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Apelian to chair materials panel

10 March 2010

Diran Apelian, director of Worcester Polytechnic Institute's (WPI) Metal processing Institute and Howmet professor of mechanical engineering at WPI has been selected to chair a US blue ribbon panel that will look at how materials and materials processes could lead to energy efficiency, energy security and reductions in carbon emissions.

The panel was commissioned by the US Department of Energy (DOE) industrial technologies programme and led by the minerals, metals & materials society (TMS). It will consist of 21 thought leaders in materials science and engineering who represent academia, industry, and government.

The panel will explore the role that materials science and engineering can play in helping the nation meet its energy and climate challenges, Apelian said.

 

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