Student & Early Career Professional Development Resources

SEC Committee members share their experience with mentoring and the importance of having a mentor.

Members of the IOM3 Student & Early Career committee talk about how they eventually got into Materials Science.

SEC Committee members share their tips on networking.

SECC members look back and record the one piece of advice they wish their past self had received.

Have you ever experienced pressure to perform in work/student life? Our Student and Early Career Members Group wrote a blog post on their own experience.

We hear from IOM3 Student & Early Career Committee (SECC) members about their careers so far in materials failure and product compliance.

Dr Alastair Houston MIMMM and Peter Moore MIMMM at Minton, Treharne & Davies Ltd, UK, on understanding failures in flexible pipelines.

Dr Michael Kenyon MIMMM, Rachel Wiffin MIMMM and Dr Geoff Scamans FIMMM, at Innoval Technology Limited, UK, propose a blueprint for 'greener' aluminium.

Spin-out companies involve academics entering new territory to commercialise their research. Alex Brinded spoke to three academics-turned-entrepreneurs about their journeys and experiences.

The growing number of university spin-out companies and entrepreneurial options on courses show the potential for academics to take their career in an unexpected direction. Sarah Morgan examines how to foster the entrepreneur within.

Natalie Desty, who set up STEM Returners in Hampshire, UK, answers questions about the challenges for this increasingly significant group who want to return to a career in STEM.

Queen Mary University of London (QMUL) has launched a virtual Centre for Academic Inclusion in Science and Engineering (CAISE).

Scientist and consultant Laurie Winkless has written two books and many scientific articles. Alex Brinded spoke to her about being a science communicator and what she has learnt along the way.

Professor Mary Ryan CBE FIMMM has taken on the role of the first academic Chair to celebrate the UK Worshipful Company of Armourers & Brasiers’ 700th anniversary supporting materials science. We discover her multifaceted career and how her new position marries history with modernity.

How can you pinpoint the valuable professional skills and experience being honed?

We hear from IOM3 Student & Early Career Committee (SECC) members about their careers so far in materials failure and product compliance.

Diversity in engineering can bring many benefits to the sector, Animesh Anand AIMMM, Engineering Lecturer at Chesterfield College, UK, Vice Chair of the IOM3 Ably Different group, and a member of the IOM3 Ethnic Minorities and Pride groups, discusses the importance promoting diversity and inclusion in engineering.

The UK Centre for the Protection of National Infrastructure emphasises the importance of protecting your ideas, information and techniques as certain states target advanced materials innovation.

In this episode of Materials People, Catherine Mondoa interviews Dr Markus J. Buehler, McAfee Professor of Engineering at MIT, and Mashal Chaudhri, circular textile practitioner and design researcher.

Jess is an Imperial College Research Fellow investigating spin selective charge transport through chiral systems in the Department of Materials.

In this episode Catherine Mondoa interviews sculptor and mixed media artist Phoebe Collings-James, and Alex Austin, PhD student at Imperial College’s CDT Advanced Materials Characterisation programme

Introducing the new IOM3 President, Kate Thornton.

Our two most recent past Presidents describe their experience of being IOM3 President.

Lindsay Davis, Senior Sustainability Strategist at Ever Sustainable joins Diane Aston to discus what ESG means beyond business challenges.

Geologists, earth scientists and ground engineers are vital to enable the energy transition, achieve net-zero, access critical minerals, and shore up the large infrastructure developments that keep the world moving.

Members of the IOM3 Student & Early Career Group explain how they approached career development and what they might have done differently.

The core aim of TFI Network+ is to co-create with the Foundation Industries new science and technology that can transform their sustainability and performance.

Seaweed offers immense opportunities, not only as a source of materials and pigments, but also for food, pharmaceuticals and chemicals.

We talk to Professor Mark Jolly about his work with IOM3, TransFIRe and CENTS.

In this episode Catherine Mondoa interviews PhD candidate Sophia Eristoff and Textile Researcher Emma Wright to discuss smart materials and their scope in soft robotics, products, sustainability and more.