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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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2020 AIME Champion H. Mathewson Award
Peter C. Collins
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Title: Al and Julie Renken Professor of Materials Science
Affiliation: Iowa State University
Quote: Sharing this award with my co-authors is one of the highlights of my professional career. There are those activities that you pursue not because you necessarily believe that the quantitative metrics of that particular paper will be high, but because the subject matters to those who work and design with the material every day. This was one such paper. Fracture toughness, for various reasons, is not a subject with many publications, and yet it is imortant in the design and qualification of engineered components and structures. We are honored that the community sees value in the science that was conducted and the manner in which the paper was prepared.
Other: "Understanding the Interdependencies Between Composition, Microstructure, and Continuum Variables and Their Influence on the Fracture Toughness of a/b-Processed Ti-6Al-4V," Metallurgical and Materials Transactions A, March 2018
2020 AIME Champion H. Mathewson Award
Vikas Dixit
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Title: Process Engineer
Affiliation: Intel Corporation
Quote: I am extremely honored to receive this prestigious award and shre it with my esteemed colleagues and mentors. The recognition of this work has shown the growing relevance of utilizing numerical methods in exploring microstructure-properties correlations in novel and complex materials systems. It also highlights the importance of collecting comprehensive and statistically reliable datasets, which by no means is a trival task.
Other: "Understanding the Interdependencies Between Composition, Microstructure, and Continuum Variables and Their Influence on the Fracture Toughness of a/b-Processed Ti-6Al-4V," Metallurgical and Materials Transactions A, March 2018
2020 AIME Champion H. Mathewson Award
Hamish Fraser
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Title: Ohio Regents Eminent Scholar and Professor
Affiliation: The Ohio State University
Quote: Being recognized in this way by one’s peers is an extraordinary honor such that I am very thankful for this award. I would like to recognize the remarkable and essential contributions that my co-awardees made to this work and thank them very much for this. TMS is an outstanding organization that represents and promotes our discipline, materials science and engineering, in a very professional and effective manner. It is important to recognize those in our society who have done so much to bring together those in academia, the national laboratories, and industrial organizations and companies.
Other: "Understanding the Interdependencies Between Composition, Microstructure, and Continuum Variables and Their Influence on the Fracture Toughness of a/b-Processed Ti-6Al-4V," Metallurgical and Materials Transactions A, March 2018
2020 AIME Champion H. Mathewson Award
Santhosh Koduri
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Affiliation: Intel Corporation
Other: "Understanding the Interdependencies Between Composition, Microstructure, and Continuum Variables and Their Influence on the Fracture Toughness of a/b-Processed Ti-6Al-4V," Metallurgical and Materials Transactions A, March 2018
2020 Alexander Scott Distinguished Service Award
Elizabeth Holm
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Title: Professor, Materials Science and Engineering
Affiliation: Carnegie Mellon University
Quote: Serving as a TMS volunteer has been an honor, an adventure, and a never-ending learning experience. I deeply appreciate the opportunity to participate in my profession beyond my workplace and across borders. It is especially meaningful to me to receive this award in honor of Alex Scott, a great friend and supporter, who himself gave so much to TMS over so many years.l
Citation: For thoughtful, innovative and energetic service and leadership that has had a pervasive impact on TMS members and TMS.
2020 Brimacombe Medalist
Brad Boyce
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Title: Distinguished Member of the Technical Staff
Affiliation: Sandia National Laboratories
Quote: It is a true honor to have been nominated and selected for this incredible recognition. J. Keith Brimacombe was a pioneer in process metallurgy, a topic closely related to my work on the reliability of metals and alloys. I suspect he would have been thrilled to learn about the recent advances in metal additive manufacturing and in nanostructuring of metals for improved performance. From safer, more fuel efficient vehicles to thin film sensors in our smartphones, our field is contributing in many ways to the advancement of humankind. I have a great respect for the many pioneers in our field, including past recipients of this award, and numerous collaborators over the years. I view this honor not only as humbling recognition of prior accomplishments, but also as a challenge to continue to expand the impact of our research for the betterment of society.
Citation: For outstanding contributions to understanding material behavior at small scales, commitment to mentoring students and young staff, and continuing service to TMS and materials communities.
2020 Brimacombe Medalist
Kyle Brinkman
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Title: Department Chair, Materials Science and Engineering
Affiliation: Clemson University
Quote: I have been engaged with TMS for over a decade starting with Young Leader and Professional Development programs. Early in my career, these programs provided travel funds and networking opportunities that helped boost my career in a national laboratory and in academic settings. The Society is truly interdisciplinary in nature and has enabled a venue for our group to present work ranging from nuclear materials development to solid oxide fuel cell advances. I am grateful and honored to receive the TMS Brimacombe Medal.
Citation: For advances gained by working at the “interface” between disciplines, including solid state ionic for fuel cells/batteries and ceramics for nuclear fuels and waste immobilization.
2020 Brimacombe Medalist
Amy Clarke
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Title: Associate Professor
Affiliation: Colorado School of Mines
Quote: I am honored to be included in this year’s class of Brimacombe Medalists. My involvement in TMS began as a student, accelerated as a young professional, and has continued to grow with my career. I choose to give back to TMS because TMS has given so much to me. I wish to thank all of my peers, mentors, and students that inspire me to do my best to serve the materials science and engineering community; they are the fabric of TMS.
Citation: For profound and lasting contributions to materials science through the use of advanced techniques, educating and mentoring the next generation, and dedicated service to TMS.
2020 Brimacombe Medalist
Nikhil Gupta
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Title: Professor, Tandon School of Engineering
Affiliation: New York University
Quote: It is a great honor to receive the Brimacombe Medalist Award. It is humbling to join the list of distinguished awardees of this honor. I have been a TMS member since my time as a graduate student and have thoroughly enjoyed the professional development opportunities. I have especially enjoyed connecting with my peers in the Composite Materials Committee and developing programming for the conferences and journals over the past several years.
Citation: For innovations in the development of lightweight porous materials and for commitment to educating public about impact of materials research on society.
2020 Brimacombe Medalist
Christina Meskers
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Title: Senior Manager Open Innovation
Affiliation: Helmholtz Institute Freiberg for Resource Technology
Quote: It is an honor to receive this award from colleagues and friends in the profession and the TMS community. We have worked together across disciplines, divisions, and geographies on a common goal: inspiring each other and the community along the way.submit this
Citation: For sustained excellence and achievement in business, technology, and public policy in recycling and sustainable mobility, and for continuing service to the profession.
2020 Brimacombe Medalist
Andre Phillon
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Title: Associate Professor and Dofasco Endowed Chair in Ferrous Metallurgy
Affiliation: McMaster University
Quote: I am honoured to receive a TMS Brimacombe Medal. TMS has been my home professional society for nearly 20 years and has been instrumental in supporting my career development. As a TMS member, I have had much opportunity for materials scientific discussion that has advanced my own research activities. As a TMS volunteer, I have had many rewarding experiences while meeting new colleagues and friends.
Citation: For substantial and sustained contributions to alloy solidification through multi-physics meso-scale modeling and in-situ 3D characterization.
2020 Bruce Chalmers Award
David StJohn
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Title: Emeritus Professor
Affiliation: University of Queensland
Quote: It is a great honor to have been chosen for this award. Bruce Chalmers’ work on constitutional supercooling was an important concept studied during my Ph.D. and it has been a key element of my, and my colleagues', research on grain refinement and nucleation ever since. Of the many awards that TMS offers, this one is closest to my research interests and I thank TMS for recognizing the contribution that Bruce Chalmers made to metallurgy and, in particular, the field of solidification. Receiving this Award was made possible by the contributions of my students, research fellows, and collaborators and therefore this award belongs to all of us.
Citation: For outstanding contributions to the solidification science of nucleation during grain refinement and the materials processing of aluminum, magnesium and titanium alloys of technological importance.
2020 Cyril Stanley Smith Award
Yunzhi Wang
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Title: Professor
Affiliation: The Ohio State University
Quote: It is truly a distinct honor to receive this award named after Cyril Stanley Smith, a giant and pioneer in the field of microstructure science, whose seminal work on homo-phase and hetero-phase interfaces in materials has inspired me since I was a graduate student and during my entire career development. I would like to share this recognition with my students and colleagues, because it is their contributions that have made possible what I have accomplished. I also acknowledge TMS, my home professional society, for providing a vibrant platform for close interactions and long-lasting collaborations with other researchers in the field, which has shaped my career path.
Citation: For outstanding achievements in fundamental and computational study on microstructural evolution during solid state phase transformations, grain growth, and plastic deformation in metals and alloys
2020 Ellen Swallow Richards Diversity Award
Oscar Marcelo Suarez
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Title: Professor and Graduate Program Coordinator
Affiliation: University of Puerto Rico- Mayaguez
Quote: As an educator and a materials scholar, I consider this award a career milestone. Moreover, coming from TMS makes this recognition particularly consequential in my professional life. However, I must say that I do not identify myself as a pioneer. It just happened that I discovered fertile ground to spark something in my students’ eager minds. Indeed, that is my prime reason to be a professor in a minority-serving institution.
Citation: For developing and growing a materials science education program that enables underrepresented students to excel and achieve.
2020 Fellow Award
Mark Asta
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Title: Professor
Affiliation: University of California, Berkeley
Citation: For seminal contributions in the materials theory of alloys and interfaces.
2020 Fellow Award
Rodney Boyer
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Title: Retired
Affiliation: RBTi Consulting
Quote: I am extremely pleased and proud to receive the TMS Fellow award. Because it is restricted to a limited number of people, it is that much more of an honor. I was very fortunate to have world famous titanium mentors in the early days of my career, people like Williams, Blackburn, Lütjering and Rosenburg. They gave me the technical background that aided my understanding of titanium metallurgy and processing that enabled my contributions.
Citation: For exemplary and sustained leadership in the growth of understanding and application of Ti alloys in commercial aircraft. For exceptional service to our profession.
2020 Fellow Award
Marc De Graef
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Title: Professor
Affiliation: Carnegie Mellon University
Quote: My involvement with TMS began about 26 years ago. Throughout the years I have worked with TMS staff and other members in the area of IT (in particular on the first conference management system) and later on the Board of Directors. TMS is my home society and I value the opportunities it offers all of us through the Annual Meetings and other specialty conferences. I am humbled by the honor bestowed on me by my colleagues, and I look forward to many more years of Society involvement
Citation: For pioneering scientific and educational contributions to the quantitative characterization of magnetic materials and 3-D material microstructures.
2020 Fellow Award
Diana Farkas
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Title: Professor
Affiliation: Virginia Polytechnic Institute
Quote: It is a great honor for me to receive this award. I am very proud to have the recognition of the Society. It symbolizes the contributions that I have made to the materials science field and the community over the years.
Citation: For pioneering research on nanocrystalline materials, intermetallics and diffusion with atomistic simulations and for distinguished service to the materials profession nationally and internationally.
