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2006 TMS Annual Meeting & Exhibition

MARCH 12-16  • 2006 TMS ANNUAL MEETING & EXHIBITION  • SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS

Honors and Awards

TMS-AIME AWARDS DINNER

135th TMS-AIME Dinner and Awards Presentation: with Installation of 2006 TMS President

2005 TMS PRESIDENT
TRESA M. POLLOCK
 
2006 TMS PRESIDENT
BRAJENDRA MISHRA

Date and Time: Tuesday, March 14, 6 p.m. Cash Bar Reception; 7 p.m. Dinner
Location: San Antonio Marriott Rivercenter Hotel

This annual, time-honored event includes recognition of the 2006 society and technical division award recipients followed by an address from 2005 TMS President Tresa M. Pollock. She also introduces the new president, Brajendra Mishra.

Brajendra Mishra is professor and associate director at the Colorado School of Mines Kroll Institute for Extractive Metallurgy. A TMS member for 18 years, Mishra is an accomplished educator and researcher in the areas of extraction and processing of materials, thin films processing, and corrosion engineering. Mishra received his doctorate from the University of Minnesota, Minneapolis in 1986.

He has held leadership positions on TMS committees in both the Light Metals Division and the Extraction & Processing Division (EPD). In addition, he has served as treasurer and chair of EPD and as a member of the Publications Coordinating Committee. Mishra played a key role in enhancing the TMS international membership through dialogues with the executives of the Indian Institute of Metals. He joined TMS as a student member in 1982 and has remained an active member since then.

Tickets cost $65 per person and may be purchased on the TMS 2006 Annual Meeting & Exhibition Registration form.

2006 TMS AWARD WINNERS

Congratulations to the following 2006 TMS Award Winners!

  • TMS Fellow Class of 2006
    Diran Apelian, Worcester Polytechnic Institute
    Clyde L. Briant, Brown University
    Doris Kuhlmann-Wilsdorf, Kuhlmann-Wilsdorf Motors
  • Application to Practice
    Vinod Kumar Sikka, Oak Ridge National Laboratory
  • John Bardeen Award
    Isamu Akasaki, Meijo University
  • Bruce Chalmers Award
    Diran Apelian, Worcester Polytechnic Institute
  • Educator Award
    John P. Hager, Colorado School of Mines
  • Robert Lansing Hardy Award
    Mark C. Hersam, Northwestern University
  • William Hume-Rothery Award
    William Alan Oates, University of Salford
  • Institute of Metals/Robert Franklin Mehl Award
    Julia R. Weertman, Northwestern University
  • Leadership Award
    Toni Grobstein Marechaux, Board on Manufacturing & Engineering Design
  • Champion H. Mathewson Award
    K.S. Ravi Chandran, University of Utah
  • TMS Foundation Shri Ram Arora Award
    Krishau Biswas, Indian Institute of Science
TECHNICAL DIVISION AWARD WINNERS

Congratulations to the following 2006 TMS Technical Division Award Winners!

  • Extraction & Processing Distinguished Lecturer
    Patrick R. Taylor, Colorado School of Mines
  • Extraction & Processing Science Award
    Gamini Senanayake, Murdoch University
  • Extraction & Processing Technology Award
    Michelle G. Lee, MSE Technology Applications Inc.
    Jay McCloskey, MSE Technology Applications Inc.
    Jennifer Saran, Kennecott Copper
    Larry G. Twidwell, University of Montana
  • Light Metals Distinguished Service Award
    John Hryn, Argonne National Laboratory
    Howard J. Kaplan, US Magnesium
  • Light Metals JOM Best Paper Award
    Marlen Bertram, European Aluminium Association
    Udo M.J. Boin, Professor Emeritus, Germany
  • Light Metals Technology Award
    Jan Van Linden, Recycling Technology Services
  • Light Metals Award
    Gary P. Tarcy, Alcoa Inc.
    Knut Torklep, Elkem Aluminium
  • Structural Materials Distinguished Service Award
    Russell H. Jones, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
  • Structural Materials Distinguished Scientist/Engineer Award
    Edgar A. Starke Jr., University of Virginia
OTHER AWARD WINNERS

Congratulations to the following 2006 Award Winners!

  • AIME Honorary Member
    Merton C. Flemings, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
  • AIME Mineral Economics Award
    Chris Twigge-Molecey, Hatch
  • AIME Robert Earll McDonnell Award
    Don J. Glenister, ENVIRON Australia Pty.Ltd.

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