News of MRS Members/Materials Researchers
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News of MRS Members/Materials Researchers Kristin A. Bennett, a nationally recognized expert in materials science and a leader in nanotechnology, has joined The Implementation Group, a consulting firm that helps clients win and successfully carry out Federal grants and contracts. Harry Bhadeshia has been named the inaugural Tata Steel Professor of Metallurgy at the University of Cambridge, United Kingdom, in recognition of his
distinguished work on the physical metallurgy of steels. Roald Hoffmann, Nobel laureate and Frank H.T. Rhodes Professor Emeritus of Humane Letters and professor of chemistry at Cornell University, has been selected to receive the National Science Board 2009 Public Service Award for his extensive, broad-reaching and diverse contributions to increasing public under-
standing of science and, more specifically, fostering appreciation of the relevance of chemistry to culture. Christopher K. Ober, Cornell University’s Francis Bard Professor of Materials Science and Engineering, has been named to serve as interim dean of the College of Engineering, beginning January 1, 2009.
Mildred S. Dresselhaus to Receive 2009 Vannevar Bush Award Once dubbed the “Queen of Carbon Science” as one of the country’s foremost experts in the multifaceted field of carbon science, longtime Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Institute Professor Mildred S. Dresselhaus has been named the National Science Board’s 2009 Vannevar Bush Awardee. “Every morning before 6 a.m. for the past 40 years when I arrive at work, I Mildred S. Dresselhaus, pass a massive photograph of Vannevar 2009 Vannevar Bush Bush at his milling machine,” said Awardee (Credit: Dresselhaus, whose office is in the Michael Duncan, MIT) Vannevar Bush building at MIT. “When I see his smiling face, I get charged up for my day’s adventure with the endless frontier of science and for my work with students and collaborators worldwide who will be enjoying the excitement of my adventures with me.” Each year, the National Science Board (NSB), the policymaking body for the National Science Foundation (NSF), presents the Vannevar Bush Award to an individual who, through public service activities in science and technology, has made an outstanding “contribution toward the welfare of mankind and the nation.” The NSB will honor Dresselhaus for her leadership through public service in science and engineering, her perseverance and advocacy in increasing opportunities for women in science, and for her extraordinary contributions in the field of condensed-matter physics and nanoscience. Over the course of her career, Dresselhaus’s research has covered a wide range of topics in condensed matter and materials physics. She is best known for her work on carbon science and carbon nanostructures, and is also credited for being one of the researchers who caused the resurgence of the thermoelectrics research field 15 years ago by moving the field in the direction of nanostructures. Her investigations into superconductivity, the electronic properties of carbon, thermoelectric
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