Newswise — February 24, 2016—Warrendale, PA (USA): The Minerals, Metals & Materials Society (TMS) honored the following 25 recipients of the 2016 TMS Young Leader Professional Development Awards during the 145th TMS Annual Meeting & Exhibition, held February 14–18, 2016 in Nashville, Tennessee.
These awards recognize early-career individuals, under the age of 40, for their potential as future leaders within TMS and the materials and engineering community it serves, as well as for their contributions within each of the society’s five technical divisions. Awardees are presented with unique opportunities to become more involved in society activities and to network with prominent TMS members through an invitation to attend the TMS Board of Directors and Division Council meetings at the annual meeting. Additionally, awardees receive complimentary 2016 TMS membership and sponsorship for their attendance at the annual meeting.
TMS also collaborates with the Japan Institute of Metals and Materials (JIM) and the Federation of European Materials Societies (FEMS) on a joint Young Leaders International Scholar Program to establish an exchange program that offers select young members the opportunity to present papers at international sessions. Advancing professional growth of TMS’s young members is part of the mission of the TMS Foundation, which awards all Young Leaders Professional Development Awards.
The 2016 TMS Young Leaders Professional Development Awardees are:
Extraction & Procession Division (EPD):
Laura Bartlett, Texas State UniversityAlexander Senaputra, Cytec IndustriesTao Wang, Nucor Steel
Functional Materials Division (FMD):
Babak Arfei, Universal InstrumentsVincenzo Lordi, Lawrence Livermore National LaboratoryPartha Mukherjee, Texas A&M UniversityTolou Shokuhfar, University of IllinoisLuisa Whittaker-Brooks, University of UtahYu Zhong, Florida International University
Light Metals Division (LMD):
Nadia Ahli, Emirates Global AluminiumMehul Bhatia, Arizona State UniversityJan-Marten Seitz, Syntellix AG
Materials Processing & Manufacturing Division (MPMD):
Marko Knezevic, University of New HampshireSamantha Lawrence, Sandia National LaboratoriesSoumya Nag, General ElectricGarrit Tucker, Drexel UniversityChristopher Weinberger, Drexel University
Structural Materials Division (SMD):
Lauren Garrison, Oak Ridge National LaboratoryE-Wen Huang, National Chiao Tung UniversityEun Soo Park, Seoul National UniversityReza Shahbazian-Yassar, University of IllinoisJulie Tucker, Oregon State UniversityNatasha Vermaak, Lehigh University
TMS Young Leaders International Scholar to JIM
Saryu Fensin, Los Alamos National Laboratory
JIM Young Leaders International Scholar to TMS
Motomichi Koyama, Kyushu University
FEMS Young Leaders International Scholar to TMS
Henry Proudhon, MINES Paristech, Centre des Matériaux
For more information about the TMS Young Professionals Program, visit www.tms.org. Information about the TMS Foundation is located at www.TMSFoundation.org. For more information about the TMS Professional Honors and Awards Recognition Program, visit awards.tms.org. Awardee photos are available upon request.
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 nearly 13,000 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 www.tms.org.
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