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Daniel Smith, assistant scientist and former apprentice, has won the Institute of Physics Apprentice Award for supporting the development of new technologies, managing a research project underpinning the realisation of next-generation nuclear reactor technologies and an outstanding contribution to outreach.
The Institute of Physics (IOP) is the professional body and learned society for physics, and the leading body for practising physicists, in the UK and Ireland. With a rich history of supporting business innovation and growth, it is committed to working with ‘physics-based’ businesses, and companies that apply and employ physics and physicists.
The IOP Apprentice Award enables the community to recognise and celebrate the skills and experiences of apprentices working in physics-powered businesses.
On winning this award, Daniel Smith said: “I would just like to express my gratitude to the Training Development Team, Everyone in Neutron Metrology and the Nuclear Group as a whole. None of this would have been possible without all their continued support and guidance.”
Congratulating this year’s Award winners, Institute of Physics President, Professor Sir Keith Burnett, said: “On behalf of the Institute of Physics, I want to congratulate all of this year’s award winners. Today’s world faces many challenges which physics will play an absolutely fundamental part in addressing, whether its securing the future of our economy or the transition to sustainable energy production and net zero.
Our award winners are in the vanguard of that work and each one has made a significant and positive impact in their profession, whether as a researcher, teacher, industrialist, technician or apprentice.
There is so much focus today on the opportunities generated by a career in physics and the potential our science has to transform our society and economy and I hope the stories of our winners will help to inspire future generations of scientists."
15 Oct 2024