Metal Powder Society Names Fellow

APMI International, professional society for the powder metallurgy (PM) industry, has named Animesh Bose, President, Materials Processing, Inc., Haltom City, Texas to the 2009 Class of Fellows. He received the award here during PowderMet 2009?2009 International Conference 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.

Bose has made important contributions and is widely recognized for his innovative work in materials processing. Having dedicated more than 25 years to the PM industry, he is internationally acknowledged for championing the technology of powder injection molding (PIM) globally through licensing and technology transfer activities. He is also recognized for his contributions in alloy development, especially refractory metals, carbides, hardmetals, intermetallic compounds, and other advanced materials.

He completed his BTech in metallurgical engineering and PhD in engineering (powder metallurgy) from Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, in 1982. He is President and CEO of Materials Processing, Inc., a company he co-founded in 1999 that is involved in PIM of hardmaterials, cermets, and advanced ceramics.

A member of APMI for over 23 years, he is a past member of the APMI Board of Directors. He has served as co-chairman for several international conferences including six MPIF conferences on tungsten, refractory, and hardmaterials. He has also been a member of numerous technical program committees. He has published more than 115 technical papers, and authored/co-authored several books, including Injection Molding of Metals and Ceramics. He is listed as inventor/co-inventor on eight U.S. patents, three of which were placed under government secrecy order due to their importance to national security. He is a member and Fellow of ASM International and a life member of PMAI (India).

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