VISITING SPEAKER

On Tuesday 11 May 2010 we have a visitor in the chemistry department from the Rutherford Laboratory near Oxford. During his visit, Professor Steve Cox will give a talk about his work at 3.00pm in CAP 1.17.

The title of the talk is 'Atomic hydrogen and muonium, their solid--state chemistry in the carbon allotropes and other semiconducting elements.'

WOUND BALLISTICS

Dr Bill Proud from the Cavendish Laboratory in Cambridge will speak about wound ballistics on Thursday 19^th November 2009 at 7pm in Elizabeth Fry lecture room 01.08.  The content of this lecture might not be suitable for everyone!

Norwich Astronomical Society Conference 2009

Full details of the event being held at UEA on Saturday 12th Spetember can be found on the society website. www.norwich.astronomicalsociety.org.uk

IOP AGM

The East Anglian branch of the Institute of Physics will be holding the annual AGM at UEA on Thursday 11th June at 7pm in LT2.  The evening will start with a lecture on how to "map the solar system from your back yard" given by Dr John Clark.  Following the lecture there will be refreshments proir to the AGM meeting.

ANTIMATTER

Dr. Dirk Peter van der Werf Swansea University
April 2nd 2009
COPHIS lecture. Lecture starts at 7pm. Venue LT4

In 1933 the first antimatter particle, the positron, was observed. And, although in time more and different types of antiparticles have been discovered and produced, there seems to be a distinct lack of it in the visible universe. In 1995 the first 10, very fast, in the lab produced antihydrogen atoms have been made, followed by millions of colder antihydrogen atoms in 2002. The talk will be about antimatter and in particular about antihydrogen.

COPHIS Lecture

Dr. John D. Clark Managing Director Fine R and D Ltd
February 3rd 2009
COPHIS lecture. Lecture starts at 7pm. Venue LT2
Most engineers think engineers can do everything themselves. Dr John Clark will show how, on the contrary, a small amount of scientific input can really boost engineering projects, and will show how he and his physicist wife have built a Norfolk-based business around this premise.

Will my boomerang come back?

Richard Aldridge
October 21st 2008
COPHIS lecture. Lecture starts at 7pm. Venue LT2
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This talk explores the fascinating physics that underpin the flight of an old (if not the oldest!) flying machine developed by man – the boomerang. Clearly to get an object to fly through the air a force, called lift, has to exist that counterbalances, if not exceeds, gravitational attraction and this lift has to be provided so that flight is stable.
The normal source of unstable motion for flying objects is the self interaction between the moving object and the forces produced by the vortex stream that are caused by the consequential circulatory motion of the airflow around the object itself. Appropriate methods have to be found, therefore, to overcome these destabilising effects. In the case of the boomerang and similar flying objects, such as the frisbee, discus and flying disc, use is made of the inherent stability of rotation about an axis. The classic example of such stability is the motion of a spinning top.
> The geometry of the boomerang together with its rotation has the consequence that, under certain circumstances, it will fly in closed paths that includes the launch point later on after launch on its trajectory i.e. the boomerang is said to ‘return’.
The talk as well as discussing lift and angular motion will include several live demonstrations such as an examination of the stability of real gyros and the flying of several different indoor boomerangs and frisbees.

Astronomy in the 21st century

Dave Balcombe, Norwich Astronomical Society
June 2nd 2008
COPHIS lecture. Lecture starts at 6.15pm. Venue LT2
Physics Outreach

Jill Austin our physics outreach officer is visiting all the 6th form centres in Norfolk, which teach Physics at A level, to give a presentation on physics within Natural Sciences. Both teachers and students have been very enthusiastic about the visits, and we hope to see this reflected in university applications for 2009. The letter received below is an example of the positive feedback to this direct approach.
Jill, Just thought I would write to let you know of some of the effect from your visit. In the last few weeks we have had a year 12 parents evening in which two students and parents thanked me for organising your visit, as it had given the students an option of studying Physics with Music at UEA and beforehand they had no idea such a course or possibility existed. They are therefore planning to make this application next year.
Thanks again on behalf of the students, the department and myself.

The mechanics of digestion & drug delivery

February 29th 2008
1.45pm registration - Radiology Academy.
This will be a joint seminar with partners across the NRP and the radiology academy. It is hoped that discussion among those attending may lead to research collaborations in the future. The title of the seminar has been chosen to appeal to a wide variety of staff involved in research, not just those directly related to digestion & drug delivery. Full details and a booking form can be found at www.nrp.org.uk

Directed energy transfer
Optical principles, systems and applications

David L. Andrews, University of East Anglia
December 5th 2007
COPHIS seminar. Refreshments from 1pm, presentation starts at 1.30pm. Venue A01.02

Launch of COPHIS

The launch of COPHIS will be on Thursday 18th October 2007 at 5pm in LT1. NOW FULLY BOOKED.

Dr Mark Lewney

‘The Rock Doctor’

Rock Guitar in 11 Dimensions!

An entertaining & mind expanding introduction to superstring theory!

Inaugural lecture for UEA’s Centre of Physics in Science

“Gobsmackingly amazing … a high energy performer” – Simon Singh, science writer
"A cross between Einstein and Jimi Hendrix" - CBBC
“Virtuoso performance … a great communicator” – Daily Telegraph
“A gust of fresh air” – Times Higher Education Supplement
"When are you going to grow up?!" - Lord Robert Winston, BBC Television Presenter

Thursday 18th October, 2007

5pm Lecture Theatre 1

Admission free, but booking is essential.

Please contact Dr Martin Loftus cophis@uea.ac.uk