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.

The Ross Fellowship recruits outstanding doctoral-seeking students to graduate programs at Purdue University . The Ross Fellowships are to be used as Ph.D. recruitment fellowships. These students do not apply directly to the fellowship, but are selected by the interdisciplinary program to which they are associated. Qualifications for acceptance to a Ross Fellowship are student academic and scholarly achievements and ability.

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