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ANS https://www.ans.org/ William Penney Fellowships are named after Sir William Penney, Director of the former Atomic Weapons Research Establishment (AWRE). William Penney Fellows are key academics, typically leading research at centres of technical excellence or in similar roles. /about-us/our-partners/?q=william+penney+fellows OxCHEDS researchers study the behaviour of matter at the kinds of extraordinary temperatures and pressures usually […]

UK Challenge (UKC) is a world leading team building event, where teams of six take on running, cycling, kayaking and swimming in some of the UK’s most stunning (and challenging) scenery. This year AWE took four teams to the Peak District to battle the elements, the terrain – and the puzzles. Teams have to decide […]

AWE has held its most popular Primary Science Challenge to date, with over 400 students from eight primary schools in West Berkshire joining in the eco-themed learning and competition. The annual event inspires young learners into science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) and this year’s Challenge aligned to the World Environment Day’s theme of ‘Solutions […]

Connor gained his MPhys at the University of Loughborough and is now researching the modelling of heterogenous systems at Warwick, sponsored by AWE. He tells us what he is working on and how this will support national defence and security: “I am interested in modelling titanium and its alloys at extreme conditions, using quantum chemistry […]

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, […]