Recipients: Fellow Class of 2003

Hans Conrad Citation: "For outstanding contributions to teaching and research in dislocation mechanisms, thermally activated deformation, low-cycle fatigue, effects of electric fields and currents, and electro-rheology." Biography: Hans Conrad is a professor emeritus at North Carolina State University. Prior to joining the faculty of North Carolina State University as professor and department head in 1981, Dr. Conrad was associated with a number of educational, industrial, and research organizations. Dr. Conrad earned a B.S. in metallurgical engineering at Carnegie Institute of Technology and his master of engineering and doctor of engineering degrees in metallurgy from Yale University. His experience has been both in basic and applied research. He has authored and coauthored over 375 scientific papers on his various research activities.

Quote: “I have been a member of TMS for over 50 years. This membership has been a most important part of my professional career, both from a scientific and technical standpoint and from the many personal contacts and friends I have developed. TMS has always kept me up-to-date on the advances in materials science and engineering and has provided a rigorous forum for the communication and review and research. I am indeed highly honored by this award.”

Didier de Fontaine Citation: "For being a leader in materials science, proposing spinodal ordering, pioneering the first-principle computation of phase diagrams, and educating many excellent material scientists." Biography: Didier de Fontaine is professor emeritus of the University of California, Berkeley. Dr. de Fontaine earned a B.S. and M.S. in metallurgical engineering from the University of Louvain, Belgium, in 1955 and a Ph.D. in materials science from Northwestern University in 1967. He has received numerous honors and awards. His research is in the area of phase transformations in alloys, crystallography and thermodynamics of phase changes, particularly ordering reactions and phase separation. Dr. de Fontaine has over 200 publications in the fields of materials science and condensed matter physics.

Quote: “When I contemplate the list of previous awardees, I realize what a great honor it is for me to belong to this elite group. TMS, or its earlier incarnation, is the very first professional society that I ever belonged to. I have always felt that it was important for me to belong to a society that caters to both engineering and scientific demands of the metallurgical, later, materials world. At a time when a strictly ‘bottom line’ mentality tends to prevail, I do hope that TMS will not abandon its scientific mission, the one that I am most concerned about, in favor of some fashionable buzz-word topic, such as nano-homeland-defense, to pick a facetious example.”

William L. Johnson Citation: "For significant contribution to the science and technology of metallic glasses." Biography: William L. Johnson is the Ruben Mettler Professor at California Institute of Technology. He has been associated with Caltech since 1977. Dr. Johnson earned a B.S. in physics from Hamilton College in 1970, and a Ph.D. in applied physics from California Institute of Technology in 1974. He is an inventor on more than 20 U.S. patents and co-founder of a company, Liquidmetal Technologies, Inc., which is currently pioneering the commercialization of bulk amorphous metals in engineering applications. Dr. Johnson currently serves as Vice Chairman of the Board for Liquidmetal. He was elected to the National Academy of Engineers in 2000.

Quote: “It is an honor to be selected as a Fellow of the TMS and be recognized for career contributions in the field of metals and alloys. It has been both exciting and rewarding to be part of the development and evolution of amorphous metals as a new class of emerging engineering materials. Awards like this help to validate one’s past efforts and to reinforce one’s vision for the future.”

George Krauss Citation: "For seminal investigations into the transformation, microstructure, and properties of martensitic steels and the elucidation of these for students and industrial colleagues." Biography: George Krauss is professor emeritus at the Colorado School of Mines and a metallurgical consultant specializing in steel microstructural systems. Dr. Krauss earned a B.S. in metallurgical engineering from Lehigh University in 1955 and an M.S. and Sc.D. in metallurgy from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1958 and 1961, respectively. He has authored and co-authored books published by ASM International and edited and co-edited several conference volumes on topics including tempering of steel, carburizing zinc-based coatings on steel, and microalloyed forging steels. Dr. Krauss has published over 280 papers and lectured widely. Dr. Krauss has received many national and international honors and awards.

Quote: “I am a life-long member of TMS (45 years). TMS has provided a culture for the dynamic and archival generation of scientific knowledge concerning materials. I have benefited greatly by participating in this culture, and am deeply honored by the 2003 Fellow Award.”

Robert H. Wagoner Citation: "For innovative and effective contributions to the science and technology of sheet forming simulation, large-strain plasticity, and material testing." Biography: Robert H. Wagoner is the George R. Smith Chair of engineering at The Ohio State University (OSU). He has been associated with OSU since 1983. Dr. Wagoner earned a B.S., M.S., and Ph.D. in metallurgical engineering from The Ohio State University in 1974, 1975, and 1976 respectively. His research group at OSU developed the “SHEET” family of computer programs to simulate sheet metal forming operations. Other work includes invention of the OSU Formability Test, OSU Friction Test, the Hydraulic Forming Simulator, and the low-cost Metal Formability Tester. Dr. Wagoner is a past president of TMS and the president-elect of AIME. He has received various awards and honors including the TMS Mathewson Gold Medal, TMS Hardy Gold Medal, AIME Raymond Award, and election to the National Academy of Engineering.

Quote: “TMS has been my principal professional ‘home’ since my undergraduate days, and it has enabled wonderfully rich interactions, both professional and social, over the years.”