UKAEA Fusion Theory Colloquia at Culham

2006

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Culham Colloquia
2006

The colloquia are primarily for an internal scientific audience at Culham. However, it is usually possible for visitors to attend, by prior arrangement - please contact us by e-mail to colloquia@fusion.org.uk.

Unless otherwise indicated, the talks start at 2pm in either the Pease Room, first floor, building D3, or the Hans Otto-Wüster (HOW) room, building K1, Culham Science Centre.

11 Jan Pease room	Consumption and happiness ; the transition to sustainable consumption and production Sir Brian Heap St Edmunds College University of Cambridge
18 Jan Pease room	Transient pinched plasmas and strong hydromagnetic waves: a contribution to the history of MHD Prof. John Allen OCIAM University of Oxford
25 Jan Pease room	Magnetic Geometry, Plasma Profiles, and Stability Dr. Jack Connor Department of Theory & Modelling UKAEA
01 Feb HOW room	The structure of the water splitting enzyme of photosynthesis, and its implications for mechanism Prof. Jim Barber Imperial College
08 Mar HOW room	Biomass Dr. Greg Simms Qinetiq
16 Mar Pease room	High Dimensional Dynamical Systems: Theory and Computational Realisation for Molecular Dynamics Prof. Steve Wiggins Dept. of Mathematics Bristol University
29 Mar HOW room	From Heliograph to Internet (History of Optical Communication) Dr Kevin Byron
12 Apr HOW Room	Counter-intuitive science Dr. Kevin Byron
19 Apr HOW Room	Tokamak dynamics, macrostructure and the role of profile turbulence interactions Dr. A. Thyagaraja UKAEA Fusion
26 Apr HOW Room	DIAMOND Dr. Chris Christou Diamond light Source Rutherford Appleton Laboratory
03 May HOW Room	Fuel Cells Prof. Kevin Kendall University of Birmingham
17 May HOW Room	The Work of GCHQ Mr. Craig Pollard National Technology Assurance Authority, GCHQ
24 May HOW Room	Europe Goes to the Planets - the European Exploration of the Solar System Dr. Helen Walker Rutherford Appleton Laboratory
08 June Pease Room	The Seminar Programme for 2006-2007 Dr. Anthony Webster UKAEA/Euratom Fusion Association, Culham Science Centre
14 June HOW Room	To be announced Dr. Stuart Mangles Winner of the Culham Thesis Prize, Imperial College, London
21 June HOW Room	Dislocation Dynamics Modelling - what it is and how it might be applied to properties of fusion materials Prof. Steve Roberts University of Oxford
28 June HOW Room	High Energy Density Physics Prof. Steven Rose University of Oxford
05 July HOW Room	Grid Computing Prof. Steve Lloyd Queen Mary College, University of London
12 July HOW Room	Inertial Fusion Energy Research in the UK Prof. Mike Dunne Rutherford ppleton Laboratory
19 July HOW Room	Superconductors Dr. Tim Coombes University of Cambridge
25 July HOW Room	Invention and Design of Commercial Products within UKAEA Julian Hawes UKAEA/Fusion Association, Culham Science Centre
06 September HOW Room	FORGING THE ELEMENTS: Nucleosynthesis in the stars & exploding astrophysical objects Prof. Brian Fulton University of York
13 September HOW Room	Environmental footprints on the pathway towards sustainability Prof. Geoff Hammond University of Bath
20 September Pease Room	Opacity measurements of dense plasmas Prof. Greg Tallents University of York
27 September HOW Room	Electronics in a spin? Dr. Sarah Thompson University of York
04 October HOW Room	NPL - The National Physical Laboratory Dr. Martyne Sene National Physicsl Laboratory
11 October HOW Room	Home Networking - Making Best Use of Wifi, Homeplug, Routers, Switches and Firewalls Adrian Walmsley British Computing Society
18 October HOW Room	Bayesian Neural Netowrks and Irradiated Materials Properties Richard Kemp University of Cambridge
8 November HOW Room	Title to be announced Mike Lawton Regenatec, Milton Park
22 November HOW Room	Particle Physics, and Experiments at the Large Hadron Collider Prof. Peter Watkins University of Birmingham
29 November HOW Room	Remote Plasma Diagnostics using MHD Waves Dr. Erwin Verwichte University of Warwick
06 December HOW Room	Time Series Analysis: The State of Art Prof. David Broomhead University of Manchester
13 December HOW Room	Ethics in Science Publication Liz Wager Committee on Publication Ethics

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