Kendra Erk, senior in the School of Materials Engineering, recently was nominated to speak at the Undergraduate Student Speaking Contest, which was held during the Materials Science and Technology 2005 Conference and Exhibition in Pittsburgh, PA this fall.

Kendra Erk, senior in the School of Materials Engineering, recently was awarded an NSF Fellowship.

On January 4, 2006, Prof. Carol Handwerker was appointed to the 2006 National Materials Advisory Board (NMAB) by the Chair of the National Research Council .

The Paper titled, "Solidification Processing and Fracture Behavior of RuAl-Based Alloys," by our very own graduate student, Todd Reynolds, has been selected as a winner of a Ribbon Award. Ribbon Awards are given to the top 5% of manuscripts as selected by the organizers of each symposium.

T. R. Stratton, a graduate student in the School of Materials Engineering, was recently awarded a Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Graduate Fellowship to support his work with Professor Jeffrey Youngblood.

There have been several recent promotions and awrads to faculty in MSE.

The ASM Materials Education Foundation will present the following scholarships during ASM Materials Solutions in Columbuis, Ohio.
And the award goes to: Kendra A. Erk

Mr. Barry J. Effron, recent Chairman of the United Jewish Appeal Federation of New York, Westchester, has provided several student scholarships for Materials Engineering students for the fourth year. These scholarships are awarded by the Effron Family Foundation.