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Mateen Mirza, who completed his PhD in Chemical Engineering at University College London this year, has won the prestigious 2023 Materials Science Thesis Prize – jointly sponsored by AWE and the Worshipful Company of Armourers and Brasiers. Mateen’s thesis concentrated on Nuclear Materials reprocessing and was titled ‘Electrochemical Processing in Molten Salts for Refractory Metal […]

The Institution of Mechanical Engineers (IMechE) has become a partner of AWE, allowing our organisation to collaborate with the institution to ensure our engineers and technical teams meet industry-recognised standards of engineering excellence. AWE has long been a proud corporate member of the IMechE, but this partnership opens up new and wider opportunities in engineering. […]

Two AWE senior engineers are honoured in the 2023 Top 50 Women in Engineering (WE50) UK awards. The WE50 awards were launched by the Women’s Engineering Society in 2016 and mark the annual International Women in Engineering Day (INWED) on 23 June. The theme of INWED 2023 is Make Safety Seen and each of the […]

Marleen Vetter, whose PhD studies were sponsored jointly by AWE and Cranfield University, has received an award which celebrates Cranfield University’s outstanding doctoral student of the year. Marleen said: “I am very grateful to receive this award that recognises not only my hard work, but also all those people who supported me in the background […]

A Physics Student Conference recently provided an opportunity for around 25 AWE sponsored postgraduate students to showcase their work, research and achievements in physics and how they have contributed to AWE’s mission. The Conference – held at St Hilda’s College, University of Oxford – saw physics students from across the UK present on areas of […]

Three early-career physicists have been awarded a Prize in the 2023 STEM for BRITAIN poster competition for Physics – proudly sponsored by AWE as part of its commitment to supporting the next generation of scientists. STEM for BRITAIN is an annual poster competition and exhibition, held by the Parliamentary and Scientific Committee since 1997. It […]

AWE Burghfield has won an International Safety Award from the British Safety Council (BSC). The team gained a Distinction, the highest level of the award, with the highest mark possible. The international BSC awards recognise organisations which have demonstrated a commitment to preventing workplace injuries and work-related ill health. The awards also acknowledge organisations that […]

This year, AWE computational scientist Jennifer has been appointed Vice President of Industry and Professional Affairs at the Institute of Mathematics and its Applications (IMA). The IMA is a professional and learned society to support the advancement of mathematical knowledge and its applications and to promote and enhance mathematical culture in the UK and overseas, […]

Last year, five scientists at AWE achieved the prestigious accomplishment of Fellowship at the Institute of Physics (IOP). The IOP Fellowship is an honorary level membership awarded to individuals that have made a significant contribution to their sector. These Fellowships are important for advancing knowledge, celebrating exceptional work, and establishing leaders to represent innovation in […]

As deserved winners of the AWE Challenge at TeenTech, students from St Swithun’s School in Winchester recently had a chance to see AWE’s cutting-edge technology up close, with a visit to the world-leading Orion laser facility at Aldermaston. Last year around 300 participating students from across Hampshire took part in the annual TeenTech event, coordinated […]

Over the years, AWE has built strong and enduring relationships with external institutions that allow collaboration between academia and industry. By leveraging such national expertise, AWE can develop better capabilities and methods to protect the UK. One way of achieving this is through AWE’s Centres of Excellence across the UK, which aim to foster closer […]

AWE has appointed Andrew McNaughton as its new Executive Director, Fissile Programme and Emma-Jane Houghton as Commercial Director, Fissile Programme.