Event Archive

2015

June

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  RV Jones Distinguished Lecture Series: Some New Approaches to Sound Production

  03 June 2015, 18:00 - 20:00

  Given by Prof. Philip Nelson, Institute of Sound and Vibration Research (ISVR) at the University of Southampton.

May

• School of Engineering seminar: Studying the fracture process zone in a heterogeneous brittle material (polygranular nuclear graphite) by sychrotron X-ray diffraction, computed tomography and image correlation

  06 May 2015, 14:00 - 15:00

  Nuclear graphite is treated as a linear elastic material in engineering design; Graphite is, however, a heterogeneous quasi-brittle material, with non-linear mechanical behaviour, a rising fracture resistance curve with crack propagation (J-R curve), and also the development of a micro-cracked fracture process zone.  The fracture process zone is a key factor in the size effect of strength.   Small test...

March

• School of Engineering seminar: Network-layer Fairness for Adaptive Video Streaming

  11 March 2015, 14:00 - 15:00

  Netflix, iPlayer, YouTube, and the like, are now the dominant sources of traffic on the Internet. Recent studies observe that competing adaptive video streaming applications generate flows that lead to instability, under-utilization, and unfairness in bottleneck link sharing within the network. Additional measurements suggest there may also be a negative...

February

• School of Engineering seminar: Multiscale modelling of deformation and failure process

  25 February 2015, 14:00 - 15:00

  This presentation will focus on current state of the art in the modelling of conventional and uncon-ventional deformation and failure processes at dierent length scales. Presentation will comprise ofthree parts as follow.First part will focus on ultrasonic consolidation process. Ultrasonic consolidation is a class of a rapidprototyping process in which...

• School of Engineering seminar: Novel manufacturing routes for bio-based products

  11 February 2015, 16:15 - 17:15

  Industrial (White) Biotechnology, the application of biological substances, such as microorganisms,to the industrial production of bio-based chemicals and energy, is critical to the global transition toa low-carbon economy. Realising the market potential for bio-based products and exploiting theirassociated benets requires extensive research and process development, particularly in the areas offermentation...

January

• School of Engineering seminar: Gold catalysts for sustainable chemical processing

  28 January 2015, 16:00 - 17:00

  Sustainability is a crucial issue facing the chemical sector, where the application of catalysis to reduce energy requirements and achieve high selectivities is key to the application of “green chemistry”. Chemical reaction engineering in the twenty first century should address achieving maximum selectivity to high value products in order to...

2014

December

• School of Engineering seminar: On the fluid dynamics of America's Cup Yachts and similarities with other (renewable) applications

  10 December 2014, 16:00 - 17:00

  The America’s Cup is the most competitive yacht race in the world. The direct and indirect financial impacts of the America’s Cup on the hosting region are only 20% lower than the impact of the FIFA World Cup. Since the 1990s, the most competitive sailing teams have invested about £20 million each year....

November

• School of Engineering seminar: Deformation Strain and Flow

  26 November 2014, 16:00 - 17:00

  Significant proportion of the energy consumed worldwide is derived from combustion of fossil fuels. Renewable energy sources, efficient usage of fossil fuels and the development of fuel cells are expected to play an important role in the future. However, in the medium term, the world will continue to be dependent on utilisation of...

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  Remembrance Sunday Service

  09 November 2014, 10:30 - 12:00

  The University Chapel leading an Act of Remembrance

October

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  RV Jones Lecture Series: How Advances in Science are Made

  01 October 2014, 18:00 - 19:00

  Professor Osheroff reveals how he became a Nobel Prize Winner, and what fascinates him about science and nature.