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Turn to this regular JOM feature for information on new TMS initiatives, updates, and overviews of TMS events and activities, and news from the field that impacts TMS and its members. To submit news items for consideration, contact Lynne Robinson, JOM Contributing Editor, at [email protected].
New Kaufman CALPHAD Scholarship Opens for Applications
Applications are now being accepted for the TMS Foundation's newest scholarship opportunity, the Kaufman CALPHAD Scholarship. This award recognizes the contributions of the late Lawrence "Larry" Kaufman to computational thermodynamics and its applications. The scholarship was established in 2014 through an endowment from CALPHAD Inc. and the efforts of TMS member Zi-Kui Liu. Liu is CALPHAD Inc. president, CALPHAD journal editor in chief, and professor of materials science and engineering at The Pennsylvania State University.
The Kaufman CALPHAD Scholarship is open to all full-time sophomore or junior undergraduate student members of Material Advantage who are majoring in metallurgy or materials science and engineering at a qualified college or university. Relevance of the applicant's coursework will be considered when determining an award recipient. Applicants must submit a personal statement that describes any accomplishments, community involvement, or other relevant activities outside of school, as well as career plans in a specific area of interest. The first
Kaufman CALPHAD Scholarship will be awarded at the TMS 2017 Annual Meeting & Exhibition in San Diego, California.
The scholar will receive $1,000 and an additional $500 travel stipend to attend the annual meeting.
Kaufman is considered by many to be the father of computational thermodynamics and the CALPHAD (CALculation of PHase Diagrams) technique, according to Liu. "He pioneered the field of CALPHAD," he said. "His vision and dedication enabled the progress of the field, which is the base of integrated computational materials engineering (ICME) and the Materials Genome Initiative (MGI)."
Kaufman was dedicated to bringing computer coupling of phase diagrams and thermochemistry to the mainstream scientific community. As he rose through the ranks at ManLabs Inc. in Cambridge, Massachusetts-going from a research scientist in 1958 to president in 1985-he continued working on phase equilibria, often in collaboration with William Hume-Rothery, a pioneer in the field of alloy phases and supporter of Kaufman's ideas. Eventually those ideas gained broad recognition after a session...