Recipients: Fellow Class of 1999

Subhash Mahajan Citation: "For his seminal work in deformation twinning and the origin of defects in semiconductors and their influence on device behavior." Biography: Subhash Mahajan is a professor of electronic materials in the Department of Chemical, Bio, and Materials Engineering at Arizona State University. He earned his B.S. in metallurgy at the Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India, in 1961 and his M.S. and Ph.D. in materials science and engineering at the University of California, Berkeley, in 1964 and 1965, respectively. During his career, Dr. Mahajan has been a research manager with AT&T Bell Laboratories and a professor of electronic materials at Carnegie Mellon University and Arizona State University. He has also been senior visiting professor at the University of Antwerp and Ecole Centrale de Lyon. Dr. Mahajan has published 170 articles and the textbook Principles of Growth and Processing of Semiconductors. He has also served as editor of Handbook of Semiconductors, The Encyclopedia of Advanced Materials, and the upcoming The Encyclopedia of Materials: Science and Technology, which will be published in 2001. He is a fellow of ASM and received the TMS John Bardeen Award and the ASM Albert Sauveur Achievement Award.

Quote: "This award is a significant milestone in my career because it represents peer recognition of my scientific accomplishments. In this journey, TMS played a crucial role. The Society provided me with a forum for the dissemination of my work and an opportunity to participate in molding its future. Of course, all of this would not have been possible without the support of my outstanding colleagues."

Jagdish Narayan Citation: "For pioneering research in novel materials, laser processing methods and defects and interfaces in solid state materials and correlations with properties." Biography: Jagdish Narayan is Distinguished University Professor in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering and director of the National Science Foundation Center for Advanced Materials and Smart Structures at North Carolina State University. He earned his B.S. in metallurgy at the Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur, India, in 1969, and his M.S. and Ph.D. in materials science and engineering at the University of California, Berkeley, in 1970 and 1971, respectively. Dr. Narayan has served as senior scientist and group leader at Oark Ridge National Laboratory and as director of the National Science Foundation's Division of Material Research. He was appointed state electronic materials professor in 1984 and distinguished university professor (the highest academic position) in 1990 by the North Carolina State Board of Trustees. Dr. Narayan has published more than 650 scientific papers, edited eight books, and authored 15 U.S. patents. He is a lifetime member of TMS; a life member and fellow of the National Academy of Sciences (India); and a fellow of ASM, AAAS, and the American Physical Society.

Quote: "I have been a TMS member for over 25 yearsI am very proud to be part of the oldest and one of the most prestigious professional societies in the world. From the perspective of a university professor, TMS offers opportunities in all aspects of our business, namely, research, teaching, and extension services."

Vaclav Vitek Citation: "For being a 30 year pioneer in atomistic modeling of crystal defects, like dislocation cores and grain boundaries." Biography: Vaclav Vitek is a professor at the University of Pennsylvania. Dr. Vitek earned his B.S. and M.S. in physics from Charles University, Prague, in 1962 and 1963, respectively, and his Ph.D. in physics in 1966 at Czechoslovak Academy of Sciences, Prague, in 1966. During his career he served as a research assistant, professor, of visiting professor at many academic institutes, including Wolfson College, United Kingdom; University of Pennsylvania; Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne, Switzerland; University of Groningen, Netherlands; and Max Planck Institut für Metallforschung, Institut für Werkstoffwissenschaft, Germany. He was also the principal research officer at the Central Electricity Research Laboratories in Leatherhead, United Kingdom. Dr. Vitek has authored or coauthored about 250 publications, of which 40 are invited papers and reviews. He has served as editor of three books. He is a fellow of ASM International and the Institute of Physics.

Quote: "I consider the Fellow Award as a major honor in the community of materials scientists. It is most important that the award is based on recommendation by my peers, who are the people whose opinion I value most. Hence, to me the award says that my contribution to the field of materials science is well recognized and valued by my colleagues and peers."