Dr. Leandro Bolzoni received the Charles Hatchett award
On the 12th of July 2016, Dr. Leandro Bolzoni from the School of Engineering and WaiCAM (Waikato Centre for Advanced Materials) received, jointly with his former colleagues from Brunel University London Dr. Hari Babu Nadendla and Dr. Magdalena Nowak, a prestigious international award from IOM3, the Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining.
The Charles Hatchett award is given to the most outstanding paper on the metallurgy and processing of niobium (Nb) and its alloys. The award is named after Charles Hatchett (FRS), the English scientist who discover the metal in 1801, and is sponsored by the Companhia Brasileira de Metalurgia e Mineração (CBMM) and managed by Beta Technology Ltd.