2020 Fellow Award
Dorte Juul Jensen
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Title: Professor
Affiliation: Technical Unversity of Denmark
Quote: Ever since I became a TMS member in 1986, I have considered TMS as the globally leading professional society in the materials field. Besides the annual meeting, the various specialized conferences like 3DMS and ICME are, in my opinion, essential in following the latest developments and catching new trends. I have very much appreciated being a member and participated in meetings organized by TMS almost every year since the mid 1980's. I am therefore very honored and happy to receive the TMS Fellow Award for the Class of 2020.
Citation: For seminal contributions to the understanding of physical metallurgy, in particular recrystallization and plastic deformation, based on 2D, 3D and 4D electron, neutron and X-ray diffraction techniques
2020 Fellow Award
Karl Ulrich Kainer
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Title: Retired Director Institute of Materials Research and Head of MAgIC
Affiliation: Helmholtz-Zentrum Geesthacht
Quote: I am deeply honored to be named a TMS Fellow. I have been a TMS member for nearly 20 years and have been involved in the then-young Magnesium Technology Committee from its start. After the beginning with a small group of people, this committee became very successful and is now one of the main pillars of the Light Metals Division. I have benefited greatly from my active involvement in this committee. This made TMS far more than a professional society for me: my professional family and the voice of the international magnesium community. The TMS meetings and meeting with colleagues was a constant source of inspiration, new ideas, and friendships. I am very proud to be elected as a Fellow of the Society, and I look forward to many more years of active membership and interaction.
Citation: A leading authority on Global Magnesium Technology, a contributor to magnesium applications and alloy development, the Director of MAGIC and an active promoter of TMS.
2020 Fellow Award
David McDowell
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Title: Regents' Professor and Carter N. Paden, Jr. Distinguished Chair in Metals Processing
Affiliation: Georgia Institute of Technology
Quote: I regard my selection as TMS Fellow to be among the highest honors of my career, for several reasons. First, I have great respect for the wide range of activities and distinctive leadership profile of TMS in materials research and education. TMS conferences, symposia and workshops bring together international leaders to share latest research advances with high levels of quality and impact. With regard to my own research field, computational multiscale modeling of metallic alloys, TMS has established one of the most progressive leadership positions in support to Integrated Computational Materials Engineering and the Materials Genome initiative, and I have been most fortunate to be involved in service. Finally, I have the highest regard for the cadre of TMS Fellows – I have always viewed these individuals as inspirational in terms of their impact, intellect, and longstanding influence on their fields of materials research and education. It is my distinct honor to join this group.
Citation: For contributions to multiscale modeling and design of structural materials, microstructure sensitive simulation of material property variability, and leadership in materials innovation.
2020 Fellow Award
Neville Moody
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Title: Retired
Affiliation: Sandia National Laboratories
Quote: TMS has helped me stay connected with colleagues and the materials community for over 40 years. Being part of the Society has allowed me to grow professionally in all aspects of my career from technical contributions to networking with colleagues. Some of the most enjoyable aspects of TMS membership have been through active participation as a volunteer in committees and society functions. These volunteer activities helped advance my career, influence programming and policy, and most importantly have led to many personal friendships all while serving the materials community. It is a real honor to become a TMS Fellow. To be recognized within this select group is truly rewarding.
Citation: For developing experimental testing methods to assess materials reliability and environmental degradation in critical systems and for shaping the profession through service and mentoring.
2020 Frank Crossley Diversity Award
Raul Rebak
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Title: Corrosion Engineer
Affiliation: GE Global Research
Quote: I had my TMS membership since I was a graduate student at The Ohio State University some thirty years ago. I have been a volunteer for TMS for many years, for example by keeping alive in times of low participation two Structural Materials committees, (the Corrosion and Environmental Effects committee and the Nuclear Materials committee) for which I received the 2016 Structural Materials Division Distinguished Service Award. I have also contributed extensively to JOM as a guest editor, an author, and a reviewer. As a guest editor I am proud that I was able to secure two manuscripts in separate years and dissimilar subjects which went on to receive the JOM Best Paper award. As a gay man in an engineering field, I was deeply moved to receive recognition through the Frank Crossley Award. Being a member of a minority group implies that one must spend extra energy and charm to overcome prejudice and barriers to be included and respected in the engineering community. This award is a testament that maybe one was effective in these goals of claiming equality and inclusion. I hope this award will serve as a motivation for many younger people to be comfortable to be themselves whenever they are. Being proud and out-of-the-closet saves a lot of energy and makes the professional more efficient in the work place. This is a win proposition for both the company and the employee.
Citation: For conquering GLBT bias from family, culture, and the education system to make outstanding contributions to the corrosion and nuclear fields.
2020 Institute of Metals/Robert Franklin Mehl Award
Yuntian Zhu
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Affiliation: North Carolina State University
Quote: I have been a TMS member for over twenty years, and am now a life member. TMS has played a critical role in my career development. I’m deeply honored and humbled to join the group of distinguished colleagues who have received this award earlier. Robert Franklin Mehl, after whom this award is named, advocated a more fundamental approach to materials. I have admired him and followed his philosophy by focusing my research on fundamental deformation physics of materials and on utilizing these fundamentals to design nanostructured and heterostructured materials.
Citation: For outstanding leadership and pioneering work in deformation physics and mechanical properties of nanostructured and heterostructured metals.
Other: "Heterostructured Materials: A New Paradigm for Designing Metals with Superior Mechanical Properties"
2020 Julia and Johannes Weertman Educator Award
Andrea Hodge
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Title: Vice Provost for Undergraduate Programs
Affiliation: University of Southern California
Quote: TMS has been my home society for over 20 years, it is the place where I meet my colleagues and closest friends as well as the place where I send my graduate students to their first conference. My TMS membership has allowed me to participate at numerous conferences and events that highlight my work while learning about new and interesting research from other members. My TMS membership is an international passport to the world of materials science. It is an honor to receive this award named after two of my main role models: Julia and Hans Weertman.
Citation: For her outstanding contributions to educating and mentoring students in materials science and engineering.
2020 Leadership Award
Sergio Nves Monteiro
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Title: Full Professor
Affiliation: Military Institute of Engineering
Quote: As a long time TMS member, I have been involved in several volunteer roles that I believe could be valuable for a stronger professional society. These contributions include the coordination of the Characterization of Materials symposia, creation of the TMS-ABM and Pan-American Conferences, and enlarging the Brazilian delegation to TMS meetings. This award serves as recognition that this involvement has been considered worthwhile.
Citation: For sustained international leadership in materials, for initiating graduate materials education in Brazil, for conducting globally recognized research for fifty years, and for strengthening the ties between ABM and TMS.
2020 Morris Cohen Award
Eduard Arzt
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Title: Director
Affiliation: Leibmiz Institute for New Materials (INM)
Quote: Materials science (the “mother” of sciences) is a wonderful research area for linking deep fundamentals with direct application in everyday life. The mission to build this bridge is also at the heart of TMS. I see this award as confirmation that my own path from very basic metals physics to bioinspired microstructures for robotic applications has created visibility. And I am flattered to see that so many of my international colleagues have converged in their views to nominate me for this award. Many thanks to them and to TMS for bestowing this honor on me!
Citation: For seminal contributions that significantly advanced our knowledge of creep, densification, electronic transport in materials, biological materials, and bioinspiration.
2020 Oleg D. Sherby Award
Farghalli Mohamed
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Title: Professor Emeritus
Affiliation: University of California
Quote: It is a great honor to be selected as the recipient of the TMS Oleg D. Sherby Award. I have known the late Sherby for many years since 1974. He was a great man and a wonderful mentor. His work on creep has inspired my research activities in several research areas including creep of solid solution alloys, the effect of stacking fault energy on creep behavior of metals, stability of subgrain size during creep, low-temperature creep, and superplasticity. It is worth mentioning the late Sherby and I worked as graduate students for the late John Dorn of the University of California at Berkeley . He was the fourth Ph.D. student and I was the last graduate student.
Citation: For pioneering contributions in the areas of creep and superplasticity.
2020 William D. Nix Award
Robert Ritchie
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Title: H.T.& Jessie Chua Distinguished Professor of Engineering
Affiliation: University of California Berkeley
Quote: I have been a member of TMS now for over 40 years, and have always regarded it as my principal society membership. Thus, to win any TMS award is a genuinely major event in my life, but to be the inaugural recipient of a TMS medal bearing the name of William D. Nix is literally overwhelming yet at the same time humbling. Bill has been at the very top of our field for so many years; he is an absolutely stellar scientist and above all a true gentleman. To have my name linked to his through this new TMS award is truly an honor.
Citation: Fundamental and sustained contributions to the mechanistic understanding of the multiscale mechanisms of the fracture and fatigue behavior of structural and biological materials.
Other: "Damage Tolerance in Materials"
2020 William Hume-Rothery Award
Ursula Kattner
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Title: Physical Scientist
Affiliation: National Institute of Standards and Technology
Quote: I feel very honored to be selected to receive the 2020 TMS William Hume-Rothery Award. Looking at the list of past recipients only emphasizes what a great honor it is to receive this award. Like Hume-Rothery, I am passionate about working on understanding phase equilibria and intermetallic phases. Unlike Hume-Rothery, I have the fortune of having modern computers for the study of phase equilibria in systems with more than three components and their application to practical problems. I am looking forward to the 2020 symposium to discuss advances in experimental and computational methods for the investigation of phase equilibria and intermetallic phases, as well as application to technological problems.
Citation: For outstanding contributions to the development and application of the multicomponent thermodynamic descriptions for industrial applications.
Other: "Phase Diagrams, Computational Thermodynamics and CALPHAD"
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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2020 EPD Distinguished Lecturer Award
Phillip Mackey
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Title: President
Affiliation: PJ Mackey Technology, Inc.
Citation: For nearly fifty years of research in non-ferrous pyrometallurgy and his leadership in planning and organizing key conferences and symposia in North America and internationally.
Other: “Around the Lead and Zinc Metallurgical World in Eighty Days” A Virtual Tour of World Lead and Zinc Operations and Technologies
2020 EPD Distinguished Service Award
Michael Free
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Title: Professor
Affiliation: University of Utah
Quote: I am honored to receive this award. It is nice to be recognized for the service I have provided to TMS and its members for many years. I have enjoyed working with many people through my TMS membership and my involvement with the Extraction and Processing Division of TMS. The relationships with others in connection with my service in TMS has been the most rewarding aspect of my TMS service. TMS is a great professional organization for covering research and development for a broad range of topics associated with metals, materials, and minerals. TMS membership and involvement in its committees and activities provide a great opportunity for networking and professional service. I am really glad to be a member of TMS.
Citation: For outstanding service to EPD council and the extractive community. This award especially notes his leadership for Hydrometallurgy 2018 and the Electromeatllurgy series of symposia.
