Materials World Medal
The Materials World Medal is presented for the best feature or review published during the year in the either Institute magazine (Materials World or Clay Technology).
The winner will receive a medal.
Award judging
Past winners
2024
The sixth sense
Prof Sohini Kar-Narayan FIMMM (Department of Materials Science & Metallurgy University of Cambridge) & Dr Jehangir Cama (ArtioSense Ltd)
2023
Hidden Value
Anita Parbhakar-Fox
2022
Unintended consequences - Darryn Quayle
2021
Money talks - Carina Joannidis
2020
Biomaterials improve lives. Period. - Jaydeep Mandal
2019
Sulphur gets flexible for plastic production - Joseph Bear
2018 (joint)
Dr Anita Parbhakar-Fox
Matt Buckley
2017
The future of steel: Time to wake up - Julian Allwood
2016
A Quiet Revolution: Lies, damned lies and nuclear power - Fred Starr
2015
A National Health Disservice? - Prof Roger Feneley
2014
Microbe Miners - Guy Richards
2013 (joint)
How Safe is that Nuclear Reactor - Prof George Smith,
Cracking under pressure - Dr Emile S Greenhalgh
2012
The Sky's The Limit - Guy Richards
2010
Barrels in the wood - Craig Durham
2009
Automotive advances - J Kell & S Birch
2008
Firing on all cylinders - T Peijs, M Reece, F Inam, H Yan, R Zhang & D Hua
2007
Healing the rift - D Farrar