This story appears in The Minerals, Metals & Materials Society's student newsletter
Professional Preface, vol. 2, no. 1, p. 3.
Scholarships
Five scholarships are available. All applications are reviewed by a panel of TMS judges and assessed on six points: scholarship application; academic achievement; activities in and out of school, including work experience; leadership; a personal profile statement written by the applicant; and three letters of recommendation.
The Presidential Scholarship awards $4,000 to an undergraduate student majoring in metallurgical engineering, materials science and engineering, or minerals processing/extraction programs. A travel stipend of $500 is also available for the recipient to attend the TMS Annual Meeting to receive the scholarship. The recipient is chosen by a committee appointed by the TMS Student Affairs Committee. The judges who awarded this year's scholarship were William A.T. Clark, Dana Elzey, and Chain Liu.
The International Symposium on Superalloys Conference Scholarship consists of four $1,000 awards given to two undergraduate and two graduate students majoring in metallurgy and materials science and engineering or materials processing/extraction programs. Recipients are chosen by a panel appointed by the International Symposium on Superalloys Conference Organizing Committee and the TMS Student Affairs Committee. The judges who selected this year's winners were Robert Stusrud and Rick Orth.
The Extraction & Processing Division Scholarship awards $2,000 to an undergraduate student (preferably a senior) majoring in the extraction and processing of materials. There is also an additional $500 travel stipend to the TMS Annual Meeting. The recipient is chosen by a committee appointed by the division. The judges who awarded this year's scholarship were Fiona Doyle, David Dreisinger, and Garry W. Warren.
The Light Metals Division Scholarship awards $2,000 to three undergraduate students (preferably juniors or seniors) majoring in nonferrous metallurgy. In addition, a $500 travel stipend to the TMS Annual Meeting is available. The judges, appointed by the TMS Student Affairs Committee, that selected this year's recipients were George Kipouros and Donald Sadoway.
The Structural Materials Division Scholarship offers three $2,500 awards to undergraduate students (preferably seniors) majoring in materials science and engineering of physical metallurgy. Recipients may also receive a $500 travel stipend to the TMS Annual Meeting. The selection panel, appointed by the TMS Student Affairs Committee, for this year's award winners consisted of George T. Gray, Dallis A. Hardwick, James Li, and Bruce A. MacDonald.
Student members are also eligible for three additional scholarships offered through, but not by, TMS: the Henry DeWitt Smith Graduate Scholarship Grant, the Lewis E. and Elizabeth W. Young Scholarship, and the Women's Auxiliary of the American Institute of Mining, Metallurgical, and Petroleum Engineers Scholarship Loan Fund.
Paper Contests
Student members can also compete for cash prizes in four paper contests.
TheTMS Outstanding Graduate Paper and Outstanding Undergraduate Paper are each awarded $750 in cash plus a $250 travel stipend to attend the TMS Annual Meeting. Prizes of $250 cash and $250 travel expenses are also awarded to the second place winners. The undergraduate division is open to nonpublished essays on global and national issues, as well as technical research papers in any field of metallurgy or materials science. The graduate division is open to nonpublished technical or research papers in physical and mechanical metallurgy, extractive and process metallurgy, or materials science. The judges who selected this year's winning papers were Samuel Allen, Martin Crimp, and Carl Nesbitt for graduate papers and Robert DeHoff, Michael Nevitt, and Chester Van Tyne for the undergraduate papers.
The Materials Processing & Manufacturing Division Powder Metallurgy Graduate Student Presentation Award, sponsored by the Powder Metallurgy Committee, honors the best technical presentation at a TMS-sponsored meeting by a graduate student in the field of powder metallurgy. The winner receives $200 in cash plus $300 in travel expenses to attend the award ceremony. The winner is chosen by the Powder Metallurgy Committee during the TMS Annual Meeting. The winner receives the award at the TMS/ASM Materials Week.
Students may also enters papers in the Electronic Materials Best Paper contest, which awards two $250 prizes: one for the best contribution to the Journal of Electronic Materials; the other for the best presentation at the Electronic Materials Conference.
Chapters of Excellence
TMS recognizes five student chapters annually in its Chapters of Excellence Contest. Each of the winning chapters receives a $400 cash award. Chapters are selected on the basis of general chapter activities, membership development activities, chapter relations, and annual reports submitted to TMS.
How to Compete
The deadline for applications for all TMS scholarships and contests is June 30. Information and applications will be available from chapter faculty advisors or TMS in March 1995. For information on these programs, contact your student chapter faculty advisor or Nellie Luther of TMS at (724) 776-9000, ext. 213; fax (724) 776-3770; or e-mail natale@tms.org.
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