Walter Boas Medal

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