Dr. Valery Rudnev was recently selected to be the American Society for Metal's (ASM) William Hunt Eisenman Award. Dr. Rudnev has many years of experience in the heat treat industry, particularly in induction heating. He is quite a mover and a shaker in the industry with more than 40 years involvement with his work and publications. He has even come to be known as "Professor Induction".
Dr. Valery Rudnev was recently selected for ASM's William Hunt Eisenman Award winner “for dedicated service to the global materials science community, leadership, development and promotion of induction heating and heat treating technologies and novel technologies.” The award was established by ASM Int’l in 1960 in recognition of unusual achievements in industry in the practical application of materials science and engineering through production or engineering use.
Over the years, Dr. Rudnev has close professionals ties with Heat Treat Today authoring a popular multi-installment exclusive column “Dr. Valery Rudnev on …”. He has published eleven articles in Heat Treat Today including:
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Dr. Rudnev and His Grandson
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Source: Dr. Rudnev“Equipment Selection for Continuous and Progressive Induction Hardening Applications, Frequency Selection”, Heat Treat Today, Vol.2, No.2, June, 28-30 (2019)
- “Heat Treat Tips: Induction Heating – Stuff You Should Know”, Nov.27 (2018)
- “Equipment Selection for Scan Hardening, Part 1”, November 16 (2017)
During his career, Dr. Rudnev has authored and co-authored numerous chapters and articles for many handbooks devoted to various aspects of induction heating, heat treating, metallurgical aspects, computer modeling and innovative process development. His credits include a great deal of “know-how”, more than 60 patents and inventions (U.S. and International) and more than 300 engineering/scientific publications
In October of 2021, Dr. Valery Rudnev retired from his professional activity and now he is focusing on his Christian faith, family and hobbies.
Heat Treat Today sincerely congratulates Dr. Valery Rudnev with this well-deserved award and wish him all the best in his retirement.
