{"id":54598,"date":"2026-05-12T13:59:34","date_gmt":"2026-05-12T17:59:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/engineering.jhu.edu\/materials\/?post_type=news&#038;p=54598"},"modified":"2026-05-12T13:59:34","modified_gmt":"2026-05-12T17:59:34","slug":"alex-patterson-wins-wse-doctoral-excellence-in-leadership-award","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/engineering.jhu.edu\/materials\/news\/alex-patterson-wins-wse-doctoral-excellence-in-leadership-award\/","title":{"rendered":"Alex Patterson wins WSE Doctoral Excellence in Leadership Award"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-olk-copy-source=\"MessageBody\"><\/div>\n<div>Alex Patterson, a materials science PhD student in the Spicer Lab, recently received a Whiting School of Engineering Graduate Leadership Award. This award honors a doctoral student who has made a profound and lasting impact on their department and the broader graduate student community through exceptional service and leadership. She has served on the E-Board of the Department of Materials Science and Engineering&#8217;s Materials Graduate Society for three years. 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