June 2004

Around DMSE

Please join us at the DMSE luncheon immediately following commencement on June 4th. All graduates and their families are invited as are alumni, current students, faculty, and staff. Tables will be set up in the Chipman Room (8-314) and nearby classrooms. During the luncheon, the 2004 Departmental awards will be presented.

Awards and Honors

Recent distinctions awarded to members of the DMSE community include:

Angela Belcher, John Chipman Career Development Associate Professor of Materials Science and Engineering and Biological Engineering, has been awarded tenure.

Merton C. Flemings, Toyota Professor Emeritus and Director of the Lemelson-MIT Program, has received an honorary doctorate from the Swiss Institute of Technology in Lausanne.

Prof. Caroline Ross received the Irwin Sizer Award for the Most Significant Improvement in MIT Education.

Prof. Don Sadoway received the Everett Moore Baker Memorial Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching.

Tanya Y. Cheng received honorable mention in the S. Klein Prize for Scientific and Technical Writing.

Kasetta Coleman was a recipient of the Ronald E. McNair Scholarship Award for black undergraduates with strong academic performance and considerable contributions to the minority community.

Timmie Ting-Wei Hong was inducted into Phi Beta Kappa.

Jina Kim received the Service Leadership Award for renewing the MIT chapter of Best Buddies.

Anita Kris received first Prize in the Robert A. Boit Writing Prize–short story.

Ana Ramos has been granted a Fulbright U.S. Advanced Student award to spend a year of study and research in France. She will be doing a "Master of Science and Technology" program in "Materials Science and Nano-objects". The degree is run by the Universite de Pierre et Marie Curie (Paris VI), and is a consortium of seven different Universities and "Grandes Ecoles" including the Ecole Polytechnique, Ecole Centrale, and the Universite de Paris Sud among others. The program includes both courses and a thesis to be done at one of the local research laboratories.

Michelle Seitz received the Henry Ford II Award. This award is made to a senior engineering student who has maintained a cumulative average of 5.0 at the end of his or her seventh term and who has exceptional potential for leadership in engineering and society.

Karlene Maskaly and Agnieska Stachowiak have been nominated to attend the 2004 GE Technology and Innovation Day.

Aaron Raphel received the Charles "Harrison" Smith Award from the Engineering Systems Division.

We're delighted to see the hard work and dedication of these students, faculty, and staff recognized.

Upcoming Events

There will be a self-user training class on the use of the CMSE X-ray Powder Diffractometers on Tuesday and Wednesday June 8 & 9 from 9:00AM to 12:00PM. Attendance on both days is required. Interested parties should contact Joe Adario for a registration form. The class is limited to 6 so registrations will be accepted in the order in which they are received. Should the number of registrations exceed 6 a second class will be scheduled.

The Boston Museum of Science will host Strange Matter from October 2, 2004 to January 2, 2005. This exhibition explains the field of materials science and engineering through demonstrations, interactive displays, and activities. Make a trip to see this exhibition!

Personnel

Ms. Stephanie Bright joined the DMSE Student Services Office effective June 1, 2004. She fills the position that was previously held by Steve Malley. Stephanie comes to DMSE from MIT's Center for Real Estate Development where she was the Assistant to the Associate Director of Education. She brings three years of experience in an academic office, and the Students Services Office staff looks forward to having her support. Stephanie can be reached at x3-3855, sbright@mit.edu. Please welcome Stephanie to the Department!

John Henriques is leaving the position of Fiscal Officer for Chemical Engineering, Materials Science and Engineering and the Center for Biomedical Engineering. We wish him the best in his future career.

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