Society Awards
View this calendar year’s recipients of TMS awards, managed through volunteer administrative committees, to recognize notable contributions to the field and pinnacle career achievements.
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2017 AIME Champion H. Mathewson Award
Joseph D. Robson
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Title: Professor of Metallurgy
Affiliation: University of Manchester
Quote: I am greatly honored that my paper was selected for a Champion H. Mathewson Award. I am aware of the very high quality of previous papers that have received this award, and am pleased my work has found value to the wider metallurgical research community. I would like to thank my colleagues, collaborators and sponsors, including Magnesium Elektron, whose support of magnesium research at Manchester made this work possible. I would also like to thank TMS for its international role in strongly championing metallurgical research.
Other: "Effect of Rare-Earth Additions on the Texture of Wrought Magnesium Alloys: The Role of Grain Boundary Segregation," Metallurgical and Materials Transactions A, July 2014.
2017 AIME Honorary Membership Award
Rohit Trivedi
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Title: Retired Professor
Affiliation: Iowa State University
Citation: For his manifold and lasting contributions to the understanding and control of microstructures in solidification and phase transformations, key elements in materials processing.
2017 AIME Honorary Membership Award
Reza Abbaschian
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Title: Dean of Bourns College of Engineering
Affiliation: University of California, Riverside
Citation: For pioneering contributions in solidification processing, materials education, and leadership in materials science and engineering worldwide.
2017 AIME Robert Lansing Hardy Award
Corinne Packard
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Title: Assistant Professor
Affiliation: Colorado School of Mines
Quote: Participating in TMS as a member and volunteer has had a huge impact on advancing my professional career. The society and its meetings provide a great opportunity for interacting with others, from senior scientists all the way down to the students in Material Advantage, where I first got my start in TMS. The broad range of topics covered by the society crosses material classes and spans from deeply scientific all the way to industrial application, so I know I will always find something that will propel my research in a new and rewarding direction. I’m deeply honored to receive the Hardy Award, thankful to my nominators, students, and mentors, and excited to join the list of prestigious researchers who have contributed immensely to the fields of metallurgical and materials engineering
Citation: For exceptional promise in determining mechanical behavior of materials at diminishing length scales across the spectrum of metals, ceramics, and glasses.
2017 Alexander Scott Distinguished Service Award
James Foley
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Title: Scientist
Affiliation: Los Alamos National Laboratory
Quote: The Alexander Scott Distinguished Service Award means a lot to me for many reasons. A few of those reasons are that I was very fortunate to have people I admire greatly nominate me, the award represents so many people that have given much of themselves to TMS and I treasure the time I have spent with TMS. Moreover, I have had the pleasure to serve with Alexander Scott and the subsequent executive directors of TMS who also give so much back to TMS. Being recognized at this level for my service contributions to the society and profession is truly a grand honor.
Citation: For his dedicated and sustained service to TMS and it's members, particularly to improvements in the quality of programming at TMS annual meetings and at Materials Science & Technology conferences.
2017 Application to Practice Award
Sanjay Sampath
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Title: Professor
Affiliation: State University of New York
Quote: I am truly gratified and humbled to receive this recognition from my peers, mentors, and the society. I am grateful to the nominators as well as to the extended group of students and colleagues in our Center that contributed to the development of thermal spray science and technology. This TMS Application to Practice Award is significant in that it recognizes the importance manufacturing science of materials and the value of linkages between academic research and industrial practice. We hope this TMS award will further expand research and applications in this exciting field of materials processing.
Citation: For seminal contributions to the fundamental science of thermal spray materials processes and engineered surfaces with relentless efforts at promoting transition of scientific knowledge into industrial practice.
2017 Application to Practice Award
Robert Wagstaff
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Title: Director and Global Team Leader
Affiliation: Novelis Corporation
Quote: Thirty years ago, when first I submitted my application to join the society, a group of us would arrive early on Sunday to purchase the proceedings and then dedicate the remainder of the evening to reading each paper in detail so that we were prepared to listen and participate in the sessions that intrigued us most. I continued attending each year to gain a better understanding of the current industry practices. In the early days, every year was also a remarkable opportunity to meet with and hear from my mentors. With the mentors of my youth absent at the sessions of today, I still find myself excited on the Sunday evenings prior to the conference. These days however, I am increasingly excited with the prospect of introducing and adopting new concepts and technology on a large scale. This award recognizes not only my career but also friends and mentors who helped me understand the importance of coupling theory with practical practice, the real recipients of this award.
Citation: For three decades of leadership in the safety, quality and productivity of aluminum casting including Airslip, LHC, Fusion, In-situ, and Flextreme technologies.
2017 Brimacombe Medalist
Matthew Barnett
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Title: Research Fellow
Affiliation: Deakin University
Quote: To receive an award form TMS is a fantastic honor. TMS has been part of my professional life ever since graduation. I've made much of my professional network through TMS meetings and have been known to fly to and back to the U.S. from Australia (within 3 days of each other) to permit attendance at the annual TMS meeting!
Citation: For substantial contributions to the advancement of the science and technology of alloy development and processing of metals and in particular of wrought magnesium alloys
2017 Brimacombe Medalist
Eric Brown
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Title: Explosive Science and Shock Physics Division Leader
Affiliation: Los Alamos National Laboratory
Quote: I am deeply grateful and honored to receive this recognition by TMS as a 2015 Brimacombe Medalist. It is truly humbling to receive an award named after J. Keith Brimacombe who was a giant in our community, making both seminal technical and innumerable service contributions to our field. Moreover, it is a great pleasure to join several colleagues, collaborators, mentors and friends within TMS who have previously received this award and whom I hold in the highest esteem. TMS has given me many opportunities to learn and grow in my career. This recognition is a reflection of the opportunities TMS provides all of us. Thank you to TMS and all of my colleagues who have contributed to my career.
Citation: For distinguished contributions to advancing the field of material dynamic mechanical properties and damage processes, while providing long-standing service to TMS and the materials community.
2017 Brimacombe Medalist
Amit Misra
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Title: Professor and Department Chair
Affiliation: University of Michigan
Quote: I have always cherished the TMS membership and all its benefits. I am deeply honored and humbled by this recognition from TMS and look forward to working with TMS to champion research and education in metallic materials.
Citation: For groundbreaking research on the mechanics and radiation response of nano-composite materials and for excellence in mentorship and service to the materials community.
2017 Brimacombe Medalist
Yue Qi
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Title: Associate Professor
Affiliation: Michigan State University
Quote: I am much honored to receive the award named after J. Keith Brimacombe, who continuously inspires us to build bridges between science and engineering, modeling and experiments, industry and academia. TMS has played a major role in my career development and helped my transition from industry to academia. Due to the interdisciplinary nature of my research, I am involved with other societies from time to time. But, I always feel like going home when I attend TMS meetings, where I find colleagues, friends, mentors, new ideas, core strength and much more.
Citation: For her significant contributions in multidisciplinary computational materials science, from groundbreaking work on chemical-mechanical coupling to breakthroughs in understanding Li-ion Battery failure.
2017 Brimacombe Medalist
Gregory Thompson
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Title: Professor
Affiliation: University of Alabama
Quote: Through my years as a student and now professional member of TMS, the society has been instrumental in helping to craft my career. It has been a 'technical home' in learning and developing career-long collaborations while simultaneously providing me numerous opportunities to serve the scientific and engineering community. I am grateful to TMS and my colleagues for this recognition.
