IMF Fellow Prof. Hideyuki Kanematsu is awarded Fellowship of ASM International

Prof. Hideyuki Kanematsu, Ph.D. FIMF, the Specially Appointed Professor at the National Institute of Technology (NIT) (KOSEN), Suzuka College in Japan, has been appointed as Fellow of ASM International, the materials science information society in the United States and this was celebrated in the Fellow Induction Ceremony held in New Orleans, recently. The citation for his appointment was ‘outstanding contributions to the field of elucidation of corrosion/ degradation behaviors and surface characteristics for a variety of materials’. While he has heldmany administrative positions in Suzuka College such as its Deputy President, he has undertaken studies of many surface phenomena of materials from the viewpoint of surface finishing. He is now particularly interested in biofilms and the interfacial phenomena between metallic surfaces and organisms from an environmental science point of view. He is also involvedwith the research and development of anti-infectious materials against bacteria and viruses and also how to measure and evaluate the anti-infectivity. He holds a B.Eng. (1981), an M.Eng. (1983) and a Ph.D. in Materials Science and Engineering (1989), all from Nagoya University. In addition to the IMF, for which he serves on the Editorial Board of Transactions, he is a member of the US societies National Association for Surface Finishing (NASF), the Minerals, Metals and Materials Society (TMS), ASM International, Electrochemical Society (ECS), American Chemical Society (ACS), and in his home country, the Japan Institute of Metals (JIM) and the Iron and Steel Institute of Japan (ISIJ), Surface Finishing Society of Japan (SFSJ), the Electrochemical Society of Japan (ECSJ), the Japan Society for Heat Treatment (JSHT), Japan Thermal Spray Society (JTSS), among others. For all of these organisations, he is still very active as a member, and also as a board member. On April 30, the GEAR 5.0 Project of the National Institute of Technology (KOSEN) in Japan began formally. Prof. Kanematsu became the UNIT Leader (Director) of the Materials Science Research Centre (KOSEN Centre for Innovative Research, Collaboration, and the Use of Implemented Technology) supported by the national project. In April 2021, he was honoured by receiving the Prize of the Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology for his outstanding long years of contributions to education and research.