Recipient: 2002 Application to Practice Award

The Minerals, Metals & Materials Society's Application to Practice Award was established in 1985 to recognize outstanding achievement in the transfer of research results or findings in the metallurgical and materials science fields into commercial production and practical use as a representative of an industrial, academic, governmental, or technical organization.

Michael F.X. Gigliotti

Citation: "For contributions to superalloy eutectics and airfoil casting, development of Ti-Al alloys, and processing of Ti alloys to increase inspectability while minimizing occurrence of Ti-N inclusions."

Biography: Michael Gigliotti is a metallurgist with General Electric Corporate Research & Development. He earned a B.S. in physics at Boston College in 1966 and a Ph.D. in engineering science at Dartmouth College in 1970. His recent work has been developing relationships between matrix microstructure and flaw physical properties for non-destructive evaluation of titanium alloys, evaluation of ultra-fine grain metal-forming technologies, and adapting high thermal gradient casting techniques to land-based gas turbine components.

Quote: “I am very honored by this award which affirms the worth of conducting industrial research toward adapting newly-developed processes and materials to commercial products. TMS membership and meetings-attendance are participation in the ideas-marketplace for our profession. The privilege to present results of work – and to get feedback from peers – is of great value.”

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