Yashashree Kulkarni receives ASME 2017 Sia Nemat-Nasser Early Career Award

Here’s what she also does: Picks up awards for her work on nanotwinned metals, most recently from the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME). The organization chose her as winner of the 2017 Sia Nemat-Nassar Early Career Award for her “pioneering work on twin boundaries in crystalline materials and their role in next-generation nanostructured materials,” according to ASME.

“It’s a very prestigious award. It is national-level recognition and I am really humbled by it,” said Kulkarni.