Arden L. Bement Jr. | |
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_(4404826334)_(cropped).jpg) Bement in 2010 | |
| 12th Director of the National Science Foundation | |
| In office 2004–2010 | |
| President | George W. Bush Barack Obama |
| Preceded by | Rita R. Colwell |
| Succeeded by | Subra Suresh |
| 5th Director of the National Institute of Standards and Technology | |
| In office 2001–2004 | |
| President | George W. Bush |
| Preceded by | Karen Brown (acting) |
| Succeeded by | Hratch Semerjian (acting) |
| Personal details | |
| Born | May 22, 1932 (age 92) Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
| Alma mater | Colorado School of Mines University of Idaho University of Michigan |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Material Science and Engineering, Nuclear Engineering |
| Institutions | General Electric Company, Battelle Memorial Institute, MIT, DARPA, Office of the Secretary of Defense, TRW, Purdue University, National Science Foundation, National Institute of Standards and Technology |
| Thesis | Effects of cold work and neutron irradiation on the tensile properties of zircaloy-2 (1963) |
Arden Lee Bement Jr. (born May 22, 1932) is an American engineer and scientist and has served in executive positions in government, industry and academia.
Bement was elected a member of the National Academy of Engineering in 1983 for contributions to the understanding of irradiation effects in nuclear materials and development of advanced materials concepts for defense applications.
He is a former Deputy Undersecretary of Defense for Research and Advanced Technology, Chief Technical Officer of TRW, Director of the National Science Foundation (NSF) and Director of the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST). Following the end of his six-year term at NSF, on June 1, 2010, he became the founding director of the Global Policy Research Institute and Chief Global Affairs officer at Purdue University.