2010.07.07

Auditorium, 1st Floor, Engineering 9th Bld, Hongo Campus

Prof. David Brandon
       Faculty of Materials Engineering, Technion,
       Israel Institute of Technology
       Haifa 32000, Israel

Title：Meeting great men Cambridge, 1955-1965

Abstract：
For this young metallurgist, the decade 1955-1965 was life-changing. The decade began with the development of thin-film electron microscopy and the quantitative analysis of diffraction contrast from crystal lattice defects. The pioneers were Peter Hirsch and his research group in the Cavendish Laboratory, but the Metallurgy Department had developed replicas for the electron microscopy of ferrous and non-ferrous alloys and I was one of their research students. Gareth Thomas held a post-doctoral appointment and the group led by Jack Nutting included Robin Nicholson Pat Kelly and Peter Swann group, Nutting, Nicholson, Swann. We adapted the electro-polishing method to prepare thin-film samples from a wide range of aluminum alloys, steels and copper alloys.
By mid-decade, Mike Ashby and I had been awarded British Council Scholarships to visit Germany, where we met with Alfred Seeger, Peter Haasen and others. A continuous stream of distinguished visitors came to Cambridge: John Cahn, Jock Eshelby, Jacques Friedel and Charles Frank, all gave lectures and spent hours talking to research students, showing endless patience for our many scientific misconceptions. In addition, Erwin Müller, Alan Cottrell, Piers Bowden, Mike Southon, Srinivasa Ranganathan, Mike Wald ,Brian Ralph, Walter Bollmann, Mike Southon, Cyril Stanley Smith, H. Hashimoto, John Hilliard, Yoichi Ishida, Robert Gomer and many others will be introduced. Being in Cambridge at the birth of thin-film electron microscopy was a privilege, but being given the opportunity to image coincident site boundaries in the field-ion microscope was extraordinary luck. None of it could have happened without the guidance provided by a remarkable galaxy of memorable scientists.

Schedule：13:30 ～15:00 Wednesday 7th July, 2010

Place：Auditorium, 1st Floor, Engineering 9th Bld, Hongo Campus

Attached file： The 60th open seminar.pdf