South West
South West Branch Events 2007 - 2008
Welcome to our calendar of events for 2007-2008. This includes a series of three lectures in October/November on the theme of nanoscience and technology, given by world leading experts.
There is also a series of British Association events in the region.
October
Wednesday 3 October 2007
The early days of particle physics
1.30 p.m. – 5.00 p.m., H H Wills Laboratory, University of Bristol, Bristol BS8 1TL
This is a half-day meeting sponsored by the South-West Branch, the IOP HEPP Group and History of Physics Group, and the University of Bristol’s Department of Physics.
Thursday 25 October 2007 - Nanotechnology I
Machines built from DNA
Jonathan Bath (University of Oxford)
7.30 p.m., IOP Publishing, Dirac House, Temple Back, Bristol BS1 6BE
November
Thursday 8 November 2007 - Nanotechnology II
Scanning probe instruments - key to the nanoworld
Heinrich Hoerber (University of Bristol)
7.30 p.m., IOP Publishing, Dirac House, Temple Back, Bristol BS1 6BE
Friday 9 November 2007
High speed photography
Bill Proud (University of Cambridge)
7.30 p.m., BRLSI, 16-18 Queen Square, Bath BA1 2HN
Thursday 15 November 2007 - Nanotechnology III
From Ultrafast Atomic Force Microscopy to the Holographic Assembler
Mervyn Miles (University of Bristol)
7.30 p.m., IOP Publishing, Dirac House, Temple Back, Bristol BS1 6BE
December
Thursday 6 December 2007
Michael Faraday and the beginnings of electromagnetism
Peter Ford
7.30 p.m., Room TC014, Elwes Building, University of Gloucestershire, Park Campus, Cheltenham GL50 2RH
Joint meeting with IET Gloucestershire.
February 2008
Wednesday 6 February 2008
Clean energy materials: crystal gazing on the atomic scale
Saiful Islam (University of Bath)
7.30 p.m., IOP Publishing, Dirac House, Temple Back, Bristol BS1 6BE
March 2008
Saturday 1 March 2008
Festival of Physics (including AGM)
10:00am - 4:00pm, Redland Green School, Redland Court Road, Bristol BS6 7EH
Free lunch available if booked in advance.
Wednesday 5 March 2008
Music to your ears: the story of sound from synths to CDs
Wendy Sadler (Director Science made Simple)
7 p.m. University Hall, University of Bath
A joint meeting with Bath Taps into Science. Booking essential.
Thursday 6 March 2008
A thin hard rain from outer space: the story of cosmic rays
Roger Moses
7.30 p.m., Room TC014, Elwes Building, University of Gloucestershire, Park Campus, Cheltenham GL50 2RH
Joint meeting with IET Gloucestershire.
Monday 10 March 2008
Unfortunately the planned lecture on John Ambrose Fleming, inventor of the radio valve
has been postponed to a date yet to be fixed.
April 2008
Thursday 17 April 2008
Networking Evening with Sir John Chisholm
QinetiQ, Boscombe Down, Wiltshire
May 2008
Thursday 1 May 2008
Visit to Bristol Laboratory for Advanced Dynamics (BLADE)
7.30 pm Queen's Building, University Walk, Bristol BS8 1TR
We hope to see you and your guests at some of these meetings. If you have any suggestions regarding future speakers or topics, or would like to put forward an alternative venue, please let a member of the committee know. We expect to modify this list as additional meetings are arranged. Full details, can be obtained by contacting the Chair or Honorary Secretary. You will also receive updates by email if you have registered your e-mail address with the Institute of Physics. If not, you can do so now at http://members.iop.org.
All meetings are free to members and visitors, and light refreshments are usually provided before the event. Most meetings are suitable for sixth-form students. Anyone planning to bring a group of more than about six people is requested to contact the Chair or Honorary Secretary beforehand, so that we can make sure that enough space is available for you. (Of course, we are delighted to welcome such groups!)
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