Dr. Francesco Costanzo, Associate Professor, and Dr. Michael Lanagan, Associate Professor in Engineering Science and Mechanics and Associate Director of the Materials Research Institute were appointed Key Readers on the board of Metallurgical and Materials Transactions A. In this role, both Francesco and Michael will have the responsibility of providing editors with a concise and unambiguous evaluation of the merits of a manuscript and with an equally unambiguous recommendation of the action to be taken. Their term began on January 1 and will run through December 31, 2010.