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Honors and Awards

The mission of TMS is to promote the global science and engineering professions concerned with minerals, metals, and materials.

 

Recipient: 2009 Robert Lansing Hardy Award

The Robert Lansing Hardy Award recognizes the outstanding promise of a young metallurgist (under the age of 35) for a successful career in the broad field of metallurgy. The recipient also receives a $500 stipend from the Ford Motor Company. The award was established in 1955.

Recipient Ju Li
Recipient Photo“I am deeply honored by this award. In hindsight, attending TMS meetings has played a critical role in my career development. Many ideas, funding opportunities, and active collaborations originate from the discussions I had with people at TMS Annual Meetings, many of whom I first met at a TMS meeting!”

Biography:
Ju Li is an associate professor of materials science and engineering in the University of Pennsylvania’s School of Engineering and Applied Sciences in Philadelphia. He is a graduate of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and the University of Science and Technology of China.

In addition to the Robert Lansing Hardy Award, he has been honored with the Technology Review TR35 Award in 2007; National Academy of Engineering U.S. Frontiers of Engineering Symposium (Microsoft Research) Award in 2007; Materials Research Society 2006 Outstanding Young Investigator Award; is a Fellow of the World Innovation Foundation; and several other accolades.


Ju Li accepting his award from Diran Apelian in February 2009.

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