March 2012, Institute of Physics, London

The Attendees of the 2012 Annual Meeting
The Attendees of the 2012 Annual Meeting

The following is a complete list of talks given at the meeting. You can read the Third Annual Meeting abstracts here and see some images of the day itself follow below.

Presentation Title

Speaker

Representing

Experimental Capability of the Orion Laser

Nick Hopps 

AWE

Shock induced phase transition

Gabriele Mogni(PhD)

Oxford University

Dense hydrogen conditions in a diamond anvil 
cell

Ross Howie (PhD)

University of Edinburgh 

More studies in shocked materials using lateral 
gauges

Gareth Appleby-Thomas

Cranfield University

Recent research at the Cavendish Laboratory

Chris Braithwaite

University of Cambridge

Shock and spall morphology in the magnesium 
alloy Elektron 675

Paul Hazell

Cranfield University

Shocked optical properties of laser-driven 
silicon

Dan Eakins

ISP-Imperial College London

Characterisation of failure modes in 
explosively loaded cylinders and rings

David Jones (PhD)

ISP-Imperial College London

Dynamic strength modelling at AWE

Simon Case

AWE

Melting Sn to megabar pressures

Paul McMillan

University College London

Pulsed power driven (non) shock physics 
at the ISP

Simon Bland

ISP-Imperial College London

Split Hopkinson pressure bar testing of 
rubbers using polymer bars

John Harrigan 

University of Aberdeen

Magneto Hydrodynamics

Jerry Chittenden

Imperial College London

Shock impacts and biological materials -organic 
molecules to seeds

Mark Burchell

University of Kent, Canterbury

Bacteria survivability at GPa pressure

Rachael Hazael (PhD)

University College London

High-pressure phases of explosives

Colin Pulham

University of Edinburgh

Towards the dynamic calibration of pressure 
transducers using shock tube techniques

Ian Robinson

National Physics Laboratory

The use of different instrumental methods to 
study the degradation behaviour of complex hybrid propellants

Ruth Tunnell

QinetiQ

This meeting was the first open to external collaborators to attend. The posters on display, see above, included David Jones' poster awarded first place at the APS SCCM Topical Conference.

 

This meeting was the first open to external collaborators to attend. The posters on display, see above, included David Jones'  poster awarded first place at the APS SCCM Topical Conference.

Prof. John Harrigan of University of Aberdeeen, delivering his presentation.

 

Prof. John Harrigan of University of Aberdeeen, delivering his presentation.

Delegates had ample opportunity to network and discuss the presentations of the day during the coffee breaks and buffet meals, which were held in the poster display room to provide maximum access to the display.

 

Delegates had ample opportunity to network and discuss the presentations of the day during the coffee breaks and buffet meals, which were held in the poster display room to provide maximum access to the display.
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