Faith Morrison, Associate Professor of Chemical Engineering at MTU, has been elected Vice President of the Society of Rheology. The Society of Rheology (SOR) www.rheology.org) is the international professional society for researchers and practitioners in the field of rheology.

Rheology, a branch of mechanics, is the study of deformation and flow, particularly the study of materials with unusual flow properties. The word rheology was coined in the 1920's, and The Society of Rheology was officially formed in 1929.

The Society o f R h e o l o g y (www.rheology.org) is one of the five founding members of the American Institute of Physics. Morrison will serve as SOR Vice President for two years and will be a voting member of the SOR Executive Committee. By custom she will ascend to the Presidency of the Society of Rheology in 2009. Morrison has been a member of the Society of Rheology since 1988 and has served as editor of the Rheology Bulletin, chair of the SOR Membership Committee, and chair of the SOR Constitutional Reform Committee.

Morrison, who has been at MTU since 1990, has written a textbook on rheology called “Understanding Rheology” (Oxford University Press, 2001). “It is a great honor to have Faith elected to this position, and the Society of Rheology is fortunate to have her as their vice president, as she is very highly organized and has a strong vision for the future of the society," says Chemical Engineering Department