2020 EPD Materials Characterization Best Paper Award - First Place
Shadia Jamil Ikhmayies
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Title: Associate Professor
Affiliation: Al Isra University
Quote: I have been a TMS member since 2009. During these years I was engaged in a wide range of volunteer work such as committee involvement, organizing symposia, editing proceedings and chairing sessions. I enjoyed this work, and TMS helped me to have connections with scientists and experts from all the world. Really I am very happy with this award and I want to thank TMS.
Other: "Properties of ZnO Micro/nano Structures on Aluminum Substrates", Characterization of Minerals, Metals, and Materials 2019
2020 EPD Materials Characterization Best Paper Award - First Place
Tao Jiang
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Affiliation: Central South University
Quote: I feel deeply honored to be one of the recipients of the EPD Materials Characterization Best Paper Award. This award is a recognition of the quality and impact of the research work we have been carrying out over the past few years. I would like to sincerely thank my colleagues and students. Without their combined efforts, this achievement would not have been possible.
Other: "Microwave-Assisted One Step Synthesis of FeCo/Graphene Nanocomposite for Microwave Absorption," Characterization of Minerals, Metals, and Materials 2019
2020 EPD Materials Characterization Best Paper Award - First Place
Hassan K. Juwhari
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Title: Professor
Affiliation: University of Jordan
Quote: TMS is a very well recognized and respected scientific society that provides the needed platform for motivated scientists, researchers, and students to meet, interact, and exchange ideas, thoughts, and theoretical and/or experimental work results. Therefore, I’m very pleased and thankful for my work to be selected and recognized by this scientific society. This award is a great honor and motivates me to excel more in research. Finally, I’m open to any suggestions and/or collaboration.
Other: "Properties of ZnO Micro/nano Structures on Aluminum Substrates", Characterization of Minerals, Metals, and Materials 2019
2020 EPD Materials Characterization Best Paper Award - First Place
Guanghui Li
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Title: Professor
Affiliation: Central South University
Quote: It is my great honor to receive the EPD Materials Characterization Best Paper Award. TMS is a leading, world-known society which offers a great opportunity for sharing knowledge and developing professional networks. This prestigious award from TMS recognizes our most recent work on developing advanced microwave absorbing materials. Without doubt, it will motivate us to continue working on this area.
Other: "Microwave-Assisted One Step Synthesis of FeCo/Graphene Nanocomposite for Microwave Absorption," Characterization of Minerals, Metals, and Materials 2019
2020 EPD Materials Characterization Best Paper Award - First Place
Bashar Ibrahim Mahmouh Lahlouh
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Title: Associate Professor
Affiliation: University of Jordan
Quote: TMS is a great body that aims to bring scientist from all over the world to present their work and exchange their expertise. Being chosen as a recipient of such award means a lot for me as a researcher: this award sheds some light on my interests and I do hope to get the chance to collaborate with scientists from all over the world.
Other: "Properties of ZnO Micro/nano Structures on Aluminum Substrates", Characterization of Minerals, Metals, and Materials 2019
2020 EPD Materials Characterization Best Paper Award - First Place
Jianhui Peng
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Affiliation: Central South University
Quote: I am deeply honored to receive this valuable EPD Materials Characterization Best Paper Award. Many thanks go to TMS for providing a comprehensive and cross-disciplinary exchange platform of technical knowledge in the minerals, metals, and materials fields. Winning this award from TMS means a great deal to our research team and the honor will be a great motivation of our future work. I am so thankful for our team members. May they achieve even greater progress!
Other: "Microwave-Assisted One Step Synthesis of FeCo/Graphene Nanocomposite for Microwave Absorption," Characterization of Minerals, Metals, and Materials 2019
2020 EPD Materials Characterization Best Paper Award - First Place
Zhiwei Peng
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Affiliation: Central South University
Quote: It is indeed a tremendous honor for me to receive the EPD Materials Characterization Best Paper Award. I would like to express my gratitude to TMS for offering us a platform to present our research to the scientific community and for selecting us as the recipients of this prestigious award amongst many qualified candidates. This award truly recognizes our research endeavors in the synthesis of advanced functional materials. It will also inspire us to be more passionate in our future academic research.
Other: "Microwave-Assisted One Step Synthesis of FeCo/Graphene Nanocomposite for Microwave Absorption," Characterization of Minerals, Metals, and Materials 2019
2020 EPD Materials Characterization Best Paper Award - First Place
Liancheng Wang
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Affiliation: Central South University
Quote: The EPD Materials Characterization Best Paper Award is truly an honor for me. I feel really excited that our research work can be recognized by a leading professorial society like TMS. It will encourage us to be more absorbed in our research field and to work more seriously in the future.
Other: "Microwave-Assisted One Step Synthesis of FeCo/Graphene Nanocomposite for Microwave Absorption," Characterization of Minerals, Metals, and Materials 2019
2020 EPD Materials Characterization Best Paper Award - First Place
Leixia Zheng
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Affiliation: Central South University
Quote: Of all the recognitions I have received, the EPD Materials Characterization Best Paper Award is certainly one of the most important. With the stimulation from this award, I will continue my hard work and passion in my future academic research. I hope that I can continue to be involved with TMS as I graduate and begin my career.
Other: "Microwave-Assisted One Step Synthesis of FeCo/Graphene Nanocomposite for Microwave Absorption," Characterization of Minerals, Metals, and Materials 2019
2020 EPD Materials Characterization Best Paper Award - First Place
Zhongping Zhu
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Title: Associate Professor
Affiliation: Central South University
Quote: I am so glad to receive the EPD Materials Characterization Best Paper Award, which is a recognition of our team's work. TMS is a famous professional society dedicated to the advancement of knowledge of minerals, metals, and materials. Wining this prestigious award from the Society will encourage us to continue exploration on microwave absorbing materials. We shall make more efforts in the years to come and keep going ahead.
Other: "Microwave-Assisted One Step Synthesis of FeCo/Graphene Nanocomposite for Microwave Absorption," Characterization of Minerals, Metals, and Materials 2019
2020 EPD Materials Characterization Best Paper Award - Third Place
Yan Luo
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Title: Postdoctoral Scholar
Affiliation: University of Science and Technology Beijing
Quote: This award stimulates the motivation of my students to successfully characterize the nano- and micro-particles in steel. Thanks TMS!
Other: "Evolution of Precipitates during Rolling and Annealing Process in Non-oriented Electrical Steel," Characterization of Minerals, Metals, and Materials 2019
2020 EPD Materials Characterization Best Paper Award - Third Place
Qiang Ren
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Title: Student
Affiliation: University of Science and Technology Beijing
Quote: This is the first award I have won at an international conference. For me, it is the best gift I have received when I was graduating. Thanks TMS.
Other: "Evolution of Precipitates during Rolling and Annealing Process in Non-oriented Electrical Steel," Characterization of Minerals, Metals, and Materials 2019
2020 EPD Materials Characterization Best Paper Award - Third Place
Lifeng Zhang
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Title: Professor
Affiliation: University of Science and Technology Beijing
Quote: This award stimulates the motivation of my students to successfully characterize the nano- and micro-particles in steel. Thanks TMS!
Other: "Evolution of Precipitates during Rolling and Annealing Process in Non-oriented Electrical Steel," Characterization of Minerals, Metals, and Materials 2019
2020 EPD Materials Characterization Best Poster Award - First Place
Ken Kurosaki
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Title: Professor
Affiliation: Osaka University
Quote: I am very honored to receive this prestigious award from TMS. This work was done by mainly our student Yifan Sun and my colleague assistant professor Yuji Ohishi. We are happy to see our student receive such a notable award. Again, thank you so much for this honor.
Other: "Thermal Conductivity of Liquid Phase Al-Si Alloys"
2020 EPD Materials Characterization Best Poster Award - First Place
Yuji Ohishi
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Affiliation: Osaka University
Quote: I appreciate that I could receivesuch an honorable award. Since we have devoted much effort to this research for the past few decades, I am glad that this research is highly regarded. This award will encourage us to advance our research. I am looking forward to presenting our research outcome at TMS in the near future. Again, thank you so much for this honor.
Other: "Thermal Conductivity of Liquid Phase Al-Si Alloys"
2020 EPD Materials Characterization Best Poster Award - First Place
Yifan Sun
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Affiliation: Osaka University
Quote: First, I would like to express my gratitude towards the TMS committee for bestowing upon me this award. As a doctoral student this is the first award I have received in an international conference and it encourages me to put additional effort into my current research and look forward to presenting at future TMS events. Again, thank you so much for this honor.
Other: "Thermal Conductivity of Liquid Phase Al-Si Alloys"
2020 EPD Materials Characterization Best Poster Award - Second Place
Prakash Parajuli
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Affiliation: University of Texas at San Antonio
Quote: TMS provides excellent learning opportunities for young professionals like me to communicate with senior members and understand their approaches used in the analysis of the materials structure and their applications. This award was a nice recognition for our effort on characterization of aluminum alloy thin films in nanoscale. We thank the committee members for selecting us.
Other: "Alloying and Annealing Effects on Grain Boundary Character Evolution of Al Alloy 7075 Thin Films: An ACOM-TEM Analysis"
2020 EPD Materials Characterization Best Poster Award - Third Place
Kyungjun Lee
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Title: Researcher
Affiliation: Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Quote: I am honored to receive this award and plan on preparing even better posters for next year. The poster will include much important content about biomass characterization. As a member of TMS, I look forward to sharing results of our work at Oak Ridge National Laboratory.
Other: "Investigation of Equipment Wear Issues in Biomass Pre-processing and Pre-treatment"
2020 EPD Materials Characterization Best Poster Award - Third Place
Ju Qu
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Title: Distinguished R&D Staff Scientist
Affiliation: Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Quote: This award is a pleasant recognition of our work studying the equipment wear in biomass pre-processing, which is supported by Feedstock Conversion Interface Consortium (FCIC) of the Bioenergy Technologies Office, U.S. Department of Energy. This award definitely encourages us to continue to present our research at future TMS events.
Other: "Investigation of Equipment Wear Issues in Biomass Pre-processing and Pre-treatment"
2020 EPD Materials Characterization Best Poster Award - Third Place
Sougata Roy
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Title: Researcher
Affiliation: Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Quote: I am very honored to know that our work was granted this recognition. TMS is one of the most prominent scientific societies ,in the fields of minerals, metals and materials. As a materials enthusiast, this award gives me inspriation to stay motivated and keep working hard. I would like to thank my mentors, colleagues, and collaborators who were actively involved in this challenging project.
Other: "Investigation of Equipment Wear Issues in Biomass Pre-processing and Pre-treatment"
2020 EPD Pyrometallurgy Best Paper Award
Toru H. Okabe
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Title: Vice President, Professor
Affiliation: University of Tokyo
Quote: I thank the committee for selecting our paper for this award. I feel deeply honored. I have consistently pursued research on refining and recycling less common metals for more than 30 years. This award presents invaluable support for my work.
