Engineering Department Nuclear Energy Seminars

Cambridge Society for the Application of Research (CSAR)

Thursday 07 March 2019, 16:30-18:00

How did we get here? Reconstructing the genome of our ancient vertebrate ancestor.

User Prof. Aoife McLysaght, Trinity College, University of Dublin.

House The Wolfson Hall, Churchill College, Storey's Way, Cambridge, CB3 0DS.

Monday 04 March 2019, 19:30-21:00

Nuclear Power and Climate Change - Can Either Save the Other?

User Alan Smith, WANO.

Cambridge Society for the Application of Research (CSAR)

Thursday 28 February 2019, 16:30-18:00

Cancers and the tumour microenvironment

User Prof. Frances Balkwill, Queen Mary University of London.

House The Wolfson Hall, Churchill College, Storey's Way, Cambridge, CB3 0DS.

Monday 18 February 2019, 19:30-21:00

An EdF perspective with a focus on nuclear development in the UK

User Manus O'Donnell, EDF Energy.

Cambridge Society for the Application of Research (CSAR)

Thursday 14 February 2019, 16:30-18:00

Inflamed Depression

User Prof. Edward Bullmore, University of Cambridge.

House The Wolfson Hall, Churchill College, Storey's Way, Cambridge, CB3 0DS.

Monday 04 February 2019, 19:30-21:00

Nuclear fuel manufacture at Westinghouse Springfields past, present and future

User David Eaves, Westinghouse.

Cambridge Society for the Application of Research (CSAR)

Thursday 31 January 2019, 16:30-18:00

How Science Really Works, and Why It Matters

User Prof. Jeremy Baumberg, University of Cambridge.

House The Wolfson Hall, Churchill College, Storey's Way, Cambridge, CB3 0DS.

Monday 21 January 2019, 19:30-21:00

SMR - Progress Towards The Solution For UK Low Energy Carbon Needs

User John Molyneux, Rolls-Royce.

Cambridge Society for the Application of Research (CSAR)

Thursday 17 January 2019, 16:30-18:00

Talk: The Science of Conversation

User Prof. Elizabeth Stokoe, Loughborough University.

House The Wolfson Hall, Churchill College, Storey's Way, Cambridge, CB3 0DS.

Monday 26 November 2018, 19:30-21:00

Cambridge Society for the Application of Research (CSAR)

Climate Change, Storms, Floods, Uncertainty and Humans?

User Prof. Ian Cluckie, Swansea University.

House The Wolfson Hall, Churchill College, Storey's Way, Cambridge, CB3 0DS.

Monday 12 November 2018, 19:30-21:00

Fukushima Daiichi, Why? - A Personal Journey

User Professor Mike Weightman.

Cambridge Society for the Application of Research (CSAR)

Monday 05 November 2018, 14:00-15:00

Energy and matter at the origin of life – and why it matters

User Prof. Nick Lane, UCL.

House The Wolfson Hall, Churchill College, Storey's Way, Cambridge, CB3 0DS.

Monday 29 October 2018, 19:30-21:00

The UK Atomic Energy Authority: Bringing Fusion Power to the Grid

User CUED Alumni Chris Stuart and Darren Bookless.

Cambridge Society for the Application of Research (CSAR)

Tuesday 23 October 2018, 12:30-13:30

Hello World: How to be human in the age of the machine

User Dr. Hannah Fry, UCL.

House The Wolfson Hall, Churchill College, Storey's Way, Cambridge, CB3 0DS.

Monday 15 October 2018, 19:30-21:00

Cambridge Society for the Application of Research (CSAR)

Can we slow ageing? Lessons from an EPIC cohort

User Prof. Kay-Tee Khaw, University of Cambridge.

House The Wolfson Hall, Churchill College, Storey's Way, Cambridge, CB3 0DS.

Monday 01 October 2018, 19:30-21:00

Cambridge Society for the Application of Research (CSAR)

Metamaterials and the Science of Invisibility

User Prof. Sir John Pendry, Imperial College, London.

House The Wolfson Hall, Churchill College, Storey's Way, Cambridge, CB3 0DS.

Monday 19 March 2018, 19:30-21:00

Nuclear Threat Reduction - reverse side of the coin to the Nuclear Deterrent

User Neil Gasper, AWE.

House Department of Engineering - LR3.

Thursday 15 March 2018, 16:30-18:00

"FRAMATOME. New Strategy of the French Nuclear Company"

User Dr Jean Dhers.

Cambridge Society for the Application of Research (CSAR)

Thursday 08 March 2018, 16:30-18:00

The Knotty Maths of Medicine

User Prof. Dorothy Buck, University of Bath, University of Bath.

House Sackler Lecture Theatre, Institute of Astronomy, Madingley Road, Cambridge, CB3 0HA.

Monday 05 March 2018, 19:30-21:00

The statistical model of nuclear fission: from Bohr-Wheeler to heavy-ion fusion-fission reactions

User Dr Alessio Zaccone.

Friday 23 February 2018, 10:30-11:30

Too Cheap to Meter: An Insider’s View on Ways to Make Nuclear More Affordable

User Alan Smith, WANO.

Thursday 22 February 2018, 16:30-18:00

Recent Changes of Korean Government's Strategy on back-end fuel cycle and the changing course of a University Laboratory

User Sangjoon Ahn, Assistant Professor, Dept of Nuclear Engineering, UNIST.

Cambridge Society for the Application of Research (CSAR)

Thursday 22 February 2018, 09:30-10:30

Epigenetics - Why DNA Is Not Your Destiny

User Dr Nessa Carey, Imperial College, London.

House Sackler Lecture Theatre, Institute of Astronomy, Madingley Road, Cambridge, CB3 0HA.

Monday 19 February 2018, 19:30-21:00

'Small Modular Reactors - Fad or Future?'

User John Molyneux, Rolls-Royce.

Thursday 15 February 2018, 16:30-18:00

Nuclear fuel manufacture at Westinghouse Springfields past, present and future

User Dr David Eaves, Westinghouse.

Cambridge Society for the Application of Research (CSAR)

Thursday 08 February 2018, 16:30-18:00

Enhancing the Brain and Wellbeing in Health and Disease

User Prof. Barbara J. Sahakian, University of Cambridge.

House The Wolfson Hall, Churchill College, Storey's Way, Cambridge, CB3 0DS.

Monday 05 February 2018, 19:30-21:00

Decommissioning the UK’s nuclear legacy: the war between cost and value

User Dr Anna Clark,Head of Decommissioning and Remediation from Nuclear Decommissioning Authority (NDA).

Cambridge Society for the Application of Research (CSAR)

Thursday 01 February 2018, 16:30-18:00

Building World Class Life Science Businesses – The Good, The Bad and The Ugly

User Dr. Jonathan Milner, Deputy Chairman, Abcam plc.

House The Wolfson Hall, Churchill College, Storey's Way, Cambridge, CB3 0DS.

Monday 22 January 2018, 19:30-21:00

Compact Fusion - How Small?

User Professor Steve Cowley, University of Oxford.

Thursday 18 January 2018, 16:30-18:00

Nuclear Polarizability: the Sleeping Beauty of Nuclear Physics

User Professor Nico Orce, University of Western Cape.

House Department of Engineering - LR12.

Friday 08 December 2017, 10:30-12:00

Hinkley Point C – a template for the future of nuclear new build

User Dr Nigel Knee - EDF Energy.

Thursday 30 November 2017, 15:30-17:00

Making Affordable Nuclear

User Tony Roulstone.

House Department of Engineering - LR12.

Thursday 30 November 2017, 15:30-17:00

Cambridge Society for the Application of Research (CSAR)

How Democracy Ends: Thinking the Unthinkable

User Prof. David Runciman, University of Cambridge.

House The Wolfson Hall, Churchill College, Storey's Way, Cambridge, CB3 0DS.

Monday 27 November 2017, 19:30-21:00

Cambridge Society for the Application of Research (CSAR)

Will the Antarctic Go Green Again? Lessons from its Fossil History

User Prof. Jane Francis, British Antarctic Survey.

House The Wolfson Hall, Churchill College, Storey's Way, Cambridge, CB3 0DS.

Monday 13 November 2017, 19:30-21:00

Cambridge Society for the Application of Research (CSAR)

The Scientific Challenges of Fusion Power

User Prof. Steven Cowley, Corpus Christi College, Oxford.

House The Wolfson Hall, Churchill College, Storey's Way, Cambridge, CB3 0DS.

Monday 30 October 2017, 19:30-21:00

Cambridge Society for the Application of Research (CSAR)

The DNA Revolution Has Arrived in the Behavioural Sciences

User Prof. Robert Plomin, King's College, London.

House The Wolfson Hall, Churchill College, Storey's Way, Cambridge, CB3 0DS.

Monday 16 October 2017, 19:30-21:00

Cambridge Society for the Application of Research (CSAR)

Mutational processes in the human genome

User Dr Serena Nik-Zainal, Wellcome Trust Intermediate Clinical Fellow & CDF Group Leader, Cancer Genome Project, Sanger Institute. .

House Churchill College, Wolfson Lecture Theatre, Storeys Way, CB3 0DS .

