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NSF DIRECTOR SUBRA SURESH TO RECEIVE
NATIONAL MATERIALS ADVANCEMENT AWARD
Dr. Subra Suresh, Director of the National Science Foundation, will receive the National Materials Advancement Award at a reception on December 7, 2011, at the National Press Club.
The National Materials Advancement Award, now in its 27th year, is presented to recognize individuals who have demonstrated outstanding capabilities and contributions in: advancing the multi-disciplinary field of materials science and National engineering; the effective and economic use of materials in the marketplace and the application of materials developments to national problems and defense; and the development and implementation of national policy which furthers the impact of materials sciences and engineering on our society.
Dr. Suresh became the 13th director of the National Science Foundation on October 18, 2010. Prior to his confirmation as NSF Director, Dr. Suresh served as Dean of Engineering and the Vannevar Bush Professor of Engineering at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. During his more than 30 years as a practicing engineer, he held joint faculty positions in four departments at MIT as well as appointments at the University of California at Berkeley, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, and Brown University.
A mechanical engineer interested in materials science and biology, Dr. Suresh pioneered research to understand the mechanical properties of materials. His most recent research tackled the biomechanics of red blood cells under the influence of diseases such as malaria. In 2006, Technology Review magazine selected Dr. Suresh's work on nanobiomechanics as one of the top 10 emerging technologies that "will have a significant impact on business, medicine or culture."
Dr. Suresh is committed to increasing the number of women and minority engineers. He has received many prestigious awards for his innovative research and commitment to improving engineering around the world. He has been elected a fellow or honorary fellow of all the major societies in the United States and India. The author of more than 230 research articles in international journals and co-inventor in more than 18 U.S. and international patent applications, he is author or co-author of several books that are widely used in materials science and engineering and has consulted with more than 20 international corporations and research laboratories and served as a member of several international advisory panels and non-profit groups.
Dr. Suresh has been elected to the National Academy of Engineering, American Academy of Arts and Sciences, Spanish Royal Academy of Sciences, German National Academy of Sciences, Academy of Sciences of the Developing World, Indian National Academy of Engineering, and Indian Academy of Sciences. He earned his bachelor's degree from the Indian Institute of Technology in Madras, his master's from Iowa State University, and his doctorate from MIT.
IMMEDIATE RELEASE: 11/14/11
CONTACT: BETSY HOUSTON (301)325-2494
betsyhou@ix.netcom.com
The award certificate, received by Dr. Subra Suresh at the reception on December 7,
2011.
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