For release: Oct. 17, 2007
Contacts:
Kerry Gibson, Public Affairs, 515-294-1405
Karl Gschneidner, Materials and Engineering Physics,
515-294-7931
CONGRESSIONAL TRIBUTE FOR AMES LABORATORY SCIENTIST
Karl Gschneidner recognized for recent honors by Rep. Tom Latham
AMES, Iowa –Rep. Tom Latham visited the U.S. Department of Energy’s Ames Laboratory Oct. 12 to congratulate Ames Lab senior metallurgist Karl Gschneidner
on being named the 2008 recipient of the Acta Materialia Gold Medal, the top international award in the field of materials science.
Gschneidner, an Iowa State University Anson Marston Distinguished Professor in Materials Science and Engineering, will receive the Gold Medal award in March of next year at the annual meeting of
The Materials Society in New Orleans. The award was just the latest in a series of honors for Gschneidner, including
his recent induction into the National Academy of Engineering on Sept. 30.
Calling Ames Laboratory an “excellent research facility,”
Latham congratulated Gschneidner and thanked him for his “many years of dedicated service to the Lab and the country.” Latham then presented the researcher with an official Congressional Record copy of the tribute to Gschneidner that he read on the floor of the House chamber on Oct. 9:
“Madame Speaker, I rise today to recognize a distinguished
professor of materials science and engineering, a senior metallurgist at Ames Lab, Karl Gschneidner.
It was just recently announced that Karl will be awarded the prestigious Acta Materialia Gold Medal in March of 2008 based on his demonstrated ability and leadership in materials research.
Karl has been working with rare-earth metals, including |
Ames Lab senior metallurgist Karl Gschneider (left) looks at the Congressional Record tribute read by Rep. Tom Latham.
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research into their magnetic and electrical properties
for over 50 years. Karl’s most notable work has been in magnetic refrigeration. Magnetic refrigeration is a cooling method that uses considerably less energy than the majority of common cooling methods used today. The new knowledge Karl is developing will advance existing materials and will lead to new and better materials, which will ensure the success of magnetic refrigeration as a viable energy-saving and environmentally
safe technology in the next century.
Karl’s research is vital in this period of our country. Our nation’s dependence on foreign oil and demands
for energy has potential for great strain on our economy, security and supply of natural resources.
I commend Karl Gschneidner for his dedication to science and to materials engineering research. And, I know that all of my colleagues in the United States Congress will join me in congratulating him on his gold medal recognition.”
Ames Laboratory, celebrating its 60th anniversary in 2007, is
operated for the Department
of Energy by Iowa State
University. The Lab conducts research into various areas
of national concern, including the synthesis and study of new materials, energy resources, high-speed
computer design, and environmental cleanup and restoration.
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