IOM3 congratulates the winners of the 2020 IOM3 Awards, Medals and Prizes, as listed below. It was planned to present the awards in the last quarter of 2020 but under the continuing pandemic this was unfortunately not possible and were presented virtually.
Premier Awards

Bessemer Gold Medal
Prof David Anthony Worsley is Head of the Materials Research Centre at Swansea University and also currently Research Director of the SPECIFIC IKC. This encompasses a £50m research and delivery portfolio for functional coatings applied to construction materials.

Chapman Medal
Prof Alicia El Haj is a leading figure in regenerative medicine and has been involved in bringing together interdisciplinary groups within biomedicine, physical sciences and engineering in the Healthcare sector.

Griffith Medal & Prize
Prof Manish Chhowalla has made a major contribution to our understanding of 2D materials and devices.

Silver Medal
David Collins MIMMM, is a Birmingham Fellow and Lecturer at the University of Birmingham leading a research group focussing on the micromechanics underlying the processing of advanced alloys.

Sir Andrew Bryan Medal
Keith Harrison CSci FIMMM has had a long career in surface engineering.

Sir Colin Humphreys Education Award
Mr John Luton has been a member of the Schools Affiliate Scheme since 2002 and has taken an active role in our activities, attending a number of SAS conferences for teachers (on one occasion arranging for a group of students to attend with him), arranging visits to his college and attending a Polymer Study Tour.

Medal for Excellence
Prof John Coggan CEng FIMMM is an internationally-recognised authority on novel application of state-of-the-art numerical modelling software for evaluation of stress redistribution around both surface and underground excavations, characterisation of rock failure and fracturing, and how this can be incorporated into excavation design and simulation of rock mass behaviour.

Swinburne Medal
Professor Stephen J Eichhorn CEng FIMMM is an internationally-leading expert in the physical properties of cellulosic materials, with interests in cellulose fibres, nanocomposites, gels and functional materials.

Institute's International Medal
Prof Vladimir Litvinenko FIMMM over a number of years has promoted the Institute through his efforts at the Mining University of St Petersburg and recently through our involvement in the UNESCO Centre for Mining Engineering Education and Competence.
Awards for Personal Achievement
Gold Medal
Awarded to Dr Richard P Thackray MIMMM
Colwyn Medal
Awarded to Prof Liqun Zhang
Dowding Medal & Prize
Awarded to Joseph Lee CEng MIMMM
Frank Fitzgerald Medal & Travel Grant
Awarded to Dr Nathan Cooze CEng CSci MIMMM
Futers Gold Medal
Awarded to Prof Samuel Kingman CEng FIMMM
Grunfeld Memorial Award & Medal
Awarded to Dr Edward J Pickering CEng CSci MIMMM
Hadfield Medal & Prize
Awarded to Dr David Hanlon
Harvey Flower Titanium Prize 2020 (retrospective)
Awarded to Dr Thomas B (Ben) Britton CEng CSci FIMMM
Hume-Rothery Prize
Awarded to Dr Bengt Hallstedt
Institute's Technician Medal
Awarded to Bernard Donnachie IEng FIMMM
Ivor Jenkins Medal
Awarded to Roger Lawcock CEng FIMMM
John Hunt Medal
Awarded to Prof Peter Lee FREng CEng CSci FIMMM
Kroll Medal & Prize
Awarded to Prof K L Choy FIMMM
Leslie Holliday Prize
Awarded to Dr Faye Smith CEng FIMMM
Local Society of the Year Award
MIME-Midland Institute of Mining Engineers
Outstanding Contribution Awards
Awarded to Mr George Lee CEng FIMMM
Platinum Medal
Awarded to Prof William E Lee FREng
Robert Perrin Award
Awarded to Dr Grant Gibson
Rosenhain Medal & Prize
Awarded to Dr Robert Lianqi Zhao Hoye CEng CSci FIMMM
Rowbotham Medal
Awarded to Mr John McQuilliam
Stokowiec Medal & Prize
Awarded to Mr Stephen Bastow
T B Marsden Professional Medal
Awarded to Mr Melvyn G Warrender CEng FIMMM
Thomas Medal & Prize
Awarded to Mrs Gill Thornton
Thornton Medal
Awarded to Prof Dave Worsley FIMMM
Tom Colclough Medal & Prize
Awarded to Mr Matt Green CEng MIMMM
Verulam Medal & Prize
Awarded to Prof Eduardo Saiz
Publication Awards
Adrian Normanton Award
The structure of foaming BOF-converter slag
Du Sichen, Bjorn Glaser, Johan Martinsson
Composite Award
Methods for process-related resin selection and optimisation in high-pressure resin
Mathew Rutt, Constantina (Tina) Lekakou, Paul A Smith, Alessandro Sordon, Ian Hamerton
Guy Bengough Award
On the Volta potential measured SKPFM-fundamental and practical aspects with relevance to corrosion science
Cem Örnek, Cristofer Leygraf, Jinshan Pan
James S Walker Award
In-situ 3D observation of damage development and healing in a carbon-fibre/epoxy composite
Yijun Lim
Materials World Medal
Biomaterials improve lives. Period.
Jaydeep Mandal (Aakar Innovations)
Mann Redmayne Medal C
Litho-structural controls on orogenic gold deposits within the Sandstone greenstone belt, Yilgarn Craton, Western Australia: Implications for exploration targeting
Rhys F Davies, David I Groves, Jonathan G Standing, Allan Trench, Michael Dentith & John P Sykes
Vanadium Award 2019 (Retrospective)
Interaction of precipitation with austenite-to-ferrite phase transformation in vanadium micro-alloyed steels
Chrysoula Ioannidou, Zaloa Arechabaleta, Alfonso Navarro-López, Arjan Rijkenberg, Robert M Dalgliesh, Sebastian Kölling, Vitality Bliznuk, Catherine Pappas, Jilt Sietsma, A A van Well & S Erik Offerman
Wardell Armstrong Prize
The treatment of missing ‘not at random’ geological data for ore grade modelling
Camilla Z da Silva & Joao Felipe C L Costa
Williams Award
Monitoring of less common residual elements in scrap feeds for EAF steelmaking
Augusta Martinelli Miranda, Paulo Santos Assis, Geoffrey Alan Brooks, Muhammad Akbar Rhamdhani, Andrea Fontana, Alister King, Gerald Sanders and Gabriela Paula da Costa Moreira
Awards from Other Bodies
Beilby Medal & Prize
Prof Jin Xuan, Loughborough University
Charles Hatchett Award
Ultrahigh-current-density Niobium Disulfide Catalysts for Hydrogen Evolution
Jieun Yang, Abdul Rahman Mohmad, Yan Wang, Raymond Fullon, Xiuju Song, Fang Zhao, Ibrahim Bozkurt, Mathias Augustin, Elton J G Santos, Hyeon Suk Shin, Wenjing Zhang, Damien Voiry, Hu Young Jeong, Manish Chhowalla
Not awarded in 2020
The following were not awarded in 2020
- Award for Innovation in Defence, Safety and Security Materials
- Pfeil Award
- Prince Philip Award