Other: "Recovery of Platinum Group Metals from Spent Catalysts Using Iron Chloride Vapor Treatment," Metallurgical and Materials Transactions B, August 2018
2020 EPD Pyrometallurgy Best Paper Award
Yu-Ki Taninouchi
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Title: Research Fellow
Affiliation: University of Tokyo
Quote: I am deeply pleased and honored to receive this award. I thank the committee for selecting our publication. This award motivates us to continue pushing our research forward.
Other: "Recovery of Platinum Group Metals from Spent Catalysts Using Iron Chloride Vapor Treatment," Metallurgical and Materials Transactions B, August 2018
2020 EPD Science Award
Jungho Heo
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Title: R&D Center Researcher
Affiliation: LS-Nikko Copper
Other: "Effect of Direct Reduced Iron (DRI) on Dephosphorization of Molten Steel by Electric Arc Furnace Slag," Metallurgical and Materials Transactions B, December 2018
2020 EPD Science Award
Joohyun Park
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Title: Professor
Affiliation: Hanyang University
Quote: I am very grateful to TMS Extraction & Processing Division Award Committee for granting our group the highly honorable EPD Science Award. Metallurgical and Materials Transactions is my best academic journal, through which we continue to provide new scientific knowledge and to support technology development. This award means that our finding of slag formation and phosphorus removal mechanism in DRI-added EAF process was recognized by scientific and industrial community. I am also very pleased that my former Ph.D. student, Jungho Heo, is being recognized for his endeavors in high temperature experiments and sustainable research activities.
Other: "Effect of Direct Reduced Iron (DRI) on Dephosphorization of Molten Steel by Electric Arc Furnace Slag," Metallurgical and Materials Transactions B, December 2018
2020 EPD Technology Award
Eugenia Araneda-Hernandez
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Title: Assistant Professor
Affiliation: Universidad de Concepcion
Quote: I would like to thank the generosity of TMS and the entire society through its members. It is a great honor to receive this recognition together with my colleagues from Concepcion and Hermosillo. It has been a great experience working with them and I hope that the future holds new opportunities for us. Thanks again TMS and colleagues.
Other: "Evolution of Size and Chemical Composition of Copper Concentrate Particles Oxidized Under Simulated Flash Smelting Conditions," Metallurgical and Materials Transactions B, April 2018
2020 EPD Technology Award
Eduardo R. Balladares-Varela
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Title: Associate Professor
Affiliation: Universidad de Concepcion
Quote: TMS membership has meant being part of an active network of collaboration, meeting many interesting people and learning from them, in short, a great expereince of professional and personal development. The award represents a recognition of peers to the collaborative and systematic work between Mexican and Chilean researchers that has also allowed to strengthen ties of friendship.
Other: "Evolution of Size and Chemical Composition of Copper Concentrate Particles Oxidized Under Simulated Flash Smelting Conditions," Metallurgical and Materials Transactions B, April 2018
2020 EPD Technology Award
Francisco Brown Bojorquez
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Title: Professor
Affiliation: Universidad de Sonora
Quote: This award means recognition of the effort and teamwork, as well as the commitment of all collaborating authors.
Other: "Evolution of Size and Chemical Composition of Copper Concentrate Particles Oxidized Under Simulated Flash Smelting Conditions," Metallurgical and Materials Transactions B, April 2018
2020 EPD Technology Award
Agustin Gomez-Alvarez
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Affiliation: Universidad de Sonora
Quote: It is very motivating to have been chosen as the recipient of the TMS Extraction & Processing Division Technology Award. This nomination recently approved by the awards committee of the TMS Extraction and Processing Division motivates me to continue working hard. Participating in The Minerals, Metals & Materials Society has great personal significance and for my University of Sonora. It is a pride to belong to a prestigious institution. Participating in the Minerals, Metals & Materials Society allows me to be at the forefront of the most significant advances in the area of Minerals, Metals and Materials
Other: "Evolution of Size and Chemical Composition of Copper Concentrate Particles Oxidized Under Simulated Flash Smelting Conditions," Metallurgical and Materials Transactions B, April 2018
2020 EPD Technology Award
Roberto A. Parra-Figueroa
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Title: Professor
Affiliation: Universidad de Concepcion
Quote: The TMS EPD award represents recognition for years of collaborative work and belongs to a group of researchers and students that goes beyond the winners. It is undoubtedly an incentive to continue in the line of seeking scientific-based technological solutions. Thanks to TMS for the award and thanks to our team for the time and compromise on the work we have done.
Other: "Evolution of Size and Chemical Composition of Copper Concentrate Particles Oxidized Under Simulated Flash Smelting Conditions," Metallurgical and Materials Transactions B, April 2018
2020 EPD Technology Award
Victor R. Parra-Sanchez
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Affiliation: Universidad de Concepcion
Quote: This award serves as an excellent recognition of my effort and my incipient career as a researcher. The results presented in the awarded article were obtained with the collaboration and the effort of many researchers and the synergy between two Latin American universities, The Universitv of Sonora and The Universitv of Concepcion. This award demonstrates that workinq together can achieve better results.
Other: "Evolution of Size and Chemical Composition of Copper Concentrate Particles Oxidized Under Simulated Flash Smelting Conditions," Metallurgical and Materials Transactions B, April 2018
2020 EPD Technology Award
Manuel Perez-Tello
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Affiliation: Universidad de Sonora
Quote: Being the recipient of the prestigious TMS-EPD Technology Award is the greatest honor I have received in my career. It represents a big recognition of the collaborative work that a group of researchers at both University of Sonora, Mexico, and University of Concepcion, Chile, has been conducting over the last years on the fundamental aspects of the flash smelting process of copper concentrates. This award is certainly a great source of encouragement to continue our work.
Other: "Evolution of Size and Chemical Composition of Copper Concentrate Particles Oxidized Under Simulated Flash Smelting Conditions," Metallurgical and Materials Transactions B, April 2018
2020 EPD Technology Award
Victor Manuel Sanchez-Corrales
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Affiliation: Universidad de Sonora
Quote: As a member of this group of researchers, it is a great honor being the recipient of the TMS-EPD Technology Award. This recognition represents the best way to proudly get retired form academic work at University of Sonora.
Other: "Evolution of Size and Chemical Composition of Copper Concentrate Particles Oxidized Under Simulated Flash Smelting Conditions," Metallurgical and Materials Transactions B, April 2018
2020 FMD Distinguished Scientist/Engineer Award
C. Robert Kao
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Title: Professor
Affiliation: National Taiwan University
Quote: I am much honored to receive the FMD Distinguished Scientist/Engineer Award. I attended my first TMS meeting as a graduate student in 1993 and have been a loyal FMD member since its EMPMD days. To receive this award is so very humbling. Nowadays, I attend TMS meetings every year, always accompanied by several students of mine. I want my students to experience the same professional growth I have gained through my activities with TMS. I’m truly grateful to the Society for everything and for this award.
Citation: For his distinguished career in materials research involving metallurgical reactions in electronic packaging, service to TMS and the electronics industry and academic leadership in Taiwan.
2020 FMD Distinguished Service Award
James R. Morris
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Title: Chief Research Officer
Affiliation: Ames Laboratory
Quote: This wonderful honor is truly humbling as my experience is that the people serving TMS are all hard working and service-oriented. The TMS volunteer community, particularly the Chemistry and Physics of Materials Committee, has inspired my own service. Serving TMS has introduced me to new science, new people, and new opportunities.
Citation: In recognition of his leadership and sustained services to the TMS, particularly his ability to introduce and develop new volunteers that keep the vibrancy of the society for members.
2020 FMD JEM Best Paper Award
Ryoichi Akimoto
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Affiliation: National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology
Other: "Recombination-Enhanced Effect in Green/Yellow Luminescence from BeZnCdSe Quantum Wells Grown by Molecular Beam Epitaxy," JEM, August 2018
2020 FMD JEM Best Paper Award
Aibing Chen
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Affiliation: Hebei University of Science and Technology
Other: "Porous Carbon Nanosheets Prepared from Plastic Wastes for Supercapacitors,"JEM, October 2018
2020 FMD JEM Best Paper Award
Xinyu Fu
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Affiliation: Hebei University of Science and Technology
Other: "Porous Carbon Nanosheets Prepared from Plastic Wastes for Supercapacitors,"JEM, October 2018
2020 FMD JEM Best Paper Award
Meng Liu
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Affiliation: Hebei University of Science and Technology
Other: "Porous Carbon Nanosheets Prepared from Plastic Wastes for Supercapacitors,"JEM, October 2018
2020 FMD JEM Best Paper Award
Lei Liu
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Affiliation: Hebei University of Science and Technology
Other: "Porous Carbon Nanosheets Prepared from Plastic Wastes for Supercapacitors,"JEM, October 2018
2020 FMD JEM Best Paper Award
Guoxu Wang
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Affiliation: Hebei University of Science and Technology
Other: "Porous Carbon Nanosheets Prepared from Plastic Wastes for Supercapacitors,"JEM, October 2018
2020 FMD JEM Best Paper Award
Yifeng Yu
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Affiliation: Hebei University of Science and Technology
Other: "Porous Carbon Nanosheets Prepared from Plastic Wastes for Supercapacitors,"JEM, October 2018
2020 FMD JEM Best Paper Award
Lili Zhang
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Affiliation: Hebei University of Science and Technology
Other: "Porous Carbon Nanosheets Prepared from Plastic Wastes for Supercapacitors,"JEM, October 2018
2020 FMD JEM Best Paper Award
Yixin Zhang
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Affiliation: Hebei University of Science and Technology
Other: "Porous Carbon Nanosheets Prepared from Plastic Wastes for Supercapacitors,"JEM, October 2018
2020 FMD John Bardeen Award
James Coleman
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Title: Professor
Affiliation: University of Texas at Arlington
Quote: I am humbled and honored to receive the John Bardeen Award. I did my graduate work at Illinois and had the opportunity to meet and briefly work with Bardeen, although he was retired at the time. He brought semiconductor research and low temperature physics research to Illinois and was an inspiration to several generations of graduate students in physics, materials science, and electrical engineering. His enduring message, which I have tried to fully embrace, is that science and engineering are inextricably intertwined, and both are necessary for technical excellence.
Citation: For seminal and sustained contributions to strained layer semiconductor lasers and selective area epitaxy for integration of optoelectronis devices.
2020 Light Metals Award
Sébastien Guérard
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Title: Research Scientist
Affiliation: Rio Tinto Aluminum, Arvida Research and Development Center
Quote: For me, TMS was always the main global organization within the light metals industry. I have been reading and learning from its publications since I was a student, and its annual meeting is the best event to attend in order to network and keep up with the technical advances in the field. It is therefore a great honor, and one of the highlights of my career, to receive an award from such an important and prestigious institution. I also consider it a recognition of the technological leadership of the aluminum group at Rio Tinto.