Citation: For notable contributions in linking analytical microscopy with phase and property studies across materials and length scales, commitment to STEM education, and service to TMS.
2017 Bruce Chalmers Award
S. Lee Semiatin
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Title: Senior Scientist
Affiliation: U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory
Quote: I am deeply honored to have been selected for the TMS Bruce Chalmers Award and to join the company of prior recipients whom I so admire. I view this award as a recognition of the research in the area of thermomechanical processing performed by our team, including colleagues and friends in our lab, in industry, and at various universities. This work has been aided greatly by people I have met and ideas garnered as a member of TMS. These interactions have been very fulfilling indeed, both professionally and personally.
Citation: For exceptional contributions to the science and engineering of thermomechanical processing of aerospace alloys, mentoring of young engineers, and technology transfer to industry.
2017 Cyril Stanley Smith Award
Stephen Foiles
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Title: Distinguished Member of Technical Staff
Affiliation: Sandia National Laboratories
Quote: I am honored and thrilled to receive this award named for Cyril Stanley Smith, a pioneer in the study of material microstructures. Like him, I have a long-standing fascination, some might say obsession, with grain boundaries and how they impact microstructural evolution. I want to recognize and thank the numerous colleagues who have greatly inspired, assisted and corrected me in this work. TMS has also played a key role by providing the venues where many of these collaborations were established and nurtured.
Citation: For pioneering development of the Embedded Atom Method interatomic potentials, which laid the foundation for nearly three decades of molecular dynamics simulations of metals.
2017 Early Career Faculty Fellow Award
Kristin Persson
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Title: Staff Scientist
Affiliation: University of California, Berkeley
Quote: I’ve been going to TMS meetings for over 10 years and it has always provided me with a much needed reality check, connecting societal and industrial needs with academic research. The topics and symposia at the TMS reflect a clear assessment of the current state of affairs, which opens up an honest dialogue between scientists in the community. I am incredibly honored by the award and look forward to further contributing to the TMS community and organization.
Other: "The Materials Project: Accelerated Materials Design in the Information Age"
2017 Early Career Faculty Fellow Award
Guihua Yu
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Title: Assistant Professor
Affiliation: University of Texas
Quote: I am really honored to receive this prestigious award from the TMS Foundation. Since first becoming a TMS member in 2013, I feel the TMS and its society meetings provide a large array of career and technical development programs for many young researchers working in materials science and engineering, which have greatly helped me to grow professionally and connect to fellow scientists and engineers in both industry and academia. I am very excited to be part of the exciting growth and advancement of TMS and the TMS Foundation, and truly look forward to more actively participating in and contributing to future TMS activities and the TMS community.
Other: "A Soft Approach towards Grand Energy Challenges—An Emerging Class of Functional Polymers"
2017 Ellen Swallow Richards Diversity Award
Lorna Gibson
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Title: Professor
Affiliation: Massachusets Institute of Technology
Quote: I am delighted to accept the TMS 2017 Ellen Swallow Richards Diversity Award. Ellen Swallow Richards had a long-time association with MIT as its first woman student in 1871, and as an instructor of chemistry for over 30 years. She was a strong advocate for the education of women, especially in science, and was well-known for her own contributions to evaluating water quality and to public health. She also collaborated with her husband, Robert H. Richards, professor of mining engineering at MIT, and was elected as a member of the American Institute of Mining Engineers. It is a special honor to be selected as the recipient of the TMS 2017 Ellen Swallow Richards Diversity Award.
Citation: For her public role in creating a culture of equality and diversity and her private support of those facing adversity in their field.
2017 Fellow Award
Long-Qing Chen
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Title: Distinguished Professor
Affiliation: Pennsylvania State University
Quote: I have been associated with TMS for about 25 years ever since I became a TMS member and participated in the first TMS annual fall meeting in 1991. TMS annual meetings are where I learned how to get involved in society committees and symposium organization and met many wonderful life-long friends as well as a number of mentors who have in many ways shaped my professional career. To receive the TMS Fellow Award, considered as a pinnacle award at TMS, truly made me feel it's a dream come true.
Citation: For his outstanding contributions to computational mesoscale materials science and its applications to solid-solid phase transformations and microstructure evolution.
2017 Fellow Award
Ke Lu
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Title: Director
Affiliation: Institute of Metal Research
Quote: I am deeply humbled by this extraordinary recognition. As a material researcher in China, I could not ask for more prestigious honor to join the ranks of distinguished TMS Fellows—colleagues with stellar accomplishments and role models of my profession. This award inspires me to explore more in the vast room of nano-metals and to promote future generations in this rich land.
Citation: For seminal contributions to the understanding of the mechanical properties of metals and nanocrystalline materials and for his world-class leadership of materials research.
2017 Fellow Award
Gary Was
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Title: Professor
Affiliation: University of Michigan
Quote: I have been a TMS member since 1977. The first TMS conference I attended was the Fall 1979 TMS-AIME Fall meeting in Milwaukee, WI where I presented a talk entitled "Effect of Heat Treatment on Segregation and Precipitation of Trace Elements in Inconel 600." Over the years, I have had the opportunity to meet colleagues in the discipline by serving as member and officer of several committees, to expand my horizons as symposium organizer and chair, and to have had the opportunity to organize and chair independently sponsored TMS meetings. It’s hard to think of a year in which I haven’t been a part of a TMS meeting as TMS has played such an important role in my career by providing a forum for interaction with the top scientists and engineers in my field. Sitting at the intersection of metallurgy, corrosion, and radiation effects can be challenging, but I have always found a home at TMS. The society has continued to be flexible, responsive, and adaptive to the changing materials world while maintaining strength in its core pursuits. I look forward to a fifth decade of close involvement with TMS.
Citation: For seminal contributions to understanding environmental degradation of structural materials, with emphasis on irradiation-assisted stress corrosion cracking and irradiation-induced microstructural changes.
2017 Fellow Award
Yuntian Zhu
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Title: Distinguished Professor
Affiliation: North Carolina State University
Quote: It is a great honor to receive this award, which represents a milestone in my career development. TMS has been my home academic society. Becoming a TMS fellow is a great recognition of my academic contribution. It makes me work harder to make more contributions to materials science and to TMS.
Citation: For pioneering contributions to the understanding of deformation physics of nanomaterials and the development of nanotechnologies to produce superior nanomaterials.
2017 Frank Crossley Diversity Award
Lawrence Crosby
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Title: Ph.D. Candidate
Affiliation: Northwestern University
Quote: As a lifelong lover of learning, membership in TMS is a milestone in my journey to make the world better through scientific discovery. As a man who has overcome losing his father to statistics and his mother to diabetes, I can relate to Frank Crossley's road through trials and tribulations. As a grandson of a teacher, I have been taught the value of education and perseverance from a young age. While my work is not yet finished, I am very grateful to receive recognition through the Frank Crossley award, which truly sets a high bar embodied by the accomplishments of its namesake.
Citation: For overcoming extraordinary barriers to become a successful young scientist, and being a role model to disadvantaged youth.
2017 Institute of Metals/Robert Franklin Mehl Award
Steven Zinkle
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Title: Governors Chair Professor
Affiliation: University of Tennessee
Quote: I attended my first TMS meeting while I was in graduate school, and greatly value the consistent technical and professional value of its outstanding annual meeting symposia. I am deeply honored and humbled to receive an award that has been previously presented to many of the materials science leaders I have long admired. The award namesake, Robert Franklin Mehl , was a leader in shaping the early foundations of science-based understanding of metallurgy and materials behavior. I am very appreciative to long -standing fruitful research collaborations with many colleagues on high performance materials capable of operation in a variety of extreme environments.
