Carol Handwerker, Reinhardt Schuhmann Jr. Professor of Materials Engineering

Since joining TMS as a graduate student in 1983, I have been very grateful to be a member of the TMS community of scholars, working together to advance both scientific knowledge and engineering practice for the public good. I feel incredibly honored to receive the 2017 John Bardeen Award from the Functional Materials Division for my research in electronic packaging and interconnection and am indebted to my colleagues at Purdue, the National Institute of Standards and Technology, and TMS for creating a culture of creativity and joy in exploring the fundamental basis of metallurgy and materials science.