Prof. LU Ke, the director of Institute of Metal Research, was elected as a Materials Research Society (MRS) Fellow in march 2010. It was in recognition of his outstanding achievement in the discovery of nano-twinned metals and development of nanostructured metals through the advancement of synthesis technologies, revealing novel properties and performance.

MRS, founded in 1973, has over 15,000 members and 97 fellows from the United States and other countries. Prof. Lu is the second MRS Fellow from Chinese mainland, following Prof. LI Hengde (Tsinghua University) elected earlier on .