IOM3 news

Congratulations to Professor Dame Helen Atkinson DBE FREng CEng FIMMM who was recognised in the Queen’s Birthday Honours 2021 for services to engineering and education.

IOM3 has published its Annual Report and Financial Statements for 2020.

As of the July/August issue, our UK members will see a change in their Materials World member magazine – most issues will no longer arrive in a wrapper. The switch is part of a larger IOM3 effort to reduce our waste footprint. 

The programme and registration for the 12th European Electric Steelmaking Conference (EEC 2021) taking place on 13–15 September 2021 is now live.

IOM3 has submitted written responses to the Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) for Packaging and Introducing a Deposit Return Scheme (DRS) in England, Wales and Northern Ireland consultations.

Dr Andrew Mackenzie FRS HonFIMMM will be tasked with keeping the UK at the forefront of research and innovation for the UK Research and Innovation department.

Congratulations to the winners of the Institute's Awards & Prizes for 2021.

IOM3 is pleased to appoint Dr Emma Wilcox FIMMM as the new Chair of the IOM3 Sustainable Development Group taking over from Louis Brimacombe FIMMM.

This week (1–7 June 2021) marks Volunteers’ Week. It is a chance to recognise the fantastic contribution active supporters and volunteers make to our communities.

Our IOM3 Library Team explain to members where IMMAGE has gone and how to use the new ICON library catalogue which has replaced it.

The IOM3 Training Academy has been working hard to develop courses in as many formats as we can, to support our members in their ongoing career journey.

IOM3 is proud to support a research consortium examining how the foundation industries can grow and develop while helping achieve the net zero 2050 environmental targets.

Congratulations to Professor Nigel Brandon OBE FREng FRS CEng FIMMM who has been recently elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of London in recognition of his work on electrochemical devices for energy applications.

Congratulations to Professor David Williams FREng FLSW CEng FIMMM who has been elected as a Fellow of the Learned Society of Wales for his outstanding contribution to the world of learning and demonstrating connection to Wales.

The Monarch has set out the Government’s plan to “deliver a national recovery from the pandemic that makes the UK stronger, healthier and more prosperous than before”

This year's Young Persons' Lecture Competition UK final took place virtually on 5 May 2021. Competitors gave a lecture of 15 minutes on a topic related to materials, minerals, mining, packaging, clay technology and wood science and engineering.

Defra has today (7 May 2021) published the consultation on ‘Consistency in Household and Business Recycling Collections in England.’

Jon Bolton, 2019 Bessemer Gold medal award winner and a leading industrialist and steel industry expert, has been appointed as the new Chairman of the Materials Processing Institute.

The QEPrize is open to nominations for engineers from anywhere in the world and is awarded to up to five engineers responsible for a bold, groundbreaking engineering innovation of global benefit to humanity.

Congratulations to Design in Plastics Competition 2020 winner Kristen Tapping, whose product GoRolloe is now an award winner in the International Design Educates Awards.