Recipients: Fellow Class of 2005

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Recipients: Fellow Class of 2005

The highest honor bestowed by The Minerals, Metals & Materials Society, the honorary class of Fellow was established in 1962; Charter Fellows were inducted in 1963. To be inducted, a candidate must be recognized as an eminent authority and contributor within the broad field of metallurgy, with a strong consideration of outstanding service to the Society. The maximum number of living Fellows cannot exceed 100.

Hamish L. Fraser

Citation: For seminal contributions to novel materials processing, materials characterization, microstructure/property relationships in advanced structural materials, and the promotion of computational materials science.

Biography: Hamish L. Fraser is Ohio Regents Eminent Scholar and Professor at The Ohio State University. He has undertaken research in the areas of materials characterization, novel materials processing, and advanced materials.

More recently, there has been an emphasis on the development of methods for the prediction of microstructure/property relationships of metallic alloys. He has published more than 290 papers and presented approximately 190 invited papers resulting from his work. He has been awarded one patent involving the development of a new ductile, high-temperature intermetallic compound based on Nb3Al and shares a patent with two others on a co-continuous ceramic composite.

Quote: “It is a great honor, indeed, to be elected as a Fellow of TMS. It is very important to point out that in reality this honor recognizes the superb efforts of those post-doctoral fellows, graduate and undergraduate students with whom over the past 32 years I have had the extreme pleasure to work. I would also recognize with fond gratitude those who gave me a great start in life, namely my academic mentor, Professor Michael Loretto, at Birmingham, and my first academic boss, the late Professor Charlie Wert, at Illinois. TMS is the most comprehensive materials society, coupling academia, national laboratories and industry, integrating undergraduate and graduate students, post-doctoral fellows and faculty, scientists, technologists and engineers. Being a member of this society has provided me with the necessary infrastructure for the development of my career, and for this I am extremely grateful.”

Terence G. Langdon

Citation: For outstanding contributions to our understanding of the mechanisms of high-temperature deformation and superplasticity of metals, alloys, and ceramics.

Biography: Terence Langdon is the William E. Leonard Professor of Engineering at the University of Southern California. He is also Professor of Aerospace & Mechanical Engineering, Materials Science and Earth Sciences at USC and Visiting Professor at Kyushu University (Japan) and the University of Southampton (UK). He received a B.Sc. in Physics from the University of Bristol in 1961 and a Ph.D. in Physical Metallurgy from Imperial College, University of London, in 1965. In 1980, he was awarded a D.Sc. in Physics by the University of Bristol for published research.

Prof. Langdon is a Fellow of the Institute of Physics, the Institute of Materials, the American Ceramic Society, and ASM International. He is a Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering in the UK. He was awarded the degree of Doctor Honoris Causa by the Russian Academy of Sciences in 2003. He has published over 600 scientific papers. Currently, he is ranked second world-wide for publishing in materials science, based on the number of citations received for papers published during the period 1993–2003.

Quote: “I joined TMS in the 1960s, and I have always considered it my primary professional affiliation. Over the years, I have benefited greatly from the many TMS publications and from the regular meetings that provide me with an opportunity to present my latest research results and interact with my peers. It is well known that appointment as a TMS Fellow represents a pinnacle of achievement in the field of materials science. I feel very honored to join this distinguished group.”

Alton D. Romig

Citation: For outstanding contributions to the science, technology, and profession of materials, and for inspirational leadership of research and development for defense systems.

Biography: Alton Romig, Jr., is vice president, Non-proliferation and Assessments at Sandia National Laboratories. His responsibilities include the leadership and management of the development and engineering activities that provide systems, science, technology, and expertise in support of national objectives to reduce the threat to the United States from proliferation of and use of weapons of mass destruction.

Dr. Romig is a member of the National Academy of Engineering and a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science and ASM International. He has received several awards, including the Burton Medal (Electron Microscopy Society of America to an Outstanding Young Scientist, 1988), the K.F.J. Henrich Award (Microbeam Analysis Society to an Outstanding Young Scientist, 1991), the ASM Silver Medal for outstanding Materials Research (1992), and the Acta Metallurgica International Lectureship (1993-1994), and has been named the 2003 ASM-TMS Distinguished Lecturer in Materials and Society.

Quote: “TMS is the world’s premier professional organization for the exchange of research information and ideas in materials. The longevity of the organization— the long history of national meetings and student involvement— is unrivaled in the materials community. Its materials research journals are without peer in the world today. As a consequence, being a member of TMS gives one a special sense of belonging in the materials research community and being elected Fellow is perhaps the highest accolade that can be awarded to a materials scientist.”

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