The A. A. Griffith Medal and Prize is awarded annually by the Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining in commemoration of Alan Arnold Griffith.
The award was established by the Materials Science Club of Great Britain in 1965, two years after its formation in 1963. Modern materials science as an integrated discipline (as distinct from single-material studies such as metallurgy) was in its infancy, and the Materials Science Club was a 'gathering place' for this new field of applied science. In 1985 it was merged into the Institute of Metals, which in turn became part of the Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining.
The A. A. Griffith Medal and Prize is given in recognition of distinguished work that has made or is making a notable contribution to any branch of materials science. The prize value is £ 300.
1965 - Sir Alan Cottrell
1966 - J. E. Gordon
1967 - Professor Frederick Charles Frank, later Sir Charles Frank
1968 - Professor David Tabor
1969 - Sir Geoffrey Taylor
1970 - Sir Hugh Ford
1971 - J. W. White
1972 - L. R. G. Treloar
1973 - Sir Nevill Mott
1974 - Professor Anthony Kelly
1975 - Sir Monty Finniston
1976 - J. H. Chesters
1977 - Professor Edgar H. Andrews
1978 - Sir Alastair Pilkington
1979 - Sir Peter Hirsch
1980 - J. T. Scales
1981 - Professor Michael F. Ashby
1982 - Professor I. M. Ward
1983 - Professor Robert W. Cahn
1984 - Professor W. C. Wake
1985 - Professor Derek Hull
1986 - Nicholas J. Phillips
1987 - E. D. Hondros
1988 - Professor M. J. Bevis
1989 - Professor K. H. Jack
1990 - Professor P. L. Pratt
1991 - Professor William Bonfield
1992 - D. V. Wilson
1993 - C. Gurney
1994 - Professor Anthony G. Evans
1995 - G. W. Greenwood
1996 - Professor A. J. Kinloch
1997 - G. C. Wood
1998 - Dr. J. Johnson
1999 - Professor J. F. Knott
2000 - Professor R. C. Pond
2001 - Professor Colin John Humphreys
2002 - Professor R. J. Young
2003 - R. W. Whatmore
2004 - Professor T. W. Clyne
2005 - Professor D. J. Bacon
2006 - Dr. P. S. Bate, University of Manchester, for his many papers covering the development of crystallographic texture
2007 - Professor R. O. Ritchie
2008 - Professor Neil Alford FREng FIMMM, of Imperial College London and professor Anthony R. West (joint winners).
2009 - Professor Lindsay Greer, Head of the Department of Materials Science and Metallurgy at the University of Cambridge.
2010 - Professor Robin Grimes FIMMM, of Imperial College London, for work in nuclear engineering.
2011 - Professor David Hayhurst FREng FIMMM from the School of Mechanical, Aerospace and Civil Engineering at the University of Manchester.
2012 - Professor Molly Stevens of Imperial College London, for her outstanding contribution to the field of biomaterials.
2013 - Dr. Robert Broomfield CEng FIMMM, in recognition of distinguished work which has made or is making a notable contribution to any branch of materials science.
2014 - Professor Norman Fleck FRS FREng FIMMM, an internationally-recognised leader in the area of mechanical properties of materials for many years.
