UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa., Sept. 14 -- Pennsylvania State University issued the following news release:

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. - Tarasankar DebRoy, professor of materials science and engineering in the Penn State College of Earth and Mineral Sciences (EMS), received the 2026 Joining and Welding Science Award from the Joining and Welding Research Institute of Osaka University. He will be honored with an award ceremony and invited lecture on Nov. 24 at Osaka University, Japan.

The international award recognizes researchers for sustained and significant contributions to the science of joining materials. In naming DebRoy, the institute recognized his "pioneering contributions to welding and additive manufacturing through transport phenomena, optimi...