John Chubb Award
The John Chubb Award from the Dielectrics and Electrostatics Group is for outstanding contributions to experimental electrostatics by early career researchers.
The prize is up to a £100 and a certificate.
It honours the contributions of Dr John Norman Chubb to the study and understanding of electrostatics.
Nominations
Nominations are now open.
Download a nomination form (DOC, 30KB) and email to [email protected].
The deadline for nominations is 23.59 on 20 October.
About Dr Norman Chubb (1933-2015)
Dr Chubb was awarded a physics degree from the University of Birmingham in 1954 and a PhD on behaviour of particles during electrostatic precipitation in 1958. A wide range of industrial work followed for:
- English Electric Company
- The Technology Division of the UK Atomic Energy Authority Culham Laboratory, now called Culham Centre for Fusion Energy
- Linotype-Paul in Cheltenham
- instrumentation company, IDB, where Chubb was managing director
John Chubb Instrumentation was set up in 1983 to make high-quality instruments for electrostatic measurements.