Walter Boas Medal

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The Walter Boas Medal is awarded by the Australian Institute of Physics for research in Physics in Australia. It is named in memory of is named in memory of Walter Boas (1904-1982) — an eminent scientist and metallurgist who worked on the physics of metals.

Recipients

Source: Australian Institute of Physics

1984 Professor James A. (Jim) Piper, Macquarie University (inaugural winner)

1985 Dr Peter Hannaford, CSIRO Division of Materials Technology

1986 Professor Donald B. Melrose, Sydney University

1987 Professor Tony Thomas, University of Adelaide

1988 Professor Robert Delbourgo, University of Tasmania

1989 Professor Jim Williams, University of Western Australia

1990 Professor Geoff Opat, University of Melbourne

1990 Professor Tony Klein, University of Melbourne

1991 Dr Parameswaran Hariharan, CSIRO Division of Applied Physics

1992 Professor Bruce H. J. McKellar, University of Melbourne

1993 Professor Jim Williams, Australian National University

1994 No medal awarded

1995 Assoc. Professor David Blair, University of Western Australia

1996 Professor Andris Stelbovics, Murdoch University

1996 Dr Igor Bray, Flinders University

1997 Professor Keith Nugent, University of Melbourne

1997 Dr. Stephen Wilkins, CSIRO

1998 Professor Robert Clark, University of NSW

1999 No medal awarded

2000 Professor Hans A. Bachor, Australian National University

2001 Assoc. Professor Tony Williams, University of Adelaide

2002 Professor Peter Robinson, University of Sydney

2003 Professor Gerard J. Milburn, University of Queensland

2004 Professor George Dracoulis, Australian National University

2005 Professor Yuri Kivshar, Australian National University

2006 Professor Michael Edmund Tobar, The University of Western Australia

2007 Assoc. Professor Derek Leinweber, University of Adelaide

2008 Professor Peter Drummond, Swinburne University of Technology

2009 Professor Victor Flambaum, University of New South Wales

2010 Professor Kostya Ostrikov, CSIRO

2011 Professor Ben Eggleton, University of Sydney

2012 Professor Lloyd Hollenberg, University of Melbourne

2013 Professor Chennupati Jagadish, Australian National University

2014 Professor Stuart Wyithe, University of Melbourne

References

Walter Boas Medal Wikipedia

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