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Scenes from the 1997 TMS Annual Meeting

More than 50 student members attended the 1997 TMS Annual Meeting in Orlando, Florida, on February 9-13. After dancing the night away Sunday night at the Student/Faculty Beach Party, attendees served as student monitors, presented papers, and received awards throughout the three and a half day meeting. These photographs represent just some of the many highlights of the week.


Scene PhotoMarcus Simon (left) of California Polytechnic State University was the winner of the Outstanding Undergraduate Paper Award for 1996. He is shown with his faculty advisor Blair London (right).
Scene Photo The ASM/TMS Chapter of Excellence University of Alberta.
Scene PhotoJessika Ebba Trancik (center), the TMS Presidential Scholarship winner and a Rhodes scholar, attended the TMS Dinners and Award Presentation Tuesday night with her parents.
Scene PhotoThe future of TMS.
Scene PhotoStudents took the advice of the disc jockey at the beach party, who said "dancing keeps you warm."
Scene PhotoThe ASM/TMS Chapter of Excellence University of British Columbia.
Scene PhotoThe ASM/TMS Chapter of Excellence University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa.
Scene PhotoLight Metals Division (LMD) Scholarship winner David Hovis (center) of Case Western Reserve University was presented with his award by (left) LMD chair Rod Zabreznik and (right) Wayne Hale, a past chair of the Aluminum Committee at the LMD luncheon.
Scene PhotoMichael Connell (right) of South Dakota School of Mines received the Extraction and Processing Division (EPD) Scholarship from EPD chair William Imrie (left) at the EPD luncheon on Tuesday afternoon.
Scene PhotoThe MaD Design Competition winners, Scott Valdick, Jr. (left) and Michael J. Cich (right), both of the University of Illinois, received their awards at the TMS Awards and Dinner Presentation on Tuesday night.
Scene PhotoNo student mixer would be complete without the traditional closing dance to "Y.M.C.A."
Scene PhotoWilliam R. Rossey, Jr. (center) of the University of Florida, a Light Metals Division (LMD) Scholarship winner, was honored at the LMD luncheon on Wednesday. Presenting him with his scholarship were (left) LMD chair Rod Zabreznik and (right) Wayne Hale, a past chair of the Aluminum Committee.
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