Recipient: 2004 Champion H. Mathewson Award

Rohit Trivedi Paper: “The Effect of Convection on Disorder in Primary Cellular and Dendritic Arrays” Biography: Rohit Trevedi is Anson Marston Distinguished Professor at Iowa State University and senior scientist, Ames Laboratory of the U.S. Department of Energy. He has received many honors and awards, the most recent being the David R. Boylan Eminent Faculty Award for Research, Iowa State University, 1999. He has served as invited scientist/ professor, guest professor, and visiting professor nationally and internationally. Dr. Trivedi has carried out research in the area of solidification and solid-solid phase transformations. He has published over 160 papers in refereed journals and proceedings; edited two volumes on solidification processing, proceedings, and a book; co-authored a textbook; and presented 150 invited talks and lecturers at national and international meetings.

Prantik Mazumder Paper: “The Effect of Convection on Disorder in Primary Cellular and Dendritic Arrays” Biography: Pratnik Mazumder joined Corning Incorporated in 1999 and is a senior research scientist. He has been involved in various projects on plasma chemical vapor deposition process development for fiber manufacture, development of low-loss transmission and specialty fibers, diffusion and reaction of water in glass, processing of monolithsupported catalysts for various chemical applications, design of micro-fuel cells, and development of novel high-throughput screening devices for rapid drug discovery. He received a B.E. from Jadavpur University in 1991 and an M.S. from the University of Calgary in 1993, both in chemical engineering, and a Ph.D. from Iowa State University in 1999 in mechanical engineering.

Surendra N.Tewari Paper: “The Effect of Convection on Disorder in Primary Cellular and Dendritic Arrays” Biography: Surendra N. Tewari, is a professor in the chemical and biomedical engineering department at Cleveland State University in the areas of solidification fundamentals, high-temperature materials, and thermal/environmental barrier coatings. Prof. Tewari received his B. Tech. in metallurgical engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology in 1968 and an M.S. (1970) and Ph.D. (1974) in materials engineering from Purdue University. He was a research associate for the National Research Council at NASA-Lewis Research Center examining DS in-situ composites, 1976–1984. Prof. Tewari has guided 26 M.S. and doctoral theses and authored more than 140 refereed publications. He was presented the Distinguished Faculty Award for Research in 1994 and Outstanding Teacher Award in 1999 by Cleveland State University.

Quote: “TMS meetings and TMS publications have been major sources for keeping me up with the developments in the field of metallurgy. TMS meetings have not only provided me a forum for interacting with peers, but they have also given me an opportunity to become active in the society through planning and organizing symposia in the fields of my interest. The selection of our paper for the Mathewson Award is indeed very significant to me since this contribution is recognized by the committee of peers to have made a significant contribution to the field.” - Rohit Trivedi on behalf of the Champion B. Mathewson Award Winners