Tag: TMS

The University of Florida recently took first place at the 2025 TMS Materials Bowl, held in Las Vegas, Nevada, during the TMS Annual Meeting & Exhibition.  The team—Brooke Lastinger, Adriana LaVopa, Morgan Congdon, and Alexander Johnstone, coached by Jack Mayer—competed against top undergraduate teams from across the country in a Jeopardy-style quiz covering metallurgy, ceramics, […]

  We are proud to announce that four members of our department recently received awards from The Minerals, Metals & Materials Society (TMS):    Cammy Abernathy, Ph.D., dean, Herbert Wertheim College of Engineering: Ellen Swallow Richards Diversity Award This honor, inspired by Ellen H. Swallow Richards, recognizes an individual who has helped or inspired others […]

Michael Tonks, Ph.D., professor, was recently recognized as a 2022 Brimacombe Medalist by The Mineral, Metals & Materials Society (TMS).  The Brimacombe Medalist Award recognizes outstanding mid-career scientists who have demonstrated sustained excellence and achievement in business, technology, education, public policy, or science related to materials science and engineering. TMS recognized Dr. Tonks for his significant […]

UF’s Department of Materials Science & Engineering student team brought the TMS 2019 Grand Prize home from San Antonio, Texas, receiving the TMS-Wadsworth-Sherby Bladesmithing Grand Prize Medal and a $2,000 cash prize in recognition of their entry “Decapigator.” The biennial competition challenges student teams from around the world to produce a knife or sword blade […]

The UF Bladesmithing Team took second place at the March 2015 TMS Meeting in Orlando, Florida. The first-ever competition consisted of 19 student teams from throughout the world to produce a knife or sword blade using traditional blacksmithing techniques. The members of the team were Justin Dansbury, Mathew Wener, Daniel Machado, Dean Sage, and Rachel […]

The University of Florida won the TMS Materials Bowl, beating 11 other university teams, including the University of Illinois Urbana Champaign, in the final round. The competition consisted of a “Jeopardy-style” trivia competition in single elimination rounds. Team members included Glenn Bean, Hunter Henderson, Peter Feldtmann and Steven Chiu. Each team member was awarded $250, […]