| 2011 |
Professor Albert Fert, Unité Mixte de Physique CNRS-Thales, Palaiseau and Université Paris-Sud, Orsay, France. Spintronics : electrons, spins, computers and telephones |
Professor Anthony Kelly |
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| 2010 |
Professor Ke Lu, Director of the Institute for Materials Research in Shenyang, China. Nano-twinned materials |
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| 2009 |
Professor C N R Rao FRS Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research, Bangalore. Doing nanoscience research in emerging India |
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| 2008 |
Professor Greg Olson, Wilson-Cook Professor of Engineering Design, Northwestern University. Materials by Design: Frankensteels driving innovation in research and education |
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| 2007 |
Professor Mike Ashby, Dept of Engineering, Cambridge University Environmentally-informed material schoice: strategies, tools, data and difficulties |
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| 2006 |
Professor Michael Coey, (Magnetism and Spin Research Group in the Department of Physics, Trinity College, Dublin) Magnetic Materials |
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| 2005 |
Professor Daniel Morse (Director, UCSB-MIT-Caltech Institute for Collaborative Biotechnologies, University of California Santa Barbara) Biologically inspired routes for materials synthesis and nanofabrication: High performance with low environmental impact |
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| 2004 |
Professor Herbert Gleiter (Director, Institute for Nanotechnology, Research Centre Karlsruhe, Germany)
Nanostructured solids: A gateway to elements that lie 'between' the elements of the Periodic Table |
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| 2003 |
Professor Akihisa Inoue (Director, Institute for Materials Research, Tohoku University, Japan)
Bulk nonequilibrium alloys by stabilization of supercooled liquid |
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| 2002 |
Professor J. W. Edington (formerly Head of Research, Alcan; Head of Research British Steel)
Commercialisation of materials science - entrepreneurship - creating wealth - enjoying your life |
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| 2001 |
Professor S. Suresh (Head of Dept. of Materials Science & Engineering, MIT)
Nano- and micro-scale mechanical properties for miniature technologies |
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| 2000 |
Professor A. Evans (then at Princeton University)
Mechanisms controlling the durability of thermal barrier coatings |
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| 1999 |
The inaugural lecture was given by Professor Anthony Kelly (formerly Vice-Chancellor, University of Surrey)
Fibre composites - the weave of history |
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