Monday 19 June 2017, 19:30-21:00

Cambridge Society for the Application of Research (CSAR)

"The world in 2050" - Human extinction risks

User Lord Martin Rees OM FRS FREng FMedSci, Trinity College and Institute of Astronomy, University of Cambridge. Astronomer Royal..

House Churchill College, Wolfson Lecture Theatre, Storeys Way, CB3 0DS .

Monday 05 June 2017, 19:30-21:00

Cambridge Society for the Application of Research (CSAR)

Debate: "This house believes that Artificial Intelligence/Robotics will make us happy"

User Speaker to be confirmed.

House Churchill College, Wolfson Lecture Theatre, Storeys Way, CB3 0DS .

Monday 22 May 2017, 19:30-21:00

Cambridge Society for the Application of Research (CSAR)

Architecture for Resilience - surviving earthquakes, tornadoes, fire and floods.

User Dr Emily So MEng CEng MICE, Magdalene College, University of Cambridge, Director of Cambridge Architectural Research Ltd..

House Churchill College, Wolfson Lecture Theatre, Storeys Way, CB3 0DS .

Monday 08 May 2017, 19:30-21:00

Cambridge Society for the Application of Research (CSAR)

Meet the Authors

User TBA.

House Churchill College, Wolfson Lecture Theatre, Storeys Way, CB3 0DS .

Monday 24 April 2017, 19:30-21:00

ABWR Seminar

User Speaker to be confirmed.

House Department of Engineering.

Thursday 23 March 2017, 09:30-17:30

ABWR Seminar

User Speaker to be confirmed.

House Department of Engineering.

Wednesday 22 March 2017, 09:30-17:30

Cambridge Society for the Application of Research (CSAR)

Towards General Artificial Intelligence

User Dr Demis Hassabis, Co-founder and CEO of DeepMind, Vice President of Engineering at Google DeepMind.

House Churchill College, Wolfson Lecture Theatre, Storeys Way, CB3 0DS .

Monday 20 March 2017, 19:30-21:00

Cambridge Society for the Application of Research (CSAR)

A trick of the light? Development, function and evolution of plant nanostructures that influence animal behaviour

User Prof. Beverley Glover FLS, Dept of Plant Sciences, University of Cambridge and Director of the Cambridge University Botanic Gardens.

House Churchill College, Wolfson Lecture Theatre, Storeys Way, CB3 0DS .

Monday 06 March 2017, 19:30-21:00

Achieving Excellence from Within: The Promise and Perils of Self-Regulation

User Alan Smith, WANO.

Thursday 02 March 2017, 16:30-18:00

AREVA Strategy in the new Nuclear Context

User Dr Jean Dhers, AREVA.

Cambridge Society for the Application of Research (CSAR)

Thursday 23 February 2017, 16:30-18:00

Citizens, Science and Science for Citizens

User Prof. Dame Athene Donald DBE FRS, Dept Physics, Churchill College, University of Cambridge.

House Churchill College, Wolfson Lecture Theatre, Storeys Way, CB3 0DS .

Monday 20 February 2017, 19:30-21:00

Nuclear Threat Reduction - reverse side of the coin to the Nuclear Weapons programme

User Dr Neil Gaspar, AWE.

House Department of Engineering.

Thursday 16 February 2017, 16:30-18:00

Imagining a digital future in nuclear new build

User David Powell, Hitachi-GE.

Cambridge Society for the Application of Research (CSAR)

Thursday 09 February 2017, 16:30-18:00

Black Holes at Work

User prof. Andy Fabian OBE FRS, Institute of Astronomy, University of Cambridge.

House Churchill College, Wolfson Lecture Theatre, Storeys Way, CB3 0DS .

Monday 06 February 2017, 19:30-21:00

Fusion challenges in light of new build experience

User Professor Steven Cowley.

Cambridge Society for the Application of Research (CSAR)

Thursday 26 January 2017, 16:30-18:00

Creating and erasing memories with epigenetics

User Prof. Wolf Reik FRS FMedSci, Babraham Institute, University of Cambridge.

House Churchill College, Wolfson Lecture Theatre, Storeys Way, CB3 0DS .

Monday 23 January 2017, 19:30-21:00

Hinkley Point C - breaking new ground for UK nuclear energy

User Dr Nigel Knee, EDF.

Thursday 19 January 2017, 16:30-18:00

The Business Case for the Integral Molten Salt Reactor

User Louis Plowden-Wardlaw, Terrestrial Energy.

Cambridge Society for the Application of Research (CSAR)

Tuesday 17 January 2017, 16:30-18:00

Manufacturing - the vital capability for effective innovation

User Prof. Sir Mike Gregory FREng, Institute for Manufacturing, University of Cambridge.

House Churchill College, Wolfson Lecture Theatre, Storeys Way, CB3 0DS .

Monday 09 January 2017, 19:30-21:00

Cambridge Society for the Application of Research (CSAR)

Leonardo, Rapunzel and the Physics of Hair

User Prof. Raymond Goldstein FRS FInstp, Dept of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics and Churchill College, University of Cambridge.

House Churchill College, Wolfson Lecture Theatre, Storeys Way, CB3 0DS .

Monday 28 November 2016, 19:30-21:00

Accident Tolerant Fuel (ATF)

User Lars Hallstadius from Westinghouse.

Cambridge Society for the Application of Research (CSAR)

Thursday 24 November 2016, 16:30-18:00

Big Data in Biology: Challenges and Opportunities for Healthcare and Research

User Dr Ewan Birney FRS FMedSci, European Bioinformatics Institute.

House Churchill College, Wolfson Lecture Theatre, Storeys Way, CB3 0DS .

Monday 14 November 2016, 19:30-21:00

Cambridge Society for the Application of Research (CSAR)

What shapes the human immune system?

User Dr Michelle Linterman, Babraham Institute and Churchill College, University of Cambridge.

House Churchill College, Wolfson Lecture Theatre, Storeys Way, CB3 0DS .

Monday 31 October 2016, 19:30-21:00

Cambridge Society for the Application of Research (CSAR)

Nanostructured steel: the challenge of manufacture

User Prof. Sir Harry Bhadeshia FRS FREng FNAE, Dept of Material Science and Metallurgy, University of Cambridge.

House Bristol Myers-Squibb lecture theatre Department of Chemistry, Lensfield Rd, Cambridge, CB2 1EW.

Monday 24 October 2016, 18:00-19:00

Cambridge Society for the Application of Research (CSAR)

OK Computer - teaching machines to write music

User Ed Newton-Rex, Founder and CEO at Jukedeck.

House Churchill College, Wolfson Lecture Theatre, Storeys Way, CB3 0DS .

Monday 17 October 2016, 19:30-21:00

Cambridge Society for the Application of Research (CSAR)

Sustainable Engineering and Design for the Built Environment

User Professor Max Fordham OBE,RDI,FREng,MA,FCIBSE,Hon FRIBA.

House The Sackler Lecture Theatre, Institute of Astronomy (Hoyle Building) Madingley Road, CB3 0HA.

Monday 20 June 2016, 19:00-21:00

Cambridge Society for the Application of Research (CSAR)

Landing on a Comet

User Professor Monica Grady CBE, Professor of Planetary and Space Science, The Open University.

House Churchill College, Wolfson Lecture Theatre, Storeys Way, CB3 0DS .

Monday 06 June 2016, 19:30-21:00

Cambridge Society for the Application of Research (CSAR)

Probing the Polar Oceans

User Dr Emily Shuckburgh, Deputy Head of Polar Oceans, British Antactic Survey.

House Churchill College, Wolfson Lecture Theatre, Storeys Way, CB3 0DS .

Monday 16 May 2016, 19:30-21:00

Cambridge Society for the Application of Research (CSAR)

Book Event: Meet the Authors

User Speakers to be confirmed.

House The Sackler Lecture Theatre, Institute of Astronomy (Hoyle Building) Madingley Road, CB3 0HA.

Monday 04 April 2016, 19:00-21:00

Cambridge Society for the Application of Research (CSAR)

Churchill's Bomb

User Dr Graham Farmelo,Physicist, Author, Historian.

House Churchill College, Wolfson Lecture Theatre, Storeys Way, CB3 0DS .

Monday 14 March 2016, 19:30-21:00

The one about Matt Damon and the UK National Nuclear Laboratory

User Zara Hodgson, NNL.

Cambridge Society for the Application of Research (CSAR)

Thursday 03 March 2016, 16:30-18:00

EDSAC Reborn: A computer detective story

User Dr Nigel Bennee FBCS, The EDSAC Replica Project, The Computer Conservation Society.

House Churchill College, Wolfson Lecture Theatre, Storeys Way, CB3 0DS .

Monday 29 February 2016, 19:30-21:00

Fusion Power - within our grasp?

User Professor Steve Cowley, CCFE.

Thursday 25 February 2016, 16:30-18:00

AREVA Strategy in the new Nuclear Context

User Dr Jean Dhers, AREVA.

Thursday 18 February 2016, 16:30-18:00

i2®©: Investigative & Interpretative Radiochemistry - The basis of Nuclear Forensic Science

User Paul Thompson, AWE.

