Walter Boas Medal

The Walter Boas Medal is awarded by the Australian Institute of Physics for research in Physics in Australia. It is named in memory of is named in memory of Walter Boas (1904-1982) — an eminent scientist and metallurgist who worked on the physics of metals.[1]

Recipients

Source: Australian Institute of Physics

1984 Professor James A. (Jim) Piper, Macquarie University (inaugural winner)
1985 Dr Peter Hannaford, CSIRO Division of Materials Technology
1986 Professor Donald B. Melrose, Sydney University
1987 Professor Tony Thomas, University of Adelaide
1988 Professor Robert Delbourgo, University of Tasmania
1989 Professor Jim Williams, University of Western Australia
1990 Professor Geoff Opat, University of Melbourne
1990 Professor Tony Klein, University of Melbourne
1991 Dr Parameswaran Hariharan, CSIRO Division of Applied Physics
1992 Professor Bruce H. J. McKellar, University of Melbourne
1993 Professor Jim Williams, Australian National University
1994 No medal awarded
1995 Assoc. Professor David Blair, University of Western Australia
1996 Professor Andris Stelbovics, Murdoch University
1996 Dr Igor Bray, Flinders University
1997 Professor Keith Nugent, University of Melbourne
1997 Dr. Stephen Wilkins, CSIRO
1998 Professor Robert Clark, University of NSW
1999 No medal awarded
2000 Professor Hans A. Bachor, Australian National University
2001 Assoc. Professor Tony Williams, University of Adelaide
2002 Professor Peter Robinson, University of Sydney
2003 Professor Gerard J. Milburn, University of Queensland
2004 Professor George Dracoulis, Australian National University
2005 Professor Yuri Kivshar, Australian National University
2006 Professor Michael Edmund Tobar, The University of Western Australia
2007 Assoc. Professor Derek Leinweber, University of Adelaide
2008 Professor Peter Drummond, Swinburne University of Technology
2009 Professor Victor Flambaum, University of New South Wales
2010 Professor Kostya Ostrikov, CSIRO
2011 Professor Ben Eggleton, University of Sydney
2012 Professor Lloyd Hollenberg, University of Melbourne
2013 Professor Chennupati Jagadish, Australian National University
2014 Professor Stuart Wyithe, University of Melbourne
2015 Professor Min Gu, Swinburne University of Technology
2016 Professor Geraint Lewis, University of Sydney
2017 Professor David McClelland, Australian National University[2]
2018 Professor Elisabetta Barberio, University of Melbourne

See also

List of physics awards
List of prizes named after people

References

"Walter Boas Medal". Australian Institute of Physics.
"Physics in the Limelight, Let's Keep it There". Australian Institute of Physics. Retrieved 6 March 2018.

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