Awards & Prizes

As successor to the West of Scotland Iron and Steel Institute, the Association is able to award the prestigious Riley Medal (photograph).

The Riley Medal is named after James Riley, the first President of the West of Scotland ISI. 

He was a nationally known figure and a member of the Iron and Steel Institute based in London. 

The medal has been awarded discontinuously over almost 100 years in recognition of the impact individuals have made to the promotion and advancement of the science and technology of metals, alloys and allied materials.
 

Sometimes, the award was made to recognise the technical contribution made by the recipients, for example William Barr and I M McKenzie. In other cases, the award acknowledged prolonged and dedicated professional service: past Secretaries P W Thomas and A MacLaggan and long serving Treasurer Dr J M Arrowsmith have each received the medal. Other recipients such as Viscount Weir, Sir Ian Wood and Dr Peter Hughes were selected on account of their leadership of the wider industry. 

 The association provides student prizes for three materials related programmes in Scotland.

University of Glasgow - Mechanical Engineering

University of Glasgow - Biomedical Engineering

Edinburgh Napier University - Advanced Materials Engineering