Thursday 11 February 2016, 16:30-18:00

Licensing New Reactors in the UK

User Ben Lindley, AMEC Foster Wheeler.

Cambridge Society for the Application of Research (CSAR)

Thursday 04 February 2016, 16:30-18:00

Depicting the Dead and Verifying the Visage Facial identification:Forensic and Archaeological Application

User Professor Caroline Wilkinson, Director, Face Lab, Liverpool John Moores University.

House Churchill College, Wolfson Lecture Theatre, Storeys Way, CB3 0DS .

Monday 01 February 2016, 19:30-21:00

Nuclear fuel manufacture at Westinghouse Springfields past, present and future

User David Eaves, Westinghouse.

Cambridge Society for the Application of Research (CSAR)

Thursday 28 January 2016, 16:30-18:00

The Challenge and Excitement of Discovering New Medicines

User Dr Menelas Pangalos, Executive Vice-President, Astra Zeneca.

House Churchill College, Wolfson Lecture Theatre, Storeys Way, CB3 0DS .

Monday 18 January 2016, 19:30-21:00

Development of new nuclear build projects

User Dr David Powell, GE Power.

Cambridge Society for the Application of Research (CSAR)

Thursday 14 January 2016, 16:30-18:00

Technology Development

The lecture will be preceded by a short presentation entitled "In the African Bush: Researching the Rhino Poaching Crisis in South Africa" given by Katrin Pfeil

User Dr Hermann Hauser KBE, FRS, FREng, FinstP, C Phys Co-Founder and Partner, Amadeus Capital Partners.

House Churchill College, Wolfson Lecture Theatre, Storeys Way, CB3 0DS .

Monday 07 December 2015, 19:30-21:00

Cambridge Society for the Application of Research (CSAR)

Earthquake Science and Vulnerability in Asia

This lecture will be dedicated to the memory of Professor Sir Sam Edwards, Past President of CSAR who died earlier this year

User Professor James Jackson CBE, FRS, Professor of Active Tectonics, University of Cambridge.

House Churchill College, Wolfson Lecture Theatre, Storeys Way, CB3 0DS .

Monday 30 November 2015, 19:15-21:00

Cambridge Society for the Application of Research (CSAR)

Addressing the Challenges of Feeding the World Sustainably

This lecture will be preceded by the CSAR AGM

User Professor Tim Benton FSB,FLS, Professor of Population Ecology, University of Leeds.

House Churchill College, Wolfson Lecture Theatre, Storeys Way, CB3 0DS .

Monday 16 November 2015, 19:30-21:00

Cambridge Society for the Application of Research (CSAR)

Maths and the Arts

The Lecture will be preceded by a five minute presentation entitled "Balancing food production and the environment in Mexico" by CSAR Award Student David Williams.

User Professor John Barrow FRS, Research Professor of Mathematical Sciences, University of Cambridge.

House Churchill College, Wolfson Lecture Theatre, Storeys Way, CB3 0DS .

Monday 02 November 2015, 19:30-21:00

Cambridge Society for the Application of Research (CSAR)

Pioneer Colonists and Indigenous Response: Resistance and Collaboration

Jointly with "The Cambridge Festival of Ideas"

User Professor Mark Horton FSA, Professor of Archaeology, University of Bristol.

House Churchill College, Wolfson Lecture Theatre, Storeys Way, CB3 0DS .

Monday 19 October 2015, 19:30-21:00

Cambridge Society for the Application of Research (CSAR)

Addressing the Challenges of Feeding the World Sustainably

User Professor Tim Benton FSB,FLS, Professor of Population Ecology, University of Leeds.

House Churchill College, Wolfson Lecture Theatre, Storeys Way, CB3 0DS .

Friday 16 October 2015, 19:30-21:00

Cambridge Society for the Application of Research (CSAR)

Dicing with Fate; the statistical physics of cell biology

Joint meeting with the Cambridge Philosophical Society

User Professor Benjamin D Simons, Herchel Smith Professor of Physics.

House Bristol-Myers Squibb Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry, Lensfield Road.

Monday 12 October 2015, 18:00-19:00

Cambridge Society for the Application of Research (CSAR)

Gallium Nitride LEDs: How can they save energy, purify water, improve our health (and be made here in the UK)

This talk will be preceeded by a short presentation by Olivia Macleod on her research

User Prof. Sir Colin Humphreys, Director of Research, Dept. Materials Science & Metallurgy, University of Cambridge.

House Wolfson Lecture Theatre, Churchill College, Storey's Way, Cambridge.

Monday 15 June 2015, 19:30-21:00

Cambridge Society for the Application of Research (CSAR)

The Saga of the Miles M-52 Britain’s Wartime Supersonic Project

Please note this lecture is different to that previously advertised. It will be preceeded by a short presentation by Vaibhav Bhardwaj on his research "Algae-bacteria symbiosis: Using molecular biology to improve algae cultivation for biofuels"

User Rod Kirkby, Retired Aerodynamics Research/Project Feasibility Engineer.

House Wolfson Lecture Theatre, Churchill College, Storey's Way, Cambridge.

Monday 08 June 2015, 19:30-21:00

Cambridge Society for the Application of Research (CSAR)

Finding Patterns in Genes and Proteins

The Lecture will be preceded by a brief presentation by Bursary Student Siang Koh, entitled “It takes two to tango: Combination therapy in cancer”

User Dr Sarah Teichmann, Sanger Institute/EMBL.

House Wolfson Lecture Theatre, Churchill College, Storey's Way, Cambridge.

Monday 01 June 2015, 19:30-21:00

Cambridge Society for the Application of Research (CSAR)

The Evolution of Dragonfly Wings

The lecture will be preceded by a short presentation by Jan Mertens on new materials

User Dr Robin Wootton, University of Exeter.

House Wolfson Lecture Theatre, Churchill College, Storey's Way, Cambridge.

Monday 11 May 2015, 19:30-21:00

Cambridge Society for the Application of Research (CSAR)

New Developments in Machine Intelligence

This talk will be preceeded by a short presentation from Laura Burzynski on her research into blood clotting proteins

User Prof. Chris Bishop, Microsoft Research, Cambridge.

House Wolfson Lecture Theatre, Churchill College, Storey's Way, Cambridge.

Monday 27 April 2015, 19:30-21:00

Cambridge Society for the Application of Research (CSAR)

The CSAR debate:"This House believes that the Government should fund discovery of new antibiotics and control their distribution and use"

User For: Drs Nick Brown and Zack Hassan; Against: Drs David Williams and Ewan Harrison.

House Wolfson Lecture Theatre, Churchill College, Storey's Way, Cambridge.

Monday 13 April 2015, 19:30-21:00

Cambridge Society for the Application of Research (CSAR)

Meet the Authors

Held in association with the Cambridge Science Festival

User Speaker to be confirmed.

House Mill Lane Lecture Theatre, Cambridge.

Monday 16 March 2015, 19:30-21:00

The Nuclear Detective: The role of Particle Characterisation

User Dr David Mitchell and Mr Tim Nicholls, AWE.

House Department of Engineering - LR3.

Thursday 12 March 2015, 16:30-18:00

Nuclear Technology Special Interest Group Student Webinar

Free wine and food! Please email Bob Skelton if you wish to attend (rls1000@cam.ac.uk)

User To include Paul Haigh (retired expert in waste treatment) and Ben Salisbury (EDF Energy).

House Cripps Court, Magdalene College.

Thursday 05 March 2015, 18:30-20:30

Role of Material and Manufacturing in service properties of nuclear components

User Dr Jean Dhers, AREVA.

Cambridge Society for the Application of Research (CSAR)

Thursday 05 March 2015, 16:30-18:00

Flying 300 underwater Planes and other Oil Industry Innovations

User Dr Simon Bittleston, Vice President Research, Schlumberger.

House Wolfson Lecture Theatre, Churchill College, Storey's Way, Cambridge.

Monday 02 March 2015, 19:30-21:00

Ageing Management and R&D in support of Long Term operation of the UK AGR Nuclear Fleet

User Dr John Lillington, AMEC Foster Wheeler.

House Department of Engineering - LR3.

Thursday 26 February 2015, 16:30-18:00

Tribulations and lots of trails: Nuclear Fuel Technology Development

User Dr Julian Kelly, Chief Technology Officer, Thor Energy AS.

Thursday 19 February 2015, 16:30-18:00

Cambridge Society for the Application of Research (CSAR)

Some of my Accidents

User Prof. Stephen Richardson, Chemical Engineering, Imperial College.

House Wolfson Lecture Theatre, Churchill College, Storey's Way, Cambridge.

Monday 16 February 2015, 19:30-21:00

Fusion Power and the Engineering Challenge

User Professor Steve Cowley, CCFE.

House Cambridge University Engineering Department, Lecture Room 5.

Thursday 12 February 2015, 16:30-18:00

Telling it Like it Isn’t: Radiation Misconceptions and Public Reassurance

User Julian Hamm.

Thursday 05 February 2015, 16:30-18:00

Cambridge Society for the Application of Research (CSAR)

Ripping up the Rule Book in Formula One

User Prof. Tony Purnell, Systems Design, Royal Academy of Engineering.

