Stephen Shapcott CEng FIMMM FICorr AWeldI, London Branch member, Past Young Engineers Programme recipient and now mentor, and Vice Chair or AMPP UK Chapter, has been awarded this year’s Smeaton Medal in recognition of his work in the scale up and deployment of material solutions for next generation low carbon energy sustainable chemical process technologies.
The Institute of Corrosion is also very pleased to announce that Stephen has additionally been recognised as a newly elected fellow of the institute.
When asked about these two notable events in his career occurring in such close succession, Stephen said, “To be a fellow of the Institute of Corrosion has been a careerlong goal and so to be awarded the Smeaton medal just the week before has been a fabulous experience. I hope any success I have had will inspire the next generation of Corrosion Engineers such as those on the Institute’s Young Engineers Programme.”
All in ICorr offer their congratulations to Stephen on this magnificent double win.
Stephen, who is Head of Materials Engineering – Licencing for Johnson Matthey’s (JM) Catalyst Technologies Licensing Business, was nominated by Dr Elizabeth Rowsell OBE CChem FRSC, JM’s CTO, 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 origins of the Smeaton medal date from the 1970s. The current, third series of medals has been commissioned by the Smeatonian Society of Civil Engineers to commemorate the 250th anniversary of the formation of the society in 1771. The third series is intended to recognise engineers in the early or mid-stage of their careers who have demonstrated outstanding engineering achievement in the management of 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 Stephen was announced at the society’s luncheon held at the University of Leeds on the 30th of October 2024 to mark 300 years since Smeaton’s birth and was presented by HRH The Princess Royal, who is an Honorary Member and past President of the Smeatonian Society.
Further information regarding the current series of Smeatonian Society awards and past winners can be found at the following website: https://www.smeatonians.org/smeaton-medal
Photo: Stephen Shapcott with Her Royal Highness Princess Anne for the Smeaton Medal Presentation at the University of Leeds, on the 30th of October 2024.
Photo: Guests at the Annual Luncheon of the The Smeatonian Society of Civil Engineers.
Photo: Stephen Shapcott with Johnson Matthey’s CTO Elizabeth Rowsell Who Nominated Him for the Medal.
