Category Archives: Monthly Meetings

10th June 2024 – Electric Flight

Posted on March 13, 2024 by TerryG

Are fans the solution to fuel-free flight? With flight responsible for 2% of global emissions and rising, solutions that can help air travel meet net zero are needed.  Doctor Robert Bolam from Wrexham University will talk about his research into … Continue reading →

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13th May 2024 – Acoustic Aberrations

Posted on March 12, 2024 by TerryG

Playing with Physics and Perception Professor Trevor Cox comes to us from the University of Salford department of Acoustic Engineering where his research areas are architectural acoustics, signal processing and audio perception. Trevor is also an author and radio broadcaster … Continue reading →

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8th April 2024 – The Science of Peatbogs

Posted on October 19, 2023 by TerryG

Simon Caporn, Emeritus Professor of Ecology and Environment, Department of Natural Sciences, Manchester Metropolitan University has been teaching and researching plants, soils and their environments for 30 years. Simon offers the following description of his talk: Dark, peaty soils cover … Continue reading →

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11th March 2024 – Heat in Homes

Posted on October 14, 2023 by jrsee

In March, our speaker will be Mark Thompson. Mark is an energy efficiency expert who is passionate about engaging the public in energy, and “de-mything and de-fearing” it and the changes that decarbonisation will bring. After studying physics and electronics … Continue reading →

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12th February 2024 – Solar Flares: The Most Powerful Explosions in the Solar System

Posted on October 10, 2023 by jrsee

Philippa Browning is Professor of Astrophysics in the Jodrell Bank Centre for Astrophysics at the University of Manchester. She specialises in the mathematical modelling of fusion plasmas. Solar flares are dramatic explosions in the outer atmosphere of the Sun – … Continue reading →

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8th January 2024 – Stretched to Breaking Point – When is this a Good Thing for Polymer Materials?

Posted on October 5, 2023 by jrsee

Our first speaker of the New Year is Dr. Niamh Fox, a lecturer in Polymer Science in the Department of Materials at Manchester University. Her talk ‘Stretched to breaking point – when is this a good thing for polymer materials?’ … Continue reading →

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