Citation: For innovative research on microstructure/property relationships in irradiated materials enabling improved understanding of performance limits and design strategies for high-performance radiation-resistant materials.
Other: "Microstructure of Irradiated Materials"
2017 Julia and Johannes Weertman Educator Award
Ramana Reddy
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Title: Professor
Affiliation: University of Alabama
Quote: I am honored and humbled to receive this award. I am honored to be among those distinguished prior recipients of this award. I love teaching students and collaborating with researchers form all over the world. TMS is one of the most vibrant materials societies in the world. I am very pleased to be a member of it. TMS has played a significant role in my professional growth and providing the opportunities to develop contacts with friends, and materials and engineering professionals world wide.
Citation: For his more than 36 years of teaching to a large number of students, writing an undergraduate textbook, and his research contributions in phase equilibria and thermodynamics of materials.
2017 Leadership Award
John Allison
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Title: Professor
Affiliation: University of Michigan
Citation: For his leadership in development and implementation of integrated computational materials engineering (ICME) in light-weight structural metallic materials.
2017 Morris Cohen Award
Robert Ritchie
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Title: Professor
Affiliation: University of California, Berkeley
Quote: I have been a member of TMS for some 40 years and regard it as my main professional society home. Being recognized by my peers for a TMS Award is therefore a special honor to me. As for this particular award, I knew Morris Cohen when I taught at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in the late 1970s; he was a giant of man in the topic of the physical metallurgy of steels and someone that I truly admired, which makes this award even more special to me.
Citation: For seminal contributions to the mechanistic understanding of the fracture and fatigue of a broad range of engineering, bioinspired and biological materials.
2017 William Hume-Rothery Award
George Smith
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Title: Professor of Materials Science
Affiliation: University of Oxford
Quote: I am deeply honored to receive this prestigious award from TMS. It provides recognition for the achievements of the entire Oxford team for the development and application of three-dimensional atom probe analysis to the study of phase transformations and phase chemistry in metals and alloys. Professor Hume Rothery played a key role in the establishment of this field of research. I trust that he would be pleased to see this award bestowed upon one of his successors on the faculty of his old department. I would like to dedicate this award especially to the memory of my beloved wife Josie, who sadly passed away last year. She supported me steadfastly in everything I did, and believed in me more than I did myself.
Citation: For leadership and vision in development of advanced Atom Probe instruments and their application in improving understanding of atomic scale processes in metallurgical transformations.
Other: "The Role of Atom Probe Tomography in Decoding the Materials Genome"
Division Awards
View this calendar year’s recipients of TMS awards managed through the TMS technical divisions— Extraction & Processing (EPD), Functional Materials (FMD), Light Metals (LMD), Materials Processing & Manufacturing (MPMD), and Structural Materials (SMD).
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2017 EPD Distinguished Lecturer Award
Corby Anderson
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Title: Harrison Western Professor
Affiliation: Colorado School of Mines
Quote: This award's legacy and listing of it's honored recipients represents the finest in this field of endeavor. Many prior recipients are respected colleagues, friends and key career mentors. It is ironic that the first recipient was William J. Kroll in 1959 and I now work in the Kroll Institute for Extractive Metallurgy he enabled to be created at the Colorado School of Mines through his generous contributions. Thus, I am both deeply honored and humbled to receive this award. Thank you for this supreme recognition and I look forward to providing a technical and entertaining lecture.
Citation: For his numerous significant contributions to the field of extractive metallurgy through industrial contributions, teaching, service, research, publications, patents, management of students and staff.
Other: "The Theory and Application of Alkaline Sulfide Leaching and Nitrogen Species Catalyzed Pressure Oxidation Hydrometallurgical Technologies"
2017 EPD Distinguished Service Award
Shijie Wang
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Title: Principal Advisor
Affiliation: Rio Tinto Kennecott Utah Copper Corp.
Quote: I am honored and happy. I became a TMS member in 1991 have been actively volunteering ever since. I see TMS as an asset for queries as well as a forum for literary review. It’s a superb orgniazation, where learning flows in numerous directions.
Citation: For distinguished service to the TMS EPD through committee participation and leadership as well as leadership in conference organizing.
2017 EPD Pyrometallurgy Best Paper Award
Derek Hayman
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Title: Chief Technician
Affiliation: MINTEK
Quote: When I first started as a trainee at MINTEK I spent time in a number of different metallurgical disciplines but decided to follow pyrometallurgy after discovering that this was where the "action" was. Over the years I have remained intrigued by furnace processes and the operational issues surrounding them to ensure they operate successfully under such extreme process conditions. Thank you to TMS for this award, it is an honor and is much appreciated.
Other: "Tap-Hole Life Cycle Design Criteria: A Case Study Based on Silicomanganese Production," JOM, June 2016.
2017 EPD Pyrometallurgy Best Paper Award
Jacques Muller
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Title: Consulting Process Engineer
Affiliation: Algoness Pty Ltd.
Quote: I am truly honored to receive this award from TMS, and it has been a privilege to work with my colleagues on this publication. This award is a valuable recognition of the research work being done in the field of tap-hole development and manganese production. Most credit for this work is owed to the lead author, Joalet Steenkamp.
Other: "Tap-Hole Life Cycle Design Criteria: A Case Study Based on Silicomanganese Production," JOM, June 2016.
2017 EPD Pyrometallurgy Best Paper Award
Joalet Steenkamp
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Title: Chief Engineer
Affiliation: MINTEK
Quote: I fell in love with pyrometallurgy at the tender age of 17, when I witnessed for the first time a furnace being tapped. At the tapfloor of the COREX at ISCOR Pretoria Works, there was something magical in the combination of light, energy, and danger that simultaneously stirred my primal instincts to ‘run for your life’ and ‘go closer and have a look’. I stayed, looked, and now at the age of 43, the TMS EPD award validated this special bond I have with furnaces being tapped. I am deeply thankful.
Other: "Tap-Hole Life Cycle Design Criteria: A Case Study Based on Silicomanganese Production," JOM, June 2016.
2017 EPD Science Award
Alexandre Deev
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Title: Principal Research Scientist
Affiliation: CSIRO Process Science and Engineering
Quote: I am very grateful to TMS for granting our team this award and feel honored. The TMS EPD Science Award is prestigious and is valued very high at our organization. The grant of the award means that the work we were doing was received with interest and was recognized by broader scientific and industrial community, which gives a significant motivation to continue this research further. I am also very pleased that our former postdoctoral fellows were recognizes for their very considerable contribution to this work.
Other: "Surface Tension Measurements of Calcia-Alumina Slags: A Comparison of Dynamic Methods," Metallurgical and Materials Transactions B, Feb. 2015.
2017 EPD Science Award
Luckman Muhmood
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Title: Associate Professor
Affiliation: KJ Somaiya College of Engineering
Quote: First, I would like to thank the TMS Extraction & Processing Division Award Committee for recognizing our work at CSIRO. This award is invaluable and will be a driving force for me to explore more significantly important research areas in metallurgy.
Other: "Surface Tension Measurements of Calcia-Alumina Slags: A Comparison of Dynamic Methods," Metallurgical and Materials Transactions B, Feb. 2015.
