"THE CHARACTERISATION OF RADIATION DAMAGE IN MATERIALS"

A scientific symposium to mark the 100th birthday of Professor Sir Peter Hirsch FRS, sponsored by JEOL, in conjunction with the biennial Hume-Rothery Lecture to take place at the Department of of Materials and St Edmund Hall on MONDAY 17th MARCH.

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Tentative programme:

Department of Materials

09:00 - 12:30       

 
  • Welcome and formal launch of the recently installed JEOL GrandARM200F transmission electron microscope
  • Demonstrations of microscope available during the day and the following day (see below)
  • Symposium on the Characterisation of Radiation Damage in Materials, including invited speakers: BARRY CARTER, DANIEL MASON and SUSIE SPELLER
  

St Edmund Hall

13:00 - 16:00
  • Buffet lunch
  • Contributed poster sessions (deadline for abstract submissions is Monday 10th February. If submitting an abstract, see *guidance below)
  • Presentation honouring Professor Sir Peter Hirsch FRS
  • Networking opportunities
  

Department of Materials

17:00 - 20:00
  • Biennial Hume-Rothery Lecture by Professor M. Grace Burke, Idaho National Laboratory, Idaho Falls, Idaho
  • Drinks reception (dinner is not provided, but for those staying there are plenty of restaurants close to the department)
  

 

The following day, TUESDAY 18 MARCH, the David Cockayne Centre for Electron Microscopy will be holding an open day, to include presentations, tours and demonstrations (click here for more info:  dccem_open_day_2025.pdf )

  
     

 

 

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There is no cost to attend either event. To register, please fill out the following form: https://bit.ly/3YyVRXh

 

 

*Contributed posters for the Characterisation of Radiation Damage Symposium are welcome (deadline for submission is Monday 10th February), please use the template beneath and submit here:  https://forms.office.com/e/vNtZichvxD 

 

 

Nearer the time, links to view the live-streaming of this event will be added to this page.

 

 

For those unable to attend, a video of PROFESSOR SIR PETER HIRSCH IN CONVERSATION WITH PROFESSOR PETER NELLIST can be found at: https://youtu.be/wcuC-FW1IAI?si=4Hinj-4KxcBHoEhs 

 

 

Direct any queries to: grace.exley@materials.ox.ac.uk