2024 IOP Technician Award winners
With the aim of raising the professional status of technicians, the IOP Technician Award highlights the diverse role of technicians in education, research and industry.
School and Further Education
Nick Mitchener, Ferndown Upper School, for outstanding support in the physics teaching community and extensive dissemination of physics knowledge and best practice among technicians and teachers, both locally and in the wider community.
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Business, Higher Education and National Research Facility Award
Ken W Smith and David R Young for internationally recognised technical expertise, exceptional software skills and dedication to astrophysics, enabling world-leading discoveries and the formation of a European supernova community.