Saryu Fensin wins TMS Young Leaders International Scholar Award

-

-

Saryu Fensin

-

As recipient of the 2015 TMS Young Leaders International Scholar-Japanese Institute of Metals (JIM) Award, Saryu Fensin (Materials Science in Radiation and Dynamics Extremes, MST-8) will represent The Minerals, Metals and Materials Society (TMS) at the JIM Spring Annual Meeting at the Tokyo University of Science in Japan. The award is part of the TMS Young Leaders International Scholar Program, a JIM and TMS exchange program providing young professionals the opportunity to present research at international meetings and network with researchers at laboratories and industrial facilities abroad. The TMS Membership & Student Development Committee selects recipients, and the TMS Foundation funds the award.

Fensin earned a PhD in materials science and engineering from the University of California – Davis and joined LANL as a postdoctoral researcher in 2010. She is a scientist the MST-8 Dynamic and Quasi-static Loading team, where she uses experiments and simulations to examine the relationship between material microstructure and properties in thermodynamic and mechanical extremes. Her tools include molecular dynamics, Monte Carlo methods, gas gun experiments, metallography, and various microscopy techniques. She studies the behavior of material microstructure and the role of second phase particles – single and bi-metal interfaces – on damage nucleation and evolution under dynamic loading conditions, as well as aging affects in plutonium. Fensin holds leadership roles on the TMS Young Professionals, Professional Development, Diversity, and Mechanical Behavior of Materials committees. She previously won a TMS Young Leaders Professional Development Award in the Electronic, Magnetic & Photonic Materials Division. Technical contact: Saryu Fensin