SCERN Meeting and IOM3 Ceramics Society Mellor Memorial Lecture
- When?
- Wednesday 25 April 2012, 10:00 to 19:15
- Where?
- Austin Pearce Lecture Theatre
- Open to:
- Public, Staff, Students
- Speaker:
- Professor Bill Lee, Department of Materials and Centre for Advanced Structural Ceramics (CASC), Imperial College London
- Admission price:
- Attendance at Mellor Lecture: free admission. SCERN Meering: £20 including dinner or £10 excluding dinner
The SCERN meeting will be held at 10:45am-5pm followed by the IOM3 lecture at 5:30pm.
SCERN Meeting (10.45 am – 5.00 pm)
The agenda will include an update on progress in the following priority application areas defined in the UK Ceramics Roadmap published by SCERN in 2008:
• Materials and Coatings for Severe Environments (including gas turbines and nuclear)
• Low Emission Vehicles
• New and Local Power Generation Systems
• Energy Efficiency: re-use/recycling/repair of ceramics
• Armour
• Joining, Improved Toughness, NDE
Poster contributions are also invited from organisations outlining their current capabilities in ceramics research.
Programme
10:00 Arrive / Coffee
10:45 Introduction, Julie Yeomans, University of Surrey
11:00 ‘Structural Ceramics in Fuel Cells’, Emma Claxton, Rolls-Royce Fuel Cell Systems Ltd
11:30 ‘Challenges for ceramic armour’, Peter Brown, Dstl
12:00 ‘Commercialising university research: some thoughts on the challenges and opportunities drawn from the ceramics field’, Jon Binner, University of Loughborough
12:30 Lunch
14:00 ‘Non-destructive evaluation of ceramics - useful or not?’, Nick Ludford and Dimos Liaptsis, TWI Ltd
14:30 ‘Advances in ceramics joining technology’, John Fernie
15:00 ‘Potential ceramic applications in power and propulsion’, Tony Razzell, Rolls-Royce Civil Nuclear
15:30 Tea
15:45 ‘Some postcards from Austria’, Roger Morrell, NPL
16:15 Discussion
17:00 Close
17:30 The Mellor Memorial Lecture 2012, Bill lee, Imperial College
18:45 Drinks Reception
19:15 Dinner
IOM3 Ceramics Society Mellor Memorial Lecture 2012 (5.30 pm)
"Structural Ceramics for Extreme Environments"
Professor Bill Lee, Department of Materials and Centre for Advanced Structural Ceramics (CASC), Imperial College London
Lecture abstract: The UK retains a strong international profile in the area of structural ceramics in both commercial and university sectors. In the last few years the research efforts in our universities have undergone something of a renaissance with world-leading collaborative programmes examining structural ceramics for a range of applications including in military (personnel and body armour), aerospace (ultra high temperature systems), nuclear (fuels and wasteforms) and medical (bioceramics for bone prostheses) sectors. This lecture will examine, using examples from the author's own work, of current development of structural ceramics for use in the extreme environments of future refractory, aerospace and nuclear applications. It will include consideration of high temperature, corrosive atmosphere and intense radiation flux (and sometimes all three).
The Mellor Memorial Lecture will be followed by a drinks reception and dinner in the Lakeside Restaurant on the University of Surrey campus.
REGISTRATION
Registration fee for SCERN meeting and Mellor Memorial Lecture, including dinner: £20
Registration fee for SCERN meeting, excluding dinner: £10
Attendance at Mellor Lecture: free admission
Registration deadline: Monday 23rd April
Please register using this link.
For further information about attending this event, please contact Lynn Boniface (l.boniface@surrey.ac.uk).