2017 EPD Science Award
Shouyi Sun
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Title: Research Program Leader
Affiliation: CSIRO Process Science and Engineering
Quote: TMS is a big international family of which members share their hard times and happy moments of their professional life. Thanks for the award and thanks to the panel for selecting this work. While this brings personal satisfaction, I take more pride in my two young and very talented colleagues who skillfully tackled the challenges: temperature, material, speed, resolution, and many more, completed excellent research into the slag surface dynamics. This encouraging award serves well in recognizing their great effort and achievement.
Other: "Surface Tension Measurements of Calcia-Alumina Slags: A Comparison of Dynamic Methods," Metallurgical and Materials Transactions B, Feb. 2015.
2017 EPD Science Award
Mirco Wegener
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Title: Sales Director Europe
Affiliation: SOPAT GmbH
Quote: This award recognizes three years of concentrated and dedicated work and means a lot to me. I felt our team of authors was a unique and highly complementary combination of skills and capabilities. I am grateful to have worked with them. I also thank CSIRO for their great support.
Other: "Surface Tension Measurements of Calcia-Alumina Slags: A Comparison of Dynamic Methods," Metallurgical and Materials Transactions B, Feb. 2015.
2017 EPD Technology Award
John J.J. Chen
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Title: Professor
Affiliation: University of Auckland
Other: "Technique for Low Amperage Potline Operation for Electricity Grid Storage," Metallurgical and Materials Transactions E, March 2015.
2017 EPD Technology Award
Mark Taylor
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Title: Professor
Affiliation: University of Auckland
Quote: This Award recognizes the research which John Chen and I have conducted with the Light Metals Research Centre at the University of Auckland to develop a new technology for independently regulating the heat balance of aluminum smelting cells. The research started in 2003 and has culminated in several world-wide patents for a new heat exchanger technology, as well as many publications of which this paper is the most recent. To be recognized by TMS for this research is a major highlight of mine and Chen's research careers, and is wider recognition of Light Metals Research Centre and the group of researchers who have contributed to the industrial application of the new technology.
Other: "Technique for Low Amperage Potline Operation for Electricity Grid Storage," Metallurgical and Materials Transactions E, March 2015.
2017 FMD Distinguished Scientist/Engineer Award
Sinn-wen Chen
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Title: Professor
Affiliation: National Tsing Hua University
Quote: It is a great honor to receive this award. TMS was my first professional society, its annual meeting was my first professional meeting, and I have been a TMS member and attending TMS annual meetings without interruption for 28 years. I would like to thank TMS and I look forward to many more years as a member.
Citation: For his contributions on phase diagram experimental determinations and investigations of electric current effects upon interfacial reactions in the Pb-free solder related multi-component alloy systems.
2017 FMD John Bardeen Award
Carol Handwerker
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Title: Professor of Materials Engineering
Affiliation: Purdue University
Quote: Since joining TMS as a graduate student in 1983, I have been very grateful to be a member of the TMS community of scholars, working together to advance both scientific knowledge and engineering practice for the public good. I feel incredibly honored to receive the 2017 John Bardeen Award from the Functional Materials Division for my research in electronic packaging and interconnection and am indebted to my colleagues at Purdue, the National Institute of Standards and Technology, and TMS for creating a culture of creativity and joy in exploring the fundamental basis of metallurgy and materials science.
Citation: For continuing excellence and contributions made in the field of electronic materials, especially in the areas of tin whisker growth and lead-free solders
2017 Light Metals Award
Andrew Furlong
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Title: Principal Process Engineer
Affiliation: WorleyParsons
Other: "Going Far (Floating Alumina Refinery)," Light Metals 2016.
2017 Light Metals Award
Bradley Hogan
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Title: Principal Process Engineer
Affiliation: WorleyParsons
Quote: It is an extreme honor to accept this award. TMS is a highly respected organization in the minerals, metals and materials industries. TMS gives me the opportunity to understand all the exciting work that is being done outside my field of expertise. It also gives me a great opportunity to network with colleagues.
Other: "Going Far (Floating Alumina Refinery)," Light Metals 2016.
2017 Light Metals Subject Award - Aluminum Alloys
Amir R. Farkoosh
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Title: Postdoc Fellow
Affiliation: McGill University
Other: "High Temperature Creep Evolution in Al-Si Alloys Developed for Automotive Powertrain Applications: A Neutron In-Situ Study on hkl-Plane Creep Response," Light Metals 2016.
2017 Light Metals Subject Award - Aluminum Alloys
Ahmed M. Nabawy
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Title: Operations Safety and Licensing
Affiliation: Canadian Nuclear Laboratories
Other: "High Temperature Creep Evolution in Al-Si Alloys Developed for Automotive Powertrain Applications: A Neutron In-Situ Study on hkl-Plane Creep Response," Light Metals 2016.
2017 Light Metals Subject Award - Aluminum Alloys
Dimitry G. Sediako
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Affiliation: Canadian Nuclear Laboratories
Quote: I have been doing my research in metallurgy for over 30 years, being a member of TMS for the last 15 years. I am quite proud associating myself with the prestigious professional organization which unites the top-notch experts from all over the world. I am particularly proud now, receiving this award for my research team from my peers.
Other: "High Temperature Creep Evolution in Al-Si Alloys Developed for Automotive Powertrain Applications: A Neutron In-Situ Study on hkl-Plane Creep Response," Light Metals 2016.
2017 Light Metals Subject Award - Electrode Technology for Aluminum Production
Wojciech Gebarowski
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Title: Professor, Faculty of Non-Ferrous Metals
Affiliation: Norwegian University of Science and Technology
Quote: Performing the experiments in the environment of molten cryolite is not an easy job. As we cannot expect them to appreciate our efforts, the recognition fr om your part will be strongly motivating me in the future work.
Other: "Interfacial Boundary between Carbon Anodes and Molten Salt Electrolyte," Light Metals 2016.
2017 Light Metals Subject Award - Electrode Technology for Aluminum Production
Hogne Linga
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Title: Manager Carbon R&D
Affiliation: Hydro Aluminium AS
Quote: Hydro has established a good form for cooperation between industry and the academic community in Trondheim. This award is therefore a great inautive to all involved parties for further work. Industry needs research in raw materials and such award make it easier to recruit personnel and build competence. We would like to thank the TMS organization for this award.
Other: "Interfacial Boundary between Carbon Anodes and Molten Salt Electrolyte," Light Metals 2016.
2017 Light Metals Subject Award - Electrode Technology for Aluminum Production
Camilla Sommerseth
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Title: Ph.D. Fellow
Affiliation: SINTEF
Quote: This award is an acknowledgement ot our work, that we are doing something right in the lab, contributing to increased understanding in the field and that our results are reaching a broader audience. Thank you.
Other: "Interfacial Boundary between Carbon Anodes and Molten Salt Electrolyte," Light Metals 2016.
2017 Light Metals Subject Award - Warren Peterson Cast Shop for Aluminum Production
Qingyou Han
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Title: Professor
Affiliation: Purdue University
Quote: Thank you, TMS, for this award. It is an encouragement for my applied research in the area of processing of lightweight materials. I do believe that external fields and acoustic vibrations can find their applications in materials processing.
Other: "Ultrasonic Grain Refining of Continuous Cast Aluminum: Microstructure and Properties," Light Metals 2016.
