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MIT Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
EECS Announcement |
October 10, 2000
The National Materials Advancement Award will be presented by the Federation of Materials Societies to Dr. Mildred S. Dresselhaus at a reception at the National Press Club in Washington, DC on December 6, 2000.
The National Materials Advancement Award recognizes individuals who have demonstrated their outstanding capabilities in advancing the effective and economic use of materials and the multi-disciplinary field of materials science and engineering generally, and who contribute to the application of the materials profession to national problems and policy.
Currently Director, Office of Science of the US Department of Energy, Dr. Dresselhaus is being recognized "for advancing the science and engineering of materials through research, teaching, mentorship and leadership in universities, government, and professional societies, over more than 40 years."
Dr. Dresselhaus has been president of the American Physical Society and the American Association for the Advancement of Science, treasurer of the National Academy of Sciences, Institute Professor at MIT, member of the National Academy of Engineering and of its Council, Councilor of the Materials Research Society, a principal editor of the Journal of Materials Research, and member of the National Science Foundation Materials Research Division Advisory Board. In 1990 she received the National Medal of Science from President Bush. Since 1967 Dr. Dresselhaus has taught, supervised graduate research, and served as mentor for many students who have become leading scientists and engineers in industries, universities and government laboratories in the U.S. and abroad. She is the recipient of seventeen honorary degrees and many other awards, medals and prizes for her work in science and technology.
Previous recipients of the National Materials Advancement Award include Dr. Paul C. Maxwell, Science Consultant to the US House of Representatives Committeee on Science (1985); Dr. John B. Wachtman, Jr., Director of the Center for Ceramics Research at Rutgers University (1986); Dr. William O. Baker, retired Chairman of the Board of AT&T Bell Laboratories (1987); Dr. Morris Cohen, Institute Professor Emeritus, MIT (1988); Dr. Allen G. Gray, Technical Director Emeritus, ASM International (1989); Dr. Klaus M. Zwilsky, Director of the National Materials Advisory Board (1990); Dr. Rustum Roy, Director of the Materials Education Council (1991); Rep. George E. Brown, Jr., Chairman of the House Science, Space and Technology Committee (1992); Dr. Lyle H. Schwartz, Director of the Materials Science and Engineering Laboratory at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (1993); Dr. Nathan E. Promisel, retired Director of the National Materials Advisory Board (1994); Dr. Peter R. Bridenbaugh, Executive Vice President-Automotive, ALCOA (1995); Dr. Mary L. Good, Under Secretary of Commerce (1996); Dr. Arden L. Bement, Jr. (1997); Dr. Robert Baboian, retired Fellow of Texas Instruments (1998); and Dr. Merton C. Flemings, Toyota Professor, MIT (2000).
The Federation of Materials Societies is a consortium of technical and professional societies and associations whose constituencies include scientists, engineers and other professionals active in the areas of materials policy as well as R&D, processing, manufacturing, recovery, and resource availability.