Professor Larry Hench to receive the Acta Materialia Inc J Herbert Hollomon award 2003

摘要

The 2003 Acta Materialia Inc J Herbert Hollomon Award has been awarded to Professor Larry I. Hench FIMMM. The J Herbert Hollomon Award, for which Professor Hench was chosen by an international selection committee, was established in memory of Dr Hollomon and his dedication to promoting positive societal consequences of science and technology. Professor Hench is currently Professor of Ceramic Materials in the Department of Materials at Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine, London. He is also Director of the Imperial College Centre for Tissue Regeneration and Repair, and Co-Director of the Imperial College Tissue Engineering Centre. He assumed the Chair of Ceramic Materials at Imperial College in December 1995 following 32 years at the University of Florida, where he was Graduate Research Professor of Materials Science and Engineering, Director of the Bioglass Research Centre and Co-Director of the Advanced Materials Research Centre.