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TMS Young Leaders Program

The Young Leaders Program was created in 1993 to encourage young professionals to increase their involvement in The Minerals, Metals & Materials Society (TMS). Funding from the AIME Endowment Fund helped to support the Young Leaders Program with additional support has been received from the TMS Foundation.

What is a Young Leader?
A Young Leader is a professional active in the materials field, under the age of 35, who is interested in taking a leadership role in the Society. Traditionally, this is a group of people who attend TMS meetings to present papers and attend sessions but are not involved in the inner workings of TMS (i.e., the committees).

The mission of the Young Leaders Committee is to create opportunities and provide avenues for young professionals to increase their involvement in The Minerals, Metals & Materials Society. Important issues that the Young Leaders Committee has identified and is working to address are:

• Networking between younger and senior members of TMS through a mentoring program.
• Programming that is useful to young professionals.
• Programming that addresses materials-based concerns for private industry.
• An appreciation for and awareness of TMS activities.

The following individuals represent the current officers of the Young Leaders Committee.
Join one of the committee meetings and view the committee bylaws for more information.

Alpesh Shulka, Chair Lawrence Berkeley National Lab email AKShukla@lbl.gov	Ben Poquette, Vice Chair Keystone Materials LLC email ben.poquette@ keystonematerials.com
Gregory Thompson, Past Chair University of Alabama email gthompson@eng.ua.edu	Kinga Unocic, Secretary Oak Ridge National Lab email UnocicKA@ornl.gov

For more information on becoming a TMS Young Leader, complete the Young Leaders Participation Form or contact TMS Member Services at members@tms.org.

For information on applying for the Young Leader Professional Development Award, complete and submit the application form (PDF).