Materials and Metallurgical Engineering Professor Named to TMS Board of Directors

Howard will serve as the financial planning officer, and has been appointed for three years. He is also the co-founder of Group V Metals Inc., which licensed technology used to produce high-purity tantalum and niobium compounds. Howard received the Mineral Industry Educator Award in 2004 from the American Institute of Mining, Metallurgical, and Petroleum Engineers and is advisor to the School of Mines Material Advantage student chapter. Howard will guide the professional activities of TMS concerned with finances, audit and investments.