The Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining has named two British Steel employees amongst the list of winners.
recently announced its 2023 winners and 2 British Steel employees were among the winners of these prestigious awards.
The Institute awards celebrate individuals and organisations who have made exceptional advancements to the profession and raise awareness of both engineering and scientific excellence and industry best practice.
Dr Andy Trowsdale, Head of R&D, has been awarded the ‘Tom Colclough Medal & Prize’, presented in recognition of learned contribution to understanding microstructure, mechanical properties, fabricability or in-service performance, production or engineering in the iron and steel industry.
He said: “I feel most honoured that the Institute believes my contribution to the metallurgy and processing of steels is worthy of recognition and have made this award. The award recognises the endeavours of many individuals within the great team at British Steel and colleagues outside the company without whose collective efforts this accolade would not have been made. Thank you!”
Dr Andrew Smith, Customer and Technology Manager at the company’s Special Profiles business won the inaugural ‘Henry Royce Institute Award for Innovation by a Technical Professional’. This award recognises the vital contribution technical professionals make in advancing technology and understanding of the materials world. Andrew was nominated by his manager Customer Quality and Technical Manager Dominic Hill – something Andrew was unaware of, so the win came as something of a surprise!
He said: “To receive this award is a special honour, particularly as it recognises all-important technical innovation. This is so important as I know many very gifted technical experts who make critical and valuable contributions in their areas – for me this isn’t something I can do on my own. The work I have been involved in has included many colleagues across different departments, so delivering the technology improvements achieved at Special Profiles has been a team effort.”
Both will now attend the award ceremony in December where they will be joined by IOM3 President Dr Kate Thornton.