2017 Light Metals Subject Award - Warren Peterson Cast Shop for Aluminum Production
Kiran Manchiraju
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Title: Director R&D
Affiliation: Southwire Company LLC
Quote: As the world restructures the way it process metals from mining to final products the need to dynamically adapt to the new environmental standards and market forces underscore the need to develop new processes and technologies that reduce costs while lowering the environmental foot print. This award reinforces the importance of the development of our ultrasonic grain refining technology that eliminates the use of some external particulates in the casting of aluminum. The consensus of some the best technical minds at TMS to give this award is an honor to me and my co-authors on this paper.
Other: "Ultrasonic Grain Refining of Continuous Cast Aluminum: Microstructure and Properties," Light Metals 2016.
2017 Light Metals Subject Award - Warren Peterson Cast Shop for Aluminum Production
Michael Powell
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Title: Industrial Engineer
Affiliation: Southwire Company LLC
Quote: Being a TMS member has been great! It gives us the opportunity to bridge the gap between academic research and industry innovation. Receiving the award is a great honor and shows that both academia and industry are interested in new processing technologies for aluminum production.
Other: "Ultrasonic Grain Refining of Continuous Cast Aluminum: Microstructure and Properties," Light Metals 2016.
2017 LMD Distinguished Service Award
Wilhelmus Sillekens
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Title: Project Manager
Affiliation: European Space Agency
Quote: It is a great honor for me to chosen as recipient of the 2017 TMS Light Metals Distinguished Service Award. Being engaged in the society has enabled me not only to contribute to some major symposium relating to my field of research, but also to actively interact with the scientific materials community and through that build highly relevant global network of peers.
Citation: For his service to TMS in generating interest in new topics of light metals research and for his organization and support of the Magnesium Technology symposia.
2017 LMD Energy Best Paper Award - Professional
Tao Wang
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Title: Metallurgical Engineer
Affiliation: Nucor Steel
Quote: I am so proud to get this award, thanks a lot opt the TMS Light Metals Division and Magnesium Committee. This award is great recognition to what I did in the past with the guidance of Prof. Kou. It also poses a great deal of encouragement for me to work on my research harder in the future.
Other: "Novel Thin Strip Casting Process and Its Energy Consumption"
2017 LMD Energy Best Paper Award- Student
Erik Coats
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Title: Professor and Director of Engineering Management Program
Affiliation: University of Idaho
Other: "Reduction of GHG Emissions through the Conversion of Dairy Waste to Value-Added Materials and Products," Energy Technology 2016: Carbon Dioxide Management and Other Technologies.
2017 LMD Energy Best Paper Award- Student
Chaston Ellis
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Title: Research Intern
Affiliation: Idaho National Laboratory
Other: "Reduction of GHG Emissions through the Conversion of Dairy Waste to Value-Added Materials and Products," Energy Technology 2016: Carbon Dioxide Management and Other Technologies.
2017 LMD Energy Best Paper Award- Student
Kevin Feris
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Title: Professor
Affiliation: Boise State University
Other: "Reduction of GHG Emissions through the Conversion of Dairy Waste to Value-Added Materials and Products," Energy Technology 2016: Carbon Dioxide Management and Other Technologies.
2017 LMD Energy Best Paper Award- Student
Donna Post Guillen
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Title: Distinguished Research Engineer
Affiliation: Idaho National Laboratory
Other: "Reduction of GHG Emissions through the Conversion of Dairy Waste to Value-Added Materials and Products," Energy Technology 2016: Carbon Dioxide Management and Other Technologies.
2017 LMD Energy Best Paper Award- Student
Caryn Havlovick
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Title: Graduate Teaching Assistant
Affiliation: Idaho State University
Quote: I feel that this award shows all the hard work that I put into the project and paper was worth it. I also feel that by winning this award, others were able to better comprehend and understand the work I did, and that it will hopefully be of some significance to them. I am honored that my paper will be published so anyone who wants to read it has the opportunity to do so. Having this award will also significantly improve my resume and as a result, my employment options.
Other: "Reduction of GHG Emissions through the Conversion of Dairy Waste to Value-Added Materials and Products," Energy Technology 2016: Carbon Dioxide Management and Other Technologies.
2017 LMD Energy Best Paper Award- Student
Armando McDonald
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Title: Professor
Affiliation: University of Idaho
Other: "Reduction of GHG Emissions through the Conversion of Dairy Waste to Value-Added Materials and Products," Energy Technology 2016: Carbon Dioxide Management and Other Technologies.
2017 LMD JOM Best Paper Award
Gordon E.K. Agbenyegah
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Title: Student
Affiliation: University of Auckland
Other: “The Pivotal Role of Alumina Pore Structure in HF Capture and Fluoride Return in Aluminum Reduction,” JOM, Sept. 2016.
2017 LMD JOM Best Paper Award
Margaret M. Hyland
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Title: Associate Director
Affiliation: University of Auckland
Other: “The Pivotal Role of Alumina Pore Structure in HF Capture and Fluoride Return in Aluminum Reduction,” JOM, Sept. 2016.
2017 LMD JOM Best Paper Award
Grant J. McIntosh
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Affiliation: University of Auckland
Other: “The Pivotal Role of Alumina Pore Structure in HF Capture and Fluoride Return in Aluminum Reduction,” JOM, Sept. 2016.
2017 LMD JOM Best Paper Award
James B. Metson
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Title: Associate Director
Affiliation: University of Auckland
Other: “The Pivotal Role of Alumina Pore Structure in HF Capture and Fluoride Return in Aluminum Reduction,” JOM, Sept. 2016.
2017 LMD Magnesium Technology Award - Student Paper
Ellen Solomon
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Title: Student
Affiliation: University of Michigan
Quote: I am honored to receive the 2016 TMS Light Metals Magnesium Best Student Paper Award. It is very rewarding to have my work recognized by the scientific community and to receive financial support to attend TMS. I have enjoyed attending TMS, it is a wonderful experience to learn about other exciting research as well as to share my own. Being a member of TMS has been invaluable to me because of the opportunities I have had to network and build a community with others from around the world.
Other: "The Structure of ß” and ß’ in an Aged Mg-Nd Alloy," Magnesium Technology 2016.
2017 LMD Magnesium Technology Best Paper Award - Application
Sindo Kou
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Title: Professor
Affiliation: University of Wisconsin-Madison
Quote: It is a great honor to receive this award. I thank the conference organizers for selecting my paper for the award. I also thank TMS for continuing to organize the Magnesium Technology symposia at the annual meetings. I have attended several conferences and I look forward to attending the conference again in the future.
Other: "Effect of Filler Wires on Cracking along Edges of Magnesium Welds," Magnesium Technology 2016.
2017 LMD Magnesium Technology Best Paper Award - Fundamental Research
Dietmar Letzig
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Title: Head of Department
Affiliation: Helmholtz-Zentrum Geesthach
Quote: Winning this award on fundamental research is a great recognition of my research approach. TMS is one of the most important conferences to present and discuss our work. It especially underlines the projects with a specific application in mind (as presented in the paper) can have important impact in fundamental research. I am honored to win this prize which will also energize ongoing work in this collaborative research approach together with my colleagues and co authors from TU Berlin.
Other: "Formability of Extruded Magnesium Sheet Alloys with Different Textures," Magnesium Technology 2016.
