SME recently announced that six manufacturing leaders have been elected to its 2013 College of Fellows. Recipients are reportedly recognized by their peers and the manufacturing community as key contributors to the social, technical, and educational progress of manufacturing.
M. Helmi Attia, Ph.D., FSME, is manager of advanced material removal processes, aerospace manufacturing for National Research Council Canada (NRC); and adjunct professor of mechanical engineering at McGill University. Before joining the NRC in 2002, Attia was principal research engineer for Ontario Hydro Technologies, and manager of fabrication technology for Spar Aerospace Technology Ltd. He has also been adjunct professor of mechanical engineering with Concordia and McMaster Universities, Canada.