Reno Reporter

A University of Nevada, Reno, professor has been presented with the Young Leaders Professional Development Award.

The 2023 Minerals, Metals & Materials Society (TMS) Materials Processing and Manufacturing Division gave the award to Dr. Yufeng Zheng, assistant professor of Chemical & Materials Engineering (CME) and director of the Electron Microscopy Core Share Facility, according to Nevada Today.

“Winning this award provides me the unique opportunity to engage more in the different leadership roles in the Minerals, Metals & Materials Society (TMS), one of the biggest professional organizations worldwide for materials scientists and engineers,” Zheng told Nevada Today.

Zheng is also the vice president for the TMS Titanium Committee, along with being a member of the TMS Additive Manufacturing Committee and the TMS Phase Transformation Committee.

Zheng, who joined the TMS in 2011, now holds the position of vice president for the TMS Titanium Committee.  In addition, he has organized and served as the chair of technical symposia at annual meetings, among other TMS initiatives. At UNR, he also an academic advisor for the UNR Material Advantage Student Chapter.

According to Department Chair Dr. Jeffrey LaCombe, “Dr. Zheng has strengthened our program significantly in the areas of physical and mechanical metallurgy, and he has brought a deep knowledge of analytical techniques in studying materials to our program — especially electron microscopy. These skills are of great value to our program and especially our students engaged in research.”