The Minerals, Metals & Materials Society Names 2018 Technical Division Awardees

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TMS Names 2018 Technical Division Awardees

Newswise — February 16, 2018—Pittsburgh, PA (USA): The Minerals, Metals & Materials Society (TMS) has announced the names of the individuals who will be honored with division-level awards at the TMS 2018 Annual Meeting & Exhibition (TMS2018) held from March 11-15 in Phoenix, Arizona. These awards recognize outstanding contributions and excellence within each of the society’s five technical divisions.

For more information about the TMS Professional Honors and Awards Recognition Program and to view details regarding the complete list of 2018 TMS awards and their recipients, visit awards.tms.org . For more information about TMS2018, visit www.tms.org/tms2018. Awardee photos are available upon request.

The 2018 award recipients are:

TMS Extraction & Processing Division (EPD):

Distinguished Lecture Award—Geoffrey Brooks, Swinburne University of Technology

Distinguished Service Award—Peter Hayes, University of Queensland

Science Award—Tamara Chapman, Rolls-Royce Plc
Science Award—Vassili Vorontsov, Imperial College, London
Science Award—Ananthi Sankaran, Ford Motor Company
Science Award—David Rugg, Rolls-Royce Pl
Science Award—Trevor Lindley, Imperial College, London
Science Award—David Dye, Imperial College, London

Technology Award—Suming Zhu, RMIT University
Technology Award—Mark Easton, RMIT University
Technology Award—Trevor Abbott, Magontec Ltd
Technology Award—Jian-Feng Nie, Monash University
Technology Award—Matthew Dargusch, University of Queensland
Technology Award—Norbert Hort, Hlemholtz-Zentrum Geesthacht
Technology Award—Mark Gibson, CSIRO Manufacturing

Nagy El-Kaddah Award for Best Paper in MHD in Material Processing—Huai Wang, Shanghai University
Nagy El-Kaddah Award for Best Paper in MHD in Material Processing—Yunbo Zhong, Shanghai University
Nagy El-Kaddah Award for Best Paper in MHD in Material Processing—Qiang Li, Shanghai University
Nagy El-Kaddah Award for Best Paper in MHD in Material Processing—Yipeng Fang, Shanghai University
Nagy El-Kaddah Award for Best Paper in MHD in Material Processing—Weili Ren, Shanghai University
Nagy El-Kaddah Award for Best Paper in MHD in Material Processing—Zuo-Sheng Lei, Shanghai University
Nagy El-Kaddah Award for Best Paper in MHD in Material Processing—Zhongming Ren, Shanghai University

Materials Characterization Awards

Best Paper Award – First Place—Mark H. Shooter, Tufts University
Best Paper Award – First Place—Michael A. Zimmerman, Tufts University
Best Paper Award – First Place—Anil Saigal, Tufts University
Best Paper Award – Second Place—Md Abdul Kader, University of New South Wales
Best Paper Award – Second Place—Md Ashraful Islam, University of New South Wales
Best Paper Award – Second Place—Andrew Brown, University of New South Wales
Best Paper Award – Second Place—Paul Hazell, University of New South Wales
Best Paper Award – Second Place—Mohammad Saadatfar, Australian National University
Best Paper Award – Second Place—Juan Escobedo-Diaz, University of New South Wales
Best Paper Award – Third Place—Elizabeth Carvalho L. Cardoso, Instituto de Pesquisas Energéticas e Nucleares-IPEN/CNEN-SP
Best Paper Award – Third Place—Rene Ramos Oliveira, Instituto de Pesquisas Energéticas e Nucleares-IPEN/CNEN-SP
Best Paper Award – Third Place—Glauson Aperacido R. Machado, Instituto de Pesquisas Energéticas e Nucleares-IPEN/CNEN-SP
Best Paper Award – Third Place—Esperidiana A.B. Moura, Instituto de Pesquisas Energéticas e Nucleares-IPEN/CNEN-SP

Best Poster Award – First Place—Genevieve Lee, The Ohio State University
Best Poster Award – First Place—Jonathan Orsborn, The Ohio State University
Best Poster Award – First Place—Antonio Ramirez, The Ohio State University
Best Poster Award – Second Place—Sang Hoon Lee, Thermo Fisher Scientific
Best Poster Award – Second Place—Mostafa Maazouz, Thermo Fisher Scientific
Best Poster Award – Second Place—Liang Zhang, Thermo Fisher Scientific
Best Poster Award – Second Place—Mauricio Gordillo, Thermo Fisher Scientific
Best Poster Award – Second Place—Micah Ledoux, Thermo Fisher Scientific
Best Poster Award – Second Place—Jeff Blackwood, Thermo Fisher Scientific
Best Poster Award – Third Place—Thomas Watkins, Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Best Poster Award – Third Place—Shibayan Roy, Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur
Best Poster Award – Third Place—Lawrence Allard Jr., Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Best Poster Award – Third Place—Amit Shyam, Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Best Poster Award – Third Place—Dongwon Shin, Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Best Poster Award – Third Place—J. Allen Haynes, Oak Ridge National Laboratory

Functional Materials Division (FMD): 

John Bardeen Award—Justin Schwartz, North Carolina State University

Distinguished Service Award—Roger Narayan, North Carolina State University

JEM Best Paper Award—Tong An, Beijing University of Technology
JEM Best Paper Award—Si Chen, Beijing University of Technology
JEM Best Paper Award—Fei Qin, Beijing University of Technology
JEM Best Paper Award—Pei Chen, Beijing University of Technology 

Light Metals Division (LMD):

Distinguished Service Award—John Grandfield, Grandfield Technology Pty Ltd.

