Newswise — April 2, 2015 – Warrendale, PA (USA) – The Minerals, Metals & Materials Society (TMS) announced the winners of the first TMS Bladesmithing Competition during the TMS 2015 Annual Meeting & Exhibition (TMS2015), held March 15–19, 2015 in Orlando, Florida. The Bladesmithing Competition challenged college student teams from throughout the world to produce a knife or sword blade by traditional blacksmithing techniques, while also demonstrating their understanding of the science underlying the process.
A total of 19 student teams participated in the competition and were judged by a panel of four industry experts, experienced in steel production and fabrication technology. Scoring criteria was based on the blade (quality and aesthetics), a video depicting the bladesmithing process, a blade characterization report, and a poster for display in the Bladesmithing exhibit. Winning teams received a certificate and will receive a cash prize in recognition of their exceptional efforts. The winners of the 2015 competition are:
First Place:Oregon State UniversityCasey Husk (team leader), Lucas Teeter, Cody Peter Fast, and Hunter Lottsfeldt
Second Place: University of FloridaJustin Dansbury (team leader), Neil MacInnes, Dean Sage, Daniel Machado, Edward Li, Sarah Frith, and Steve Bloom
Third Place: Colorado School of MinesAllison Loecke (team leader), Connor Campbell, Ryan Peck, Hunter Sceats, Kyle Heser, Grant Bishop, Christina Hensley, Dan McNeil, and Gerald Bourne
Honorable Mention: AGH University of Science and TechnologyEstera Machon (team leader), and Remigiusz Bloniarz
Best Example of a Blade from Ore or That Most Closely Demonstrates a Historic Blade’s Reproduction: University of California, BerkeleyPeter Hosemann (team leader), James Austin, Nathan Bailey, David Frazer, Rachel Traylor, Rachel Connick, William Connick, Hi-Vo Tin, and Jeff Bickel
For more information about the Bladesmithing Competition and other activities at the TMS 2015 Annual Meeting & Exhibition, visit www.tms.org/tms2015. Additional photos are available upon request.
ABOUT TMS The Minerals, Metals & Materials Society (TMS) is a member-driven international professional society dedicated to fostering the exchange of learning and ideas across the entire range of minerals, metals, and materials science and engineering, from minerals processing and primary metals production, to basic research and the advanced applications of materials. For more information on TMS, visit www.tms.org.
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