Recipient: 2004 Leadership Award

Robert J. Reynik

Biography: Dr. Reynik retired from the National Science Foundation after twenty-nine years (1970-1999) of developing and managing scientific research and education programs, and staff in various leadership positions. He served in leadership roles on numerous Federal Government and professional society committees and advisory groups. He has had experience as a university educator, researcher and advisor to undergraduate and graduate students in materials science and engineering and biomedical engineering. Dr. Reynik has 35 publications in scientific journals, covering a broad range of multidisciplinary areas, including: transport properties of liquid metals; electronic, magnetic, and mechanical behavior of metallic materials; biodynamics of dental occlusion; and biomaterials.

He has made numerous contributions to the materials community and TMS for the past 35 years. His contributions have always been with long-lasting effects toward the unification of the field and expansion of metallurgy to become materials science and engineering. He has indeed provided a national and international bridge for collaboration among scientists through the world in materials research and technology.