I wanted to share the following press release with you from The Minerals, Metals, & Materials Society (TMS):

Media Contact: Lynne Robinson Contributing Editor The Minerals, Metals & Materials Society (TMS)/JOM Telephone: 800-759-4867, ext. 233 lrobinson@tms.org

December 2, 2015—Warrendale, PA (USA): F. (Shadi) Shahedipour-Sandvik, professor of Nanoengineering at SUNY Polytechnic Institute and editor-in-chief of the Journal of Electronic Materials (JEM), was a featured speaker at the Springer Storytellers event on December 1 in Boston, Massachusetts. Shahedipour-Sandvik talked about how being a mother influenced her notion of what it meant to be a researcher and educator, and how she balances these major roles in her life.

After serving as JEM associate editor for two years, Shahedipour-Sandvik transitioned to editor-in-chief in 2014. In this role, she directs editorial activities and the peer-review process to ensure the thorough vetting of electronic materials research reports by respected colleagues before publication. The journal, published jointly by The Minerals, Metals & Materials Society (TMS) and the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), reports monthly on the science and technology of electronic materials while examining new applications for semiconductors, magnetic alloys, dielectrics, nanoscale materials, and photonic materials.

Shahedipour-Sandvik is a professor of nanoengineering and head of the NanoEnginering Constellation at SUNY Polytechnic Institute (SUNY Poly). She directs a research group in the Wide Band Gap Optronix Lab that focuses on the development of wide band gap III-Nitride materials and devices. For more information, please visit her SUNY Poly Faculty page.

Springer Storytellers is a collaboration between The Story Collider and Springer Science+Business Media (Springer). Storyteller events highlight inspirational, funny, surprising, and entertaining experiences of researchers on the front lines of discovery. To access podcasts of past events, visit www.beforetheabstract.com.

About JEM Published by TMS and the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), in partnership with Springer Science+Business Media, the Journal of Electronic Materials (JEM) publishes papers of interest to both nonspecialists and specialists in the electronic materials field. The journal contains technical articles detailing critical new developments in the electronic materials field, as well as invited and contributed review papers on topics of current interest. For more information on the journal, visit www.tms.org/JEM.html.

About TMS The Minerals, Metals & Materials Society (TMS) is a member-driven international professional society dedicated to fostering the exchange of learning and ideas across the entire range of materials science and engineering, from minerals processing and primary metals production, to basic research and the advanced applications of materials. Included among its nearly 13,000 professional and student members are metallurgical and materials engineers, scientists, researchers, educators, and administrators from more than 70 countries on six continents. For more information on TMS, visit www.tms.org.

About SUNY Polytechnic Institute SUNY Polytechnic Institute (SUNY Poly) is New York’s globally recognized, high-tech educational ecosystem, formed from the merger of the SUNY College of Nanoscale Science and Engineering and SUNY Institute of Technology. SUNY Poly offers undergraduate and graduate degrees in the emerging disciplines of nanoscience and nanoengineering, as well as cutting-edge nanobioscience and nanoeconomics programs at its Albany location and undergraduate and graduate degrees in technology, including engineering, cybersecurity, computer science, and the engineering technologies; professional studies, including business, communication, and nursing; and arts and sciences, including natural sciences, mathematics, humanities, and social sciences at its Utica/Rome location. Thriving athletic, recreational, and cultural programs, events, and activities complement the campus experience. As the world’s most advanced, university-driven research enterprise, SUNY Poly boasts more than $43 billion in high-tech investments, over 300 corporate partners, and maintains a statewide footprint. The 1.3 million-square-foot Albany NanoTech megaplex is home to more than 4,000 scientists, researchers, engineers, students, faculty, and staff, in addition to Tech Valley High School. SUNY Poly operates the Smart Cities Technology Innovation Center (SCiTI) at Kiernan Plaza in Albany, the Solar Energy Development Center in Halfmoon, the Children’s Museum of Science and Technology (CMOST) in Troy, the Central New York Hub for Emerging Nano Industries in Syracuse, the Smart System Technology and Commercialization Center (STC) in Canandaigua, and the Photovoltaic Manufacturing and Technology Development Facility in Rochester where SUNY Poly also leads the American Institute for Manufacturing Integrated Photonics. SUNY Poly founded and manages the Computer Chip Commercialization Center (Quad-C) at its Utica location and also manages the $500 million New York Power Electronics Manufacturing Consortium, with nodes in Albany and Rochester, as well as the Buffalo High-Tech Manufacturing Innovation Hub at RiverBend, Buffalo Information Technologies Innovation and Commercialization Hub, and Buffalo Medical Innovation and Commercialization Hub. For information visit www.sunycnse.com and www.sunypoly.edu.