2009 WinnersThe final of the 2009 competition was held in Cologne in June as part of the annual Bodycote management workshop. The prizes were presented by Stephen Harris, Chief Executive of Bodycote. The finalists competed for the 3 prizes of $5,000 each: best orally presented paper, best postgraduate scientific/technical paper, and best undergraduate scientific/technical paper. The runners-up each received $2,000.
All undergraduate finalists were offered a 1 year salaried internship at a Bodycote facility (location to be mutually agreed). The winners Best orally presented paper Pierre-Yvan Théry
SNECMA
Adhesion energy of EB-PVD thermal barrier coating systems for turbine blades including a β-(Ni,Pt)Al or a β-NiAl(Zr) bond coat. Best postgraduate scientific/technical paper Michael Short
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Diffusional stability of a ferritic-martensitic steel composite for service in advanced lead-bismuth cooled nuclear reactors. Best undergraduate scientific/technical paper William Herbert
University of Oxford
Micromechanical testing of stress-corrosion cracking in 304 stainless steel. Runner up Harpal Singh
University of Manchester (undergraduate)
Laser composite surfacing of steel.
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