promotes the advancement of powder metallurgy, has announced that the 2017 recipients of its APMI Fellow Award are Prasan Samal and John Shields. The award recognises APMI members for their significant contributions to the goals, purpose and mission of the organisation, as well as the industry.
Prasan Samal is one of the leading experts in the stainless steel powder industry. He helped develop and qualify many stainless steel components for use in automotive exhaust systems.
John Shields is a leading expert on molybdenum and its associated metals. He has worked with NASA to develop materials for space shuttles; refined sintered tungsten ingots to increase tungsten sheet yields; and led a team to bring a novel thermal management system for galvanic corrosion resistance to market.