Recently, Prof. Ke Lu, Director of Shenyang National Laboratory for Materials Science (SYNL), has been named a Fellow of The Minerals, Metals & Materials Society (TMS), due to his distinguished contribution to the material science and technology.

The TMS Fellow award includes a lifetime membership to the Society. To qualify for the honor, inductees must be a full member of TMS for at least five continuous years, and have a good personal reputation and distinction as an eminent authority in some aspect of the practice of metallurgy, materials science, and technology. This includes scholarship such as the publication of articles or books; the granting of patents; direction of important research or engineering work; and responsibility through management for nationally known improvements and developments in the field.