Established in 2006, this fund honors Dr. Carl R. Loper, Jr. who served as an FEF Key Professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison for over 30 years. Dr. Loper is an Honorary Life Member of the AFS (Howard Taylor Award, Penton Gold Medal, Hoyt Memorial Lecture), a Fellow Member of the American Society for Materials, and a member of the American Welding Society (Adams Memorial Award). He has also received the Merton C. Flemings Award from the Manufacturing Processes Institue and the EJ Walsh Award from FEF.

 

2009 - Rose Torielli - Penn State
2008 - Kevin Woodson - Purdue-Indianapolis
2007 - Ryan Eller - Missouri Univ. of Science & Technology