House Wolfson Lecture Theatre, Churchill College, Storey's Way, Cambridge.

Monday 02 February 2015, 19:30-21:00

Developments in BWR Technology

User Dr David Powell, GE Power & Water.

House Cambridge University Engineering Department, Lecture Room 5.

Thursday 22 January 2015, 16:30-18:00

Cambridge Society for the Application of Research (CSAR)

Innovation in Practise

User Prof. Andy Hopper, Computer Laboratory, University of Cambridge.

House Wolfson Lecture Theatre, Churchill College, Storey's Way, Cambridge.

Monday 19 January 2015, 19:30-21:00

Cambridge Society for the Application of Research (CSAR)

Prospects and Obstacles affecting Cell Replacement in Humans

User Prof. Sir John Gurdon, Dept. Zoology, University of Cambridge.

House Wolfson Lecture Theatre, Churchill College, Storey's Way, Cambridge.

Monday 15 December 2014, 19:25-21:00

Global outlook for nuclear

User Mr Tony Roulstone ( Department of Engineering, University of Cambridge).

House Cambridge University Engineering Department, Lecture Room 5.

Thursday 11 December 2014, 16:00-17:00

Planning for the next generation of UK nuclear power plants

User Dr Nigel Knee, EDF Energy.

House Cambridge University Engineering Department, Lecture Room 5.

Thursday 11 December 2014, 15:00-16:00

Cambridge Society for the Application of Research (CSAR)

Building a Climate System Laboratory: Modelling the climate system.

User Prof. Dame Julia Slingo DBE, Chief Scientist, UK Met Office.

House Wolfson Lecture Theatre, Churchill College, Storey's Way, Cambridge.

Monday 01 December 2014, 19:30-21:00

Can information and communication technologies save the environment?

User Professor Victor O.K. Li from Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, University of Hong Kong.

House Cambridge University Engineering Department, Lecture Room 6.

Wednesday 26 November 2014, 12:00-13:30

Cambridge Society for the Application of Research (CSAR)

The Living Time Machine: Non-verbal intelligence

User Prof. Nicky Clayton FRS, Dept of Psychology, University of Cambridge and Clive Wilkins.

House Wolfson Lecture Theatre, Churchill College, Storey's Way, Cambridge.

Monday 17 November 2014, 19:30-21:00

Cambridge Society for the Application of Research (CSAR)

Human Metabolic Disease: Lessons from the extremes.

User Prof. Sir Stephen O'Rahilly, Clinical Biochemistry, University of Cambridge.

House Wolfson Lecture Theatre, Churchill College, Storey's Way, Cambridge.

Monday 03 November 2014, 19:30-21:00

Cambridge Society for the Application of Research (CSAR)

Learning to Remember: How should we teach history?

User Speaker to be confirmed.

House Wolfson Lecture Theatre, Churchill College, Storey's Way, Cambridge.

Monday 20 October 2014, 19:30-21:00

Cambridge Society for the Application of Research (CSAR)

Noise in audio and electronics

User Dr Chris Hicks, Engineering Director of CEDAR Audio, Cambridge.

House Wolfson Lecture Theatre, Churchill College, Storey's Way, Cambridge.

Monday 16 June 2014, 19:30-21:00

Cambridge Society for the Application of Research (CSAR)

Should We Engineer The Climate? The SPICE Project

The listed speaker is not available; Dr Hunt has very kindly agreed to deliver this lecture in his place

User Dr Hugh Hunt, Engineering Department, University of Cambridge.

House Wolfson Lecture Theatre, Churchill College, Storey's Way, Cambridge.

Monday 02 June 2014, 19:30-21:00

Cambridge Society for the Application of Research (CSAR)

Molecular Gastronomy, The Science of Taste and Flavour

User Professor Peter Barham, School of Physics, University of Bristol.

House Wolfson Lecture Theatre, Churchill College, Storey's Way, Cambridge.

Monday 19 May 2014, 19:30-21:00

Cambridge Society for the Application of Research (CSAR)

Tunnelling Under Cities, Advances in Research and Practice

User Professor Robert Mair, Department of Engineering, University of Cambridge.

House Wolfson Lecture Theatre, Churchill College, Storey's Way, Cambridge.

Monday 05 May 2014, 19:30-21:00

Cambridge Society for the Application of Research (CSAR)

Self-Assembling Molecular Structures, Novel molecular structures and materials

User Professor Daan Frenkel, Department of Chemistry, University of Cambridge.

House Wolfson Lecture Theatre, Churchill College, Storey's Way, Cambridge.

Monday 14 April 2014, 19:30-21:00

Cambridge Society for the Application of Research (CSAR)

New Book Evening

In association with the Cambridge Science Festival

User Profs. Spiegelhalter, Ahmed and Longair.

House Wolfson Lecture Theatre, Churchill College, Storey's Way, Cambridge.

Monday 17 March 2014, 19:30-21:00

Cambridge Society for the Application of Research (CSAR)

Why aircraft may soon grow bumps on their wings

User Professor Holger Babinsky, Professor of Aerodynamics, Department of Engineering, University of Cambridge.

House Wolfson Lecture Theatre, Churchill College, Storey's Way, Cambridge.

Monday 03 March 2014, 19:30-21:00

Fusion Power and the Engineering Challenge

User Professor Steve Cowley, CCFE.

House Cambridge University Engineering Department, Lecture Theatre 2.

Wednesday 26 February 2014, 16:30-18:00

Title to be confirmed

User Dr Linda Ashton/Christophe Junillon from Atkins.

House Cambridge University Engineering Department, Lecture Theatre 1.

Thursday 20 February 2014, 16:30-18:00

Cambridge Society for the Application of Research (CSAR)

The Grand Challenges and Accomplishments of Engineering Research

User Professor Lord Alec Broers, Former Vice-Chancellor, University of Cambridge.

House Wolfson Lecture Theatre, Churchill College, Storey's Way, Cambridge.

Monday 17 February 2014, 19:30-21:00

The UK's approach to plutonium disposition

User Dr Adrian Simper, NDA.

House Cambridge University Engineering Department, Lecture Room 6.

Thursday 13 February 2014, 16:30-18:00

Advanced Reactor Technology and Recent R&D in AMEC

User Dr John Lillington, AMEC.

House Cambridge University Engineering Department, Lecture Room 6.

Thursday 06 February 2014, 16:30-18:00

Cambridge Society for the Application of Research (CSAR)

Can Research Prevent Crime?

User Professor Lawrence Sherman, Director, Institute of Criminology, University of Cambridge.

House Wolfson Lecture Theatre, Churchill College, Storey's Way, Cambridge.

Monday 03 February 2014, 19:30-21:00

Nuclear: Game Changer or Portfolio Changer?

User Samarth Sharma, AREVA.

House Cambridge University Engineering Department, Lecture Room 6.

Thursday 30 January 2014, 16:30-18:00

The challenges of a Civil Nuclear Future for the UK 2014-2050

User Gordon Waddington, Rolls-Royce.

House Cambridge University Engineering Department, Lecture Room 6.

Thursday 23 January 2014, 16:30-18:00

Cambridge Society for the Application of Research (CSAR)

Validation of EEG-neurofeedback for optimising performance

User Professor John Gruzelier, Department of Psychology, Goldsmiths, University of London.

House Wolfson Lecture Theatre, Churchill College, Storey's Way, Cambridge.

Monday 20 January 2014, 19:30-21:00

GE Hitachi's Advanced Technology

User Dr David Power, GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy.

House Cambridge University Engineering Department, Lecture Room 6.

Thursday 16 January 2014, 16:30-18:00

Planning for the next generation of UK nuclear power plants

User Dr Nigel Knee, EDF.

House Cambridge University Engineering Department, Lecture Room 4.

Tuesday 10 December 2013, 14:00-16:00

Nuclear Safety

User Mike Weightman, Visiting Professor.

House Cambridge University Engineering Department, Lecture Room 4.

Tuesday 10 December 2013, 14:00-16:00

Cambridge Society for the Application of Research (CSAR)

Do We Really Need Pandas? The impact of human intervention on natural selection

User Dr Ken Thompson, Department of Animal and Plant Sciences, University of Sheffield.

House Wolfson Lecture Theatre, Churchill College, Storey's Way, Cambridge.

Monday 02 December 2013, 19:30-21:00

Cambridge Society for the Application of Research (CSAR)

Notes on Notes: The musicology of performance

The CSAR AGM will precede this lecture at 19:15

User Professor John Rink, Professor of Musical Performance Studies, Faculty of Music, University of Cambridge.

House Wolfson Lecture Theatre, Churchill College, Storey's Way, Cambridge.

Monday 18 November 2013, 19:15-21:00

Cambridge Society for the Application of Research (CSAR)

The CSAR Debate

User Speakers to be announced.

House Wolfson Lecture Theatre, Churchill College, Storey's Way, Cambridge.

Monday 04 November 2013, 19:30-21:00

Cambridge Society for the Application of Research (CSAR)

The Key Drivers in the World Economy: Why we should be positive

The ‘Festival of Ideas’ Lecture

User Dr Gerard Lyons, Economic Adviser to the Mayor of London.

