To celebrate the distinguished achievements of leaders in the field of materials
science and engineering, the Board of Trustees of ASM
International (the materials information society) has named its 2009 Awards
Recipients. The awards will be presented at the society's annual Awards Banquet
on Tuesday, October 27, in Pittsburgh during Materials Science + Technology
2009 (MS+T '09).
Honorary Membership: Prof. Martin E. Glicksman, FASM, Professor of Materials
Science + Engineering and Florida 21st Century Scholar, University of Florida,
will receive Honorary Membership for “advancing fundamental knowledge
of materials science and engineering, leading to deeper understanding and more
accurate prediction of cast alloy structures, and the evolution of polycrystalline
networks.” Awarded since 1919, Honorary Membership recognizes distinguished
service to materials science and engineering, ASM International, and progress
to mankind.
Medal for the Advancement of Research: W. James McNerney, Jr., Chairman, President
and Chief Executive Officer, Boeing Company, will receive this year's
award for “executive leadership in transforming development of high technology
materials to emphasize customer-focus and faster time-to-market, enabling a
new generation of aircraft engines, airplanes, and customer products.”
The Medal for the Advancement of Research was established in 1943 to honor an
executive in an organization active in production, fabrication or use of metals
and other materials. The recipient of the award will have consistently sponsored
research or development and by foresight and actions shall have helped substantially
to advance the arts and sciences relating to materials science and engineering.
Distinguished Life Membership: Dr. Craig R. Barrett, Retired CEO/Chairman of
the Board, Intel Corporation, will be recognized for “enduring contributions
to the advancement of microelectronics and computing in the US. Dr. Barrett's
leadership of Intel has set the standard for science based industrial management.”
Distinguished Life Membership was established in 1954 and is conferred on those
leaders who have devoted their time, knowledge and abilities to the advancement
of the materials industries.
Distinguished Life Membership: Dr. Jack Shilling, Retired Executive Vice President,
Corporate Development and Chief Technical Officer, Allegheny Technologies, Inc.,
will be recognized for “34 years of outstanding contributions and leadership
to the specialty metals industry as researcher, manager, executive and spokesman
for his industry.” Distinguished Life Membership was established in 1954
and is conferred on those leaders who have devoted their time, knowledge and
abilities to the advancement of the materials industries.
Gold Medal: Dr. Y. Austin Chang, FASM, Wisconsin Distinguished Professor, Department
of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Wisconsin, Madison, will
receive this year's award for “outstanding accomplishments as an exemplary
world-class teacher/researcher and distinguished leadership in materials science
and engineering.” The Gold Medal was established in 1943 to recognize
outstanding knowledge and great versatility in the application of science to
the field of materials science and engineering, as well as exceptional ability
in the diagnosis and solution of diversified materials problems.
Albert Sauveur Achievement Award: Dr. Sungho Jin, FASM, Distinguished Professor,
Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, University of California
at San Diego, will receive this year's award for “pioneering research
for discovery of new materials and phenomena in the fields of electronic, magnetic
and superconducting materials.” This award was established in 1934. It
recognizes pioneering materials science and engineering achievements that have
stimulated organized work along similar lines to such an extent that a marked
basic advance has been made in the knowledge of materials.
Engineering Materials Achievement Award: Dr. Robert E. Burrell, Professor and
Canada Research Chair in Nanostructured Biomaterials, and Professor and Chair
of Biomedical Engineering, University of Alberta, will receive this year's
award for “the development of technology and manufacturing methods for
silver based nano-structured antimicrobial and anti-inflammatory coatings with
significant and wide ranging clinical and patient benefits.” Established
in 1969, this award recognizes an outstanding achievement in materials or materials
systems relating to the application of knowledge of materials to an engineering
structure or to the design and manufacture of a product.
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