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Changes at the top Michael R. Splinter is leaving Intel Corporation after 20 years to become the new president and chief executive officer (CEO) of Applied Materials, Inc. He succeeds James C. Morgan as CEO and Dan Maydan as president. Morgan has led Applied Materials for the past 27 years, and will continue on as chair of the board of directors. Maydan will become president emeritus and remain on the board of directors. Morgan describes Splinter as “an outstanding choice for Applied Materials as we strengthen our position as a great global competitor”. Intel, meanwhile, has replaced Splinter with Jason Chun Shen Chen, who becomes vice president and codirector of the sales and marketing group. Society elections The UK Royal Society has elected 42 new fellows for 2003. The list includes William Bonfield of the University of Cambridge, Michael Coey from Trinity College Dublin, Michael Klein of the University of Pennsylvania, Alan MacDiarmid of the University of Texas at Dallas, Stephen Mann at the University of Bristol, Richard Nelmes of the University of Edinburgh, and Adrian Sutton from the University of Oxford. Klaus von Klitzing, a director at the Max-Planck Institute in Stuttgart, Germany becomes a foreign member. Academy award Along with Kofi Annan, the secretary general of the United Nations, Uma Chowdhry of DuPont is one of the newly elected Fellows of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Chowdhry is vice president of central research and development at DuPont. “I am honored and, quite frankly, humbled,” she says. Springtime win for Paris The Walter J. and Angeline H. Crichlow Trust Prize has been awarded by the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics to Paul Paris, senior professor of mechanics at Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri. Paris wins $100 000 for his research on fracture mechanics and the prediction of fatigue life.
Harris brings more collaboration The US Department of Energy’s Brookhaven National Laboratory has appointed Alex Harris as chair of the chemistry department. He will lead 78 employees and manage an annual budget of around $12 million. Harris moves from Agere Systems, Pennsylvania where he was director of the company’s guided wave and electro-optics research efforts. Previously, Harris was head of materials chemistry research at Bell Laboratories. Bringing this experience to his new department at Brookhaven, Harris intends to build on existing cooperation with the medical department and work more closely with the materials science and physics departments. “Collaborative efforts that span many fields can help to strengthen and benefit research,” he says. Harris also hopes to be highly involved with the lab’s planned Center for Functional Nanomaterials, which will have a strong focus on chemistry.
DFG rewards young researcher Ralf Wehrspohn of the Max Planck Institute for Microstructure Physics in Halle/Saale, Germany is one of six young scientists rewarded with a 2003 Heinz Maier-Leibnitz Award. The $18 900 award from the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) recognizes research excellence of scientists under the age of 33. Wehrspohn is a group head at the Max Planck Institute and specializes in research on porous materials and photonic crystals. Previously at Philips Research Laboratories in Redhill, UK, Wehrspohn has also worked at the École Polytechnique in Palaiseau, France.
Outstanding service Richard C. Atkinson, president of the University of California (UC) system since 1995, is the recipient of the 2003 Vannevar Bush Award. The prize is awarded annually by the US National Science Board to a senior statesperson in science and technology. This year, it recognizes Atkinson’s
career, which spans both groundbreaking research and long-standing public service. Atkinson was the first director of the National Science Foundation (NSF) with a social sciences background. His term, from 1977-80, included NSF’s first $1 billion annual budget. An experimental psychologist as well as an applied mathematician, Atkinson spent his entire academic career in California. On leaving the NSF in 1980, he became chancellor of the University of California, San Diego (UCSD). During his 15 year tenure, UCSD doubled in size and was among the top five in federal research funding. As UC system president, Atkinson has overseen reforms in college admissions testing and spearheaded new admissions and outreach approaches.
Election results The National Academy of Sciences has elected 72 new members, with 18 scientists from 11 countries becoming foreign associates. A number of researchers in materials science are accorded with this honor for “their distinguished and continuing achievements in original research”. The list of elected members includes Praveen Chaudhari, the new director of Brookhaven National Laboratory; Karl Hess at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; William D. Nix of Stanford University; Robert J. Silbey, professor of chemistry and dean of science at Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Dale J. Van Harlingen of the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; and Eli Yablonovitch of the University of California, Los Angeles.
And the winners are… The UK Institute of Materials, Minerals, and Mining (IOM3) has announced its award winners for 2003. William Bonfield wins the Chapman Medal for distinguished research in biomaterials. Previously director of the University of London Interdisciplinary Research Centre in Biomedical Materials, he is now the first professor of medical materials at the University of Cambridge. The Griffith Medal and Prize for materials science goes to Roger Whatmore of Cranfield University for his work in exploiting ferroelectric and other polar materials. Malcolm McLean of Imperial College London receives the Platinum Medal for contributions to the advancement of materials science and engineering.
