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"To engage the finest young minds in the design, processing, and application of materials by stimulating the dynamic evolution of our * * educational and professional infrastructures."*
Ry an K. Roeder is a materials engineer by education, who spent his postdoctoral fellowship in an orthopaedic surgery department and has worked extensively in securing research funding. Now he plans to bring these diverse experiences together for the benefit of TMS members.
Roeder, an assistant professor in the Department of Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering at the University of Notre Dame, was selected to receive the 2007 TMS Early Career Faculty Fellow Award, a new award that was created at the 2006 TMS Annual Meeting in March. The award serves the dual purposes of recognizing an accomplished professional and providing that professional with the technical and financial support needed to contribute to TMS activities and their own professional development.
The award was developed based on the recommendations of the ad hoc TMS Academic Alliance Committee. Concerned that young professional members were not active enough in the society, this group designed an award aimed at...