Jocelyn Hess, a junior majoring in materials science and engineering, was awarded the George A. Roberts Scholarship at the 2024 International Materials, Applications & Technologies Conference on October 1.
Presented by the ASM Materials Education Foundation, the $6,000 George A. Roberts scholarship is awarded to an outstanding undergraduate student who demonstrates exemplary academic and personal achievements, interest and potential in metallurgy or materials science and engineering, as well as financial need. The scholarship was established in 1995 through a contribution by George A. Roberts, past president of ASM and retired CEO of Teledyne.
Hess accepted the award at the IMAT awards luncheon in Cleveland, Ohio. Her trip was funded by the ASM Scholarship Foundation and UT Department of Materials Science and Engineering.
“I am so honored to receive the George A. Roberts Scholarship. It goes to support ‘students serving as role models in the field.’ To be labeled as a role model in the field of materials means so much to me,” Hess said. “I am passionate about materials and always aspire to be someone others can look up to, in both research and life.”
Hess has taken advantage of all the opportunities provided at UT. She spent this past summer participating in an internship through the DAAD RISE Germany program at the German Aerospace Center in the Institute of Materials Physics in Space in Cologne, Germany. In the summer of 2023, she took part in the Summer Undergraduate Laboratory Internship (SULI) program run by the United States Department of Energy. Hess worked at Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL).
Hess, who is minoring in leadership studies, has performed undergraduate research with UT Governor’s Chair in Advanced Composites Manufacturing Professor Uday Vaidya and Oluwafemi Oyedeji at ORNL. She is an active member of the Society of Women Engineers and Material Advantage clubs.
“UT has provided space for me to gain accolades and position myself to receive this scholarship,” Hess said. “The Department of Materials Science and Engineering is very supportive of students doing undergraduate research and getting involved in professional organizations. They have supported me in traveling to present my research and have been instrumental in my professional development.”
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