Oliver and Pharr Receive Inaugural MRS Innovation in Materials Characterization Award

摘要

Warren C. Oliver of Nanomechanics, Inc. in Oak Ridge, Term., and George M. Pharr of the University of Tennessee and Oak Ridge National Laboratory have been honored with the inaugural MRS Innovation in Materials Characterization Award for their joint work on nanoinden-tation. Oliver and Pharr were cited for "seminal contributions to the development of the instrumentation and analysis methods of nanoindentation for characterizing the mechanical properties of materials at the micro- and nanometer length scales. Their work on nanoindentation has profoundly impacted all fields of materials research where mechanical behavior is important." Oliver and Pharr will be presented with the award at the 2010 Materials Research Society Spring Meeting in San Francisco.