Other: "A Transient Model of the Anodic Current Distribution in an Aluminum Electrolysis Cell," Light Metals 2019
2020 Light Metals Award
Patrice Côté
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Title: Principal Advisor, Data Science and Artificial Intelligence
Affiliation: Rio Tinto Aluminum, Arvida Research and Development Center
Quote: It is an honor to receive this award. TMS papers are best in class and have always been a reference in my work and our domain. For our paper to be recognized at the Light Metals level is definitely a highlight in my career
Other: "A Transient Model of the Anodic Current Distribution in an Aluminum Electrolysis Cell," Light Metals 2019
2020 Light Metals Subject Award - Alumina/Bauxite
Mariana A.L. Braulio
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Title: Materials Engineering Ph.D.
Affiliation: 4Cast—Technical Assistance and Consultancy on Refractories
Quote: I have been working in the aluminum industry for various years, so this community is very special to me. In the beginning of my career, one of my dreams was to join the TMS organization in the USA. This awqard is especially important as the prize will be shared with Alcoa employees. I am a previous Alcoan and now I work for them as a third-party partner in touch with members in Australia, North America, and Europe for the smelters. I woudl like to thank TMS very much for this special moment.
Other: "Improving the Reliability of Fluidized Bed Alumina Calciners by Suitable Refractory Lining Selection," Light Metals 2019
2020 Light Metals Subject Award - Alumina/Bauxite
Victor C. Pandolfelli
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Title: Full Professor
Affiliation: Alcoa
Quote: Being selected for this award is a great honour for all those who worked on this paper.
Other: "Improving the Reliability of Fluidized Bed Alumina Calciners by Suitable Refractory Lining Selection," Light Metals 2019
2020 Light Metals Subject Award - Aluminum Alloys
Frederic De Geuser
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Title: Research Scientist
Affiliation: Grenoble Institute of Technology
Quote: This award is an honor for me and it is particularly a pleasure since it is awarded to the work of a brilliant (former) Ph.D. student, Michael Langille, and was performed in collaborations with some of the best groups in the world, initiating collaborations which will certainly prove even more fruitful.
Other: "Understanding the Role of Cu and Clustering on Strain Hardening and Strain Rate Sensitivity of Al-Mg-Si-Cu Alloys," Light Metals 2019
2020 Light Metals Subject Award - Aluminum Alloys
Alexis Deschamps
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Title: Professor
Affiliation: Grenoble Institute of Technology
Quote: This award is an important recognition for the work of my PhD student Michael Langille who has been the main contributor. It is also a recognition of the value of collaborative work, as this study has involved great researchers from the company Constellium, from Queen’s university in Canada and from MPIE institute in Germany.
Other: "Understanding the Role of Cu and Clustering on Strain Hardening and Strain Rate Sensitivity of Al-Mg-Si-Cu Alloys," Light Metals 2019
2020 Light Metals Subject Award - Aluminum Alloys
Brad J. Diak
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Title: Professor
Affiliation: Mechanical and Materials Engineering, Queen's University
Quote: Since originally joining as a student member, TMS has offered a wealth of deep learning on all things materials through its conferences and technical publications. As I graduated to a non-student role, the TMS network enabled interaction with many of our leaders in the field. The light metals award is a true honor. Light metals originally brought me into the materials science field as a student and it is an honor to receive recognition in that same field with the incredible scientists, who I share this award.
Other: "Understanding the Role of Cu and Clustering on Strain Hardening and Strain Rate Sensitivity of Al-Mg-Si-Cu Alloys," Light Metals 2019
2020 Light Metals Subject Award - Aluminum Alloys
Giles Guiglionda
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Title: Staff R&D Engineer
Affiliation: Constellium Technology Center (C-TEC)
Quote: It is a great honor to receive the TMS Light Metals Award. It is a recognition of the relevance, significance and quality of the research done by the team of co-authors on a topic of importance for Constellium and our industry. It will certainly encourage us to pursue collaborative studies to improve our understanding of clustering in age-hardenable aluminum alloys.
Other: "Understanding the Role of Cu and Clustering on Strain Hardening and Strain Rate Sensitivity of Al-Mg-Si-Cu Alloys," Light Metals 2019
2020 Light Metals Subject Award - Aluminum Alloys
Michael Langille
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Title: R&D Metallurgist
Affiliation: Constellium Technology Center(C-Tec)
Quote: I am grateful to have been recognized with my co-authors for this award. This work was a principal component of my Ph.D thesis and to be presented this award for this specific paper is a true honor. It has been a privilege to work with each of my co-authors at their respective facilities and I thank each of them for their individual contributions, without them this would not have been possible. I hope that the collaboration between SIMaP, Queesn’s University, MPIE and Constellium will continue into the future to allow for an improved understanding of clustering and its role on strain hardening and strain rate sensitivity.
Other: "Understanding the Role of Cu and Clustering on Strain Hardening and Strain Rate Sensitivity of Al-Mg-Si-Cu Alloys," Light Metals 2019
2020 Light Metals Subject Award - Aluminum Alloys
Dierk Raabe
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Title: Chief Executive
Affiliation: Max-Planck-Institut Fr Eisenforschung
Quote: It is a great honor to receive this award. High strength aluminium alloys are key materials that enable lightweight transportation, construction and mobile communication solutions. Understanding the role of the early stages of atomic clustering on strain hardening and strain rate sensitivity is therefore essential. Considering that even high strength aluminium alloys are still a factor 7 away from their theoretical strength limit shows that there is a lot of headroom for further research in this field. Since the main strengthening factor in aluminium alloys are atomic clusters and nanoprecipitates such endeavors require the development and use of methods that allow to probe such nanoscale and near atomic scale phenomena, such as synchrotron and atom probe methods.
Other: "Understanding the Role of Cu and Clustering on Strain Hardening and Strain Rate Sensitivity of Al-Mg-Si-Cu Alloys," Light Metals 2019
2020 Light Metals Subject Award - Aluminum Alloys
Huan Zhao
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Affiliation: Max-Planck-Institut Fr Eisenforschung
Quote: I feel much honored to receive this award. It is an important recognition for me as a young aluminum researcher. This award encourages me to continue researching on aluminum alloys.
Other: "Understanding the Role of Cu and Clustering on Strain Hardening and Strain Rate Sensitivity of Al-Mg-Si-Cu Alloys," Light Metals 2019
2020 Light Metals Subject Award - Aluminum Reduction Technology
Sébastien Guérard
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Title: Research Scientist
Affiliation: Rio Tinto Aluminum, Arvida Research and Development Center
Quote: For me, TMS was always the main global organization within the light metals industry. I have been reading and learning from its publications since I was a student, and its annual meeting is the best event to attend in order to network and keep up with the technical advances in the field. It is therefore a great honor, and one of the highlights of my career, to receive an award from such an important and prestigious institution. I also consider it a recognition of the technological leadership of the aluminum group at Rio Tinto.
Other: "A Transient Model of the Anodic Current Distribution in an Aluminum Electrolysis Cell," Light Metals 2019
2020 Light Metals Subject Award - Aluminum Reduction Technology
Patrice Côté
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Title: Principal Advisor, Data Science and Artificial Intelligence
Affiliation: Rio Tinto Aluminum, Arvida Research and Development Center
Quote: It is an honor to receive this award. TMS papers are best in class and have always been a reference in my work and our domain. For our paper to be recognized at the Light Metals level is definitely a highlight in my career
Other: "A Transient Model of the Anodic Current Distribution in an Aluminum Electrolysis Cell," Light Metals 2019
2020 Light Metals Subject Award - Electrode Technology for Aluminum Production
Christophe Bouché
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Title: Innovation & Carbon Technical Director
Affiliation: Fives Solios
Quote: This award is very important for us, as it is an independent recognition of the value of both our R&D process and the resulting technology. It also confirmed that the choices of our R&D developments are in-line with the actual needs of the aluminum industry. Overall, it creates a huge satisfaction of both our R&D teams and our industrial partners, reinforcing their motivation and making possible to develop even more our R&D effort.
Other: "Carbon Block Tracking Package Based on Vision Technology," Light Metals 2019
2020 Light Metals Subject Award - Electrode Technology for Aluminum Production
Pierre Mahieu
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Title: Process Engineer
Affiliation: Fives Solios
Quote: It is obviously a great satisfaction as inventor of the concept and co-author of the article to receive this award from a conference and publication recognized for its quality. This award reinforces our choices and our efforts to provide solutions that are ever more efficient and adapted to market requirements. More specifically on this project, it confirms the interest of the aluminum industry in the traceability of carbon anodes as a basis for data-driven predictive control.
Other: "Carbon Block Tracking Package Based on Vision Technology," Light Metals 2019
2020 LMD Distinguished Service Award
Donna Post Guillen
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Title: Distinguished Research Engineer
Affiliation: Idaho National Laboratory
Quote: I’m absolutely delighted to receive this honor, and most genuinely grateful. It validates the importance of service and leadership. I am humbled to join the ranks of other distinguished individuals that have received this award in past years. It has been a pleasure working with TMS staff and the other volunteers over the past decade. Thank you for this great honor.
Citation: For dedicated service to LMD and to the Energy Committee as Vice-Chair, Chair, Past-Chair, JOM Advisor, representative, symposia organizer, session chair and technical paper presenter.
2020 LMD JOM Best Paper Award
Christopher Gourlay
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Title: Reader
Affiliation: Imperial College London
Quote: This award is a great honour for our team and inspires us to deepen our research into intermetallics in light alloys. For me, the TMS Annual Meeting & Exhibition has always been a valuable forum to learn from leading people in the field and to meet kindred spirits and collaborators
Other: Al8Mn5 Particle Settling and Interactions with Oxide Films in Liquid AZ91 Magnesium Alloys, JOM, July 2019
2020 LMD JOM Best Paper Award
Kazuhiro Nogita
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Affiliation: The University of Queensland
Other: Al8Mn5 Particle Settling and Interactions with Oxide Films in Liquid AZ91 Magnesium Alloys, JOM, July 2019
2020 LMD JOM Best Paper Award
Liuqing Peng
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Affiliation: Imperial College London
Other: Al8Mn5 Particle Settling and Interactions with Oxide Films in Liquid AZ91 Magnesium Alloys, JOM, July 2019
2020 LMD JOM Best Paper Award
Te-Cheng Su
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Title: Postdoctoral Research Associate
Affiliation: Imperial College London
Other: Al8Mn5 Particle Settling and Interactions with Oxide Films in Liquid AZ91 Magnesium Alloys, JOM, July 2019
2020 LMD JOM Best Paper Award
Guanghui Zeng
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Affiliation: Central South University
Other: Al8Mn5 Particle Settling and Interactions with Oxide Films in Liquid AZ91 Magnesium Alloys, JOM, July 2019
2020 LMD Magnesium Technology Award - Best Poster
Sarbajit Banerjee
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Title: Davidson Professor of Chemistry & Chancellor EDGES Fellow
Affiliation: Texas A&M University
Quote: It is a great honor to be recognized by TMS with this award. TMS has supported me along every step of my career and TMS meetings are very much the highlight of the year for my research group. What I find especially remarkable about TMS is its ability to connect different areas of materials and minerals research and its ability to build bridges across disciplinary communities, between professionals at different career stages, and to bring together academics and industrial researchers alike. As my graduate students attend TMS meetings, it is truly rewarding to see them join this welcoming and diverse community.
