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Prasad Wins Asian American Engineer
of the Year Award
Somuri Prasad, FASM,
of SandiaNational Laboratories,
Albuquerque, N.M., received the Asian American Engineer
of the Year Award (AAEOY) during the 2015 AAEOY Awards
Gala held in Los Angeles in February. Prasad was recognized
for his pioneering contributions to the science and appli-
cations of tribology, and mentorship of graduate students,
postdoctoral associates, and early career staff. Launched in
2002 by the Chinese Institute of Engineers-USA, the AAEOY
Award honors outstanding Asian-American professionals
in science and engineering for their leadership, technical
achievement, and remarkable public service. Prasad is also
an active member of ASM’s
AM&P
Editorial Committee.
Rosei Honored by American Vacuum
Society
Federico Rosei
of INRS’s
Énergie Matériaux Télécommu-
nications Research Centre was
honored by the American Vacuum
Society (AVS, Science and Technol-
ogy of Materials, Interfaces, and
Processing) in recognition of his
mentorship of young researchers.
It is the first time a scientist work-
ing in Canada has received the AVS
Excellence in Leadership Award. He launched a number of
training and mentoring initiatives, including the UNESCO
Chair on Materials and Technologies for Energy Conversion,
Saving and Storage. Rosei holds the chair, which is a source
of training for young scientists from developing countries.
Over 100 young researchers from 30 countries around the
world have benefitted from his knowledge and supervision.
Turchi Installed as 2015 TMS President
The Minerals, Metals & Mate-
rials Society (TMS), Warrendale,
Pa., installed
Patrice E.A. Turchi
as its 2015 President at the TMS
2015 Annual Meeting & Exhibition
held in Orlando, Fla., in March.
Turchi is advanced metallurgical
science and engineering group
leader, Materials Science Division,
at Lawrence Livermore National
Laboratory, Calif. Turchi has been an active member of TMS
for more than 25 years, and has served on the TMS Board of
Directors as chair of the Electronic, Magnetic & Photonic Ma-
terials Division (now the Functional Materials Division). Tur-
chi is also co-founder of the International Alloy Conference,
chair of ASM’s Alloy Phase Diagram Committee, and a mem-
ber of the Alloy Phase Diagram International Commission.
Madison Receives Black Engineer of the
Year Award
Jon Madison
of Sandia National Laboratories was re-
cently named winner of a Black Engineer of the Year Award
(BEYA) for Most Promising Scientist. BEYA is a program of
the national Career Communications Group, an advocate
for corporate diversity, and is part of its STEM achievement
program. The awards annually recognize the nation’s best
and brightest engineers, scientists, and technology experts.
Madison received his award at the 29th BEYA conference held
in February in Washington. After completing his master’s and
Ph.D. in materials science and engineering at the University
of Michigan, his work now centers on destructive and nonde-
structive techniques to understand microstructures in 3D.
Prasad
Rosei
Turchi
Madison