IOM3 news

IOM3 is delighted that five of our distinguished members have been elected Fellows of the Royal Academy of Engineering

The nation’s annual celebration of recycling is here. UK Recycle Week takes place on 20–26 September 2021 and we are proud to be supporting this campaign for another year.

Congratulations to Professor Mary Ryan FREng CEng FIMMM on being awarded the Armourers & Brasiers Company Prize for excellence in materials engineering.

The 2021 Annual General Meeting (AGM) of the Institute of Materials, Minerals & Mining was held on 14 September 2021.

IOM3 is looking for new members to join its ethnic minorities based member network group.

Notice is hereby given that the Annual General Meeting of the Member’s Benevolent Trust of the Institute of Materials, Minerals & Mining will be held at 4:00 BST on 9 November 2021.

IOM3 Approved recognises the importance of ongoing learning for professional development.

IOM3 has recently invested in a new design of tote bags for our conferences and events. This reusable bag with our new visual identity has excellent environmental credentials in line with our desire to help professionals in materials, minerals and mining be heroes of the transition to a low-carbon, resource-efficient society.

The Rt Honourable Anne-Marie Trevelyan MP and Minister of State for Energy, Clean Growth and Climate Change will give the lunchtime address at our upcoming IOM3 Energy Transition seminar in London on 12 October.

Congratulations to Professor Sir Colin Humphreys CBE FREng FRS CEng FIMMM who has been awarded the Royal Society's Royal Medal

ICON, our publicly searchable library catalogue, has seen an increase in visits and records during the second quarter of 2021. The majority of our users are in the UK and we have seen growing international interest in our library holdings.

As valued IOM3 members and readers of Materials World, you are encouraged to participate in our reader survey so we can continue to produce content that best meets your needs.

Jude Allan, Chair of IOM3 Packaging Society looks back over the past year and the activities within the group and what's to be expected over the coming months.

Following on from the governance changes in 2019, the proposals for implementing the third phase of IOM3 Governance Modernisation were issued for consultation for members up until July 2021.

Government has today (17 August) announced plans to create tens of thousands of jobs, invest billions of pounds and create new export opportunities by introducing the UK’s first ever Hydrogen Strategy.

The IOM3 Advisory Council exists to advise the Executive Board on major strategic issues and consists of the Officers of the Institute together with 21 members representing the Technical Communities, eight members representing Grades and seven members representing UK and overseas regions.

Today (9 August), the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) released the first contribution of its Sixth Assessment Report (AR6), from Working Group I, entitled Climate Change 2021: the Physical Science Basis. The main headline is that climate change caused by human activity is ‘widespread, rapid, and intensifying’.

Following the success of past Matopoly events in London, Manchester, Birmingham, Oxford, Liverpool and Perth (Australia), the IOM3 Student & Early Career Committee is pleased to announce that the 2021 Matopoly will be returning to Birmingham in October.

Congratulations to Professor Julian Allwood FREng CEng HonFIMMM awarded the 2021 the Japan Society for Technology of Plasticity International Prize for Research & Development in Precision Forging.

The UK Government has today (22 July) announced plans to boost private sector investment to put the UK at the forefront of global innovation.