Subject Groups

Group Events 2002

Sensor Innovation and Technology Transfer
Wednesday, 30 January, 2002

The Future of Electronic Devices
Friday, 22 March, 2002

This half-day meeting for non-specialists included eight papers and six posters. It was attended by 45 members. The keynote address (Professor J J O'Reilly, CEO, EPSRC) and abstracts of papers and posters can be found on the Group web-site. These reviewed current research activities on devices ranging from microwave vacuum tubes to semiconductor devices for power and optoelectronic applications based on silicon/germanium, silicon carbide and gallium nitride. Other papers discussed quantum lasers and the possibility of future electronics based on electron spin - particularly appropriate in Paul Dirac's centenary year.

Visit to the Meteorological Office, Bracknell
Thursday, 13 June, 2002

The visit included a presentation on the range of work carried out by the Met Office, including the specialist advice (e.g. to the NHS), long-range forecasting and long-term projections of climatic effects (malarial mosquito risk in UK). We visited the data centre, the main computer rooms (housing two 800 Gflop/s Cray supercomputers, cooled by freon!) and the main forecasting office.

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