ASEE Materials Division, Granta Announce Michael Ashby Award

granta-logoCAMBRIDGE, UK, June 29, 2016 – The Materials Division of the American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE) and Granta Design are sponsoring the Michael Ashby Outstanding Materials Educator Award.

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The Award recognizes distinguished and exceptional contributions in materials science and engineering education. It is intended to honor an individual with demonstrated notable leadership in the materials education area. The annual award consists of a plaque and meeting registration fee to attend the Summer 2017 ASEE annual meeting to accept the award and present an invited paper.

The Award is named in recognition of the achievements of renowned materials educator Professor Mike Ashby (pictured), the author of many leading textbooks in the field and an innovator in developing new approaches and resources to support materials teaching, such as the CES EduPack software.

Nominations for the Award will be accepted until September 1, 2016, and should include:

  • Nominee information: Full name, organization, mailing address, telephone number.
  • Proposed citation: The proposed citation should be less than 75 words, in which the nominator summarizes the achievements upon which the nomination is based, avoiding flowery descriptions!
  • Nominator’s letter (two-page maximum): The letter of nomination should delineate the nominee’s contributions to the fields of materials science and encouraging education.
  • Additional support letter: No more than two accompanying letters of support that delineate the nominee’s contributions to materials education.
  • Curriculum vitae of the nominee.

Nominations should be submitted by email to the Awards Committee Chair at MichaelR.Kessler@wsu.edu

For more information about how Granta supports materials education, visit www.grantadesign.com/education/.

About Granta

Founded in 1994 as a spin-out from the University of Cambridge, Granta helps hundreds of engineering enterprises to manage information on the materials (metals, plastics, composites, and more) that are essential to their businesses. Granta helps them to develop and apply material intelligence, making better materials decisions, saving time and money, and reducing risk as they optimize their products. They also provide supporting resources to thousands of university educators worldwide as they teach the next generation of engineers, scientists, and industrial designers about materials, processes, and sustainability.

For more information, visit Granta website.

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