Please send details of new appointments, honors, and awards to [email protected]
July/August 2003
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Changes at the top Michael R. Splinter is leaving Intel Corporation after 20 years to become the new president and chief executive officer (CEO) of Applied Materials, Inc. He succeeds James C. Morgan as CEO and Dan Maydan as president. Morgan has led Applied Materials for the past 27 years, and will continue on as chair of the board of directors. Maydan will become president emeritus and remain on the board of directors. Morgan describes Splinter as “an outstanding choice for Applied Materials as we strengthen our position as a great global competitor”. Intel, meanwhile, has replaced Splinter with Jason Chun Shen Chen, who becomes vice president and codirector of the sales and marketing group. Society elections The UK Royal Society has elected 42 new fellows for 2003. The list includes William Bonfield of the University of Cambridge, Michael Coey from Trinity College Dublin, Michael Klein of the University of Pennsylvania, Alan MacDiarmid of the University of Texas at Dallas, Stephen Mann at the University of Bristol, Richard Nelmes of the University of Edinburgh, and Adrian Sutton from the University of Oxford. Klaus von Klitzing, a director at the Max-Planck Institute in Stuttgart, Germany becomes a foreign member. Academy award Along with Kofi Annan, the secretary general of the United Nations, Uma Chowdhry of DuPont is one of the newly elected Fellows of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Chowdhry is vice president of central research and development at DuPont. “I am honored and, quite frankly, humbled,” she says. Springtime win for Paris The Walter J. and Angeline H. Crichlow Trust Prize has been awarded by the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics to Paul Paris, senior professor of mechanics at Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri. Paris wins $100 000 for his research on fracture mechanics and the prediction of fatigue life.
Harris brings more collaboration The US Department of Energy’s Brookhaven National Laboratory has appointed Alex Harris as chair of the chemistry department. He will lead 78 employees and manage an annual budget of around $12 million. Harris moves from Agere Systems, Pennsylvania where he was director of the company’s guided wave and electro-optics research efforts. Previously, Harris was head of materials chemistry research at Bell Laboratories. Bringing this experience to his new department at Brookhaven, Harris intends to build on existing cooperation with the medical department and work more closely with the materials science and physics departments. “Collaborative efforts that span many fields can help to strengthen and benefit research,” he says. Harris also hopes to be highly involved with the lab’s planned Center for Functional Nanomaterials, which will have a strong focus on chemistry.
DFG rewards young researcher Ralf Wehrspohn of the Max Planck Institute for Microstructure Physics in Halle/Saale, Germany is one of six young scientists rewarded with a 2003 Heinz Maier-Leibnitz Award. The $18 900 award from the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) recognizes research excellence of scientists under the age of 33. Wehrspohn is a group head at the Max Planck Institute and specializes in research on porous materials and photonic crystals. Previously at Philips Research Laboratories in Redhill, UK, Wehrspohn has also worked at the École Polytechnique in Palaiseau, France.
Outstanding service Richard C. Atkinson, president of the University of California (UC) system since 1995, is the recipient of the 2003 Vannevar Bush Award. The prize is awarded annually by the US National Science Board to a senior statesperson in science and technology. This year, it recognizes Atkinson’s
career, which spans both groundbreaking research and long-standing public service. Atkinson was the first director of the National Science Foundation (NSF) with a social sciences background. His term, from 1977-80, included NSF’s first $1 billion annual budget. An experimental psychologist as well as an applied mathematician, Atkinson spent his entire academic career in California. On leaving the NSF in 1980, he became chancellor of the University of California, San Diego (UCSD). During his 15 year tenure, UCSD doubled in size and was among the top five in federal research funding. As UC system president, Atkinson has overseen reforms in college admissions testing and spearheaded new admissions and outreach approaches.
Election results The National Academy of Sciences has elected 72 new members, with 18 scientists from 11 countries becoming foreign associates. A number of researchers in materials science are accorded with this honor for “their distinguished and continuing achievements in original research”. The list of elected members includes Praveen Chaudhari, the new director of Brookhaven National Laboratory; Karl Hess at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; William D. Nix of Stanford University; Robert J. Silbey, professor of chemistry and dean of science at Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Dale J. Van Harlingen of the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; and Eli Yablonovitch of the University of California, Los Angeles.
And the winners are… The UK Institute of Materials, Minerals, and Mining (IOM3) has announced its award winners for 2003. William Bonfield wins the Chapman Medal for distinguished research in biomaterials. Previously director of the University of London Interdisciplinary Research Centre in Biomedical Materials, he is now the first professor of medical materials at the University of Cambridge. The Griffith Medal and Prize for materials science goes to Roger Whatmore of Cranfield University for his work in exploiting ferroelectric and other polar materials. Malcolm McLean of Imperial College London receives the Platinum Medal for contributions to the advancement of materials science and engineering.
Please send details of new appointments, honors, and awards to [email protected]
July/August 2003
55