Drexel Materials Alumna Dr. Elizabeth (Liz) Hoffman (MSE B.S. 2002, Ph.D. 2007; advisors: Michel Barsoum and Yury Gogotsi) was named one of Drexel’s “Forty Under Forty” for 2015. The Forty Under Forty selects 40 Drexel alumni under the age of 40 who are breaking new ground and reaching new heights in their chosen career paths.
Liz is Manager of Engineering Process Development at Savannah River National Laboratory (SRNL) and has led research at SRNL in a broad range of materials performance and degradation programs including corrosion of nuclear waste tanks, lifetime evaluation of elastomers, radiation damage of ternary carbides, and formation of metallic whiskers. She credits Drexel with her strong technical foundation as well as the development of leadership and communication skills and learning to balance multiple projects at once. In five years’ time, Liz expects to continue to be involved in the research and development process of helping to find a solution to the nation’s legacy nuclear waste.
Previously Drexel Materials alumnus Dr. Ranjan Dash (MBA/Ph.D. ’06, advisor: Yury Gogotsi) was selected as part of the inaugural class of Drexel Forty Under Forty in 2013.