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Garry Lester raises LC awareness at the UNESCO day of light
To support the day of light ‘Lighting up the RAMM’ took place on the 18th May at the Royal Albert Memorial Museum in Exeter. Free and open to the public this drew in a diverse mixture of locals and visitors to the city; from professional scientists and engineers to young families.
Coordinated by (EUOPS) Exeter University Optics and Photonics Society there were a number of demonstrations throughout the museum covering Virtual Reality, hands on optical fibre and endoscopy demonstrations and Polarised Light.
In association with the IET and SPIE the BLCS supported display material and demonstrations of Light, Polarisation and LCDs. A table top presentation by Garry Lester used desktop sheets with text and diagrams to provide a backdrop to hands on demonstrations of polarised light and applications.
Starting from what polarisation light is and where birefringence colours come from there were demonstrations of birefringence colours and stress birefringence as a diagnostic tool. A demonstration with 3D glasses showed how polarisation is exploited in the cinema and the difference between projection systems using linear and circular polarisers. A liquid crystal display with the polarisers removed emphasised the role of polarisation in our everyday displays.
Some of the material would be familiar to those who have attended the BLCS winter workshop over the years!
Congratulations to Dr Apala Majumdar on winning National STEM award
Dr Apala Majumdar, EPSRC Research Fellow and Reader in Mathematical Sciences at the University of Bath, has been named winner of the Academic category of the 2019 FDM Everywoman in Technology Awards.
The annual national awards programme uncovers and celebrates the most inspirational women working within STEM industries and recognises their role in inspiring and supporting the next generation. Dr Apala Majumdar was one of three finalists for the Academic category of the annual awards programme, selected from a field of hundreds of applicants, chosen by a panel of senior technology leaders against criteria including career achievement, future potential and their commitment to supporting others in the industry.
Her research into the mathematics of material science, specifically into liquid crystals, aims to make LCD screens found in TVs and phones cheaper and more efficient. This is a fantastic achievement and well deserved recognition for all the hard work and dedication.
Date for the Diary: 2nd Photonic and Optoelectronic Materials 2019 Conference (POEM2019)
BLCS Annual Meeting 2019: abstract submission and registration now open.
The organisers are delighted to invite registrants of BLCS to come on the 15th, for a special Symposium on Lyotropic Liquid Crystals (L3C). This event will be held in the same venue and starts in the morning of the 15th April, immediately prior to BLCS2019. The fee for this Symposium is included in the BLCS registration fee. Attendance at the Symposium alone is £40.
Professor Helen Gleeson receives the Outstanding Research Supervisor of the Year Award 2018 from the Times Higher Education
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Date for the Diary: Smart NanoMaterials 2018 10-13 December 2018
The meeting is mainly organized under the auspice of the Royal Microscopical Society, UK, and the European Microscopy Society. For more information please see here or view the conference website.
Date for the Diary: IoP one day meeting on magnetic resonance spectroscopy in honour of Professors Jim Emsley and Geoffrey Luckhurst – 25 June 2018
Date for the Diary: One day SID technical meeting: 50 years of LCD Research, 7 June 2018
Programme updated 06/06/2018