IOM3 Fellow awarded Smeaton Medal
Stephen Shapcott CEng FIMMM was recognised for his work in material solutions for low-carbon sustainable chemical processes.
Stephen Shapcott CEng FIMMM has previously been Chair of the London Materials Society at IOM3, and has been awarded this year’s Smeaton Medal by the Smeatonian Society of Civil Engineers. His work in the development and deployment of materials solutions for next generation low-carbon energy-sustainable chemical process technologies was recognised for this.
Shapcott, who is Head of Materials Engineering at the Licencing for Johnson Matthey’s (JM) Catalyst Technologies Licensing Business, was nominated for his ability in leading the selection of materials of construction for a wide variety of extreme chemical environments, facilitating the safe deployment of world scale chemical and energy process technologies. The development of these processes has resulted in multiple patent applications.
The Smeaton medals have been conferred since the 1970s with the current series of medals, being commissioned by the Smeatonian Society of Civil Engineers to commemorate the 250th anniversary of formation of the Society in 1771. This is the third series and is intended to recognise engineers in the early or mid-stage of their careers who have demonstrated outstanding engineering achievement in hostile environments, such as windstorms, earthquakes, the human body, space, cyberspace, the deep oceans or under extreme chemical, biological or nuclear conditions.
The award of the medal to Shapcott was announced at the Society's luncheon, held at the University of Leeds to mark 300 years since Smeaton's birth and was presented by HRH The Princess Royal.
