Lectures and Seminars
Degree-course lecture lists are published termly under Teaching section of this website.
Materials Colloquia
Research seminar series organised by the Department of Materials
Thursdays 4pm Hume-Rothery Lecture Theatre
In addition there are numerous seminars by visiting researchers advertised via email.
Biennial Hume-Rothery Lecture 2020
Professor Amanda Petford-Long FREng
Professor of Materials Science and Distinguished Fellow at Argonne National Laboratory
Date: January 2021.
The precise date is to be confirmed. It is hoped this will be held in person, but if Covid-19 restrictions continue to apply to public gatherings, the lecture will be delivered online. Watch this space for more information. The title and abstract will be uploaded here once they are available.
Biennial Hirsch Lecture 2019
Triboreacted materials as functional interfaces in internal combustion engines and medical implants
Professor Anne Neville OBE, FREng, FRS, FRSE
RAEng Chair in Emerging Technologies, and Professor of Tribology and Surface Engineering, University of Leeds
Friday 8 February 2019 at 4:30pm
Lecture Room 1, Thom Building
Department of Engineering Science
Parks Road, Oxford
All are welcome.
Biennial Hume-Rothery Lecture 2018
Damage-tolerance in engineering and biological materials
Professor Robert O. Richie FREng, ForMemRS
Materials Sciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, and Departments of Materials Science & Engineering and Mechanical Engineering, University of California Berkeley
Wednesday 24th January 2018 at 6pm
Lecture Room 1, Thom Building
Department of Engineering Science
Parks Road, Oxford
All are welcome.
Other Seminar Series in Oxford
Additional seminar series of interest organised elsewhere in the university include:
