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APMI International, professional society for the powder metallurgy (PM) industry, has named Paul Beiss, professor, RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany and Pierre Taubenblatt, president, Promet Associates, Highland Park, New Jersey, to the 2008 Class of Fellows. They received the award here during the 2008 World Congress on Powder Metallurgy & Particulate Materials.

Established in 1998, the Fellow Award recognizes APMI members for their significant contributions to the society and high level of expertise in the technology of powder metallurgy, practice or business of the PM industry. Fellows are elected through their professional, technical and scientific achievements, continuing professional growth and development, mentoring/outreach, and contributions to APMI International chapters and committees.

Beiss has distinguished himself as a leader in the international PM industry for more than 30 years. As professor in Materials Applications in Mechanical Engineering, RWTH Aachen University, his current teaching is supported by his strong academic achievements and the experience that he gained in the PM industry while working in various positions at Sintermetallwerk Krebsoge, Radevormwald, Germany for almost 15 years. He received a Dipl.-Ing. and Ph.D. in Production Engineering from RWTH Aachen University. He has authored or co-authored 150 PM-related publications in journals and conference proceedings, and two books. He received the Skaupy Award from the German national Joint Committee for Powder Metallurgy and the Ivor Jenkins Award of the British Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining.

Taubenblatt has made important contributions and has established an international reputation in the field of PM, wrought products, and process metallurgy. With over 50 years of PM experience focused on copper, iron, and precious metals, he has been involved in research, process and product development, design, manufacturing and production, education/teaching, and many other areas of the PM industry. He received a BS Electrochemical and Electrometallurgical Engineering from Grenoble University, an MA Industrial Management from Polytechnic University, and an MS Ceramic Engineering from Rutgers University. He is an adjunct professor at Middlesex College, New Jersey. He enjoyed a 30-plus-year career at AMAX Inc. before departing as president of the Base-Metals Research & Development Division. He was the chairman of the 1976 MPIF International Powder Metallurgy Conference, and is past chairman of the MPIF Technical Board and the MPPA Standards Committee. He has holds four patents including new classes of infiltrants, high-strength copper-based materials, and smelting and refining of metallurgical dusts. He has published over 40 articles and technical papers and has edited four books. He received the MPIF Distinguished Service to Powder Metallurgy Award in 1985 and in 1997 he was accepted as an ASM International Fellow.