Newswise — March 8, 2012 – Warrendale, PA (USA) – The Minerals, Metals & Materials Society (TMS) will honor members who have made remarkable contributions this past year at the 141st TMS Annual Meeting & Exhibition, in Walt Disney World, Orlando, Florida, which convenes March 11-15.
Members were selected for both society and technical division awards. Society honorees will receive their accolades at the TMS-AIME Annual Awards Banquet on March 13. Divisional awardees will receive their honors at various functions throughout the week. The recipients are as follows:
Society Awards
Alexander Scott Distinguished Service Award – Ramana Reddy, University of AlabamaApplication to Practice Award – Mark Taylor, University of AucklandBrimacombe Medalists – Robert Hyers, University of Alabama; Paul Krajewski, General Motors Corp; Zi-Kui Liu, Pennsylvania State UniversityBruce Chalmers Award – A. Lindsay Greer, University of CambridgeChampion H. Mathewson Award – Adam L. Pilchak,U.S. Air Force Research Lab; Robert E.A. Williams,Ohio State University; James C. Williams,Ohio State UniversityEarly Career Faculty Fellow Award – Michael Demkowicz, Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyEducator Award – Marc DeGraef, Carnegie Mellon UniversityInstitute of Metals/Robert Franklin Mehl Award – Subra Suresh, National Science FoundationRobert Lansing Hardy Award – Andrew Minor, University of CaliforniaShri Ram Arora Award – Anjali Sharma, University of DelhiVittorio de Nora Prize for Environmental Improvements in Metallurgical Industries – Antoine Allanore, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; James Yurko, MaterionAIME Rossiter W. Raymond Memorial Award – David Rowenhorst, Naval Research Laboratory; Alexis Lewis, Naval Research LaboratoryCyril Stanley Smith Award – Mats Hillert, Royal Institute of TechnologyMorris Cohen Award – Michael Ashby, University of Cambridge
Division Awards
Electronic, Magnetic & Photonic Materials Division (EMPMD)Distinguished Scientist/Engineer – KN Mani Subramanian, Michigan State UniversityDistinguished Service – Srinivas Chada, Power-One Renewable Energy SolutionsJohn Bardeen Award – John William Morris, Jr., University of CaliforniaJEM Best Paper – Joyelle J. Harris, Exponent Failure Analysis Associates
Extraction & Processing Division (EPD)Distinguished Lecturer – Theodor Lehner,Boliden MineralDistinguished Service – Tzong Chen,CANMET-MMSLScience Award – James. E. Miller, Richard B. Diver, Nathan P. Siegel, Eric N. Coker, Andrea Ambrosini, Daniel E. Dedrick, Mark D. Allendorf, Anthony H. McDaniel, Gary L. Kellogg, Roy E. Hogan, Ken S. Chen, Ellen B. Stechel, Sandia National LabsTechnology Award – Jiann-Yang "Jim" Hwang, Michigan Technological University,Xiang Sun, Xiaodi Huang
Light Metals Division (LMD)Distinguished Service – Eric Nyberg, Pacific Northwest National LabTechnology Award – Mark Philip Taylor, University of AucklandLight Metals Award – Eliezer Batista,Garry Tarcy, Xiangwen Wang, and Geff Wood, Alcoa, Inc.Aluminum Reduction Technology Award – Feng Naixiang, Northeastern University;Tian Yingfu, Chongqing Tiantai Aluminum Industry Co Ltd.; Peng Jianping, Wang Yaowu, Qi Xiquan, and Tu Ganfeng, Northeastern UniversityBauxite & Alumina Award – Lucy Martin and Steven Howard, Bechtel Australia Pty Ltd.Electrode Technology for Aluminum Production Award – Olivier Trempe, Daniel Larouche, Michel Guillot, and Mario Fafard, Universite Laval; Donald Ziegler, Alcoa Inc.Warren Peterson Cast Shop for Aluminum Production Award – Dmitry Eskin, Brunel University; Mehdi Lalpoor,Delft University of Technology/Materials Innovation Inst. (M2i); Laurens Katgerman,Delft University of TechnologyEnergy Best Paper – Professional Award – Peter Loutzenhiser and Anastasia Stamation,ETH Zurich; Willy Villasmil and Anton Meier, Paul Scherrer InstituteEnergy Best Paper – Student Award – Peng Li, Qing-bo Yu and Qin Qin, Northeastern UniversityJOM Best Paper Award – Pascal Coursol, Patrick Coulombe, Serge Gosselin, and Dany Lavoie, Aluminerie Alouette; Jean-Marc Simard, Exaprom; Jerry Marks, J. Marks and Associates; Sylvain Fardeau, Rio Tinto AlcanEnergy Best Paper – Peter G. Loutzenhiser, Anastasia Stamatiou, and Aldo Steinfeld, ETH Zurich; Willy Villasmil and Anton Meier, Paul Scherrer InstituteMagnesium Best Paper - Application Award – Kazutaka Okamoto, Hitachi Research Lab; Masato Sasaki and NorikazuTakashi, Hitachi; Qudong Wang, Yan Gao, Dongdi Yin, and Changjiang Chen, Shanghai Jiao Tong UniversityMagnesium Best Paper - Fundamental Research Award – Kiran Solanki and Mehul Bhatia, Arizona State University; Amitava Moitra, Mississippi State UniversityMagnesium Best Paper - Student Award – Lennart Stutz, Helmholtz-Zentrum Geesthacht GmbH; Jan Bohlen, Dietmar Letzig, Karl Kainer, GKSS Forschungszentrum Geesthacht GmbH
Materials Processing & Manufacturing Division (MPMD)Distinguished Service – Joy Forsmark, Ford Motor CoDistinguished Scientist/Engineer – John Morral, Ohio State University
Structural Materials Division (SMD)Distinguished Scientist/Engineer Award – Yuntian Zhu, North Carolina State UniversityDistinguished Service – Eric Taleff, University of TexasJOM Best Paper Award – Scott Hollister, University of Michigan
For more information on the TMS 2012 Annual Meeting & Exhibition, visit the web site.
About TMSTMS is the professional organization encompassing 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 professional and student members are metallurgical and materials engineers, scientists, researchers, educators and administrators from more than 70 countries on six continents. For more information on TMS, visit our web site.
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