Department of Materials Science and Engineering

Prof. Christopher K. Ober, Francis N. Bard Professor of Materials Engineering and Interim Dean of the College of Engineering, will be honored in the inaugural class of American Chemical Society Fellows.  He is one of 162 members named who "share a common set of accomplishments, namely true excellence in their contributions to the chemical enterprise coupled with distinctive service to ACS or to the broader world of chemistry," says Immediate Past-President Bruce E. Bursten, who championed creation of the program and shepherded it through board approval last year.

Although ACS is late among professional societies in creating a fellows program, "it has many advantages beyond celebrating the excellence of our own," Bursten says. "It will also provide recognition of our members to constituencies outside ACS, such as employers, other scientific societies, and civic groups."

The ACS Fellows will be honored in a ceremony in Washington, D.C. on Aug. 17.  

Visit the ACS website to read more about the program and see the full list of honorees.