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HIGHL IGHTS A D V A N C E D M A T E R I A L S & P R O C E S S E S | O C T O B E R 2 0 1 9 5 7 SCHOLARSHIP WINNERS Anna Park Carnegie Mellon University Park is a rising junior at Carnegie Mellon studying materials science and engineering with a minor in electronic materials. After an internship focusing on perovskite solar cells at the Univer- sity of Maryland during her senior year of high school, she knew she wanted to pursue materials science in college and start research right away. This past summer, she interned at CEA/CNRS Néel in Grenoble, France, focusing on semiconducting nanowires. Ladish Co. Foundation Scholarships Established in 2011, the Ladish Co. Foundation Schol- arship is awarded to an outstanding undergraduate mem- ber of ASMwho has demonstrated exemplary academic and personal achievements, as well as interest and potential in metallurgy or materials science and engineering. (Student must be a Wisconsin resident and must attend a Wiscon- sin university to qualify.) Two scholars were selected this year, and each will receive a certificate and check for $2500 toward educational expenses for one academic year. Walker Silha University of Wisconsin-Madison Silha is entering his senior year at the University of Wisconsin-Madison with a perfect academic record. He has been exposed to materials science and engineering through his curriculum, his involvement on campus with Mate- rial Advantage, and his work on com- posites as part of the SAE Formula Racing team, in addition to two impactful internships at Scot Forge and General Mills. He plans to pursue a career in materials-based R&D. Baily Syring University of Wisconsin-Madison Syring is entering her junior year studying materials science and engi- neering, with a minor in German, at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Her fascination with metals started in her sophomore year when she began doing research in the Thoma Lab in Wiscon- sin’s Grainger Institute for Engineering. There, she researched the effect of hydrogen on steels and was introduced to additive manufacturing. She also had the opportunity to work as an intern in Collins Aerospace’s new product development group. Outstanding Scholar Awards The Outstanding Scholar Awards were established to recognize students who have demonstrated exemplary academic and personal achievements, as well as interest and potential in metallurgy or materials science and engi- neering. Three awards of $2000 each are funded by the ASM Materials Education Foundation. William Carpenter South Dakota School of Mines & Technology Carpenter is currently studying materials and metallurgical engineer- ing, with the hope of going into the aerospace industry and possibly work- ing with advanced materials to push the envelope of human spaceflight. In the past year, he learned about transport phenomena and the extraction of metals using pyrometallurgical techniques. Jessie Schweitzer Washington State University Schweitzer is entering her third year studying materials science and engineering at Washington State Uni- versity. She spent her sophomore year researching novel growth techniques for carbon nanotubes. This past sum- mer, she participated in a research exchange with Southeast University in Nanjing, China, where she studied the use of porous Ti 3 C 2 films for enhanced supercapacitor performance. She serves as president of Washington State University’s Material Advantage Chapter. In the coming year, she plans to research low enriched ura- nium fuels for use in nuclear reactors. Xueqiao Wang Georgia Institute of Technology Wang is a rising senior at Georgia Institute of Technology in the School of Materials Science and Engineering. She is also pursuing a nanomaterials certif- icate and has completed the research option program. She studied fatigue structure evolution in Al and the devel- opment of highly stable electrically conductive adhesives at Georgia Tech, NMC cathodes for Li-ion batteries at the Technical University of Munich, and antiferromagnetic domain formation and exchange cou- pling with nanomagnetic square lattice at Paul Scherrer Institute and ETH Zurich.