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arden l. bement , jr. in 2014 pittsburgh , pennsylvania united states material science and engineering , nuclear engineering general , darpa , office of the secretary of defense , electric trw , purdue university , national science foundation , national company institute of standards and technology , battelle memorial institute , mit may 22 , 1932 arden-bement-at-ttu-tn1 . jpg arden l. bement , jr. .
 arden l. bement , jr. . colorado michigan school of mines university of idaho university of
arden l. bement , jr. .

arden lee bement , jr. -lrb- born may 22 , 1932 -rrb- is an american engineer and scientist and has served in executive positions in government , industry and academia .
he is a former deputy undersecretary of defense for research and advanced technology , chief technical officer of trw , director of the national science foundation -lrb- nsf -rrb- and director of the national institute of standards and technology -lrb- nist -rrb- .
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 .
