Dilip Jain, vice president of technology and Asia sales at Kyanite Mining Corp. in McDonough, Ga., has received the ASTM International Award of Merit for his contributions to the development of standards for Committee C08 on Refractories. The Award of Merit and its accompanying title of fellow is ASTM’s highest organizational recognition for individual contributions to standards activities. 

A member of ASTM International since 1990, Jain served as vice chairman of C08 from 2006 to 2011 and received the Louis J. Trostel Jr. Award from the committee in 2008. In addition to his work on various subcommittees, Jain has helped improve numerous C08 test methods through his active participation in interlaboratory study programs.

Jain earned a master’s degree in ceramic engineering from Virginia Polytechnic Institute and also holds a bachelor’s degree in ceramic engineering from Banaras Hindu University in Varanasi, India. He joined Kyanite Mining in 2004 as director of technical service and Asia operations and was promoted to his current position in 2006. Prior to that he held various roles at C-E Minerals in Andersonville, Ga., during a 28-year tenure, including ceramic process engineer, plant superintendent, director of technical services and vice president of technology and China operations.

Outside ASTM International, Jain is a member of the American Ceramic Society, which awarded him the Theodore J. Planje St. Louis Refractories Lifetime Achievement Award in 2003, as well as the Association for Iron and Steel Technology and the Investment Casting Institute. He has published and presented numerous articles and papers in several national and international trade publications.

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