House Wolfson Lecture Theatre, Churchill College, Storey's Way, Cambridge.

Monday 28 October 2013, 19:30-21:00

Cambridge Society for the Application of Research (CSAR)

Applied and not-yet-applied

User Professor Sir Leszek Borysiewicz, Vice-Chancellor, University of Cambridge.

House Wolfson Lecture Theatre, Churchill College, Storey's Way, Cambridge CB3 0DS.

Monday 21 October 2013, 19:30-21:00

Cambridge Society for the Application of Research (CSAR)

Physics, Chemistry, Materials Science and Biology, from the Schrodinger Equation.

User Professor Mike Payne FRS, Head of Theory of Condensed Matter Group, Department of Physics.

House Bristol-Meyers Squibb lecture theatre, Chemistry Department, Lensfield Road.

Monday 14 October 2013, 18:00-19:00

Cambridge Society for the Application of Research (CSAR)

Building Business in the Sunshine

User Stuart Elmes, Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Viridian Solar.

House Wolfson Lecture Hall, Churchill College, Storey's Way, Cambridge.

Monday 10 June 2013, 19:00-21:00

Nuclear Medicine: Radiopharmaceuticals Needed

User Professor Wendy Galbraith, University of Oklahoma.

House Cambridge University Engineering Department, Lecture Room 3B.

Thursday 30 May 2013, 16:30-18:00

Cambridge Society for the Application of Research (CSAR)

Plan Bee: Ensuring the Future of Pollination

User Mike Brown, Head of National Bee Unit, The Food and Environmental Research Agency, DEFRA.

House Wolfson Lecture Hall, Churchill College, Storey's Way, Cambridge.

Monday 27 May 2013, 19:00-21:00

Nuclear renaissance - myth or reality?

User Simon Marshall, Westinghouse.

House Cambridge University Engineering Department, Lecture Room 6.

Thursday 23 May 2013, 16:30-18:00

Cambridge Society for the Application of Research (CSAR)

Organic Electronics: a story of science and technology

User Professor Sir Richard Friend, Cavendish Professor of Physics, Optoelectronics Group, University of Cambridge.

House Wolfson Lecture Hall, Churchill College, Storey's Way, Cambridge.

Monday 13 May 2013, 19:00-21:00

Cambridge Society for the Application of Research (CSAR)

Volcanology Applied to Emergencies

User Professor Stephen Sparks CBE, Department of Earth Sciences, University of Bristol.

House Wolfson Lecture Hall, Churchill College, Storey's Way, Cambridge.

Monday 29 April 2013, 19:00-21:00

Cambridge Society for the Application of Research (CSAR)

Our Fluid Earth

Joint Event with Cambridge Science Festival and BlueSci.

User Professor Dan McKenzie.

House Mill Lane Lecture Rooms, 8 Mill Lane, Cambridge.

Wednesday 20 March 2013, 20:00-21:00

The Difficulties of Developing and Financing New Nuclear

User Alexander Johnston.

House Cambridge University Engineering Department, Lecture Room 6.

Wednesday 06 March 2013, 16:30-18:00

Cambridge Society for the Application of Research (CSAR)

CSAR Book Evening

User Dr Paula Gomes, Dr Richard Preece, Dr Tim Sparks, Charles Cotton.

House Wolfson Lecture Theatre, Churchill College, Storey's Way, Cambridge.

Monday 04 March 2013, 19:00-21:00

Leadership in the Nuclear Industry

User Andrew McFarlane, OBE.

House Cambridge University Engineering Department, Lecture Room 6.

Thursday 28 February 2013, 16:30-18:00

The Future Role of Nuclear Fuel Cycle R&D in the UK

User Fiona Rayment, NNL.

House Cambridge University Engineering Department, Lecture Room 6.

Thursday 21 February 2013, 16:30-18:00

Cambridge Society for the Application of Research (CSAR)

Graphene Future Emerging Technology

User Professor Andrea C. Ferrari, Professor of Nanotechnology, Department of Engineering.

House Wolfson Lecture Theatre, Churchill College, Storey's Way, Cambridge.

Monday 18 February 2013, 19:00-21:00

Nuclear New Build Industrial Challenges - A Rolls-Royce Perspective

User John Molyneux, Capability Director Engineering - Nuclear.

House Cambridge University Engineering Department, Lecture Room 6.

Thursday 14 February 2013, 16:30-18:00

Engineering Challenges of Realising Fusion Power

User Professor Steve Cowley, Culham Centre for Fusion Energy.

House Cambridge University Engineering Department, Lecture Room 6.

Wednesday 06 February 2013, 16:30-18:00

Cambridge Society for the Application of Research (CSAR)

The Shift in the Balance of Economic and Financial Power: what does it really mean?

User Dr. Gerard Lyons, Chief Economist and Group Head of Global Research, Standard Chartered Bank.

House Wolfson Lecture Theatre, Churchill College, Storey's Way, Cambridge.

Monday 04 February 2013, 19:00-21:00

Structural integrity of the graphite cores in the UK AGR

User Professor James Marrow, Oxford University.

House Cambridge University Engineering Department, Lecture Room 6.

Thursday 31 January 2013, 16:30-18:00

The Role of Consultancies in the UK Nuclear Industry

User Nigel Doyle, Fraser Nash.

House Cambridge University Engineering Department, Lecture Room 6.

Thursday 24 January 2013, 16:30-18:00

Cambridge Society for the Application of Research (CSAR)

Keeping the Lights on in 2050: how can we do it and how much will it cost?

User Professor David MacKay, Chief Scientific Advisor, Department of Energy and Climate Change.

House Wolfson Lecture Theatre, Churchill College, Storey's Way, Cambridge.

Monday 21 January 2013, 19:00-21:00

The World Nuclear Fuel Market

User Mr Steve Kidd, World Nuclear Association.

House Cambridge University Engineering Department, Lecture Theatre 1.

Thursday 17 January 2013, 16:30-18:00

Nuclear Waste and Nuclear Materials Research at the University of Cambridge: Fundamental and Applied

User Dr Ian Farnan, Earth Sciences.

House Cambridge University Engineering Department, Lecture Theatre 1.

Thursday 06 December 2012, 16:00-17:15

Planning for the next generation of UK nuclear power plants

User Nigel Knee, EDF.

House Cambridge University Engineering Department, Lecture Theatre 1.

Thursday 06 December 2012, 14:30-15:45

Cambridge Society for the Application of Research (CSAR)

The Lost Soldiers of Fromelles

User Professor Margaret Cox, Emeritus Professor, Department of Forensic Anthropology, Cranfield University and Founder of the International Centre for Forensic Excellence.

House Wolfson Lecture Theatre, Churchill College, Storey's Way, Cambridge.

Monday 26 November 2012, 19:00-21:00

Nuclear Reactors - New Build, Future Designs and Novel Applications

A copy of the slides are available by emailing you request to nuclear-mphil-enquiries@cam.ac.uk

User Dr John Lillington, AMEC.

House Cambridge University Engineering Department, Lecture Room 6.

Thursday 22 November 2012, 16:30-18:00

Cambridge Society for the Application of Research (CSAR)

Are We Alone?

User Dr. Robin Catchpole, Emeritus Researcher, Institute of Astronomy, University of Cambridge.

House Wolfson Lecture Theatre, Churchill College, Storey's Way, Cambridge.

Monday 12 November 2012, 19:00-21:00

Cambridge Society for the Application of Research (CSAR)

CSAR Green Energy Debate

User Professor Keith Tovey,Professor Andy Woods,Lucy Fielding,Megan Davies Sykes,Hugh Parnell,Robin Nicholson.

House Wolfson Lecture Theatre, Churchill College, Storey's Way, Cambridge.

Monday 29 October 2012, 19:00-21:00

Cambridge Society for the Application of Research (CSAR)

Impacts of a Disappearing Arctic Sea Cover

User Professor Peter Wadhams, Professor of Ocean Physics and Head of the Polar Oceans Physics Group,Dept. Applied Maths and Theoretical Physics.

House Wolfson Lecture Theatre, Churchill College, Storey's Way, Cambridge.

Monday 15 October 2012, 19:00-21:00

Cambridge Society for the Application of Research (CSAR)

The Larmor Lecture

User Professor Mike Edmunds.

House Bristol Myers-Squibb lecture theatre.

Monday 08 October 2012, 17:30-19:00

Cambridge Society for the Application of Research (CSAR)

Genetics and Evolution of Transmissible Cancers in Dogs and Tasmanian Devils

User Dr Elizabeth Murchison, Fellow of Medical Sciences, King's College, Cambridge.

House Wolfson Lecture Theatre, Churchill College, Storey's Way, Cambridge.

Monday 11 June 2012, 19:30-21:00

Cambridge Society for the Application of Research (CSAR)

Bacteria as Active Colloids

User Professor Wilson Poon, Professor of Condensed Matter Physics SUPA and School of Physics & Astronomy, The University of Edinburgh.

