Professors Tiina Roose and David Smith Inaugural Lectures

You are warmly invited to celebrate the inaugural lectures of Professor Tiina Roose (Engineering Sciences) and Professor David Smith (Physics and Astronomy) in the first Engineering@Southampton event of the new academic year. The lectures will take place at the Southampton Boldrewood Innovation Campus, Building 176, Lecture Theatre 1025 on Monday 26th October from 17.00. Refreshments will be provided after the first lecture at 18.00.

My Journey in Science - Professor of Biological and Environmental Modelling Tiina Roose, Diploma Engineer, MSc (Oxon), DPhil (Oxon) - 17.00-18.00

Exploring the journey from Estonia during the period of “fruitful” communism to becoming a Professor in Engineering at the UK’s premier Engineering department and how Professor Roose has made the best out of every situation along the way to get to here.

Good Vibrations - Professor of Nanotechnology David Smith, MA (Cantab), DPhil (Oxon) - 18.15-19.15

Physics of phonons (vibrations) and how they may be explored using Raman and ultrafast spectroscopy has been a key theme of Professor Smith’s research career. This talk will illustrate how Raman spectroscopy contributes to the study of solids through research examples including research undertaken on time resolved Raman in the semiconductor GaSb; work on the growth of single walled carbon nanotubes and the investigation of the world’s thinnest wires and high pressure electrochemistry.

Tickets are for both lectures. Please e-mail any queries to n.webb@soton.ac.uk