RSS FeedFranklin Institute Laureate Merton Flemings visits Penn State
The visit will include a presentation by Flemings, titled “Solidification, Innovation and Invention.” The two-day event at the Nittany Lion Inn on the University Park campus will also feature keynote speeches, research presentations, a reception and a dinner.
Flemings received the Franklin Institute’s 2007 Benjamin Franklin Medal for outstanding contributions to understanding the fundamental and technological aspects of the solidification of metallic alloys, including research leading to the development of a new industry known as semi-solid metalworking.
He has been active nationally and internationally in strengthening the field of materials science and engineering and in the delineation of new directions for the field. He is the author or co-author of 300 papers, 31 patents and two books in the fields of solidification science and engineering, foundry technology and materials processing. Flemings has received more than a dozen awards and medals and is a member or Fellow in multiple professional societies. He also serves as the director of the Lemelson-MIT program, which aims to honor and inspire inventiveness in young people.
The events are being co-hosted by the Department of Engineering Science and Mechanics, the Department of Materials Science and Engineering, the College of Engineering and the Materials Research Institute.
For additional information contact Cheryl Markley at cmarkley@psu.edu or 814-863-7966.
Flemings received the Franklin Institute’s 2007 Benjamin Franklin Medal for outstanding contributions to understanding the fundamental and technological aspects of the solidification of metallic alloys, including research leading to the development of a new industry known as semi-solid metalworking.
He has been active nationally and internationally in strengthening the field of materials science and engineering and in the delineation of new directions for the field. He is the author or co-author of 300 papers, 31 patents and two books in the fields of solidification science and engineering, foundry technology and materials processing. Fleming has received more than a dozen awards and medals and is a member or Fellow in multiple professional societies. He also serves as the director of the Lemelson-MIT program, which aims to honor and inspire inventiveness in young people.
The events are being co-hosted by the Department of Engineering Science and Mechanics, the Department of Materials Science and Engineering, the College of Engineering and the Materials Research Institute.
For additional information contact Cheryl Markley at cmarkley@psu.edu or 814-863-7966.