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| Speaker: | Dr Peter Sheldon | View Flyer |
| Biography: | Leicester Royal Infirmary | |
| Date: | Tuesday 7th June 2016 | |
| Time: | 8.00 pm | |
| Venue: | Studio Theatre | |
| Description: | From Hippocrates' use of plant-derived salicylates, the description of the effect of willow bark by Rev. Edward Stone in 1763, its industrial preparation and application in clinical medicine, right up to the present time. | |
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| Speaker: | Professor Yvonne Elsworth | View Flyer |
| Biography: | University of Birmingham | |
| Date: | Thursday 12th May 2016 | |
| Time: | 8.00 pm | |
| Venue: | Studio Theatre | |
| Description: | Our knowledge of the evolving interior of stars underpins our understanding both of the far reaches of the Universe and of nearby objects including our Sun. In recent years these studies have all been revolutionised by observations of the interiors of stars. Several major deductions which have had far-reaching implications will be discussed. This meeting will be preceded at 7:30 by the Society’s AGM | |
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| Speaker: | David Crawford | View Flyer |
| Biography: | Chief Engineer, System Design and Operations, Thames Tideway Tunnel | |
| Date: | Wednesday 13th April 2016 | |
| Time: | 8.00 pm | |
| Venue: | Studio Theatre | |
| Description: | A scheme for combined sewer overflow control, with emphasis on modelling, construction and resilience to changes in population and climate. | |
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| Speaker: | Professor Nick Petford | View Flyer |
| Biography: | University of Northampton | |
| Date: | Wednesday 9th March 2016 | |
| Time: | 8.00 pm | |
| Venue: | Studio Theatre | |
| Description: | The eruption in 2010 of the small Icelandic volcano with an unpronounceable name that caused the largest air traffic closure since World War 2. | |
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| Speaker: | Professor Russel Foster | View Flyer |
| Biography: | University of Oxford | |
| Date: | Thursday 11th February 2016 | |
| Time: | 8.00 pm | |
| Venue: | Studio Theatre | |
| Description: | The body clock and sleep processes dominate every aspect of our day. Only recently have we developed some understanding of how this part of our biology is generated and regulated by the environment. This insight has led to some unexpected findings about the eye and brain and is having a major impact on the treatment of diverse medical conditions from psychiatric illness to eye disease. | |
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| Speaker: | Dave Colquitt CEng. MIET | View Flyer |
| Biography: | Group Head of Infrastructure Services, NATS | |
| Date: | Thursday 14th January 2016 | |
| Time: | 8.00 pm | |
| Venue: | Studio Theatre | |
| Description: | The technology of keeping airspace organised and safe. | |
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| Speaker: | Matthew Aukett |
| Biography: | Sellafield Ltd. |
| Date: | Thursday 10th December 2015 |
| Time: | 8.00 pm |
| Venue: | Main Theatre |
| Description: | The Sellafield site has been the centre of the UK's nuclear programme for over 50 years with facilities such as Windscale Piles, Calder Hall and the UK's major reprocessing programmes. With the major facilities now at or approaching the end of their operational life Sellafield is once again becoming the centre of new scientific and engineering challenges as decommissioning is carried out. |
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| Speaker: | Professor Dame Wendy Hall |
| Biography: | University of Southampton |
| Date: | Tuesday 17th November 2015 |
| Time: | 7.30 pm |
| Venue: | Main Theatre |
| Description: | Wendy Hall is Professor of Computer Science and Executive Director of the Web Science Institute at the University of Southampton. The Web is barely 25 years old but in that time it has changed every aspect of our lives. Not only does the Web change society but also society shapes the way the technology evolves. |
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| Speaker: | Dr John Cassella | View Flyer |
| Biography: | Staffordshire University | |
| Date: | Tuesday 13th October 2015 | |
| Time: | 8.00 pm | |
| Venue: | Studio Theatre | |
| Description: | Chemical detection techniques have the potential to aid in the location of human remains | |
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| Speaker: | Dr David Moore & Maximilian Höerantner | View Flyer |
| Biography: | University of Oxford | |
| Date: | Tuesday 15th September 2015 | |
| Time: | 8.00 pm | |
| Venue: | Studio Theatre | |
| Description: | Perovskite based solar materials have exhibited the fastest increase in demonstrated photovoltaic efficiency of any material. We will trace their history and look at the material science that makes them special. | |