Recognising and celebrating those championing sustainability, EDI and the need for greater circularity in the extraction, processing and use of natural resources. The IOM3 Sustainable Future Awards are a new collection of awards to celebrate our heroes from materials,...
Dr Kate Thornton CEng CSci FIMMM has taken over as President of IOM3 as of 1 January 2023. Kate will give her Inauguration Address on 29 March highlighting her priorities for presidency during her term in office (2023–2024). Kate is Lead Research Scientist at Croda...
During 2022, SPM (Portuguese Materials Society), organized or co-organized a number of meetings and enhanced the work done by their Technical Divisions. 18 January: Online conference dedicated to Biomaterials. In the same week, the SPM Materials for Energy Division...
On the 2nd of November, at NOVA-FCT, Campus da Caparica, the celebration of another European Materials Day took place. This year, the theme chosen for the lectures was Materials in the Global Health Ecosystem, with three presentations of great interest. Rodrigo...
The recognition of excellence in technological innovation and scientific research in the area of Materials is part of the mission of the Portuguese Materials Society (SPM). In this context, the SPM Board of Directors established in May 2019 the Maria Manuela...
As in previous years, SOCIEMAT joined other member societies of FEMS to celebrate European Materials Day. The main event was held at the Polytechnic University of Madrid on 2 November. Members of SOCIEMAT also organized events in Seville and Ciudad Real, and a contest...
SOCIEMAT will join FEMS and Member Societies to celebrate 2022 European Materials Day in Madrid on 3 November. During the event, experts will give lectures and SOCIEMAT will announce the winners of the 2022 SOCIEMAT awards: Best Thesis Degree in Materials Engineering...
European Materials Day was initiated by suggestion of FEMS in 2003 and occurs every first Wednesday of November and SPM has been commemorating since 2003. The event is organized in collaboration with the Materials Committee of the National Association of Engineers. A...
After the long parenthesis caused by the pandemic, SOCIEMAT has finally been able to hold its XVI National Materials Congress, CNMAT, in Ciudad Real. Organized by the Castilla-La Mancha University, under the presidency of Prof. Gloria Rodríguez Donoso, we have enjoyed...
The 25th Jubilee Polish Materials Science Society Seminar took place in Arłamów, 24-27 October 2021. 150 scientists from all over Poland took part in this event. Discussions during the meetings covered the state of Materials Science in Poland, the functioning of...