It is with heavy hearts that we announce the passing Gretchen A. Jacobson, a dear friend, colleague, and former Managing Editor-in-Chief of Materials Performance (MP). Dating back to the last century, Gretchen provided 25 years of dedicated service to the magazine.

Sean Clancy, Ph.D., senior director of materials science at conformal coatings solutions provider HZO, shares lessons learned from root-cause failure analysis in markets such as consumer electronics, medical devices, aerospace, semiconductors, and more.

U.S. Navy Veteran Matt Flory is currently working as a global business director at Sherwin-Williams, where he leads the industrial group’s military coatings segment. With a team comprised largely of Veterans, Flory offers perspective on what they bring to the workforce.