Dr Kerry Kirwan, WMG, has been awarded the Thornton Medal by the Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining (IOM3). This award is given in honour of Dr Kirwan's talk "Lean, Mean and Green: The World's First Environmentally Friendly Racing Car", which focussed on the WorldFirst Formula 3 racing car developed by WMG. The lecture included a discussion of how engineering science and the arts came together in the creation of the vehicle.