Other: "Elucidation of Growth Mechanisms and Control of Morphology in Electrodeposited Magnesium Thin Films"
2020 LMD Magnesium Technology Award - Best Poster
Zachary Brunson
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Affiliation: Colorado School of Mines
Quote: This award offers a degree of affirmation to my research. It indicates that I am doing work that is going to be impactful and that I am making meaningful contributions to the scientific community. Additionally, in the specific context of a poster presentation this award helps to confirm that I can present engaging scientific information and am capable of articulating my ideas effectively. Awards like this are conducive to the continuation of meaningful scientific endeavors and to the perpetuation of individual efforts, especially in the context of burgeoning professionals and students such as myself. Thank you TMS.
Other: "In Situ Characterization of the Deformation Mechanisms Present in Biaxially Loaded Mg"
2020 LMD Magnesium Technology Award - Best Poster
Rachel Davidson
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Title: Graduate Student
Affiliation: Texas A&M University
Quote: I’m honored to receive the TMS Light Metals Division Magnesium Best Poster award. The LMD’s showcase of fundamental studies on everything from metal production to application is unparalleled by any other society. While TMS is a sizable society with scientists working across disciplines of science and engineering, it’s well known as being a close-knit community and has served as an invaluable resource as I navigate the path to my future career
Other: "Elucidation of Growth Mechanisms and Control of Morphology in Electrodeposited Magnesium Thin Films"
2020 LMD Magnesium Technology Best Paper Award - Application
Adam Griebel
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Affiliation: Fort Wayne Metals
Quote: I am honored to receive this award on behalf of the entire Fort Wayne Metals organization, whose continued success in medical wire manufacturing enables our participation in research like this. It is very encouraging to have our work recognized as a worthy endeavor; seeking to understand a real problem faced by those trying to make this promising absorbable metal technology accessible to patients around the world. Further, this award highlights the essential nature of networking and participation in conferences like those held by TMS; without regular interactions at these conferences this collaboration would not have materialized.
Other: "Corrosion Bending Fatigue of RESOLOY® and WE43 Magnesium Alloy Wires," Magnesium Technology 2019
2020 LMD Magnesium Technology Best Paper Award - Application
Petra Maier
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Title: Professor
Affiliation: Stralsund University of Applied Sciences
Quote: Receiving this award is a great honor because it emphasizes the importance of this research, especially in the field of application of science in solving a practical problem. It is always a challenge to find the right testing method within the translation process from human body into laboratory environment. Furthermore, this award highlights the importance of international groups and interdisciplinary research. Because of the TMS membership, I am a part of an international network, which pushes its own research with new project ideas & cooperations and certainly broadens my scientific horizon.
Other: "Corrosion Bending Fatigue of RESOLOY® and WE43 Magnesium Alloy Wires," Magnesium Technology 2019
2020 LMD Magnesium Technology Best Paper Award - Application
Roman Menze
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Affiliation: MeKo Laser Material Processing
Quote: It is a great honor for me and a valuable recognition of our work as scientists. Even though we are working in a industrial company and not a university.
Other: "Corrosion Bending Fatigue of RESOLOY® and WE43 Magnesium Alloy Wires," Magnesium Technology 2019
2020 LMD Magnesium Technology Best Paper Award - Application
Jeremy Schaffer
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Title: Director of Research and Development
Affiliation: Fort Wayne Metals
Quote: It is an honor and a privilege to receive this award and humbling because of the wide and deserving metals research community working in absorbable technology. We have been persistent in our drive to solve key performance challenges in magnesium wire for absorbable devices for 10 years because we have witnessed the beneficial impact for patients. It is encouraging, first, to receive recognition from TMS for a small part of this endeavor, and further, that profitable research relationships enabled through sharing and networking at TMS meetings themselves have helped this technology toward real patient impact. We thank you, for making a difference.
Other: "Corrosion Bending Fatigue of RESOLOY® and WE43 Magnesium Alloy Wires," Magnesium Technology 2019
2020 LMD Magnesium Technology Best Paper Award - Fundamental Research
Arul Kumar Mariyappan
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Title: Scientist
Affiliation: Los Alamos National Laboratory
Quote: It is a great honor for me to receive the LMD Magnesium Technology Best Paper Award-Fundamental Research. I would like to thank the selection committee and thank my colleagues. TMS is an exciting professional society and it provides an opportunity to meet with scientists and engineers form such a large spectrum of research specializations, which opens avenues for collaboration.
Other: "Characterization of Staggered Twin Formation in HCP Magnesium," Magnesium Technology 2019
2020 LMD Magnesium Technology Best Paper Award - Fundamental Research
Brandon Leu
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Title: Ph.D. Candidate
Affiliation: University of California, Santa Barbara
Quote: It is a great honor to receive the award and I am proud to represent the UCSB materials department. I would like to thank the support from my collaborators and my mentors Arul Kumar Mariyappan and Irene Beyerlein who have been invaluable. I would also like to thank TMS for allowing us all to have an amazing platform to share our research and ideas with one another. It means a lot for me to be able to contribute to the community.
Other: "Characterization of Staggered Twin Formation in HCP Magnesium," Magnesium Technology 2019
2020 LMD Technology Award
Alan Luo
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Title: Professor
Affiliation: The Ohio State University
Quote: "Winning the LMD Technology Award from TMS means a lot to me since I have been working in the light metals community (both industry and academia) for more than thirty years and LMD has been my home division at TMS. Over the years, TMS has provided me tremendous opportunities for technology development and professional networking. I appreciate my colleagues and friends at TMS and the Light Metals Division for their support and recognition.
Citation: For outstanding contributions to research, development and education in light metals technology.
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2020 LMD/EPD Subject Award - Recycling
Blake Fullenwider
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Affiliation: US Army Research Laboratory
Quote: It is an honor for our study of the ball milling of machining waste to be selected for this TMS award. My colleagues and I worked hard to determine the proper milling techniques for this work, and we are very grateful for the recognition associated with this award. TMS membership enables scientists around the world to collaborate and share exciting new research. It fosters creative and innovative thinking, furthering the impact of everyone’s research.
Other: "From Recycled Machining Waste to Useful Powders for Metal Additive Manufacturing," REWAS 2019
2020 LMD/EPD Subject Award - Recycling
Parnian Kiani
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Title: Ph.D Candidate
Affiliation: University of California Irvine
Quote: I want to express my utmost gratitude to the TMS LMD/EPD subject award committee. I would also like to thank my amazing colleagues and supervisors that made this work possible. This award means a lot to me both personally and professionally and made me very excited to pursue my work on environmental issues of additive manufacturing. In addition, the TMS group membership provided me the opportunity to connect with professionals and experts, while sharing my research ideas with my fellow researchers and learning about the new developments in the field.
Other: "From Recycled Machining Waste to Useful Powders for Metal Additive Manufacturing," REWAS 2019
2020 LMD/EPD Subject Award - Recycling
Kaka Ma
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Title: Assistant Professor
Affiliation: Colorado State University
Quote: I am highly honored to receive this award. As an early-career faculty, I am much encouraged to know that the research from my group is recognized by the community. This award marks a significant accomplishment in my career and urges me to continue making contributions to the materials research community. I have been a TMS member since 2009, which has been a great benefit in my professional development as TMS membership provides me with access to a suite of valuable resources and opportunities to network with global scientists and engineers in the materials community with whom I can discuss research ideas, exchange scientific insights, and establish collaborations to further advance the research fields of my interest
Other: "From Recycled Machining Waste to Useful Powders for Metal Additive Manufacturing," REWAS 2019
2020 LMD/EPD Subject Award - Recycling
Julie M. Schoenung
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Title: Professor and Chair, Department of Materials Science and Engineering
Affiliation: University of California Irvine
Quote: I am very honored to be selected to receive this award. The paper that is being honored here highlights an important new direction of research focused on addressing alternative feedstock materials for the rapidly growing field of metal additive manufacturing. I am proud of our team of researchers for being among the first to develop these ideas and for our ability to advance this important field of study. I thank TMS for this recognition and for their professional development support throughout my career.
Other: "From Recycled Machining Waste to Useful Powders for Metal Additive Manufacturing," REWAS 2019
2020 MPMD Distinguished Scientist/Engineer Award
Yunzhi Wang
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Title: Professor
Affiliation: The Ohio State University
Quote: I am deeply honored and humbled by the recognition of my MPMD peers for this prestigious award. I would like to share this recognition with my students and colleagues, because it is their contributions that have made possible what I have accomplished. I also acknowledge TMS, my home professional society, for providing a vibrant platform for close interactions and long-lasting collaborations with other researchers in the field, which has shaped my career path.
Citation: For outstanding achievements in fundamental and computational study on microstructural evolution during solid state phase transformations and plastic deformation in metals and alloys.
2020 MPMD Distinguished Service Award
Douglas Spearot
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Title: Associate Professor
Affiliation: University of Florida
Quote: TMS has been the most important professional society to the advancement of my career. Scientifically, TMS has provided a forum for me to engage with preeminent scholars in my field of research. In addition, through technical and administrative committee service, TMS has provided me the opportunity to build leadership skills and a network of colleagues beyond my research field. I am grateful to be recognized by MPMD for my service to TMS.
Citation: A dedicated member and leader in different technical committees and council of MPMD for more than a decade. Also, serving in several leadership committees of TMS including vice chair of the Membership and Student Development Committee of TMS.
2020 Nagy El-Kaddah Award for Best Paper in MHD in Material Processing
Eric Lass
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Title: Professor
Affiliation: University of Tennessee, Knoxville
Quote: I do what I do because I love science and want to produce meaningful results that advance the scientific community and society. For TMS, the world’s leading society of materials scientists and engineers, to recognize our publication as among the best of the year is a great honor and affirms that my colleagues and I are indeed making an impact. That’s one of the great things about TMS too, and why I volunteer my time for the Society. Not only does it provide the opportunity to make new connections and expand your own reach, but the ground up organization of the Society means that any recognition of success is coming straight from those at the heart of our discipline.
Other: "The Influence of Annealing Temperature and Time on the Formation of d -Phase in Additively-Manufactured Inconel 625," Metallurgical and Materials Transactions A, July 2018
2020 Nagy El-Kaddah Award for Best Paper in MHD in Material Processing
Lyle Levine
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Title: Project Lead, Additive Manufacturing of Metals
Affiliation: National Institute of Standards and Technology
Quote: I am thrilled that we have received this recognition from TMS! We have a fantastic team of people working together to understand and solve some of the challenges posed by additive manufacturing of metals. Each success is built upon years of hard work and this award is welcome proof that this work is valued by the material processing community. I also want to thank TMS for their long-standing support and for being such a great partner in our Additive Manufacturing Benchmark Test Series (AM-Bench). TMS is a wonderful organization that helps bring researchers together and we are proud to be part of their community.