House Wolfson Lecture Theatre, Churchill College, Storey's Way, Cambridge.

Monday 28 May 2012, 19:30-21:00

Cambridge Society for the Application of Research (CSAR)

What are the Chances? Living with Risk and Uncertainty

User Professor David Spiegelhalter, Winton Professor of the Public Understanding of Risk.

House Wolfson Lecture Theatre, Churchill College, Storey's Way, Cambridge.

Monday 14 May 2012, 19:30-21:00

The Difficulties of Developing and Financing New Nuclear

User Alexander Johnston, former Managing Director, Lazard, London.

House Cambridge University Engineering Department, Lecture Room 4.

Thursday 03 May 2012, 16:30-18:00

Cambridge Society for the Application of Research (CSAR)

Rethinking Research Objectives for the 21st Century

User Professor Sir David King, Director, the Smith School of Enterprise and the Environment, University of Oxford.

House Wolfson Lecture Theatre, Churchill College, Storey's Way, Cambridge.

Monday 30 April 2012, 19:30-21:00

Obtaining Planning Consent for New Nuclear in the UK

User Simon Barber, Head of Nuclear Business, Arup.

House Cambridge University Engineering Department, Lecture Room 3.

Wednesday 14 March 2012, 16:30-18:00

GE - PRISM Fast Reactor for UK

User David Powell, Vice President Europe Region, GE Hitachi.

House Cambridge University Engineering Department, Lecture Room 3.

Thursday 08 March 2012, 16:30-18:00

The ITER project

User Professor Steve Cowley, Culham Centre for Fusion Energy.

House Cambridge University Engineering Department, Lecture Room 3.

Wednesday 07 March 2012, 16:30-18:00

Cambridge Society for the Application of Research (CSAR)

Genetic Screens in Embryonic Stem Cells

User Professor Allan Bradley, Director Emeritus, Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, Cambridge.

House Wolfson Lecture Theatre, Churchill College, Storey's Way, Cambridge.

Monday 05 March 2012, 19:30-21:00

Nuclear Reactors - Present New Build, Future Designs and Novel Applications

User John Lillington, Chief Technologist, Nuclear Power Generation, Serco Assurance.

House Cambridge University Engineering Department, LR5.

Thursday 23 February 2012, 16:30-18:00

Current Issues in Nuclear Safety Regulation

User Dr Andy Hall, Office of Nuclear Regulation.

House Cambridge University Engineering Department, Lecture Room 4.

Wednesday 22 February 2012, 16:30-18:00

Cambridge Society for the Application of Research (CSAR)

The Science of Well-Being and its Application to Policy

User Professor Felicia Huppert, Director of the Well-being Institute University of Cambridge.

House Wolfson Lecture Theatre, Churchill College, Storey's Way, Cambridge.

Monday 20 February 2012, 19:30-21:00

AP1000 Projects and Prospects

User Mike Tynan, Chief Executive, Westinghouse UK.

House Cambridge University Engineering Department, LR5.

Thursday 16 February 2012, 16:30-18:00

The work of the UK’s Nuclear Decommissioning Authority

User Adrian Simper, Strategy Director, NDA.

House Cambridge University Engineering Department, Lecture Room 4.

Wednesday 15 February 2012, 16:30-18:00

EDF Keeping the AGR running

User Neale Brittain, Head of Fleet Critical Programmes, EDF Energy.

House Cambridge University Engineering Department, Lecture Room 4.

Thursday 09 February 2012, 16:30-18:00

EPR Projects

User Robert Davies, Vice President, New Plants, AREVA UK.

House Cambridge University Engineering Department, Lecture Room 4.

Wednesday 08 February 2012, 16:30-18:00

Cambridge Society for the Application of Research (CSAR)

Boosting your Brain:Cognitive Enhancement and Neuroethics

User Professor Barbara Sahakian, Department of Psychiatry, School of Clinical Medicine, University of Cambridge.

House Wolfson Lecture Theatre, Churchill College, Storey's Way, Cambridge.

Monday 06 February 2012, 19:30-21:00

How the past has shaped us and the future leadership challenges

User Chris Ball, Head of Nuclear, Atkins plc.

House Cambridge University Engineering Department, Lecture Room 4.

Wednesday 01 February 2012, 16:30-18:00

WNA Uranium Resources

User Steve Kidd, Director, Strategy and Research, World Nuclear Association.

House Cambridge University Engineering Department, Lecture Room 4.

Thursday 26 January 2012, 16:30-18:00

Cambridge Society for the Application of Research (CSAR)

Science and Non-science in Drug Policy

Held jointly with the Cambridge Philosophical Society

User Professor David Nutt, Edmund J Safra Professor of Neuropsychopharmacology and Director of the Neuropsychopharmacology Unit Division of Experimental Medicine.

House Wolfson Lecture Theatre, Churchill College, Storey's Way, Cambridge.

Monday 23 January 2012, 19:30-21:00

Cambridge Society for the Application of Research (CSAR)

RNA Silencing in Plant and Animal Biotechnology

User Professor Sir David Baulcombe, Department of Plant Sciences, University of Cambridge.

House Wolfson Lecture Theatre, Churchill College, Storey's Way, Cambridge.

Monday 28 November 2011, 19:30-21:00

Cambridge Society for the Application of Research (CSAR)

How Thorium Could Save the Planet

User Professor Robert Cywinski, School of Applied Sciences, University of Huddersfield.

House Wolfson Lecture Theatre, Churchill College, Storey's Way, Cambridge.

Monday 14 November 2011, 19:30-21:00

Cambridge Society for the Application of Research (CSAR)

Science and the Media

The lecture will be preceeded by the AGM of the society

User Vivienne Parry, OBE, Science writer and broadcaster.

House Wolfson Lecture Theatre, Churchill College, Storey's Way, Cambridge.

Monday 31 October 2011, 19:30-21:00

Cambridge Society for the Application of Research (CSAR)

Secret Science of WWII

User Professor Brian J Ford, President of CSAR.

House Wolfson Lecture Theatre, Churchill College, Storey's Way, Cambridge.

Monday 17 October 2011, 19:30-21:00

Cambridge Society for the Application of Research (CSAR)

Impacts of a Disappearing Artic Sea Cover

User Professor Peter Wadhams, Professor of Ocean Physics and Head of the Polar Oceans Physics Group,Dept. Applied Maths and Theoretical Physics.

House Wolfson Lecture Theatre, Churchill College, Storey's Way, Cambridge.

Saturday 15 October 2011, 19:00-21:00

Cambridge Society for the Application of Research (CSAR)

The Larmor Lecture

This lecture is held jointly with the Cambridge Philosophical Society

User Professor John Papaloizou, Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics University of Cambridge.

House Bristol-Myers Squibb Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry, Lensfield Road.

Monday 10 October 2011, 17:30-19:00

Cambridge Society for the Application of Research (CSAR)

Controlling the diabetes epidemic. Is screening the way forward?

User Dr Rebecca Simmons, MRC Epidemiology Unit, Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge.

House Wolfson Lecture Theatre, Churchill College, Storey's Way, Cambridge.

Monday 06 June 2011, 19:30-21:00

Cambridge Society for the Application of Research (CSAR)

Genomes, Structural Biology and Drug Discovery: What Can Academia Contribute?

User Emeritus Professor Sir Tom Blundell, FRS, Department of Biochemistry, University of Cambridge.

House Wolfson Lecture Theatre, Churchill College, Storey's Way, Cambridge.

Monday 23 May 2011, 19:30-21:00

Cambridge Society for the Application of Research (CSAR)

Doing Mathematics online, and in the open

User Professor Tim Gowers, Department of Pure Mathematics and Mathematical Statistics, University of Cambridge.

House Wolfson Lecture Theatre, Churchill College, Storey's Way, Cambridge.

Monday 09 May 2011, 19:30-21:00

New Wine in Old Wineskins – Nuclear Safety & Fukushima

User Mr Tony Roulstone, Department of Engineering, University of Cambridge.

House Cambridge University Engineering Department, Lecture Theatre 2.

Wednesday 04 May 2011, 17:00-18:00

Cambridge Society for the Application of Research (CSAR)

DNA Profiling of Horses

Please note this lecture is on Tuesday not Monday

User Susan Gurney, University of Cambridge Institute of Continuing Education.

House Wolfson Lecture Theatre, Churchill College, Storey's Way, Cambridge.

Tuesday 26 April 2011, 19:30-21:00

Cambridge Society for the Application of Research (CSAR)

High Temperature Superconductors

Venue back to normal

User Professor David A Cardwell, Professor of Superconducting Engineering, Department of Engineering, University of Cambridge.

House Wolfson Lecture Theatre, Churchill College, Storey's Way, Cambridge.

Monday 21 March 2011, 19:30-21:00

Cambridge Society for the Application of Research (CSAR)

Mathematics of Complex Systems

PLEASE NOTE CHANGE OF VENUE

User Dr Ray Goldstein, Schlumberger Professor of Complex Physical Systems, Centre for Mathematical Sciences, University of Cambridge.

House The Møller Centre, Storey's Way, Cambridge.

