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ATSE professor Murray Scott bags ICCM's composites award

27 Sep '19

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Professor Murray Scott (left) receiving his certificate from the ICCM President, Professor Leif Asp. Pic: ATSE

Fellow professor of The Australian Academy of Technology and Engineering Academy (ATSE), Murray Scott, has been granted the prestigious Scala Award from the International Committee on Composite Materials (ICCM). ICCM is an international, non-governmental, not-for-profit, scientific and engineering organisation dedicated to composite materials.

As part of the honour, Scott delivered the opening plenary at the recently held 22nd International Conference on Composite Materials (ICCM22).A certificate was presented to Scott at the ICCM22 banquet. He is chair of Advanced Composite Structures Australia, the spin-out company of the highly acclaimed CRC for Advanced Composite Structures, which he was CEO of for over 13 years, according to a press release by ATSE.

Scott has made major contributions to the development of advanced composites and has an outstanding record of achievement in engineering research, education and professional activities. The topic of Scott’s plenary address was ‘Advanced Composites Research and Innovation – an Australian Perspective’. The two co-chairs of the ICCM22, professor Bronwyn Fox and professor Chun Wang, are also both fellows of the academy. (GK)

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