| RefNo | EC/2021/15 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Finnis, Michael William: certificate of election to the Royal Society |
| Date | 21 April 2021 |
| Description | Certificate endorsing election of Michael Finnis as a Fellow of the Royal Society. Includes personal details of the elected Fellow, citation giving the reasons for election, and names of proposers. Signed by the Executive Director of the Royal Society, Julie Maxton. |
| Citation | Recognised as one of the most original, insightful and courageous materials scientists world-wide Mike Finnis has repeatedly opened up entire areas of the science and engineering of materials to rigorous theory and atomic-scale computation. These areas include: physically based models of atomic interactions, irradiation damage in metals, metal-ceramic interfaces, grain boundary embrittlement, ab initio thermodynamics of open systems, thermodynamic properties of high temperature materials, aqueous corrosion and hydrogen trapping at defects. |
| Extent | 4p |
| Format | Computer printout |
| PhysicalDescription | A4 papers |
| AccessStatus | Closed |
| AccessConditions | Election certificates are subject to 50 year closure period from date of election. Details of proposers and date certificate was first submitted for candidacy are kept confidential until the 50 year closure period has elapsed. |