Title: Assistant Professor
Affiliation: National Chung Cheng University
Quote: It is my great pleasure and honor to accept the 2012 TMS EMPMD Young Leader Professional Development Award by the TMS Electronic, Magnetic &Photonic Materials Division Award Committee. This award gives me a good opportunity to participate in Young Leader Society activities. Through this award, I am looking forward to making contact with Society leaders and members at universities and industry. In addition, this award will enhance my professional development and encourages me to work in the academic field in the future.
Other: It is my great pleasure and honor to receive the 2012 TMS Young Leader Professional Development Award from the Electronic, Magnetic & Photonic Materials Division (EMPMD; now Functional Materials Division) at the TMS 2012 Annual Meeting & Exhibition in Orlando. I have attended several TMS meetings and have given technical presentations since 2006, but undoubtedly, this year’s Annual Meeting gave me a most exciting, fruitful, and unforgettable experience. In addition to normal technical sessions, this award offered me an opportunity to participate in a wide variety of social function events, including the Yong Leaders Tutorial Luncheon Lecture, EMPMD Council meeting, and TMS-AIME Awards Banquet. I also served as a judge in the student poster competition. These activities allowed me to interact with other Young Leaders and many great committee members. From these activities, I was able to further understand the operation of technical programs, committee organization, and society management. This wonderful experience encouraged me to become actively involved in the TMS organization in the future. Finally, I sincerely thank TMS and the EMPMD award committee.