The winners of the Institute's 2010 Competitive Student Prizes have been announced.

The Royal Charter Prize for a materials student of any discipline went to Rowan Leary. He gained a 1st Class Materials Science and Engineering undergraduate and Masters degree. Rowan is now studying for a PhD at the University of Cambridge, investigating 3D electron microscopy techniques.

Oliver Croft won the A T Green Award as the best ceramics student. At The University of Manchester, he received a 1st with Honours in his MEng in Materials Science and Engineering. He studied the effects of co-substituting dopants on the perovskite lattice of bismuth ferrite.

For excellence in polymer materials, the R H Craven Award was given to Han Zhang. He gained a MEng in Materials Science at Queen Mary, University of London. Project work covered the production and strain sensing properties of conductive thermoplastic polyurethane with mixed nanofillers. 

Further information

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