Alpha Institute for Advanced Studies (AIAS)

Awards won by the Aberystwyth group

This is a fairly complete list of honours and awards of the famous award winning group at Aberystwyth consisting of Gareth Evans, Colin Reid and myself, and also a record of its unprecedented productivity.

The following awards are for Dr. Gareth Evans:

• Mathews Prize of the University of Wales
• Ph. D. 1977
• Post Doctoral Fellowship
• University of Wales Fellowship
• S.E.R.C. Advanced Fellowship
• author of over a hundred scientific papers and books
• discoverer of the crystal growth effects named after him.

The following are for Dr Colin Reid:

• Masters degree 1978
• Doctoral Degree 1980
• Post Doctoral Fellowship
• member of the Mass Spectrometry Unit at UW Swansea
• author of over fifty scientific papers
• co-discoverer with M. W. Evans of the far infra red gamma process

The following are for Dr. Myron Evans :

• Mathews Prize (1969)
• top first (1971, generally considered the best undergraduate degree of UW Aberystwyth)
• Dr Samuel Williams studentship (1971)
• Ph. D. (1974, considered by Mansel Davies to be one of the two best he had supervised),
• SRC Post Doctoral Fellowship (1974, open competition)
• ICI European Fellowship (1974, open competition)
• Canadian NRC Fellowship (1974, open international competition)
• Junior Research Fellow of Wolfson College Oxford (1975, open international competition)
• Ramsay Memorial Fellowship (1976, open competition)
• SERC Advanced Fellowship (1978, open competition)
• D. Sc. (1978, for major contributions to knowledge and youngest recipient of Britain and the Commonwealth).
• Royal Society of Chemistry Harrison Memorial Prize (1978, open competition, major award).
• Royal Society of Chemistry Meldola Medal (1979, open competition, major award).
• First EMLG Scientific Coordinator and co-Founder (1980, National Physical laboratory).
• Two University of Wales Fellowhsips (1983, both in open, inter-subject competition).
• University of Wales Pilcher Senior Fellowhip (1985, open inter-subject competition).
• two Leverhulme Trust Fellowships (both in open inter-subject competition).
• IBM Fellowship (1985, open competition).
• IBM Visiting Professorship (1985).
• Honorary Fellowship University of London.
• Honorary Fellowhsip University of Lancaster.
• Visiting Professor Cornell, Zurich, Penn State, York University Toronto and Indian Statistical Institute.
• Professorship UNCC
• Director AIAS (1988 to present)
• Civil List Pension 2005 in recognition of distinguished service to Britain in science, a British High Honour akin to Order of Merit and Appointment by Parliament.
• Many Editions of Marquis Who's Who in America, the World and Science and Engineering.
• Author of about seven hundred and fifty scientific papers and books. Website www.aias.us where a complete list is available.
• Numerous medals and awards.
• Naturalized a US citizen in 2000, British citizen by birthright, born and resident in Craigcefnparc.

Dr Myron Evans' fields of interest and major discoveries include:

• explanation of the far infra red region of the spectrum in terms of molecular dynamics
• co-pioneer of computer simulation
• co-discoverer with Colin Reid of the far infra red gamma process
  
• development of field applied computer simulation
• various discoveries in molecular dynamics using computer simulation
• development of group theoretical statistical mechanics
  
• discoverer of the fundamental spin field of electromagnetic radiation
• development of electrodynamics using gauge theory, generally covariant unified field theory, which has made an unprecedented impact (2003 to present, www.aias.us activity feedback)
• Book of poetry (2005)
• permanent exhibition of photographic prints
• UW Swansea Library
• Websites: www.aias.us, www.atomicprecision.com, www.bbc.co.uk/wales/mid/halloffame/alumni/