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Virginia Tech honors WPI's Sisson.(Members in the News)
Advanced Materials & Processes, September, 2006
Richard D. Sisson Jr., FASM, George F. Fuller Professor of mechanical engineering at Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Worcester, Mass., and director of WPI's Manufacturing Engineering and Materials Science and Engineering programs, has been named to the Academy of Engineering Excellence at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg.
Sisson received a B.S. in materials engineering from Virginia Tech in 1969. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] The Academy of Engineering Excellence honors engineering graduates of Virginia Tech who have made sustained and meritorious engineering or leadership contributions during their careers. Sisson was inducted May 9 with seven other graduates, bringing the academy's membership to 61, out of approximately 50,000...
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