2017 LMD/EPD Subject Award - Recycling
Gisele Azimi
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Title: Assistant Professor
Affiliation: University of Toronto
Quote: I am very pleased and honored to accept this award. I would like to thank those who nominated our work and supported the nomination. I am also delighted to be a member of TMS for several years. I attend the TMS annual meeting every year and meet different leaders in my field and thereby I get to know about other types of research in the metals and materials field.
Other: "Sustainable Processing of Phosphogypsum Waste Stream for the recovery of Valuable Rare Earth Elements," REWAS 2016.
2017 MPMD Distinguished Scientist/Engineer Award
Neville Moody
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Title: Retired
Affiliation: Sandia National Laboratories
Quote: It is an honor to be recognized with this award. I have been a part of TMS since graduate school and for many of those years active in MPMD. TMS has provided me the opportunity to meet and work with many scientists and engineers across the materials science and engineering community. My involvement in committees and organizing symposia has added opportunities and benefited my professional career.
Citation: For ground-breaking work in hydrogen embrittlement, thin film mechanical behavior, novel uses of nanoindentation, as well as inspiring and mentoring future generations of materials scientists
2017 MPMD Distinguished Service Award
Mark Stoudt
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Title: Materials Research Engineer
Affiliation: National Institute of Standards and Technology
Quote: It is truly an honor to receive the 2017 MPMD Distinguished Service Award. My membership in TMS has been very rewarding, enriching my professional life in many ways. Through symposia organizing and the various positions that I have held, I have forged lasting friendships with people who share a passion for their profession, and it is the recognition of those efforts by my colleagues that makes receiving this award so special. I hope that I can continue to advance the goals of TMS and give back to the society as much as it has given me.
Citation: For tireless service throughout the TMS society, across multiple divisions, and throughout several committees within MPMD, as recognized by your contributions in programming, recruitment and training.
2017 Nagy El-Kaddah Award for Best Paper in MHD in Material Processing
Jacqueline Etay
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Title: Senior Researcher
Affiliation: SIMAP EMP
Quote: I first met Nagy El-Kaddah in the 1991 ISIJ Congress in Nagoya. I noticed he was a nicely proactive person. At that time he was collaborating with the French company Pechiney and I know because they told me that later. Pechiney people were highly appreciating Nagy's generosity. Then I met him in other conferences mainly those devoted to Electromagnetic Processing of Materials. I never met a more enthusiast guy doing, among other works, pertinent numerical modeling of electromagnetic stirring. These are the reasons I am deeply grateful to the community to have elected the present work led by Xiaodong Wang for the Nagy El-Kaddah Award.
Other: "Flow Driven by an Archimedean Helical Permanent Magnetic Field. Part I: Flow Patterns and Their Transitions," Metallurgical and Materials Transactions B, April 2016.
2017 Nagy El-Kaddah Award for Best Paper in MHD in Material Processing
Yves Fautrelle
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Title: Professor
Affiliation: Grenoble Institute of Technology
Quote: TMS conference is by far the most important world event in the field of Materials. It is an great honor to receive such an award from TMS. It also rewards a fruitful and long-term collaboration between Professor Xiaodong Wang, University of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing and Grenoble Institute of Technology (France) that I represent.
Other: "Flow Driven by an Archimedean Helical Permanent Magnetic Field. Part I: Flow Patterns and Their Transitions," Metallurgical and Materials Transactions B, April 2016.
2017 Nagy El-Kaddah Award for Best Paper in MHD in Material Processing
Xianzhao Na
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Title: Professor
Affiliation: Central Iron and Steel Research Institute
Quote: It is indeed our great honor and pleasure to acknowledge that paper is selected as Nagy El-Kaddah award! I know the mission of TMS is to promote the global science and engineering professions concerned with minerals, metals, and materials. So it is a great encouragement for us leaded by Xiaodong Wang that our work was nominated as the winning paper this time and is a precious chance to make our group communicate with colleagues as well.
Other: "Flow Driven by an Archimedean Helical Permanent Magnetic Field. Part I: Flow Patterns and Their Transitions," Metallurgical and Materials Transactions B, April 2016.
2017 Nagy El-Kaddah Award for Best Paper in MHD in Material Processing
Bo Wang
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Title: Student
Affiliation: University of Chinese Academy of Science
Quote: Indeed, it is a great honor for me to receive the Nagy El-Kaddah Award from TMS. This honor will encourage me to make more accomplishments in my research fields. I hope I can try my best effort to contribute to the TMS and their journals in the future.
Other: "Flow Driven by an Archimedean Helical Permanent Magnetic Field. Part I: Flow Patterns and Their Transitions," Metallurgical and Materials Transactions B, April 2016.
2017 Nagy El-Kaddah Award for Best Paper in MHD in Material Processing
Xiaodong Wang
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Title: Professor
Affiliation: University of Chinese Academy of Science
Quote: It's indeed my great honor and great pleasure to receive this award nominated by the inaugural Nagy El-Kaddah for Best Paper in MHD in Material Processing. I'm grateful our colleagues from EPD gave this unique award to us, which is a special praise for our work. TMS, including its journals, provides our community with a special platform in the field of material processing. As an author, key reader, and reviewer, I hope that I could try my best effort to contribute to TMS in the future.
Other: "Flow Driven by an Archimedean Helical Permanent Magnetic Field. Part I: Flow Patterns and Their Transitions," Metallurgical and Materials Transactions B, April 2016.
2017 Nagy El-Kaddah Award for Best Paper in MHD in Material Processing
Xinde Zhang
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Title: Master
Affiliation: Central Iron and Steel Research Institute
Quote: I am glad to acquire such an honor. This award and TMS membership means what we have done before is meaningful. Meanwhile, we can share our achievements with others more easily through TMS and we hope to have further corporation with EPM/SLMAP/CNRS.
Other: "Flow Driven by an Archimedean Helical Permanent Magnetic Field. Part I: Flow Patterns and Their Transitions," Metallurgical and Materials Transactions B, April 2016.
2017 SMD Distinguished Scientist/Engineer Award
Somnath Ghosh
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Title: Professor
Affiliation: Johns Hopkins University
Quote: It is indeed a tremendous honor for me to receive this prestigious award from the TMS Structural Materials Division. I am grateful to the Awards Committee for finding me worthy of this honor. This is special recognition by my peers in the field of materials modeling, which is a great endorsement of my activities in research.
Citation: For innovative and sustained contributions in the field of computational mechanics of materials and, tireless efforts to bridge materials and computations for industrial benefits.
2017 SMD JOM Best Paper Award
Amirhossein Khalajhedayati
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Affiliation: University of California, Irvine
Quote: I would like to express my sincere gratitude to the TMS/JOM committee for selecting our paper of this award. It is quite an honor to be recognized by TMS. I would also like to thank my advisor Timothy J. Rupert for his continuous support during my Ph.D. program. I hope that our research helps to advance the field of advanced nanocrystalline materials.
Other: “High-Temperature Stability and Grain Boundary Complexion Formation in a Nanocrystalline Cu-Zr Alloy," JOM, Dec. 2015.
2017 SMD JOM Best Paper Award
Timothy J. Rupert
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Title: Assistant Professor
Affiliation: University of California, Irvine
Other: “High-Temperature Stability and Grain Boundary Complexion Formation in a Nanocrystalline Cu-Zr Alloy," JOM, Dec. 2015.
2017 TMS/SME/AIME James Douglas Gold Medal
William F. Riggs
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Title: Retired
Affiliation: Mentors International Inc.
Citation: For his significant expertise, and distinguished innovations in the development of customized flotation reagents, which continue to improve operations performance.
