Recipient: 1999 Robert Lansing Hardy Award

The Minerals, Metals & Materials Society's Robert Lansing Hardy Award was established in 1955. The medal recognizes outstanding promise for a successful career in the broad field of metallurgy by a metallurgist under the age of 30. In addition, the winner receives a $500 stipend from the Ford Motor Company.

Yuri Suzuki

Citation: No citation is given for this award.

Biography: Yuri Suzuki is an assistant professor at Cornell University. She earned her B.S. in physics at Harvard University in 1989 and her Ph.D. in applied physics at Stanford University in 1995. Prior to joining the staff at Cornell University, Dr. Suzuki was a postdoctoral member of the technical staff at Bell Laboratories.

She has received the National Science Foundation Faculty Early Career Award and Postdoctoral Fellowship, the ONR Young Investigator Award, and an ARCS Foundation Fellowship. She has authored or coauthored 32 publications and been issued two patents.

Quote: "I am honored to be recognized by TMS at such an early stage of my career. As a researcher and educator, I hope to live up to the promise of the award and encourage the younger generation to pursue careers in science."

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