Technology Award—Olivier Martin, RioTinto

JOM Best Paper Award—Alexei Vinogradov, Norwegian University of Science & Technology
JOM Best Paper Award—Kristian Máthis, Charles University

Light Metals Award—David Weiss, Eck Industries Inc.
Light Metals Award—Orlando Riod, Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Light Metals Award—Zachary Sims, University of Tennessee
Light Metals Award—Scott McCall, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratories
Light Metals Award—Ryan Ott, Ames Laboratory

LMD/EPD Energy Best Paper Award – Professional—Jinichiro Nakano, National Energy Technology Laboratory
LMD/EPD Energy Best Paper Award – Professional—James Bennett, National Energy Technology Laboratory
LMD/EPD Energy Best Paper Award – Professional—Anna Nakano, National Energy Technology Laboratory

Light Metals Subject Awards

Alumina/Bauxite –Yanxiu Wang, Northeastern University
Alumina/Bauxite –Ting-an Zhang, Northeastern University
Alumina/Bauxite –Guozhi Lu, Northeastern University
Alumina/Bauxite –Weiguang Zhang, Northeastern University
Alumina/Bauxite –Xiaofeng Zhu, Northeastern University
Alumina/Bauxite –Liqun Xie, Northeastern University

Aluminum Reduction Technology –Dawei Yu, CanmetMINING
Aluminum Reduction Technology –Vishnuvardhan Mambakkam, University of Toronto
Aluminum Reduction Technology –Donghui Li, Innovative Extractive Technologies Ltd.
Aluminum Reduction Technology –Kinnor Chattopadhyay, University of Toronto
Aluminum Reduction Technology –Lei Gao, Kunming University of Science and Technology

Electrode Technology for Aluminum Production –Les Edward, Rain Cll Carbon LLC
Electrode Technology for Aluminum Production –Kevin Harp, Rain Cll Carbon LLC
Electrode Technology for Aluminum Production –Christopher Kuhnt, Rutgers Basic Aromatics Gmbh

Warren Peterson Cast Shop for Aluminum Production –Patrick Messer, RWTH Aachen University
Warren Peterson Cast Shop for Aluminum Production –Uwe Vroomen, RWTH Aachen University
Warren Peterson Cast Shop for Aluminum Production –Andreas Bührig-Polaczek, RWTH Aachen University 

Magnesium Technology Award

Application—Christopher Gourlay, Imperial College, London
Application —Guang Zeng, Imperial College, London
Application —Jingwei Xian, Imperial College, London

Fundamental Research—Michael Nemcko, University of Waterloo
Fundamental Research—Armin Abedini, University of Waterloo
Fundamental Research—Clifford Butcher, University of Waterloo
Fundamental Research—Peidong Wu, McMaster University
Fundamental Research—Michael J. Worswick, University of Waterloo

Student Paper—Chaitanya Kale, Arizona State University
Student Paper—Mansa Rajagopalan, LAM Research Corp
Student Paper—Scott Turnage, Arizona State University
Student Paper—Billy Hornbuckle, US Army Research Laboratory
Student Paper—Kristopher Darling, US Army Research Laboratory
Student Paper—Suveen Mathaudhu, University of California
Student Paper—Kiran Solanki, Arizona State University
Student Paper—Michael Melia, University of Virginia
Student Paper—Michael Serron, InVue Security Products
Student Paper—David Florian, Vanderbilt University
Student Paper—Jonathan Weiler, Meridian Lightweight Technologies, Inc.
Student Paper—John Scully, University of Virginia
Student Paper—James Fitz-Gerald

Best Poster—Micahel P. Brady, Oak Ridge national Laboratory
Best Poster—Anton V. Levlev, Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Best Poster—Mostafa Fayek, University of Manitoba
Best Poster—Donovan Leonard, Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Best Poster—Harry M. Meyer III, Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Best Poster—Matthew G. Frith, Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Best Poster—Luke L. Daemen, Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Best Poster—Anibal J. Ramirez-Cuesta, Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Best Poster—Olga Ovchinnikova, Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Best Poster—Lawrence M. Anovitz, Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Best Poster—Gernot Rother, Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Best Poster—Dongwon Shin, Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Best Poster—Guang-Ling Song, Xiamen University
Best Poster—Bruce Davis, Magnesium Elektron North America
Best Poster—Yongqiang Cheng, Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Best Poster—Jeff Thomson, Oak Ridge National Laboratory

Materials Processing & Manufacturing Division (MPMD): 

Distinguished Service Award—Paul Mason, Thermo-Calc Software Inc.

Distinguished Scientist/Engineer Award—Irene Beyerlein, Los Alamos National Laboratory

Structural Materials Division (SMD): 

Distinguished Scientist/Engineer Award—Stephen Foiles, Sandia National Laboratories

Distinguished Service Award—Dennis Dimiduk, Software LLC

JOM Best Paper Award—Sudhanshu S. Singh, Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur
JOM Best Paper Award—Tyler J. Stannard, Arizona State University
JOM Best Paper Award—Xianghui Xiao, Argonne National Laboratory
JOM Best Paper Award—Nikhilesh Chawla, Arizona State University

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