Date: Tuesday, March 21, 2023 Time: 3:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m.
The inaugural Asian/Pacific Islander (API) workshop and reception will be held at TMS2023 on Tuesday afternoon. All members who identify as API and allies are welcome to sign up for free during the conference registration process. The workshop will feature world-renowned speakers sharing tips and advice on how to build a successful career and navigate the professional world as an API. There also will be opportunities for networking and providing suggestions for future events.
Meimei Li Principal Materials Scientist, Argonne National Laboratory
Meimei Li is a materials scientist in the Nuclear Science and Engineering Division, Argonne National Laboratory (ANL). She leads the Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Nuclear Energy Advanced Materials and Manufacturing Technologies (AMMT) program as the National Technical Director (NTD). She has broad research experience including radiation damage, corrosion, alloy development, testing, characterization and qualification, and additive manufacturing in support of a broad range of nuclear reactor technologies. Prior to joining the ANL, she worked on fusion and fission materials at the Materials Science and Technology Division at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL). She earned her Ph.D. and M.S. in Nuclear Engineering at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and B.S. in Materials Science and Engineering at Shanghai Jiao-Tong University, China. She received a 2012 Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE). She has authored and co-authored more than 200 peer-reviewed journals, book chapters, conference proceedings, and technical reports.
Amit Misra Professor, University of Michigan
Amit Misra is the Edward DeMille Campbell Collegiate Professor of Materials Science & Engineering (MSE) at the University of Michigan (UM), Ann Arbor. He served as MSE Department Chair at UM from 2014-2022. Prior to joining UM in 2014, he worked for nearly 18 years at Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL). His research expertise includes metallic materials processing by physical vapor deposition, laser additive manufacturing and deformation processing, small-scale mechanical testing and characterization using scanning and transmission electron microscopy including in situ nanomechanics. He has co-authored over 350 peer-reviewed articles and mentored over 50 postdoctoral fellows and doctoral students in his career at LANL and UM. He is a Fellow of TMS, the Materials Research Society, ASM-International, the American Association for the Advancement of Science, and LANL and was recognized with the TMS Cyril Stanley Smith Award, TMS Brimacombe Medal, TMS Materials Processing & Manufacturing Division (MPMD) Distinguished Scientist/Engineer Award; and the TMS MPMD Distinguished Service Award.
Harriet Kung Deputy Director for Science Programs, U.S. Department of Energy
Harriet Kung is the Deputy Director for Science Programs in the Office of Science (SC) at the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE). The SC mission is to deliver the scientific discoveries and major scientific tools that transform our understanding of nature and advance the energy, economic, and national security of the United States. Kung is the senior career official providing scientific and management direction and oversight for the SC research programs, including Advanced Scientific Computing Research, Basic Energy Sciences, Biological and Environmental Research, Fusion Energy Sciences, High Energy Physics, and Nuclear Physics. Kung also provides management direction and oversight of the Offices of Science Communications and Public Affairs, Scientific and Technical Information, Workforce Development for Teachers and Scientists, and Grants and Contracts Support.
Kung served as the SC Associate Director of Science for Basic Energy Sciences (BES) from June 2008 to April 2020 and as the Materials Sciences and Engineering (MSE) Division Director in BES from 2004 to 2008. Before joining DOE in 2002 as a program manager in MSE, Kung was a technical staff member and a project leader at Los Alamos National Laboratory. Her research focused primarily on nanoscale materials and high temperature superconductivity. Kung received her Ph.D. in Materials Science and Engineering with a minor in Applied and Engineering Physics from Cornell University.
Vincent Yuan Scientist, Los Alamos National Laboratory
Dr. Vincent Yuan is a senior staff scientist in the Physics Division at Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL). He joined LANL in 1985 as part of the Strategic Defense Initiative, the “Star Wars” program, and has worked in the lab ever since. He presently works in the Applied & Fundamental Physics group as a member of the Prompt Diagnostics team. His past research has mostly involved neutrons and has included parity measurements, neutron resonance spectroscopy (principal investigator), neutron diagnosed subcritical experiments, energy-release measurements, and re-analysis of underground testing data. As the son of first-generation Chinese immigrants (Luke Chia-Liu Yuan and Chien-Shiung Wu), Yuan followed his parents’ footsteps to study physics and received his Ph.D degree from Columbia University in 1977.
Registration is now closed for this event due to a high number of registrants. Please see our other professional development offerings at TMS2023.