The Eugene Merchant Award for manufacturing textbooks has been awarded to a Brigham Young University professor.
A. Brent Strong, professor of manufacturing engineering, received the award for his book on both plastic materials and the manufacturing methods for plastic."I loved the challenge of writing this book," Strong said. "The award is kind of like the icing on the cake."
Strong received a $1,500 stipend as part of the award, which was presented by Darrell Neumann, senior chapter chair from the Society of Manufacturing.