Don’t Wonder What You’ll Miss: The 2015 TMS President on What’s Ahead for Members
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Don't Wonder What You'll Miss: The 2015 TMS President on What's Ahead for Members
TMS Board of Directors 0 1 2 3 4 5 6
Patrice Turchi 0 1 2 3 4 5 6
0 Stanley M. Howard Vice President Professor, South Dakota School of Mines & Technology , USA
1 Hani Henein Past President Professor, University of Alberta
2 Patrice Turchi President Advanced Metallurgical Science and Engineering Group Leader, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
3 David H. DeYoung Director/Chair Light Metals Division Director, GPP Business Technology , Alcoa
4 Eric N. Brown Director, Content Development and Dissemination Group Leader, Neutron Science and Technology, Los Alamos National Laboratory
5 Amy J. Clarke Director, Membership & Student Development Scientist, Los Alamos National Laboratory
6 Joy H. Forsmark Financial Planning Officer Technical Expert, Light Cast Metals, Ford Motor Company
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I am not the
typical materials
scientist, by
Born and
educated in
France, I am
considered a
physicist, but
materials science
is where I get
Patrice Turchi 2015 TMS President
I’ve been
fortunate to have been able to follow that
interest to my current position of senior
scientist, Materials Science Division
(MSD), Physical and Life Sciences
Directorate, Lawrence Livermore National
An important step on this journey was
shortly after I started working for LLNL,
nearly every conceivable science and
more than 94 nations on every inhabited
work to do, our membership demographics
indicate that we are making progress on
counting more women and underrepresented
processing, developing, and producing the
a professional community, based on an
of its particular strengths, and I believe
is also why our membership has grown
In the last month, you have received
membership, and continuing to contribute
your unique talents to the advancement of
importantly, I found a professional home
that suited my diverse interests and unique
tradition of bridging the many facets of the
minerals, metals, and materials community
member, it’s clear that few of the nearly
Our educational backgrounds encompass
Diversity and Inclusion
second installment of the
Diversity in the Minerals,
Metals, and Materials Professions
(DMMM2) summit for July 25–27, 2016
at Northwestern University, Evanston,
pleased about the following initiatives
planned for the near future, framed within
initiatives being developed, as well, that
are looking at ways to involve more
diverse groups in our profession, and to
the Women in Materials Science and
Industrial Engagement
volunteers involved in the
planning and preparation of a variety of
professional development opportunities
designed to meet the needs and interests
In addition, I am pleased that David
DeYoung, Director of Research and
Development, Global Primary Products,
Alcoa, has been elected to begin the
industry, Dave has a number of ideas
International Activities
A particular focus for me as
the 2015 president has been
Don’t Wonder What You’ll Miss: The 2015 TMS President on What’s Ahead for Members
webinars to intensive multi-day courses
well-received meeting will be held
accomplishing this has been the creation
of high-quality technical meetings with
step in this direction was the Pan American
participation of several other materials
societies from throughout the Pan
will also welcome Energy Materials 2017,
efforts and present their work, the member
discounts on meeting registrations also
Making plans for PRICM9 in 2016 are (left to right): Hani Henein, TMS appointee to the PRICM
International Advisory Board; Elizabeth Holm, TMS appointee to the PRICM International Advisory
Board; James J. Robinson, TMS Executive Director; George T. “Rusty” Gray III, TMS In-Country
Representative; Tadahashi Furuhara, Japanese Institute of Metals and Materials (JIM) In-Country
Representative and Conference Chair; Jian-Feng Nie, Materials Australia appointee to the PRICM
International Advisory Board; Sung-Joon Kim, Korean Institute of Metals In-Country Representative;
and Yoshimasa Kajaiwara Former Secretary General of JIM, the PRICM9 host society.
TMS Board of
Directors
Jeffrey Fergus
Director, Professional
Development
Professor, Auburn University
James C. Foley
Director/Chair
Materials Processing &
Manufacturing Division
R&D Manager, Los Alamos
National Laboratory
Edward D. Herderick
Director, Public &
Governmental Affairs
Additive Technologies
Leader, GE Corporate
Rajiv S. Mishra
Director/Chair
Structural Materials Division
Professor, University of
North Texas
Srinivas Chada
Director, Programming
Component Packaging
Engineer, Schlumberger
HFE
Roger Narayan
Director/Chair
Functional Materials
Division
Professor, University of
North Carolina and North
Carolina State University
James J. Robinson
Secretary
TMS Executive Director
Participants in the first TMS
Diversity Summit in 2014
laid the groundwork for
further development of
resources and community
building activities on
diversity and inclusion
issues at DMMM2 in 2016.
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