Student & Early Career Hub

IOM3 Student & Early Career Committee members explain how sustainability issues are affecting their roles.

The UK Research and Innovation Foundation Industries Future Leaders Group explores how there are increased opportunities to share resources to move towards an industrial circular economy.

What is the responsibility of those scientists who are conducting research and teaching at universities? Dr Ilija Rašović MIMMM, Lecturer in Materials and Natural Sciences at the University of Birmingham, UK, and Vice-Chair of the IOM3 Student and Early Career Committee, raises the stakes as he navigates responsible research and innovation.

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.

As energy generation shifts from fossil fuels, a workforce is needed to meet the challenge - many oil and gas professionals with transferable skills are ready to go.

As the drive to net-zero impacts different sectors, many individuals are already transferring their skills to new roles.

Sarah Le Gresley, Innovation Director at Michelmersh, is spearheading the Hydrogen for Brick Manufacture project. Sarah Morgan catches up on her journey.

Claire Spooner, Deputy Director of the UK’s Faraday Battery Challenge, explores a key battleground in the race to electrification – skills.

Dr Natasha Dowey, Associate Professor in Sustainable Geoscience and Volcanology at Sheffield Hallam University, UK, is eager to improve equity and inclusion in the discipline. 

Over 200 students, over seven years, have been involved in constructing a satellite payload at the University of Bristol, UK, to monitor active volcanoes.

The academic landscape can be daunting at any stage of your career. Materials World gleans some advice from professionals about the different skillsets an academic can hone on their journey.

IOM3 consulted stakeholders on the critical minerals value chain skills gaps. Head of Policy Rachel Stonehouse details the outputs submitted to UK Government.

REACH training and certification requirements for users of diisocyanates is now compulsory, impacting the use of many polyurethane adhesives. Peter Swanson, Managing Director of Intertronics, explains how manufacturers can best prepare for this change.

IOM3 Student & Early Career Committee members explain how sustainability issues are affecting their roles.