Getting to Know the Incoming TMS Board of Directors
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https://doi.org/10.1007/s11837-020-04458-0 Ó 2020 The Minerals, Metals & Materials Society
Getting to Know the Incoming TMS Board of Directors Kelly Zappas In 2021, TMS will welcome two new members to its Board of Directors. Jud Ready of the Georgia Institute of Technology (Georgia Tech) and Tim Rupert of the University of California, Irvine (UCI) will begin their threeyear terms on the TMS Board of Directors at the end of the
TMS 2021 Annual Meeting & Exhibition, March 14–18, 2021. Take a few moments today to get to know these DFWLYH706YROXQWHHUVWROHDUQKRZ706KDVLQÀXHQFHG their careers, and to gain insight into what they hope to DFFRPSOLVKGXULQJWKHLUWLPHLQR൶FH
Jud Ready Vice President -XG5HDG\¿UVWEHFDPH involved with TMS in 1992 as a member of the Georgia Tech student chapter and later took RQKLV¿UVWPDMRUOHDGHUVKLS role as chapter president. He SUHVHQWHGKLVZRUNDWKLV¿UVW TMS annual meeting in 1994, and he has attended the meeting every year since, missing the conference only when his children were born. “Even then, my students went,” he pointed out. “So, my research has been presented at every TMS Annual Meeting for more than a quarter century.” Ready, who is now deputy director, Innovation Initiatives, at Georgia Tech, says there are two things that keep him coming back to TMS meetings year after year. “It’s the people and the science,” he said. “TMS is so broad. The ability to keep learning new things keeps me coming back.” The network he’s built at TMS—including collaborators,
program managers, and friends—has also had a dramatic impact on his career. “I would be nowhere close to where I am now, professionally, without the connection, the content resources, the professional relationships, and also the true friendships I’ve developed through my involvement with TMS,” he said. “There’s a great camaraderie compared to other societies. It’s a much more friendly atmosphere.” It’s no surprise, then, that one of the things Ready is most looking forward to during his term as president in 2022 is a return to normalcy with face-to-face meetings and OLYHHYHQWV6WLOOKHQRWHVWKHEHQH¿WVRIWKHYLUWXDOHYHQWV that have been held in the past year. “Practicing doing conferences virtually has opened a lot of new opportunities for content delivery,” he said. “It will be interesting to see how this adds to TMS’s wealth of knowledge and to see how we fold these new capabilities into future events.” Overall, Ready hopes to contribute enthusiasm, amicability, and friendliness during his term on the TMS Board of Directors. “That’s what sets TMS apart from other Societies. The social interactions that can feel forced or awkward at other conferences come naturally at TMS.”
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