Monday 07 March 2011, 19:30-21:00

Cambridge Society for the Application of Research (CSAR)

Peanut Allergies

PLEASE NOTE CHANGE OF VENUE

User Dr Andrew Clark, Consultant in Paediatric Allergy, Addenbrooke's NHS Foundation Trust.

House The Møller Centre, Storey's Way, Cambridge.

Monday 21 February 2011, 19:30-21:00

Cambridge Society for the Application of Research (CSAR)

Ocean forcing of ice sheet change in West Antarctica

PLEASE NOTE CHANGE OF DATE AND VENUE

User Dr Adrian Jenkins, British Antarctic Survey, Cambridge.

House The Møller Centre, Storey's Way, Cambridge.

Monday 07 February 2011, 19:30-21:00

Cambridge Society for the Application of Research (CSAR)

Human Contact Networks

User Dr Jon Crowcroft, Marconi Professor of Communications, Computer Laboratory, University of Cambridge.

House Wolfson Lecture Theatre, Churchill College, Storey's Way, Cambridge.

Monday 29 November 2010, 19:30-21:00

Cambridge Society for the Application of Research (CSAR)

Sustainable Energy in the UK

User Dr Bernie Bulkin, Commissioner for Energy & Transport, UK Sustainable Development Commission.

House Wolfson Lecture Theatre, Churchill College, Storey's Way, Cambridge.

Monday 15 November 2010, 19:30-21:00

Cambridge Society for the Application of Research (CSAR)

Molecular Modelling of Anaesthetics

This lecture will be preceded by the society's AGM

User Dr Pak-Lee Chau, Bioinformatique Structurale, CNRS URA 2185, Institut Pasteur, Paris.

House Wolfson Lecture Theatre, Churchill College, Storey's Way, Cambridge.

Monday 01 November 2010, 19:30-21:00

Cambridge Society for the Application of Research (CSAR)

The Physiology of Autumn

User Professor Brian J. Ford, President of CSAR.

House Wolfson Lecture Theatre, Churchill College, Storey's Way, Cambridge.

Monday 18 October 2010, 19:30-21:00

Cambridge Society for the Application of Research (CSAR)

String Theory - A unifying principle in theoretical physics

Please note that this lecture is not at the usual spacetime coordinates.

User Professor Michael Green, FRS, Lucasian Professor of Mathematics, DAPTP, University of Cambridge.

House Babbage Lecture Theatre, New Museum Site.

Monday 11 October 2010, 17:30-19:00

Cambridge Society for the Application of Research (CSAR)

Genomics, Society and Policies

User Dr Ron Zimmern, Director of the Public Health Genetics Unit.

House Wolfson Lecture Theatre, Churchill College, Storey's Way, Cambridge.

Monday 07 June 2010, 19:30-21:00

Cambridge Society for the Application of Research (CSAR)

Happy Danes

Please note that this lecture is on Tuesday not Monday

User Dr Luisa Corrado, Faculty of Economics, University of Cambridge.

House Wolfson Lecture Theatre, Churchill College, Storey's Way, Cambridge.

Tuesday 25 May 2010, 19:30-21:00

Cambridge Society for the Application of Research (CSAR)

Holographic Technologies

User Dr T D Wilkinson, Reader in Photonic Engineering, University of Cambridge.

House Wolfson Lecture Theatre, Churchill College, Storey's Way, Cambridge.

Monday 10 May 2010, 19:30-21:00

Cambridge Society for the Application of Research (CSAR)

Brood Parasitism

User Dr Clair Spottiswoode, Dorothy Hodgkin Research Fellow, Department of Zoology, University of Cambridge.

House Wolfson Lecture Theatre, Churchill College, Storey's Way, Cambridge.

Monday 26 April 2010, 19:30-21:00

Cambridge Society for the Application of Research (CSAR)

Sustainable Building in the UK

User David Adamson, Director of Smarter Construction in the Office of Government Commerce.

House Wolfson Lecture Theatre, Churchill College, Storey's Way, Cambridge.

Monday 01 March 2010, 19:30-21:00

Cambridge Society for the Application of Research (CSAR)

Imaging Cancer

Please note this week the lecture is on Tuesday not Monday

User Dr Kevin Brindle, Cancer Research Institute/Dept. Biochemistry, University of Cambridge.

House Wolfson Lecture Theatre, Churchill College, Storey's Way, Cambridge.

Tuesday 16 February 2010, 19:30-21:00

Cambridge Society for the Application of Research (CSAR)

Stem Cells: Overcoming the Embryo

Please Note this lecture is not on a Monday

User Professor Austin Smith, School of Biological Sciences, University of Cambridge.

House Wolfson Lecture Theatre, Churchill College, Storey's Way, Cambridge.

Tuesday 02 February 2010, 19:30-21:00

Cambridge Society for the Application of Research (CSAR)

Gravitational Lensing

User Dr Lindsay King, Institute of Astronomy, University of Cambridge.

House Wolfson Lecture Theatre, Churchill College, Storey's Way, Cambridge.

Monday 18 January 2010, 19:30-21:00

Cambridge Society for the Application of Research (CSAR)

Robotic Surgery

User Professor David Neal, Professor of Surgical Oncology, Cancer Research UK.

House Wolfson Lecture Theatre, Churchill College, Storey's Way, Cambridge.

Monday 30 November 2009, 19:30-21:00

Cambridge Society for the Application of Research (CSAR)

Laser Photonics

Please note the return to our usual venue

User Dr Bill O'Neill, Department of Engineering, University of Cambridge.

House Wolfson Lecture Theatre, Churchill College, Storey's Way, Cambridge.

Monday 16 November 2009, 19:30-21:00

Cambridge Society for the Application of Research (CSAR)

Science and the Media

Please note our temporary venue

User Quentin Cooper, Presenter of BBC's "Material World".

House Biochemistry Lecture Theatre, Sanger Building, Tennis Court Road.

Monday 02 November 2009, 19:30-21:00

Cambridge Society for the Application of Research (CSAR)

Plagiarism in Science

Please note our temporary venue

User Professor Brian J Ford, President of the CSAR.

House Biochemistry Lecture Theatre, Sanger Building, Tennis Court Road.

Monday 19 October 2009, 19:30-21:00

Cambridge Society for the Application of Research (CSAR)

"Happy Danes!" A scientific analysis of the recent EU survey into income and contentment

User Dr Luisa Corrado (Faculty of Economics, University of Cambridge ).

Cambridge Society for the Application of Research (CSAR)

Monday 08 June 2009, 19:30-21:00

"Just one more try will do it!" The Psychology of Gambling

Rescheduled from February

User Dr Luke Clarke (Behavioural and Clinical Neurosciences Institute, Department of Experimental Psychology, University of Cambridge).

Cambridge Society for the Application of Research (CSAR)

Monday 01 June 2009, 19:30-21:00

"Bringing new medicines to market" How the biopharmaceutical industry works

User Dr Melanie Lee DSc (Hon) FMedSci (Executive Vice President of Research and Development, UCB Belgium ).

Cambridge Society for the Application of Research (CSAR)

Tuesday 26 May 2009, 19:30-21:00

"Life in the Colonies" Social insects and their relevance to human behavior

User Professor Francis Ratneiks (Professor of Apiculture, University of Sussex ).

Cambridge Society for the Application of Research (CSAR)

Monday 11 May 2009, 19:30-21:00

"The Venetians certainly knew about building" The extraordinary and enduring properties of Lime Mortar

User Professor Geoff Allen (University of Bristol).

Cambridge Society for the Application of Research (CSAR)

Monday 27 April 2009, 19:30-21:00

"Where is it safe to go on holiday?" Antigenic Cartography; a mathematical method for mapping the spread of viruses

User Professor Derek Smith (Professor of Infectious Disease Informatics Department of Zoology, University of Cambridge).

Cambridge Society for the Application of Research (CSAR)

Monday 02 March 2009, 19:30-21:00

"Genetics and Cancer" The BRCA2 gene (discovered by Professor Stratton and his team), and its involvement in human breast and prostate cancer

User Professor Michael Stratton (Deputy Director of the Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute Head of the Cancer Genome Project).

Cambridge Society for the Application of Research (CSAR)

Monday 16 February 2009, 19:30-21:00

"We know who you are, from the way you sound" Computer voice-recognition systems and what they can do

This lecture is joint with the Cambridge Philosophical Society

User Dr Kirsty McDougall (Faculty of Modern & Medieval Languages, University of Cambridge.

Cambridge Society for the Application of Research (CSAR)

Monday 19 January 2009, 19:30-21:00

Sustainable Energy - without the hot air

User Prof David J C Mackay (Cavendish Laboratory, Cambridge).

Cambridge Society for the Application of Research (CSAR)

Monday 01 December 2008, 19:30-21:00

“What goes round comes round” Making wind turbines from renewable materials

User Dr Jim Platts (Department of Engineering, University of Cambridge).

Cambridge Society for the Application of Research (CSAR)

Monday 17 November 2008, 19:30-21:00

"Something’s come up": The Discovery of New Drugs, (including Cardura, Norvasc and Viagra)

User Dr Simon Campbell CBE (Former President of the Royal Society of Chemistry, Former Pfizer Senior Vice-President for Discovery).

