East Midlands Materials Society (EMMS)

Materials Department, Loughborough University

Applications to the East Midlands Materials Society heat of the IOM3 Younger Person's Lecture Competition are invited.

Competitors are required to give a lecture of 15 minutes on a topic related to materials, minerals, mining, packaging, clay technology or wood science and engineering. Competitors will be expected to attend in person Applications to the EMMS heat can be made by completing the online entry at: www.iom3.org/yplc.

Guidelines containing rules and judging criteria are also available through this webpage by following the submit your abstract button.

Deadline for entries - Thursday 22 February

The heat will be limited to five. In the event that the heat is over-subscribed then a down selection will take place, which may involve competitors submitting a three-minute video that gives a summary of their lecture.

Physical meeting only

Prizes

There will be a prize of £100 for the winner on the night, plus an extra £100 from a donor, a prize of £50 for each entrant selected, plus a further donation of £100 to be distributed equally between these entrants.

The winner will take part in the regional final later in Feb/March (arrangements to be announced) for which there will be a cash prize of £150.

The regional winner will take part in UK final on Wednesday 15 May at The Armourers Hall in London.

2024 YPLC UK final: First prize is £750.

Competitors to be 28 or under on 1 June 2024.

Venue

Department of Materials (Building S on the university map at maps.lboro.ac.uk) Loughborough University, Loughborough, LE11 3TU.

If travelling by car, enter the University at the West Park entrance (the one nearest the M1 off Ashby Road) and inform security that you are attending an East Midlands Materials Society event.

You will receive a permit for the multi-storey car park (Car Park 1).

What3words references: Entrance to the Materials building w3w.co/become.ample.jumpy

Entrance to multi-storey car park (Car Park 1) w3w.co/valve.deals.object These 3-word addresses refer to an exact 3m x 3m location.

Tap the link or enter the 3 words into the free what3words app to find it 6.15 for 6.45 pm start All welcome including non-members Light refreshments provided.


 

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