Assessors & Question Setters
PIABC are currently seeking IOM3 members who would be interested in becoming assessors and question setters for three apprenticeship standards.
Materials and manufacturing are pivotal to our economy and our society. The one constant in all of this is change, and much of this will need to be radical.
Materials & Manufacturing
Simon Hogg FIMMM
Materials & Manufacturing
Simon Hogg FIMMM
Simon is a Fellow of the IOM3 and a Reader in Metallurgy in the Materials Department at Loughborough University. He obtained his PhD from The University of Sheffield, Department of Engineering Materials. He held a postdoctoral appointment at Oxford University working on Al-Li alloys for airframe applications. His research is centred on the use of advanced processing and characterisation techniques to understand microstructural development and properties in complex, novel alloys. Presently, the focus of research includes sustainable metallurgy, use of x-ray imaging to understand solidification, and microstructure and texture development in industrially processed light alloys. As well as holding a Strategic Advisor position, he is a member of the leadership team for the IOM3 Nonferrous and Light Metals Group and Past President and current Treasurer for the East Midlands Materials Society.
Materials and manufacturing provide significant opportunities to make a real economic, environmental and societal differences and shape societies across the globe. Materials and manufacturing play a vital role in the economies through driving innovation, exports, job creation, productivity and growth. They have a huge central role to play in the drive towards decarbonisation and meeting climate change targets, adopting new technologies and adapting to changing customer demands. Materials and manufacturing provide society with the opportunities to transform, becoming more sustainable and to develop and adopt new material applications to help meet the climate challenge. There will be a need to boost sustainable manufacturing capacity at a global level as we strive towards net-zero.
Materials & manufacturing resources
Upcoming events
17th International Conference on Modelling of Casting, Welding & Advanced Solidification Processes
This event is co-supported by IOM3.
Winchester
Design Innovation in Plastics 2026
This year’s brief for the Design Innovation in Plastics (DIP) competition is to design an original game made primarily from plastics.
London
HIPIMS 2026
16th international conference on the fundamentals & industrial applications of HIPIMS
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Awards in Materials & Manufacturing
IOM3 Awards & Prizes
IOM3 has a range of Awards, Medal and Prizes to recognise personal achievement, for published work and for contributions to the Institute, knowledge, outreach and profession.
Visit our Awards pages to see details of the awards and competitions on offer and details of previous winners.
Information services
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