Student awards from IOM3
Student awards from the Institute include four competitive prizes awarded to exceptional students on materials courses. There is also a literature review prize to encourage postgraduate students to prepare critical reviews as part of their studies.
Institute Competitive Prizes
The Institute has a number of awards specifically for graduates of materials courses. Nominations for these awards are made by university materials departments.
The Royal Charter, A T Green and R H Craven awards are given to students graduating from UK accredited materials courses for their superior performance together with other qualities and achievements which suggest a promising professional career.
The Royal Charter Prize
Founded by the Metals Society to mark the grant of the Royal Charter to the Institution of Metallurgists in 1975. Awarded to the best materials student regardless of discipline.
The A T Green Award
Founded by the Institute of Ceramics to recognise Dr A T Green, a prime mover in the establishment of the Institute of Ceramics on 6 May 1955 and its first President. Awarded to the best graduate with excellence in ceramics materials.
R H Craven Award
Founded by the London Section of the Plastics and Rubber Institute to commemorate R H Craven, the Assistant Secretary of the PRI, in honour of his contribution to the plastics and rubber industries. Awarded to the best graduate with excellence in polymer materials.
The James S Walker Award
The award is for a published paper or an unpublished project report by a student on the subject of polymers.
For more information about all the above awards and prizes, contact Anita Horton online enquiry form.
Materials Literature Review Prize
The Materials Literature Review Prize of the Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining aims to encourage the preparation of definitive, critical reviews of the literature by students as an essential part of study for a higher degree in the materials field, and subsequently make the best of these available to a wider readership. The prize is administered by the editorial board of Materials Science and Technology (MST).
Open to any postgraduate student studying in the UK, the prize carries a cash award, in line with other Institute prizes for papers. The winning review will, following refereeing, be published in MST or another institute journal. Other commended entries, although not achieving the prize, may be selected for publication, attracting an honorarium of £100.
Martin Evans (pictured) of the National Centre for Advanced Tribology at Southampton University won the 2011 competition for his review, 'White Structure Flaking in Wind Turbine Gearbox Bearings – Effects of Butterflies and White Etching Cracks'.
Two further entries were commended – 'Review of Techniques for Manufacturing and Modelling Metal Foam Core Sandwich Panels', by Charles Betts (Imperial College London) and 'Reliability of Pb-free Solders for Harsh Environment Electronic Assemblies', by Sophie Godard Desmarest (University of Oxford).
The deadline for the 2012 competition has now passed. For further information, contact Dave Bishop, or visit the Literature Review home page.