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Young Leaders Professional Development Award

The TMS Young Leaders Professional Development Award was created to enhance the professional development of dynamic young people from TMS’ five technical divisions by helping them participate in Society activities, become better acquainted, make important contacts with TMS leaders, and network with prominent Society members.

For 2007*, with partial funding from the AIME Endowment Fund, individuals were selected by the Society's divisions as listed below:

MATERIALS PROCESSING & MANUFACTURING DIVISION (MPMD)	Federico Sciammmarella Alion Science & Technology
ELECTRONIC, MAGNETIC, & PHOTONIC MATERIALS DIVISION (EMPMD)	Chih-Ming Chen National Chung-Hsing University	Subhadarshi Nayak Intel Corporation
EXTRACTION & PROCESSING DIVISION (EPD)	Andrew Campbell WorleyParsons	Christina Meskers Delft University of Technology
LIGHT METALS DIVISION (LMD)	Mark Cooksey CSIRO	Lifeng Zhang Norwegian University of Science & Technology
STRUCTURAL MATERIALS DIVISION (SMD)	Eric Brown Los Alamos National Laboratory	Jamie Kruzic Oregon State University

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT AWARD BENEFITS

Each Young Leader Award recipient receives the following:

TMS membership for the year of the award
Sponsorship to attend two conferences as follows:
- Recipients in the Extraction & Processing and Light Metals divisions attend two consecutive TMS Annual Meetings
- Recipients in the Electronic, Magnetic & Photonic Materials, Materials Processing & Manufacturing, and Structural Materials divisions attend the TMS Annual Meeting and Materials Science & Technology conference (MS&T) (or another fall specialty conference)
Complimentary registrations to the sponsored conferences
Hotel accommodations for sponsored conferences.
$500 travel allowance per conference toward airfare and round-trip transportation from airport to hotel.
Tickets to conference social functions.
Admission to appropriate division luncheon and council meetings at the TMS Annual Meeting.
Admission to the Young Leaders Tutorial Luncheon.
Admission to technical and administrative committee meetings at the TMS Annual Meeting.
Invitation to attend the TMS board of directors meeting as an observer.

PREVIOUS YOUNG LEADERS AWARD RECIPIENTS

Read the following comments submitted by former Young Leaders about their experiences:

TO APPLY FOR THE YOUNG LEADERS AWARD

For information on participating in the Young Leader Award, complete and submit the application form (PDF) or contact the TMS Members Services.

*Prior to 2007, Young Leaders Professional Development Award was the Young Leaders Internship Program.

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