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Dr. Arden L. Bement, Jr. (born May 22, 1932 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Pittsburgh is the second largest city in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania with a population of 312,819. The population of the seven-county metropolitan area is 2,462,571....
) is an American
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 engineer
Engineer

An engineer is a person professionally engaged in a field of engineering. Engineers are concerned with developing economical and safe solutions to practical problems, by applying mathematics and scientific knowledge while considering technical constraints....
 and scientist
Scientist

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, and is currently Director of the National Science Foundation
National Science Foundation

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 (NSF) and serves as an ex officio member of the National Science Board.

Dr. Bement was confirmed as NSF Director on November 24, 2004, after having served as Acting Director since February 22 of that year. He joined NSF from the National Institute of Standards and Technology
National Institute of Standards and Technology

The National Institute of Standards and Technology , known between 1901 and 1988 as the National Bureau of Standards , is a measurement standards laboratory which is a non-regulatory agency of the United States Department of Commerce....
 (NIST), where he had been Director since December 7, 2001.






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Dr. Arden L. Bement, Jr. (born May 22, 1932 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Pittsburgh is the second largest city in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania with a population of 312,819. The population of the seven-county metropolitan area is 2,462,571....
) is an American
United States

The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
 engineer
Engineer

An engineer is a person professionally engaged in a field of engineering. Engineers are concerned with developing economical and safe solutions to practical problems, by applying mathematics and scientific knowledge while considering technical constraints....
 and scientist
Scientist

A scientist, in the broadest sense, refers to any person that engages in a system activity to acquire knowledge or an individual that engages in such practices and traditions that are linked to schools of thought or philosophy....
, and is currently Director of the National Science Foundation
National Science Foundation

The National Science Foundation is a United States government agency that supports fundamental research and education in all the non-medical fields of science and engineering....
 (NSF) and serves as an ex officio member of the National Science Board.

Dr. Bement was confirmed as NSF Director on November 24, 2004, after having served as Acting Director since February 22 of that year. He joined NSF from the National Institute of Standards and Technology
National Institute of Standards and Technology

The National Institute of Standards and Technology , known between 1901 and 1988 as the National Bureau of Standards , is a measurement standards laboratory which is a non-regulatory agency of the United States Department of Commerce....
 (NIST), where he had been Director since December 7, 2001. He had previously served both organizations in an advisory capacity, including a term on the NSF's National Science Board from 1989-1995.

Prior to his appointment as NIST director, Dr. Bement served as the David Ross Distinguished Professor of Nuclear Engineering and head of the School of Nuclear Engineering at Purdue University
Purdue University

Purdue University, located in West Lafayette, Indiana, Indiana, United States, is the flagship university of the six campuses within the Purdue University System....
. He had joined the Purdue faculty in 1992 after a 39-year career in industry, government, and academia, which included the following positions:
  • 1980-1992, TRW
    TRW

    TRW Incorporated was an American corporation involved in a number of businesses, mostly defense industry-related, but including automotive industry, aerospace and credit reporting....
    : vice president of technical resources and of science and technology
  • 1979-1980, U.S. Department of Defense: deputy under secretary for research and engineering
  • 1976-1979, Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency
    Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency

    The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency is an government agency of the United States Department of Defense responsible for the development of new technology for use by the military of the United States....
    : Director, Office of Materials Science
  • 1970-1976, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    Massachusetts Institute of Technology

    The Massachusetts Institute of Technology is a private university research university located in Cambridge, Massachusetts, Massachusetts, United States....
    : professor of nuclear materials
  • 1965-1970, Battelle Northwest Laboratories
    Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

    The Pacific Northwest National Laboratory is one of nine United States United States Department of Energy multiprogram United States Department of Energy National Labs....
  • 1954-1965, General Electric Company


Bement holds an engineer of metallurgy degree from the Colorado School of Mines
Colorado School of Mines

The Colorado School of Mines is a public teaching and research university devoted to engineering and applied science, with special expertise in the development and stewardship of the Earth's natural resources....
, a master's degree in metallurgical engineering from the University of Idaho
University of Idaho

The University of Idaho is Idaho's flagship and oldest public university, located in the rural city of Moscow, Idaho in Latah County, Idaho. It is the state's land-grant university and primary research university....
, a doctorate degree in metallurgical engineering from the University of Michigan
University of Michigan

The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan is a public university research university located in the state of Michigan. It is the state's oldest university and the flagship campus of the University of Michigan, which also includes two regional campuses in University of Michigan-Flint and University of Michigan-Dearborn....
, an honorary doctorate degree in engineering from Cleveland State University
Cleveland State University

Cleveland State University is a public university located in Cleveland, Ohio. The current President is Michael Schwartz, who was previously president emeritus and a professor at Kent State University....
, an honorary doctorate degree in science from Case Western Reserve University
Case Western Reserve University

Case Western Reserve University is a private research university located in Cleveland, Ohio, United States, with some residence halls on the south end of campus located in Cleveland Heights, Ohio....
, and an honorary doctorate degree in engineering from the Colorado School of Mines. He is a member of the U.S. National Academy of Engineering
National Academy of Engineering

The United States National Academy of Engineering is a private, non-profit institution which was founded in 1964, under the same congressional act that led to the founding of the United States National Academy of Sciences, signed by Abraham Lincoln, in 1863....
 and a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
American Academy of Arts and Sciences

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