Young Professionals Awards
View this calendar year’s recipients of TMS awards developed specifically to support the professional growth of young professional members.
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2017 EPD Young Leaders Professional Development
Yousef Mohassab
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Title: Research Associate
Affiliation: University of Utah
Quote: Being surrrounded by the largest group of dedicated professionals meant more than a membership. I have had the great honor of serving my community as a reviewer to multiple excellent TMS journals. I stay updated on the frontiers in my field. My leadership skills grew drastically interacting with great leaders in the community. Thanks to my TMS family.
2017 EPD Young Leaders Professional Development
Huayi Yin
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Title: Postdoctoral Associate
Affiliation: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Quote: I am honored to receive TMS EPD Young Leaders Professional Development Award. The TMS annual meeting is the most well-known meeting in my research field, proving me a great platform to share my research progress, learn from and communicate with colleagues, and generate new ideas. Being selected as a young leader will benefit my future career and I am willing to be more involved and serve on the EPD committee. Thank you TMS.
2017 FMD Young Leaders Professional Development
Fadi Abdeljawad
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Title: Senior Member of Technical Staff
Affiliation: Sandia National Laboratories
Quote: Since my first year as a graduate student, TMS has always been a professional home for all my research needs. I have benefitted tremendously from my TMS membership. The TMS annual meetings helped me to grow professionally through formal presentations of my research work, participation in TMS technical committees, organizing symposia, establishing connections with top researchers in the field and involvement in young professional activities and poster sessions. I am grateful to the TMS Foundation for funding the Young Leaders Professional Development Award, which will enable me to get more involved in TMS committees and activities.
2017 LMD Young Leaders Professional Development
Wenjun Cai
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Title: Assistant Professor
Affiliation: University of South Florida
Quote: As a proud physical metallurgist, TMS is my home society. TMS membership has greatly benefited me in different ways throughout my career. I attended my first TMS meeting when I was a graduate student at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. That experience has helped me to receive constructive comments for my research and get to learn exiting new research others are doing. Later on, as a postdoc and assistant professor, TMS and other TMS sponsored meetings has offered me great opportunities to share my research idea, network with researchers from all over the world, meet old friends and make new friends. I look forward to getting more involved with TMS activities in the future.
2017 LMD Young Leaders Professional Development
Yi Eva Wang
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Title: Material Scientist
Affiliation: Novelis Inc.
Quote: I am deeply honored and grateful to be a recipient of this award. TMS provides a unique platform for the members to discuss the research frontiers in materials science among a variety group which includes both academic and industry researchers. This platform has helped me quite a lot in developing my professional career which started from my graduate study. Now, TMS forum fosters young research scientists like myself thanks to the open discussion forum on amazing science as well as network development platform within members.
2017 MPMD Young Leaders Professional Development
Verena Maier-Kiener
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Affiliation: Erich-Schmid-Institute, Austrian Academy of Sciences
Quote: TMS, to me, is the most important international society in materials sciences, and participation in their activities gives me the chance to interact and collaborate with researchers worldwide. Especially to young researchers TMS and the TMS Foundation offer an auspicious platform not only to get in touch with established and well known researchers in their field, but more importantly to experience first responsibilities regarding networking activities and symposiums organization. Moreover, the broad scientific character of the TMS annual meetings provides an opportunity to meet with researchers from other fields in materials science, which opens new, exciting opportunities for international research projects and collaboration ideas. I am grateful to the TMS foundation for receiving this precious award, which will allow me to get further involved into the voluntary society work serving the TMS community and to collaborate in an international
2017 MPMD Young Leaders Professional Development
Siddhartha Pathak
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Title: Assistant Professor
Affiliation: University of Nevada
Quote: TMS membership is an important part of my professional career development in the field of materials science. I have been an active member of TMS since my student days (2007). In addition to presenting and chairing at various TMS and MS&T sessions since then, I am also the co-organizer of two future symposiums at TMS2017 and MS&T17. The TMS MPMD Young Leaders Professional Development Award and the TMS membership will enable me immensely to enhance my professional development. I will be able to participate in society activities and network with prominent society members. Additionally, the contacts I will make with the TMS leaders as well as leaders in my professional field, will be invaluable for the future of my career in this field.
2017 SMD Young Leaders Professional Development
Joshua Kacher
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Affiliation: Georgia Institute of Technology
Quote: TMS has provided me with tremendous opportunities over the years to network with leaders in my field and gain insight from high-quality presentations. As an undergraduate researcher, TMS provided some of my initial exposure to materials science research. I now look forward every year to the TMS conferences as an opportunity to renew contact with my colleagues and establish new collaborations going forward. I am excited and humbled at the increased opportunity to participate in the TMS Foundation that the Young Leaders Professional Development Award will provide.
2017 SMD Young Leaders Professional Development
Robert Maass
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Title: Assistant Professor of Materials Science
Affiliation: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Quote: I am very grateful for this honorable recognition that comes directly from the heart of my community. TMS meetings have been my primary event since 2007, where I already as a student had the opportunity to share and discuss research. Here I meet the leading core of my research community, and irrespective of mixers, career events, poster sessions, or talks, I am always impressed and stimulated by the innovative and dynamic atmosphere. TMS brings together excellency, and I am looking forward to introduce my students to this nurturing atmosphere the TMS Foundation provides.
2017 Young Leaders International Scholar - JIM
Kinga Unocic
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Title: Research Staff
Affiliation: Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Quote: It is a great honor to be chosen for the TMS Young Leaders International Scholar Award, which will allow me to attend and discuss my latest research at the JIM annual meeting in the Spring of 2017 in Japan. The TMS Foundation has been and will continue to play a major role in my professional career by allowing me to be a part of and have leadership roles in the professional development, diversity, and scientific committees. Furthermore, I have been fortunate to organize several symposia on high temperature alloys, corrosion, and additive manufacturing programs at the MS&T and TMS annual meetings. It is because of TMS's commitment to its societal involvement that allows young researchers to be a part of such a global initiative to advance science that will have great technological and societal impact for many generations to come.
Student Awards
View this calendar year’s recipients of TMS student scholarships, travel grants, and other awards.
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2017 AIME Henry deWitt Smith Scholarship
Alexandra Anderson
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Title: Student
Affiliation: Colorado School of Mines
Quote: I would like to thank TMS and the Material Advantage Student Program for awarding me the Henry DeWitt Smith Scholarship and for supporting my graduate education. Material Advantage has played a major role in my professional development by providing me many opportunities to connect with working professionals in the materials and metallurgical industries. These interactions truly awakened an engineering passion that I never knew existed and led me to pursue graduate studies in the field of materials and metallurgical engineering. I will make every effort to represent the values of Henry DeWitt Smith as I continue to progress towards a doctoral degree that will allow me to contribute to the materials and mining fields.
2017 AIME Henry deWitt Smith Scholarship
Lizeth Nayibe Ortiz Reyes
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Title: Student
Affiliation: University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
Quote: I am honored to receive the TMS/AIME DeWitt Smith Scholarship. My participation in TMS events and Material Advantage during my master’s program has enhanced my communication and persuasive abilities as well as my understanding of compromise. I would like to contribute developing new materials in order to prevent problems that corrosion cause every day not just in industries but also at home or work. This scholarship would make a significant positive impact on my ability to continue in the graduate studies. I am really proud of getting awarded and telling everyone about my success at UWM as a student and as a person and I look forward to continuing my involvement in the materials community and with TMS.
