Travel to the Moon – Vision and Mission of Materials Experts

It was a sunny and cold day when 30 experts from universities, research organisations and industry met on November 15, 2017 in Lausanne, Switzerland to discuss a materials vision and mission for the next European Framework Programme 9 (FP9). Invited by the FEMS (Federation of European Materials Societies) and supported by EuMatT(European Technology Platform for Advanced Engineering Materials and Technologies), by EPFL (Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale Lausanne), MatSearch Consulting Hofmann, Pully Switzerland, and IOM3 (Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining).  Read more

FEMS recognises researchers of renown by awarding the European Materials Medal, The Innovation Medal and the Materials Science and Technology Prize (Taylor & Francis award) every two years during the FEMS EUROMAT series of conferences. More information on these awards and past medallists can be consulted here. Below you can see the winners receiving their awards from the FEMS chairperson of the awards committee, Margarethe Hofmann. In addition, in the members' only section, you can down load their full presentations, after you have logged on. Read more

The EUROMAT 2017 conference is taking place in Thessaloniki Greece, on 17-22 September 2017, co-organised by the Hellenic Metallurgical Society and the Hellenic Society of the Science and Technology of the CondensedMatter. Read more