Welcome to the first of our two series one specials.

Lewis welcomes Beverly Maloney to this special episode. Beverly was awarded the IOM3 Sir Colin Humphreys Education Award in 2023 (at the same time as Lewis received the Silver Medal in Contribution to Knowledge).

Also in the studio is Annabel Lau, a final year Materials Science and Engineering MEng student who loves all things metal. Her dissertation is in collaboration with Howmet Aerospace. During her time at the University of Sheffield she has taken an active role in the department as a student ambassador, and sat on the Materials Science and Engineering society committee as social secretary and inclusions officer. In terms of cake, she would have to say chiffon cake which she both loves eating and baking!

The three of them dissect how STEM is taught and the avenues it can lead to!

To find out more about Beverly's STEm activities at Royal Hospital School you can follow the 'X' accounts @STEM_RHS and @RHSSuffolk

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We really hope you're enjoying Materials Unlocked and hope you can join us over on Instagram to see more resources from our various topics.

To find out more about the various organisations that have supported the production of this podcast please feel free to browse the links below:

• The Henry Royce Institute; the UK's national institute for advanced materials research and innovation
  • Royce at the University of Sheffield
• The University of Sheffield
  • EPSRC and SFI Advanced Metallic Systems Centre for Doctoral Training
  • Department of Materials Science and Engineering
  • Modern AlChEME research group

PhD researcher Durga Tilak is Lewis's co-host in this final episode of the series. They talk all things recycling, sustainability and long term storage in the world of materials science with expert Dr. Richard Thackray.

Durga is in the second year of her PhD in eddy current reduction in automotive permanent magnets in collaboration with Volkswagen. She also sits on the Engineering PGR Students' Committee at the University. A former Rhodes national finalist from India, Durga is a recreational runner who enjoys podcasts and reading in her free time, often with a slice of Chocolate cake.

Richard is a lecturer in steelmaking at the University of Sheffield. He has a strong focus on identifying strategies to produce more energy-efficient steelmaking processes and works with partners such as Siemens and Tata Steel to help them develop more sustainable manufacturing. Richard is our second guest to declare Profiteroles as their cake of choice.

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We really hope you're enjoying Materials Unlocked and hope you can join us over on Instagram to see more resources from our various topics.

To find out more about the various organisations that have supported the production of this podcast please feel free to browse the links below:

• The Henry Royce Institute; the UK's national institute for advanced materials research and innovation
  • Royce at the University of Sheffield
• The University of Sheffield
  • EPSRC and SFI Advanced Metallic Systems Centre for Doctoral Training
  • Department of Materials Science and Engineering
  • Modern AlChEME research group

Lewis, alongside student co-host Lucy Farquhar, discuss sample testing with expert Prof. Russell Goodall.

Lucy researches the development of refractory high entropy alloys for additive manufacturing. She's a runner and plays netball a lot, aswel as being an avid baker. Asking her to choose a favourite cake is like asking a parent to pick their favourite child!

Russell spends his time at work studying metals and thinks that the periodic table is the best map ever created. Outside of work he likes the more normal kinds of maps and trying to persuade his children to go on walks. He likes exploring unknown alloys - combinations of different elements in the periodic table - with the aim of finding unusual (and hopefully useful) behaviours. His favourite true cake is a Victoria Sponge, but if there is millionaire's shortbread, he'd choose that.

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We really hope you're enjoying Materials Unlocked and hope you can join us over on Instagram to see more resources from our various topics.

To find out more about the various organisations that have supported the production of this podcast please feel free to browse the links below:

• The Henry Royce Institute; the UK's national institute for advanced materials research and innovation
  • Royce at the University of Sheffield
• The University of Sheffield
  • EPSRC and SFI Advanced Metallic Systems Centre for Doctoral Training
  • Department of Materials Science and Engineering
  • Modern AlChEME research group