The Minerals, Metals & Materials Society (TMS) recognized two members of the Johns Hopkins mechanical engineering faculty with awards for 2025.
Jaafar El-Awady, professor and fellow at the Hopkins Extreme Materials Institute (HEMI), was awarded the Brimacombe Medal “for pioneering advances in physically reliable modeling and experiments, fundamental insights into dislocation-based fatigue, and leadership in the promotion of multiscale materials modeling.” The award recognizes individuals with sustained excellence and achievement in business, technology, education, public policy, or science related to materials science and engineering and with a record of continuing service to the profession.
Kevin Hemker, Alonzo G. Decker Professor and HEMI fellow, was honored with the Oleg D. Sherby Award “for pioneering work in quantifying the underlying atomic, nano, and microstructural mechanisms that govern high temperature deformation of materials.” The award is given for making significant contributions to the understanding of the behavior of materials at high temperatures.