George Lubin Award Winner Announced, SAMPE’s Highest Honor
November 2, 2011 – (Covina, CA) – The Society for the Advancement of Material and Process Engineering (SAMPE) has announced Dr. Leslie Jay Cohen, Senior Vice President of New Business Development and Strategic Technology with HITCO Carbon Composites, Inc. as the newest recipient of the SAMPE George Lubin Award.
SAMPE presents the George Lubin Memorial Award to Dr. Cohen in recognition of his technical accomplishments in development of high temperature and shielding materials for protection of the U. S. Air Force ballistic missile fleet, his program management skills for development of the fast burn booster, his marketing efforts which have enhanced automated manufacturing of composite materials and his key role in the digital thread and advancement of new lower cost composites fabrication techniques. His tireless leadership in uniting the world of materials and process engineering through international connections with SAMPE chapters around the world, his efforts to transfer and integrate composites technology from all countries, particularly Russia and Germany, and his role in establishing the SAMPE Foundation for education of next generation M&P engineers have fostered and advanced the profession of materials and process engineering and the interests of SAMPE for more than forty years. His efforts reflect great credit upon himself personally and are worthy of this recognition by the society.
George Lubin, an originator of reinforced plastics and pioneer in the development and implementation of advanced composites for primary structures had a long and distinguished career. Lubin was quick to realize the importance of SAMPE in the mid 1960's and founded the SAMPE New York Chapter. Through his efforts and worldwide recognition, he led early international meetings including the first US-USSR non-metallics fair for which he was awarded a service medal by the then U.S. President Nixon.
Upon his death, the SAMPE organization was quick to recognize his over 50 years of composites development work by establishing the George Lubin Award. This award is given to recognize others who have made significant contributions in the field of material and process engineering and is the society’s highest honor. Since its inception in 1986, only 14 people have received the distinction. Dr. Cohen is the first to receive the award since 2006.
Dr. Cohen will be presented with the award at the SAMPE Fellows Banquet on Monday evening, May 21 at the Hyatt Regency Hotel. This event will take place during the SAMPE 2012 Conference and Exhibition in Baltimore, Maryland, May 21-24, 2012.
For more information about the SAMPE Fellows Banquet or the SAMPE 2012 Conference and Exhibition, visit www.sampe.org or contact Michelle Tubb at michelle@sampe.org or +1.626.331.0616, ext. 603.