2017 EPD Scholarship
Ellie Avyette Somerville
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Title: Student
Affiliation: University of Utah
Quote: I am very honored and appreciative to accept this award. I'm in my last year of school and currently have enough funding to focus on school and strive to make the most out of my time. With your help, I do not need to get a job to pay for school, living and medical expenses while in school. Gratefully, I have more time to give towards my studies, outreach and volunteering. Being under strain due to finances is not unfamiliar to me, so this scholarship has really impacted my quality of life.
2017 FMD Gilbert Chin Scholarship
Emily Foley
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Title: Student
Affiliation: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Quote: I am very honored to be awarded the FMD Gilbert Chin Memorial Scholarship from the TMS foundation. This scholarship will help support my education in electron materials. It will also help support my research on improving the efficiency and reliability of thin film solar cells. I also look forward to the opportunity to attend the TMS 2017 Annual Meeting to further develop my knowledge of materials and improve my connections with others within the TMS network.
2017 International Symposium on Superalloys Scholarship
Zachary Harris
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Title: Student
Affiliation: University of Virginia
Quote: I am incredibly grateful to the Organizing Committee of the International Symposium on Superalloys for providing this scholarship—thank you for this award and for organizing the Superalloys Symposium. As a graduate student, it is often difficult to accrue the funds to purchase personal copies of seminal conferences proceedings and other texts. I am consistently sifting through online databases or the university libraries to obtain access to literature, especially when it comes to my research on nickel-based superalloys, but they can be hard to find or in high demand. Scholarships like this provide the resources to avoid these hassles, whether that it be facilitating the procurement of important literature or assisting with textbooks. I look forward to obtaining these resources and seeing what insights they bring to my research!
2017 International Symposium on Superalloys Scholarship
Marissa Lafata
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Title: Student
Affiliation: University of California, Santa Barbara
Quote: I am sincerely grateful to the organizing committee of the International Symposium on Superalloys for funding this scholarship and selecting me as one of the recipients. TMS and Material Advantage have provided me with the opportunity to network with members of the materials community from both academia and industry. Receiving this award provides affirmation of my hard work and studies thus far and gives me a renewed motivation to contribute to the field and community. The additional support from this award to attend the Superalloys Symposium will give me a unique opportunity to present my work, network with major figures in the field, and learn about the current challenges and ongoing research.
2017 Kaufman CALPHAD Scholarship
Zach Jensen
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Title: Student
Affiliation: University of Wisconsin-Madison
Quote: The scholarship significantly helps my financial situation. Without it, I would need to spend significant time during the school year working. This scholarship gives me the financial stability to focus on school and my research. I greatly appreciate it.
2017 LMD Scholarship
Michael Cain
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Title: Student
Affiliation: Queen’s University at Kingston
Quote: I am very honored to have been awarded the 2017 Light Metals Division Scholarship. This scholarship will be of tremendous value, as I complete my senior year in the Mechanical Engineering (Materials Option) program at Queen's University. I am also pleased that the scholarship will help bring recognition to the very strong mechanical and materials engineering department and faculty we have at Queen's University. I look forward to attending the TMS 2017 Annual Meeting in San Diego and the wonderful opportunity it will present for learning and networking.
2017 MPMD Scholarship
Joseph Lee Ogea Jr.
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Title: Student
Affiliation: Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
Quote: The TMS Scholarship has been a relief both financially and psychologically. With the financial support, I have been able to focus on my class work without being distracted by the worries of paying for rent and tuition. With these distractions managed I have felt much more comfortable both in class and doing homework. As such I have been able to work in a more efficient manner and my grades will reflect this. However, the greatest benefit of this financial assistance is that I no longer have to work on weekends. This allows me to see my fiancé regularly, as she lives four hours away. I cannot state how happy this make me. Thank you so much for this gift.
2017 MPMD Scholarship
Nisrit Pandey
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Title: Student
Affiliation: University of Wisconsin
Quote: Being very passionate about materials engineering, a recognition from an organization like TMS is absolutely a great honor. Receiving the MPMD scholarship from TMS will definitely make obtaining my Materials Engineering degree even more economically viable by alleviating my financial burden. It quite helped me boost my confidence to continue my undergraduate research in the energy sciences and efficient manufacturing of lithium and lead-acid batteries. I, therefore, would like to thank TMS and the MPMD for providing support for my personal, academic, and professional development.
2017 SMD Scholarship
Danish Dhamani
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Title: Student
Affiliation: Drexel University
Quote: I believe that engineers, like myself, are problem solvers. To achieve the ability to solve more complex problems that make the world a better place for the rest of humanity requires technical knowledge, professional experiences and a strong passion. This scholarship will enable me to continue pursuing my degree so that I too am able to achieve this higher ability and continue my services to humanity.
2017 SMD Scholarship
Jonathan Healy
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Title: Student
Affiliation: Case Western Reserve University
Quote: Mere words cannot describe the gratitude I have for receiving the SMD Scholarship and for the TMS Foundation. The scholarship greatly helps to alleviate the financial burden currently being placed on college students and it is all possible through the excellent work done through the TMS Foundation. I am beyond humbled to have been given this honor of receiving this scholarship and it is an award I will carry with me into my career for years to come.
2017 TMS Best Paper Contest - Graduate - 1st Place
Gian Song
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Title: Student
Affiliation: University of Tennessee
Quote: TMS is one of the biggest well-known conferences in the materials science and engineering fields all over the world. Thus, the award I am receiving is the great honor for me. Moreover. this award will be beneficial to me so that many people in these fields will recognize my efforts and excellence in doing researches. This award, will give me a strong self-confidence on my current work and motivation to future research. Absolutely, I will continue to try my best to carry out novel and significant research and become a researcher who works hard and contribute to the materials science and engineering fields.
Other: “High-Temperature Deformation Mechanisms in Hierarchical and Single Precipitate-Strengthened Ferritic Alloys by In-Situ Neutron-Diffraction Studies”
2017 TMS Best Paper Contest - Graduate - 2nd Place
Kazi Tasneem
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Title: Student
Affiliation: Vanderbilt University
Quote: This is a great honor for being chosen as a recipient of the TMS Best Paper Contest – Graduate Division – Second Place. I express my sincere gratitude to TMS Foundation and the committee for selecting me as a recipient of the prestigious award amongst many qualified applicants. This recognition of the academic achievement will surely inspire me to further progress my academic and research endeavor. Once again, I cordially thank and appreciate TMS Foundation for continuing to support and encourage higher education.
Other: "Vitrification of Municipal Solid Waste Incineration Fly Ash: Scientific Aspects and Propositions for the Promising Solution"
2017 TMS Best Paper Contest - Undergraduate - 1st Place
Shelly Jorgensen
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Title: Student
Affiliation: University of Nebraska/Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Quote: Receiving this award in an honor and I benefit from it in many ways. In retrospect, I benefit from the learning experience of preparing the paper for the competition. This provided a different perspective than writing an assigned research paper for a class. As I am currently applying for fellowships and Ph.D. programs, I am able to show the schools that I have background and ability in conducting research and writing scientific papers by mentioning this award. It will definitely enhance my applications. I look forward to attending the technical program symposia and making connections with TMS members at the annual meeting. I am grateful to the TMS Foundation for supporting my career development.
Other: “The Midas Touch for Accurately Predicting the Stress-Strain Behavior of Tantalum”