FMS National Materials Advancement Award

摘要

LEO CHRISTODOULOU received the National Materials Advancement Award, presented by the Federation of Materials Societies (FMS) at the National Press Club in Washington DC this past December. The award recognizes individuals who have demonstrated outstanding capabilities in advancing the field of materials science and engineering, and who contribute to the application of the materials profession to national policy in the United States. Previous recipients of the award include ECS member Jerry Woodall, of Purdue University and a National Medal of Technology Laureate; the late Representative George E. Brown, Jr., Chairman of the House Science Committee; Arden Bement, Director, National Science Foundation; Mary Good, former Under Secretary of Commerce; James Roberto, Deputy Director, Oak Ridge National Laboratory; and the late John H. Hopps, Jr., Deputy Under Secretary of Defense. FMS is an umbrella organization whose member societies, which include ECS, represent the professional societies, universities, and National Research Council organizations that are involved with materials science, engineering, and technology. The purpose of FMS is to aid the mater ials community in obtaining information from, and exchanging information with, the policy community.