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Johns Hopkins Materials Science undergraduate Andrew Kim recently returned from\u00a0The Minerals, Metals & Materials Society (TMS) 2026 conference\u00a0in San Diego\u00a0with\u00a0two major awards in hand.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Kim, a senior in Professor Tim Weihs\u2019 lab,\u00a0was one of two students in the world who\u00a0received\u00a0the annual\u00a0<\/span>Acta\u00a0Biomaterialia<\/span><\/i>\u00a0Undergraduate Scholarship. The\u00a0$5,000 award\u00a0is funded\u00a0by the highly\u00a0reputable\u00a0biomaterials\u00a0journal\u00a0of the same name and recognizes students who \u201chave\u00a0demonstrated\u00a0exceptional motivation,\u00a0experience, and excellence in\u00a0materials science.\u201d<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cLooking back, it’s just nice to reminisce that I spent the first year or two just getting\u00a0basic skills,\u201d Kim says of his academic career\u00a0at Johns Hopkins, adding that he is\u00a0very grateful\u00a0for the mentorship of Prof. Tim Weihs and\u00a0Materials Science\u00a0PhD candidate\u00a0Sreenivas Raguraman.\u00a0\u201cI\u00a0wasn’t\u00a0running my own project.\u00a0I was just helping out, collecting data.\u00a0But now\u00a0I’ve\u00a0started my own project\u00a0just about a\u00a0year ago.\u201d<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Kim\u2019s other award was for that project,\u00a0which involves\u00a0magnesium-calcium alloys.\u00a0Kim presented his research during a poster session and\u00a0took first place in the Light Materials Division (LMD).\u00a0Kim\u00a0is hoping\u00a0to publish a paper on these findings\u00a0in late 2026.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Kim\u00a0also offered a word of encouragement for undergraduates considering lab work: “Research isn’t for everyone, but I still think it’s worth a shot.”<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"template":"","class_list":["post-54225","news","type-news","status-publish","hentry","news_categories-awards-and-honors"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nMatSci\u00a0student earns multiple awards at\u00a0major materials science conference\u00a0 - Department of Materials Science & Engineering<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/engineering.jhu.edu\/materials\/news\/matsci-student-earns-multiple-awards-at-major-materials-science-conference\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"MatSci\u00a0student earns multiple awards at\u00a0major materials science conference\u00a0 - 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