TMS Young Professional UpdateFeature

A World of Ideas: International Scholars Share Their ExperiencesLynne Robinson

Giving promising young materials scientists and engineers an opportu-

the TMS Young Leader International

sionals, through a competitive review

the other organization’s annual meeting

in other learning and networking activ-

Materials Societies (FEMS). To provide some insights into the

International Scholars are asked to

JOM. This year, two TMS young pro-

Spring Meeting, held March 27–March

and Technology. Nitin Chopra, As-

Materials Engineering, The University

attendance due to the earthquake and tsunami that struck Japan in March 2011. Sandip P. Harimkar, Assistant

Aerospace Engineering, Oklahoma State University, attended the meeting as the 2013 TMS/JIM International Scholar.

In addition to delivering lectures, attending techni-cal sessions, and visiting scientifi c facilities, the TMS/JIM International Schol-ars also participated in a number of networking ac-tivities. Pictured left to right: Hidemi Kato, IMR Tohoku University; Sandip Harim-kar; Yashimasa Kajiwara, JIM Secretary General; and Nitin Chopra.

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Nitin Chopra The Young Leader International Scholar Award provided me with the

I arrived in Japan on March 24, and my stay and travel were greatly helped

to arrange and organize the trip. I vis-

seminar, “Graphitic Shells Encapsulat-

and Applied Sciences. I had the oppor-

moto and discuss research in the area

scanning tunneling microscopy, in-situ electron microscopy, and nanocataly-

Wakayama. At the International Cen-

(MANA), I presented another seminar

composites, microscopy, and energy

search groups.

attending technical sessions and net-working with scientists presenting at the JIM meeting as well as deliver-ing my talk, “A Novel Material Ar-chitecture Based on Graphene and

ing Materials Symposium. I was also

met several guests, as well as my hosts

one-week stay in Japan. I would also like to share here that even on a tight schedule, I managed

Leader International Scholar Award and to get involved with TMS. The

my academic career and provided me with a unique avenue to serve society,

I was introduced to the committee in 2009, and attending committee meet-

ing with other committees and getting

Development Award winner, I also

nanoscale heterostructures, which has

I have spent on my TMS volunteer ac-tivities, I have gained something new

Nitin Chopra (left) deliv-ers one of several talks that he presented at the JIM 2013 Annual Spring Meeting.

Nitin Chopra (center) receives his TMS/JIM Young Leader International Scholar Award from Saeki Yamamuro, Ehime University (left) and Hisanori Tanimoto, University of Tsukuba (right).

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Sandip P. Harimkar

International Scholar program. Earlier this year, I traveled to Tokyo, Japan, to participate in the 2013 JIM Annual

eight symposia on advanced materials science and engineering topics with more than 700 presentations. Some

alloys. I presented my talk, “Recent

in the session on Amorphous Materi-als and Quasicrystals. During this trip, I also visited the Structural Materials

Materials, at NIMS. I presented a talk

amorphous materials at NIMS and also visited leading researchers working in related areas. The JIM annual meeting and NIMS

lish key contacts with leading research-

research opportunities. I would like to

my meeting agenda and coordinating

current research areas and international

their organization. It was a very enriching and reward-

annual meeting and visit NIMS through this Young Leader International Scholar

eral TMS activities, including technical

Engineering Committee activities, and

My participation in these TMS activi-ties has always helped me in strengthen-

in materials science and engineering ar-

(Left) Sandip Harimkar shares his research at the JIM 2013 Annual Spring Meeting. (Be-low) Harimkar receives his TMS/JIM Interna-tional Scholar Award from Hidemi Kato.

FIND OUT WHAT THE TMS YOUNG PROFESSIONAL PROGRAM CAN DO FOR YOU In support of its strategic goal to become “the destination soci-ety for young professionals technically, professionally, and socially,” TMS continues its expansion of professional development initiatives and resources specifi cally serving early career professionals in ma-terials science and engineering. In addition to augmenting the In-ternational Scholar Program described in this article, TMS will also be funding 30 Young Leader Professional Development Awards in 2014. (The deadline to apply for both the 2014 TMS/JIM Internation-al Scholar and Young Leader Awards is August 15.) It likewise plans to support an additional Early Career Faculty Fellow Award and

will be sending eight rising professionals to participate in the 2013 Emerging Leaders Alliance Capstone Program. Enhancements to the networking opportunities introduced at TMS technical meetings in the last two years are also in the works for the TMS 2014 Annual Meeting & Exhibition. Any professional, non-student TMS member under the age of 40 can apply to TMS’s various young professional awards, as well as participate in other professional development opportuni-ties. To get started, go to the TMS Young Professionals website at tms.org/youngprofessional.