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Professor Merton C. Flemings |
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), USA
Toyota Professor of Materials Processing
Department of Materials Science and Engineering
Professor Flemings earned his Sc.D. degree in Metallurgy at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in 1954. His innovations in metallurgy and materials science have been well recognized internationally. He has made fundamental contributions in the areas of premium quality aluminum castings, analyses of macrosegregation, flow and solidification behavior in metal-matrix composites, foam-vaporization casting and semisolid casting. Dr. Flemings has served as chairman of the Department of Materials Science and Engineering and as director of the Materials Processing Center at MIT. He is the author of more than 300 publications and presentations, 26 patents and 2 academic books.
Honors and Awards:
J. Herbert Holloman Award, Acta Metallurgica, 1997
David Turnbull Lecturer, Materials Research Society, 1997
Bruce Chalmers Award, TMS, 1993
Distinguished Life Member, Sigma Alpha Mu, 1992
Merton C. Flemings Award, Worcester Polytechnic Institute, 1991
Henry Marion Howe Medal, TMS Leadership Award, 1990
Fellow, TMS, 1989
Honorary Member of the Japan Iron and Steel Institute, 1987
Luigi Losana Gold Medal, Italian Metallurgical Association, 1986
James Douglas Gold Medal, AIME, 1985
Honorary Member of the Japan Foundryman's Society, 1984
John Chipman Award, AIME, 1980
Albert Sauveur Achievement Award, ASM International, 1978
Henri Sainte-Claire Deville Medal, Societe Francaise de Metallurgie, 1977
Fellow, ASM International, 1976
Henry Marion Howe Medal, ASM International, 1973
Mathewson Gold Medal, TMS, 1969
Research Interests:
Engineering fundamentals of materials processing, innovation of materials process operations, solidification, solidification processing.
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