Cambridge Society for the Application of Research (CSAR)

Monday 03 November 2008, 19:30-21:00

"Intelligence and the Living Cell": Adaptive behaviour and decision-making by single cells

User Professor Brian J Ford (President of CSAR).

Cambridge Society for the Application of Research (CSAR)

Monday 20 October 2008, 19:30-21:00

The Larmor Lecture: "Seeing Nano: optics on the smallest scale"

This lecture is jointly with the Cambridge Philosophical Society

User Professor Jeremy J Baumberg (NanoPhotonics Centre Department of Physics. University of Cambridge).

House Bristol-Myers Squibb Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry, Lensfield Road.

Monday 13 October 2008, 17:30-19:00

Cambridge Society for the Application of Research (CSAR)

"I was nowhere near there at the time Guv - honest"

User Professor Sir Bob Hepple, Chair of the Nuffield Council on Bioethics, former Master of Clare College.

Cambridge Society for the Application of Research (CSAR)

Monday 12 May 2008, 19:30-21:00

www.Antibodies_Direct.com

User Dr Jonathan Milner, Abcam plc, Cambridge Science Park.

Cambridge Society for the Application of Research (CSAR)

Monday 28 April 2008, 19:30-21:00

Not Mammoth Steaks Again?!

User Professor Martin Jones, Archaeological Sciences, University of Cambridge.

Cambridge Society for the Application of Research (CSAR)

Monday 17 March 2008, 19:30-21:00

Nanoelectronics and Quantum Computing

User Dr David Williams, Head of the Hitachi Cambridge Laboratory.

Cambridge Society for the Application of Research (CSAR)

Monday 03 March 2008, 19:30-21:00

Rebuilding the Colossus of the Modern World

User Tony Sale, Hon Fellow of the British Computer Society.

Cambridge Society for the Application of Research (CSAR)

Monday 18 February 2008, 19:30-21:00

The Journey of the Future

User Dr Liz Orme, Director of Transport, Cambridge Consultants.

Cambridge Society for the Application of Research (CSAR)

Monday 04 February 2008, 19:30-21:00

Water that does not wet hands

User Dr Zbigniew ("Andy") Szydlo.

Cambridge Society for the Application of Research (CSAR)

Monday 03 December 2007, 19:30-21:00

Lives and Letters (the Robert Hooke Portfolio)

User Professor Lisa Jardine CBE, Queen Mary College, University of London.

Cambridge Society for the Application of Research (CSAR)

Monday 19 November 2007, 19:30-21:00

Ancient Vaults

User Professor Jacques Heymen, Former Head of Department of Engineering, University of Cambridge.

Cambridge Society for the Application of Research (CSAR)

Monday 05 November 2007, 19:30-21:00

The invention of the High Power Microscope

Celebrating Antony van Leeuwenhoek's 375th Birthday

User Professor Brian J Ford, President of the CSAR.

Cambridge Society for the Application of Research (CSAR)

Monday 22 October 2007, 19:30-21:00

Nuclear Fusion as a Global Energy Source? Work at UKAEA Culham Laboratory and elsewhere to harness fusion energy

User Professor Chris Llewellyn-Smith FRS. Director, UKAEA Culham Laboratory, Abingdon, Oxford.

Cambridge Society for the Application of Research (CSAR)

Monday 11 June 2007, 19:30-21:00

Take the Eurostar to Stratford...

User Dr Mike Glover, Director, Arup Engineering, London, project manager of the High-Speed link.

Cambridge Society for the Application of Research (CSAR)

Saturday 09 June 2007, 19:30-21:00

"Actually you were' and I can prove it"

User Mr Skip Palenik, President, Microtrace, Illinois, USA.

Cambridge Society for the Application of Research (CSAR)

Saturday 02 June 2007, 19:30-21:00

www.Antibodies_Direct.com The story of Abcam; selling antibodies on-line

User Dr Jonathan Milner. Abcam plc, Cambridge Science Park, Cambridge.

Cambridge Society for the Application of Research (CSAR)

Monday 28 May 2007, 19:30-21:00

Mending Broken Hearts: replacing damaged cardiac muscle; the MAGIC programme

User Mr Stephen Large FRCS, Papworth Hospital, Cambridgeshire.

Cambridge Society for the Application of Research (CSAR)

Monday 14 May 2007, 19:30-21:00

DNA Repair Mechanisms in the Central Nervous System

User Professor Robin Franklin. Neurosciences Laboratory (Department of Veterinary medicine) and the Cambridge Centre for Brain Repair, University of Cambridge.

Cambridge Society for the Application of Research (CSAR)

Monday 30 April 2007, 19:30-21:00

The Eternal Triangle: Science, Propaganda and Disease Control; the facts behind the 2001 Foot and Mouth Epidemic

User Dr Mike Thrusfield, Easter Bush Veterinary Centre, University of Edinburgh.

Cambridge Society for the Application of Research (CSAR)

Monday 05 March 2007, 19:30-21:00

The Calving of Larson-B and other phenomena: Climate Change in the Antarctic

User Professor David Vaughan, Deputy Director, British Antarctic Survey, High Cross, Cambridge.

Cambridge Society for the Application of Research (CSAR)

Monday 19 February 2007, 19:30-21:00

Avian 'Flu - The origin of SARS and the impact of avian influenza H5N1 upon mammals and wild birds

User Dr Diana Bell, School of Biological Sciences, University of east Anglia, Norwich.

Cambridge Society for the Application of Research (CSAR)

Monday 05 February 2007, 19:30-21:00

A Stitch in Time: The molecular Basis of DNA repair

joint meeting with Cambridge Philosophical Society

User Professor Steve Jackson, Wellcome Trust, CRUK Gurdon Institute, University of Cambridge.

Cambridge Society for the Application of Research (CSAR)

Monday 22 January 2007, 19:30-21:00

Children of Eve: Exon Sequencing; identifying variation in the human genome

User Dr Alison 'Pod' Coffey, Sanger Centre, Hinxton Hall, Cambridgeshire.

Cambridge Society for the Application of Research (CSAR)

Monday 20 November 2006, 19:30-21:00

Mother Nature Knows Best: Making Heat-Stable Vaccines

User Dr Bruce Roser, Chief Scientific Officer, Cambridge Biostability, Cambridge.

Cambridge Society for the Application of Research (CSAR)

Monday 06 November 2006, 19:30-21:00

Soft Small and Interesting - Soft Matter: towards Soft Nanotechnology

User Professor Ullrich Steiner, Professor of Physics of Materials, Cavendish Laboratory, University of Cambridge.

Cambridge Society for the Application of Research (CSAR)

Monday 23 October 2006, 19:30-21:00

Sentient Computing- Larmor Lecture

Note unusual time and venue

User Professor Andy Hopper, The Computer Laboratory, University of Cambridge.

House Cockcroft Lecture Theatre, Cockcroft Building.

Monday 16 October 2006, 20:30-22:00

Cambridge Society for the Application of Research (CSAR)

Colision Course - How Science is abused by the Media

User Professor Brian J Ford, Writer, Broadcaster and CSAR Member of Council.

Cambridge Society for the Application of Research (CSAR)

Monday 09 October 2006, 19:30-21:00

Looking inside a star (and other stories) - Developments in Radio Astronomy made here in Cambridge

User Professor Richard Hills, Professor of Radio Astronomy, the Cavendish Laboratory, Cambridge.

Cambridge Society for the Application of Research (CSAR)

Tuesday 06 June 2006, 19:30-21:00

An Alternative to the Infernal Combustion engine.? - Modern Fuel Cells

User Professor John Kilner, Department of Materials, Imperial College, London.

Cambridge Society for the Application of Research (CSAR)

Monday 22 May 2006, 19:30-21:00

Obesity and Modern Humans - Diet, lifestyle or simply in our genes?

User Professor Steve ORahilly, Cambridge Institute for Medical Research.

Cambridge Society for the Application of Research (CSAR)

Monday 08 May 2006, 19:30-21:00

Defence research: Changing world, changing priorities (R&D in the MoD)

User Professor Phil Sutton, Director-General (Research and Development), Ministry of Defence, Whitehall.

Cambridge Society for the Application of Research (CSAR)

Monday 24 April 2006, 19:30-21:00

Antibiotics are no substitute for good hygiene - Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus; the importance of hospital cleanliness and practices

User Dr Norman Alan Simmons, CBE, Emeritus Consultant Microbiologist, Guys and St Thomas Hospital Trust.

Cambridge Society for the Application of Research (CSAR)

Monday 06 March 2006, 19:30-21:00

Antibiotics, 75 years on - New antibiotics, using genes cloned from Streptomyces species

User Professor Sir David Hopwood, FRS, Department of Molecular Microbiology, John Innes Centre, Norwich.

Cambridge Society for the Application of Research (CSAR)

Monday 20 February 2006, 19:30-21:00

Just print me another computer, will you? - The world of plastic electronics

User Dr Henning Sirringhaus, Chief Scientist at Plastic Logic, Cambridge Science Park, Hitachi Professor of Electron Device Physics at the University of Cambridge.