Newswise — February 19, 2016 – Warrendale, Pennsylvania (USA) – The Minerals, Metals & Materials Society (TMS) installed Stanley M. Howard as its 2016 President on Tuesday, February 16, at the TMS 2016 Annual Meeting & Exhibition (TMS2016) in Nashville, Tennessee. Howard is professor of materials and metallurgical engineering at the South Dakota School of Mines and Technology (SDSM&T).

Howard has served TMS in such high-level roles as Financial Planning Officer and as a member of the TMS Foundation Board of Trustees. He received his B.S. and Ph.D. in metallurgical engineering from the Colorado School of Mines and is a licensed professional engineer.

Upon his installation as TMS President, Howard addressed an audience of colleagues, award recipients, and guests at the TMS-AIME Awards Ceremony on Tuesday evening, a highlight of TMS2016.

"In the last few decades, we have worked diligently to make TMS a much more understandable organization for students and young professionals," said Howard. "This is going to have substantial results because people are more likely to engage with what they know and understand."

He described TMS as an organization in a growth stage. "We have a vibrant membership interested in embracing the society's vision and mission. Growth will continue so long as the membership perceives that TMS is addressing topics of significance in a meaningful and effective way."

Howard has held leadership and service positions at his university, including chair of the Department of Materials and Metallurgical Engineering, Faculty Senate Chair and Chair of the Faculty, and Material Advantage Advisor. He is a recipient of the AIME (American Institute of Mining, Metallurgical, and Petroleum Engineers) Mineral Industry Education Award and the SDSM&T Presidential Award for Outstanding Service; former president of Group V Metals, a technology services and licensing company; and a volunteer in numerous community organizations. Howard has received visiting faculty appointments to Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Stanford Research Laboratory, and Kerr-McGee Technical Center; served as a technical auditor on the Yucca Mountain Nuclear Waste Repository; holds patents on beryllium replacement alloys; and has provided technical consultation for industrial firms, universities, and government agencies.

ABOUT TMS The Minerals, Metals & Materials Society (TMS) is a member-driven international professional society dedicated to fostering the exchange of learning and ideas across the entire range of materials science and engineering, from minerals processing and primary metals production, to basic research and the advanced applications of materials. Included among its more than 13,000 professional and student members are metallurgical and materials engineers, scientists, researchers, educators, and administrators from 91 countries on six continents. For more information on TMS, visit www.tms.org.