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Materials Research Society Announces Vice President and New Board Members for 2015(Targeted News Service Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) WARRENDALE, Pa., Oct. 16 -- The Materials Research Society issued the following news release: The Materials Research Society (MRS) is proud to announce the Vice President and new Board members for 2015, elected by the Society's global membership of almost 16,000. Kristi Anseth, University of Colorado, will serve as MRS Vice President beginning January 1, 2015. She will lead the Board of Directors as MRS President in 2016, and finish her three-year term as Immediate Past President in 2017. More information on Anseth can be found at www.mrs.org/elections-2014-anseth. In addition, the election brings five new members to the MRS Board of Directors, who will serve three-year terms beginning January 1, 2015: * Charles T. Black (http://www.mrs.org/elections-2014-black/), Brookhaven National Laboratory * Karen L. Kavanagh (http://www.mrs.org/elections-2014-kavanagh/), Simon Fraser University * Christine Ortiz (http://www.mrs.org/elections-2014-ortiz/), Massachusetts Institute of Technology * Sabrina Sartori (http://www.mrs.org/elections-2014-sartori/), University of Oslo * Anke Weidenkaff (http://www.mrs.org/elections-2014-Weidenkaff/), University of Stuttgart The MRS Board of Directors is the governing body of the Materials Research Society and is responsible for setting the strategic direction of major Society activities. [Category: Industrial Materials] CC AutoTriage10PkS-141017-30TacordaCheng-4902341 30TacordaCheng (c) 2014 Targeted News Service |