Other: "The Influence of Annealing Temperature and Time on the Formation of d -Phase in Additively-Manufactured Inconel 625," Metallurgical and Materials Transactions A, July 2018
2020 Nagy El-Kaddah Award for Best Paper in MHD in Material Processing
Fan Zhang
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Title: Physicist
Affiliation: National Institute of Standards and Technology
Quote: I am very grateful to the TMS awards committee for selection of our paper. I believe our paper about the time-temperature-transformation diagram of the formation of d phase in additively manufactured Inconel 625 is timely for the community to appreciate the unique challenges that additive manufacturing brings together with its immense potential. TMS has played an important role in my professional development, offering me a forum to exchange ideas with my peers and to get involved with technical committees. I thank TMS for this distinct honor and look forward to continued contribution to and involvement with the Society.
Other: "The Influence of Annealing Temperature and Time on the Formation of d -Phase in Additively-Manufactured Inconel 625," Metallurgical and Materials Transactions A, July 2018
2020 SMD Distinguished Scientist/Engineer Award
Rajiv Mishra
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Title: Distinguished Research Professor
Affiliation: University of North Texas
Quote: TMS has been a primary professional society for me and I remember the excitement when I attended my very first Structural Materials Division (SMD) meeting more than 20 years back. It has been an excellent experience to be involved with TMS and the SMD at various levels. Continuously attending TMS annual meetings for the last 25 years has been critical for my scientific and professional growth. To receive this award is very gratifying as it is an acknowledgement from the peers. I am very grateful to all my students, post-docs and collaborators for helping with my scientific endeavors.
Citation: For advancing understanding of temperature dependent deformation mechanisms in metallic materials and composites.
2020 SMD Distinguished Service Award
Ellen Cerreta
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Title: Deputy Division Leader
Affiliation: Los Alamos National Laboratory
Quote: I am honored to receive this award. Serving the materials profession through membership in the Structural Materials Division of TMS has been extremely gratifying for me.
Citation: For exceptional service and dedication to the Structural Materials Division of the Metals Minerals and Materials Society and the broader field of Materials Science.
2020 SMD JOM Best Paper Award
Charles Matthew Enloe
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Title: Senior Manager
Affiliation: CBMM North America
Other: Effect of TiN-Particles on Fracture of Press-Hardened Steel Sheets and Components, JOM, April 2019
2020 SMD JOM Best Paper Award
Qi Lu
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Affiliation: General Motors Global Research and Development
Other: Effect of TiN-Particles on Fracture of Press-Hardened Steel Sheets and Components, JOM, April 2019
2020 SMD JOM Best Paper Award
Jiachen Pang
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Affiliation: General Motors Global Research and Development
Other: Effect of TiN-Particles on Fracture of Press-Hardened Steel Sheets and Components, JOM, April 2019
2020 SMD JOM Best Paper Award
Jeff Wang
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Title: Manager
Affiliation: General Motors Global Research and Development
Other: Effect of TiN-Particles on Fracture of Press-Hardened Steel Sheets and Components, JOM, April 2019
2020 SMD JOM Best Paper Award
Hongliang Yi
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Title: Professor
Affiliation: Northeastern University
Other: Effect of TiN-Particles on Fracture of Press-Hardened Steel Sheets and Components, JOM, April 2019
2020 TMS/SME/AIME James Douglas Gold Medal
James Olrich
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Title: Senior Director of Metallurgical Technology
Affiliation: Newmont Goldcorp
Citation: For the advancement and implementation of technology in mineral processing, and the never-ending pursuit and application of metallurgical knowledge to global operations.
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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2020 AIME Robert Lansing Hardy Award
Ravishankar Sundararaman
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Title: Assistant Professor
Affiliation: Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Quote: It is a great honor to receive the AIME Robert Lansing Hardy Award from TMS. I am extremely grateful to my nominators as well as my advisors, mentors, collaborators, and students that made this possible. I am excited to join the ranks of the outstanding recipients of this award making important contributions to diverse fields of materials research. I look forward to developing new research directions and collaborations by engaging actively with the dynamic research community at TMS meetings for years to come.
Citation: For seminal contributions to transmute and harness quantum electronic structure calculations for computational materials design in diverse fields of materials research including electrochemistry and plasmonics.
2020 Early Career Faculty Fellow Award
Jessica Krogstad
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Title: Assistant Professor of Materials Science and Engineering
Affiliation: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Quote: The 2014 TMS Annual Meeting was not my first TMS meeting, but it may have been my most formative as I was attending as a TMS Young Leader—a program supported by the TMS Foundation. It was at this meeting that I recognized the full potential of my TMS membership, and it went far beyond the technical talks. The deliberate and dedicated support of young professionals in TMS, made possible by both the TMS Foundation and so many engaged, uplifting members, has helped advance my career and has made TMS feel like home. I am excited to continue working within TMS and alongside the Foundation ensure that our membership will be diverse, vibrant and dynamic as we tackle the most pressing technological challenges now and into the future.
Other: "Challenging the Paradigm for Materials in Extreme Environments: Embracing Dynamic Material Properties"
2020 Early Career Faculty Fellow Award
C. Cem Tasan
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Title: Associate Professor of Materials Science and Engineering
Affiliation: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Quote: TMS creates the framework on which our research community has formed, and thrived. It helps create opportunities for researchers in industry and academia to come together and discuss scientific phenomena, explore solutions for key engineering problems, think about most effective teaching approaches, and yes, have fun together. I learned more during Q&A’s of my presentations, and while listening the works of others, than I did through any other means. In this regard, these meetings and interactions have truly shaped my career, and my understanding of the physics of metals; and thus I am extremely thankful for TMS for all of that.
Other: "Following Nature's Guidance in Alloy -and Career- Design"
2020 EPD Young Leaders Professional Development
Gisele Azimi
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Title: Professor
Affiliation: University of Toronto
Quote: I have been a TMS member for more than 7 years. Currently, I am the Chair of the Hydrometallurgy and Electrometallurgy committee with EPD. I am also the lead organizer of Rare Metal Extraction & Processing symposium. I have been on this committee and an organizer of this symposium since 2017. Being part of TMS, EPD, and Hydrometallurgy and Electrometallurgy committee have provided me with the great opportunity to meet with my peers in our field and be at the forefront of leading-edge research in our community. I am thankful for receiving this award and I will continue to be an active member of TMS.
2020 EPD Young Leaders Professional Development
Hong Peng
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Title: Amplify Fellow
Affiliation: University of Queensland
Quote: It is a great honor to receive the 2020 TMS EPD Young Leaders Professional Development Award. TMS membership has provided me with opportunities to make important contacts among TMS leaders and work with prominent members by being a JOM advisor for special issues and participating in technical committee meetings. I have also benefitted from presenting my work and communicating with experts in my field from institutes and industry.
2020 FMD Young Leaders Professional Development
Aurelien Perron
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Title: Materials Scientist and Deputy Group Leader(Actinide and Lanthanide Science Group)
Affiliation: Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Quote: I am extremely honored and excited to be receiving the 2020 TMS FMD Young Leaders Professional Development Award. As soon as I became a TMS member, I felt that I was joining a warm, open-minded, and dedicated community with world-class expertise in materials science focused on doing its best in science through the mentoring, inclusion, well-being and development of its members. This award is a wonderful opportunity to continue my journey within TMS, make important contacts with TMS leaders, network with prominent Society members, and become better acquainted with the business of FMD. Finally, this award will allow me to give back to the TMS community by assisting student contest activities and reinforcing my engagement in technical committees.
2020 FMD Young Leaders Professional Development
Jayakanth Ravichandran
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Title: Assistant Professor
Affiliation: University of Southern California
Quote: I am both grateful and honored to receive the FMD Young Leader Professional Development Award. As a premier avenue to network and interact with materials scientists and engineers, this award will help me get more involved with the activities of TMS. I look forward to new opportunities and challenges, especially working with other members of FMD. This award is an important encouragement for me to work towards my long term career goals and I appreciate this acknowledgement from TMS.
2020 Frontiers of Materials Award
Keith Brown
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Title: Assistant Professor
Affiliation: Boston University
Other: Frontiers of Materials Award Symposium: Machine Learning and Autonomous Researchers for Materials Discovery and Design
2020 LMD Young Leaders Professional Development
Abdallah Elsayed
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Title: Assistant Professor
Affiliation: University of Guelph
Quote: I would first like to thank the Light Metals Division for selecting me as a recipient of a Young Leaders Professional Development Award. I first joined TMS as a student under the Materials Advantage program more than 10 years ago. I immediately recognized the benefits of being affiliated with a professional society composed of passionate and talented members who contribute to the dissemination of research related to materials discovery through journals and conference presentations. Their knowledge helped me further my own research and advance my career. I look forward to continuing my fruitful association with TMS and to contributing to the TMS Foundation as a Young Leader.
2020 LMD Young Leaders Professional Development
Julien Lauzon-Gauthier
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Title: Research Engineer-Carbon
Affiliation: Alcoa Corporation
Quote: Over the years, TMS events and publications have allowed me to share my work in JOM and the Light Metals proceedings. Attending annual meetings also allowed me to interact with other researchers, colleagues, and suppliers that helped to broaden my knowledge and my network. I realize now that this is very valuable in my role as a research engineer. I am honored to receive this award and look forward to this opportunity to step-up and be more involved in the TMS committees.
2020 MPMD Young Leaders Professional Development
Somayeh Pasebani
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Title: Assistant Professor
Affiliation: Oregon State University
Quote: I am very grateful to receive the 2020 MPMD Young Leader Professional Development Award. This recognition by my peers and leaders in my field provides encouragement and further bolsters my confidence. This will go a long way in helping me achieve my career goals. TMS is like my extended family where I get to meet my peers and make friendship personally and professionally that enrich my career, personal growth, and professional development. I am truly honored to be a member of TMS for more than a decade joining as a first-year Ph.D. student and getting involved with Material Advantage Chapter activities, winning in the graduate student poster competition, and receiving the Henry DeWitt Smith scholarship. As a faculty member, TMS has tremendously helped me in enhancing my leadership skills through membership in technical committees, diversity committees, and organizing symposiums and even outreach and volunteer activities. It is my great desire and pleasure to continue to contribute to TMS and to help accomplish its valuable mission.
2020 MPMD Young Leaders Professional Development
Damien Tourret
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Title: Researcher
Affiliation: IMDEA Materials Institute
Quote: I am honored by this recognition and grateful to the TMS Foundation for supporting the growth of young scientists and engineers. I greatly appreciate the positive effect that being a TMS member has already had on my professional development. Annual meetings have allowed me to meet collaborators, mentors, and distinguished experts in and beyond my field. The breadth of available volunteering opportunities offers every member a platform to learn and develop their technical and leadership skills. I am proud to be member of a society championing diversity.
