Sandia engineering sciences director Duane Dimos elected AAAS Fellow

Duane Dimos, director of Sandia's Engineering Sciences Center 1500, has been elected a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), the world's largest general scientific association.

Fellows are chosen by their peers to be honored for scientific or social efforts to advance science or its applications.

The citation reads, "For technical contributions to electronic oxide materials and devices, contributions to the materials science and engineering community, and leadership of materials science and engineering organizations."

Duane's technical contributions were made in high-temperature superconductors, ferroelectrics for nonvolatile memories, dielectrics for capacitors, and new direct-write deposition approaches to improve the integration of materials for advanced packaging.

His contributions to the materials science and engineering community include organizing technical meetings and chairing committees as well as review and journal boards.

Duane served as director of Sandia's Materials Science and Engineering Center for more than four years, and has held leadership roles within the Materials Research Society and American Ceramic Society. He was recognized as a Fellow of the American Ceramic Society in 2002.

This year, 503 new fellows will be presented with an official certificate and a gold and blue rosette pin (representing science and engineering, respectively) on Saturday, Feb. 19 from 8 a.m. to 10 a.m. at the AAAS Fellows Forum during the 2011 AAAS Annual Meeting in Washington, D.C.

Provided by DOE/Sandia National Laboratories