Dr. Michael Mills awarded Germany's highest distinction for contributions to materials science and engineering, promoting scientific relations between countries
Dr. Michael Mills, Chair of the Department of Materials Science and Engineering and McDougal professor, has received Germany's most prestigious award in the field of materials science and engineering.
The German Materials Society (DGM: Deutsche Gesellschaft für Materialkunde) selected Dr. Mills to be the 2021 recipient of the Heyn Denkmünze (Heyn Memorial Medal) for his scientific contributions to the materials science and engineering field along with his significant efforts to advance scientific relations between the United States and Germany.
Emil Heyn, the medal's namesake, is regarded as the founder of microscopy methods specific to metals and alloys. A researcher, scientist and instructor, Heyn was a pioneer in metallography and materials science in Germany at the turn of the 19th century. Modern day microscopy is rooted in the examination methods and subsequent discoveries among metals and alloys at the hands of Emil Heyn and his mentor, Adolf Martens.1
Mills was nominated by fellow materials scientists and educators, Prof. Dr.-Ing Gunther Eggeler (chair of Materials Science and Engineering, Ruhr-Universität Bochum), Prof. i. R. Dr. Hael Mughrabi (Professor Emeritus, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität of Erlangen Nürnberg) and Prof. Dr. Carolin Koerner (chair of Materials Science and Engineering for Metals, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität).
Dr. Mills will be awarded the Heyn Memorial Medal at a formal presentation during the annual DGM-Day in September.
Previous recipients of the Heyn Memorial Medal
2020 Prof. Dr. Gunther Eggeler
2019 Prof. Dr. Jürgen Rödel
2018 Prof. Dr. Hans-Jürgen Christ
2017 Prof. Dr. Eduard Arzt
2016 Prof. Dr. Peter Greil
2015 Prof. Dr. Berhard Wielage
2014 Prof. Dr. Marc André Meyers & Prof. Dr. Lorenz Singheiser
2013 Prof. Dietmar Eifler
2012 Prof. Dr. Horst Hahn
2011 Prof Willilam D. Nix & Prof. Dr.-Ing. Berthold Scholtes
2010 Prof. Dr. Robert F. Singer †
2009 Prof. Dr. Horst Vehoff
2008 Prof Dr. H. Peter Degischer
2007 Prof. Dr. Richard Wagner
2006 Prof. Dr. Ludwig Schultz
2005 Prof. Dr. Gernot Kostorz & Prof. Frans Spaepen
2004 Prof. Dr. Ali S. Argon & Prof. Dr. Reiner Kirchheim
2003 Prof. Dr. Michael Ashby & Prof. Dr. Günter Gottstein
2002 Prof. P. B. Hirsch & Prof. Dr. Wilfried Kurz
2001 Prof. Dr. J. W. Cahn & Prof. Dr. Peter Neumann
2000 Prof. Dr. Hael Mughrabi
1999 Prof. Dr. Manfred Rühle & Prof. Dr. Knut Urban
1998 Prof. Dr. Herbert Gleiter
1997 Prof. Dr. Heinrich Mecking & Prof. Dr. Werner Schatt †
1996 Prof. Dr. Robert W. Cahn †
1995 Prof. Dr. Bernhard Ilschner †
1994 Dr. Wolfgang Dürrschnabel & Dr.-Ing. Ulrich Heubner
1993 Prof. Dr. Hermann Schmalzried
1992 Prof. Dr. Helmut Kronmüller
1991 Prof. Dr. Erhard Hornbogen †
1990 Prof. Dr. Hellmut Fischmeister †
1989 Prof. Dr. Hans Warlimont
1988 Prof. Dr. Dr. Doris Kuhlmann-Wilsdorf †
1987 Prof. Dr. H. Nowotny
1986 Prof. Dr. Egon Orowan †
1985 Prof. Dr. Dr.-Ing. E.h. mult. Eckard Macherauch †
1984 Prof. Dr. Günter Petzow
1983 Prof. Dr. Alfred Seeger †
1982 Prof. Dr. Hans-Jürgen Engell †
1981 Prof. Dr. Pol E. Duwez †
1980 Prof. Dr. Theodor Heumann †
1979 Prof. Dr. Paul A. Beck
1978 Prof. Dr. Uichi Hashimoto †
1977 Prof. Dr. Ernst Raub †
1976 Prof. Dr. Peter Haasen † & Prof. Dr. Kurt Lücke †
1975 Dr. Friedrich Benesovsky † & Prof. Dr. Richard Kieffer †
1974 Prof. Dr. Albert Kochendörfer †
1973 Prof. Dr. G. W. Kurdjumow †
1972 Prof. Dr. Carl Wagner †
1971 Prof. Dr.-Ing. habil. Erich Gebhardt †
1968 Prof. Dr. Franz Wever
1966 Prof. Dr. Ch. S.. Barrett †
1965 Prof. Dr. Günther Wassermann †
1964 Prof. Dr. Ulrich Dehlinger †
1963 Prof. Dr. Max Hansen †
1962 Prof. Dr. Paul Lacombe †
1960 Prof. Dr. William G. Burgers †
1957 Prof. Dr. Georg Sachs † & Prof. Dr. Erich Schmid †
1956 Prof. Dr. G. V. Raynor †
1955 Dr. W. J. Kroll †
1953 Prof. Dr. Otto Dahl †
1952 Prof. Dr. Dr. E.h. Werner Köster †
1949 Prof. Dr. H. Hanemann †
1941 Dr. Fritz Heusler †
1938 Prof. Dr. Dr. E.h. Georg Masing †
1931 Prof. Dr. E.h. Oswald Bauer †
1929 Prof. Dr. Gustav Tammann †