2020 SMD Young Leaders Professional Development
Aeriel Murphy-Leonard
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Title: NRC Postdoctoral Fellow
Affiliation: United States Naval Research Laboratory
Quote: TMS has been a vital partner in helping me grow and extend my network across multiple disciplines and areas. Even as a graduate student I had the ability to serve in leadership roles on multiple committees. Being a member of TMS has been important in both my professional and personal developtment.
2020 SMD Young Leaders Professional Development
Richard Oleksak
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Title: Research Scientist
Affiliation: National Energy Technology Laboratory
Quote: I am truly grateful for this award and am eager to become more involved in TMS. After changing research focuses early in my career, I have found TMS to be a very welcoming organization and the perfect segue into the structural materials community. TMS has been instrumental in connecting me with leaders in my research area and in serving as an excellent forum for the presentation and discussion of research. I am confident that the TMS annual meeting will remain a premier venue throughout my career for sharing research, forming collaborations, and fostering relationships in the materials community.
2020 Young Innovator in the Materials Science of Additive Manufacturing Award
Doug Hofmann
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Title: Principal
Affiliation: NASA JPL/Caltech
Quote: My TMS membership has been the constant in my research career, spanning from when I was a graduate student to today. The TMS annual meeting is the event I look forward to the most each year on my calendar. Over the years, it has been a place where friendships have been made and fostered, research collaborations have been forged, industry connections have been made, and where I am able to track the amazing progress in metallurgy from my peers. It is impossible to overstate the importance of how the personal relationships made through TMS have affected my career and I am indebted to those TMS members who have helped me along the way.
Other: "Innovation in Additive Manufacturing: A Perspective on an Early Career in Metal Alloy Development"
2020 Young Leaders International Scholar - JIM
Michael Titus
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Title: Assistant Professor
Affiliation: Purdue University
Quote: I am very grateful to TMS and JIM for this recognition and opportunity to present our work at the JIM Spring Annual Meeting. As my home professional society, TMS provides me and my students numerous opportunities to present our work, network with other professionals, and engage with students. The wide variety of symposia and conferences offered enhances the possibilities for multi-disciplinary collaboration and helps us expand our areas of research. I look forward to further engagement with TMS, my first-ever attendance at a JIM meeting, and meeting the many great JIM members in Japan.
Student Awards
View this calendar year’s recipients of TMS student scholarships, travel grants, and other awards.
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2020 Acta Materialia, Inc. Undergraduate Scholarship
William Carpenter
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Title: Student
Affiliation: South Dakota School of Mines & Technology
Quote: I am very honored to receive this award from TMS and would like to extend my gratitude to the TMS scholarship committee. TMS has provided me with invaluable insight into the career paths and trends within the materials science and engineering community. In the most pragmatic way, TMS has provided me the opportunity to meet experts within the metallurgical community and assisted in my career development. Material Advantage has provided me the opportunity to grow professionally and scholarships to facilitate my education. I plan to pursue a Ph.D. in materials engineering focusing on novel complex alloys for energy applications.
2020 Acta Materialia, Inc. Undergraduate Scholarship
William Jeang
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Title: Student
Affiliation: Northwestern University
Quote: Receiving the Acta Materialia Scholarship stands as an immense honor and instrumental kick-starter for my career as an aspiring materials researcher. In addition to offering this valuable avenue for financial support and recognition, TMS and the Material Advantage student program presented unique opportunities that have enriched my university experience over the years. Most notably, participating in the annual Material Advantage speaking contest matured my confidence in public speaking and technical communication. Additionally, attending the Materials Science & Technology conferences connected me with other students from unique backgrounds who provided interesting ideas for improving materials science outreach at my own university. After completing my undergraduate study at Northwestern, I plan to pursue a Ph.D. in materials engineering with a focus on materials processing for applications in electronics and medical technology.
2020 AIME Henry deWitt Smith Scholarship
Kathleen Chou
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Title: Student
Affiliation: University of Michigan
Quote: I am very thankful to TMS and AIME for this honor and support in my graduate degree. I have been a member of TMS and Material Advantage since my undergraduate degree and have had tremendous opportunities for professional development and career growth as a student member. I have been able to share my research through conference presentations, lead a student-organized symposium on science policy and materials research, and meet many other students and researchers within the materials community. These interactions have enriched my graduate school experience and have allowed me to continuously develop my technical and professional skills. After completing my degree, I am interested in continuing to develop my technical skill set at a national laboratory or in industry research and development.
2020 AIME Henry deWitt Smith Scholarship
Murtatha Jamel
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Title: Student
Affiliation: University of Wisconsin Milwaukee
Quote: I would like to use this opportunity to express my appreciation to TMS and AIME for honoring me with the Henry deWitt Smith Scholarship. Through my involvement in professional events with Material Advantage, TMS, and other organizations I have gained an appreciation for the importance of my field that was intrigued by the unique process-structure-property-performance relationships. Joining professional societies has added more potential to my professional goals and broadened my ability to join the industry work force. I am very eager to explore materials engineering as a potential career to share my knowledge with industry, and apply advanced techniques to enhance materials processing and characterization.
2020 EPD Scholarship
William Carpenter
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Title: Student
Affiliation: South Dakota School of Mines & Technology
Quote: I am very honored to receive this award from TMS and would like to extend my gratitude to the TMS scholarship committee. TMS has provided me with invaluable insight into the career paths and trends within the materials science and engineering community. In the most pragmatic way, TMS has provided me the opportunity to meet experts within the metallurgical community and assisted in my career development. Material Advantage has provided me the opportunity to grow professionally and scholarships to facilitate my education. I plan to pursue a Ph.D. in materials engineering focusing on novel complex alloys for energy applications.
2020 FMD Gilbert Chin Scholarship
Thomas Colburn
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Title: Student
Affiliation: Stanford University
Quote: Material Advantage has been transformative in my educational career by providing opportunities for me to present my research, network with fellow young scientists, and fund my academic pursuits through scholarships. I have had the chance to speak at the International Conference for the American Ceramic Society and the Materials Science and Technology 2019 conference. Presenting at these conferences has allowed me to share my research on an international stage while meeting and networking with fellow young scientists as part of the Global Young Investigators Forum. Material Advantage's scholarships have also helped ease the financial burden of college expenses on my family. After graduating from Stanford, I plan on pursuing a Ph.D. in chemical engineering or materials science. I am so grateful to TMS, Battelle, and the Functional Materials Division for this honor and for helping me fulfill my educational goals.
2020 International Symposium on Superalloys Scholarship
Kyle Ventura
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Title: Student
Affiliation: University of Florida
Quote: I am incredibly grateful and honored to be a recipient of this scholarship. I would like to thank my adviser Gerhard Fuchs as well as my colleagues at the University of Florida for the help and support they have given me on my academic journey. Being recognized for my work with superalloys for the past 3 years encourages me to continue the pursuit of this knowledge. As a member of my school’s Material Advantage chapter I participated in our Materials Bowl trivia team and made many professional connections as well as friends. After I graduate, I plan to work in industry to continue improving the knowledge in this field. Eventually, I want to be able to teach other aspiring engineers, encouraging them to help make new discoveries and advance the field of metallurgical engineering.
2020 International Symposium on Superalloys Scholarship
Hannah Walker
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Title: Student
Affiliation: University of Wisconsin Madison
Quote: I am extremely honored to be selected as a recipient for this scholarship! TMS and Material Advantage have been crucial in helping me explore my academic interests and connect with fellow students and professionals within the materials discipline. I am very grateful to the TMS International Symposium on Superalloys Committee—this scholarship helps substantially with the accessibility of my education. After graduation, I am planning to pursue a graduate degree in materials science and engineering to further broaden my impact in the field.
2020 Kaufman CALPHAD Scholarship
Emily Proehl
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Title: Student
Affiliation: University of Wisconsin Madison
Quote: For the past four years I have been involved with the University of Wisconsin-Madison Material Advantage Student Chapter. The organization has allowed me to explore my passion of Materials Science and Engineering through countless chapter meetings, industry connections, and funding of chapter events like foundry fun nights and forging. The chapter has encouraged my curiosity in the field and helped me develop as a future scientist and engineer. In the fall of 2020, I hope to attend graduate school in the field of nuclear materials. I am excited by the prospect of continued involvement in Material Advantage and TMS at the graduate level and in a professional career ahead.
2020 LMD Scholarship
Samantha Schloder
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Title: Student
Affiliation: University of Pittsburgh
Quote: Upon starting the materials science and engineering program at the University of Pittsburgh, I joined Material Advantage. Through this, I was introduced to numerous opportunities in research, internships, and scholarships. Scholarships such as this one are the reason why I succeed at school. Rather than worrying about money all the time, I can focus on my studies. Once I finish my undergraduate degree I hope to continue my education through a masters/doctorate program.
2020 MPMD Scholarship
Natalie Wieber
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Title: Student
Affiliation: University of Tennessee, Knoxville
Quote: TMS has been a key and integral part of my education and career, especially after transferring institutions to pursue a degree in material science. When I transferred, I was introduced to Material Advantage which would not exist if it weren't for TMS. My involvement in Material Advantage gave me the opportunity to serve as a service and social chair for my university's chapter. My involvement also showed faculty that I am passionate about material science, eventually facilitating my internship at Oak Ridge National Laboratory. I am so grateful for these opportunities as well as the MPMD scholarship because it gives me confidence in my efforts to join the field of material science and engineering! I plan on continuing my education in a Ph.D. program beginning fall of 2020, diving more deeply into ceramic materials and renewable energy applications
2020 SMD Scholarship
Jadzia Graves
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Title: Student
Affiliation: University of Idaho
Quote: Material Advantage has allowed me to connect with my peers in a way that general classes have not. Since becoming involved in the club, I have had greater opportunities to work with other students in my field and participate in events like the TMS Bladesmithing Competition. Attending the TMS annual meeting was an amazing opportunity to learn about recent occurrences in the world of materials and it gave me a chance to present what I have learned in my own research. After I graduate I plan to pursue structural materials for aerospace applications. The SMD scholarship will help support my education and it is a great honor to receive it.
2020 TMS Best Paper Contest - Graduate - 2nd Place
Keyou Mao
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Title: Student
Affiliation: Purdue University
Quote: It is a blessing to be honored by such a prestigious award. The TMS Foundation and Materials Advantage provide me with a high-level professional platform to connect with the materials science community via sharing the frontiers of our research so that we can innovate materials to make our world a better place. I have attended more than ten TMS career development workshops. This award also allows me to present my work at the TMS 2020 Annual Meeting in San Diego. I believe all of these TMS benefits equip me with knowledge for my academic endeavors and elevate my motivation for solving greater materials problems. In the future, I will continue my career in materials research and development and open a start-up company.