Metallurgy and Materials researcher awarded IOM3 Harvey Flower Titanium Prize

Professor Sandy (Alexander) Knowles, Professor in Nuclear Materials has been awarded the Harvey Flower Titanium Prize by the Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining (IOM3) for his contributions to titanium research.

The Harvey Flower Titanium Prize is named after Professor Harvey Flower (1945 – 2003) from Imperial College London, renowned for his research on aerospace aluminium and titanium alloys. His work on the evolution of microstructure in alloy systems and its effect on the resultant properties was highly influential to the international scientific community and to the aerospace industry. Among Professor Flower’s numerous achievements was the first observation and explanation of omega phase in some titanium alloys as well as the development of high toughness beta alloys. The prize is presented to established researchers and materials engineers in the field who have demonstrated most constructive contributions to titanium metallurgy, applications and scientific or technological innovations.

Professor Knowles is a UKRI Future Leaders Fellow, and previously a Royal Academy of Engineering Research Fellow & EUROfusion Fellow. Professor Knowles also leads the Materials for Extremes research group. As an experimental metallurgist, Professor Knowles focuses on the design and development of advanced alloys for the extreme environments of nuclear fusion and fission, aerospace gas turbines and concentrated solar power to enable our energy transition.