Dr. Pham Minh Son has been awarded the Young Innovator Award 2024 for his outstanding and groundbreaking research on materials for 3D printing technology.
According to the Award Committee, Dr. Pham Minh Son, from Imperial College London, has been recognized for his exceptional contributions to scientific research on special materials. He pursues three main research directions, including: combining metallurgical science with 3D printing to create ultra-lightweight super crystals with high strength and the ability to be programmed into smart materials; exploring and designing alloys with good printability; and researching the microstructure and mechanical properties of 3D printed alloys for critical applications in aerospace and energy.
The Young Innovator of the Year will give a public lecture at the annual TMS conference to over 4,000 scientists, scheduled to take place in Florida in March 2024.
Dr. Pham Minh Son. (Photo: Provided by the source)
The Young Innovator Award is presented annually to a young scientist by the Minerals, Metals & Materials Society (TMS). This prestigious award is for scientists under 40 years old, aimed at recognizing and honoring individuals who have made exceptional and groundbreaking scientific research contributions in materials for 3D printing technology.
In an interview, Dr. Pham Minh Son expressed his excitement, “this is a great honor for any scientist’s research career.” According to him, the award also presents an opportunity to deliver a public lecture on breakthrough research to more than 4,000 scientists and experts at the annual TMS materials conference in Florida in 2024.
Dr. Pham Minh Son graduated from Hanoi University of Science and Technology. He obtained his outstanding PhD degree from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich (ETH Zurich), a top-ranking university where Einstein once studied. In 2013, he received the ETH Medal for his outstanding doctoral thesis. In 2012, he became a researcher at Imperial College London and became a senior lecturer in 2021. He has published many groundbreaking studies in prestigious journals such as Nature, Nature Communications, along with more than 15 lectures and presentations at major international conferences such as Programmable Materials 2020, ICMAT 2019, Thermec, TMS.
Currently, Dr. Son leads a research group focused on advanced materials for aerospace, space, and energy systems at Imperial College London. He added that while the award is for individuals, it recognizes the outstanding scientific contributions made by PhD students and alumni from his research group. “In the future, we will collaborate with industrial partners to continue pursuing breakthrough research directions, combining metallurgical science with 3D printing technology to create ultra-lightweight, high-strength, and smart materials that can sense, reason logically, and morph, opening up many application prospects in automotive, aerospace, space, and energy,” Dr. Son stated.
TMS is one of the largest scientific societies in the world, based in Pennsylvania, USA, with over 10,000 active members, including leading scientists and experts in the fields of materials, minerals, manufacturing, and material processing. The society’s annual conference typically attracts more than 4,000 scientists and experts from the materials, minerals, and manufacturing/processing industries worldwide. Nominated scientists are evaluated by members of the award committee through three rounds of review.
