Biographical Data

Professor Fruehan received his B.S. and Ph.D. degrees from the University of Pennsylvania and was an NSF post-doctoral scholar at Imperial College, University of London. He then was on the staff of the United States Steel Laboratory until he joined the faculty of Carnegie Mellon University as a Professor in 1980. Dr. Fruehan organized the Center for Iron and Steelmaking Research; an NSF Industry/University Cooperative Research Center, and is currently a Co-Director. The Center currently has twenty-seven industrial company members, including those in the US, Europe, Asia, South Africa and South America. In 1992 he became Director of the Sloan Steel Industry Study which examines the critical issues impacting a company’s competitiveness and involves numerous faculty at several universities. Dr. Fruehan has authored over 200 papers, two books on steelmaking technologies and co-authored a book on managing for competitiveness, and is the holder of five patents. He has received several awards for his publications, including the 1970 and 1982 Hunt Medal (AIME), the 1982 and 1991 John Chipman Medal (AIME), 1989 Mathewson Gold Metal (TMS-AIME), the 1993 Albert Sauveur Award (ASM International), the 1976 Gilcrist Medal (Medals Society UK), the 1996 Howe Memorial Lecture (ISS of AIME), and the 1999 Benjamin Fairless Award (ISS of AIME); he also received an IR100 Award for the invention of the oxygen sensor. In 1985 he was elected a Distinguished Member of the Iron and Steel Society. He served as President of the Iron and Steel Society of AIME from 1990-1991. He was the POSCO Professor from 1988-1997 and in 1997, he was appointed the U. S. Steel Professor of the Materials Science and Engineering Department of Carnegie Mellon University. He was elected to the National Academy of Engineers in 1999.