Martin and Willis Prize Meeting Glaxo Welcome - Ware Site - 16-10-96
The third Martin and Willis prize meeting was held on 16 Oct 1996 at the Ware Site of Glaxo Welcome Research and Development. Prizes were awarded to PhD students following industrial sponsorship by a panel of judges appointed by the IRDG Committee.
10.30 - 11.00 Registration and Coffee, Amenities Building, GWR&D Site
11.00 - 11.10 Introduction and Information - John Chalmers, Chairman, IRDG
11.10 - 11.30 John Sprunt, University of East Anglia, Combined FT Raman and DSC Characterisation of Phases of Cocoa Butter Using a Fibre Optic Probe.
11.30 - 11.50 Nicola Russell, Bradford University, Raman Microscopy of Biological Living Systems in Antarctica.
11.50 - 12.10 Chris Sammon, Materials Research Institute, Sheffield Hallam University, The Diffusion of Water into PET followed In-Situ Using FTIR - ATR
12.10 - 13.30 Lunch
13.30 - 14.30 Posters
14.30 - 14.50 Howard Sands, Leeds University, UV Resonance Raman Investigations of Genetic Material
14.50 - 15.10 Caroline Roger, The Development of Surface-Enhanced Resonance Raman Spectroscopy (SERRS) as a Sensitive and Selective Analytical Tool.
15.10 - 15.30 Francis Clegg, Materials Research Institute, Sheffield Hallam University, The Adsorption of NMF onto Clays Followed by VT-Drifts.
15.30 - 15.50 David Grills, University of Nottingham, Time Resolved Infrared Spectroscopy in Supercritical Fluids.
16.20 Presentation of Prizes/Information regarding transportation/evening activities.
There were seven twenty-minute Lecture presentations which included question and answers. In addition there were a large number of Poster presentations The judges agreed that all presentation of lectures and posters were of a high standard. These came from a wide range of UK universities. Many involved industrial collaboration and demonstrated a healthy community of young workers. These amply met the aims of the awards and effectively celebrated the work of A E Martin and H A Willis.
The first prize for the lecture was awarded to:
Chris Sammon, Sheffield Hallam University. The Diffusion of Water into PET Followed In-Situ using FTIR-ATR.
Two second prizes were jointly awarded to
Caroline Rodger. Strathclyde University, The development of Surface-Enhanced Resonance Raman Spectroscopy (SERRS) as a Sensitive and Selective Analytical Tool
Howard Sands, Leeds University UV Resonance Raman Investigations of Genetic Material.
The Poster first prize was awarded to:
Frank Sowry, University of East Anglia Resonance Raman Spectroscopy of Dinuclear Transition Metal Carbonyls in Solution.
Two joint second prrizes were awarded to
Lawrence Abbot, University of York Structural Distortions arising from Spin Frustration in Metal Cluster Complexes
Nicola Russell, Bradford University. Raman Microscopy and SEM X-Ray Studies of Antarctic Cryptoendolithic Communities.
Thanks are offered to Instruments S. A. and Renishaw for sponsoring the lecture and poster presentations respectively.Those who attended the Prize meeting largely stayed on for the 150 th IRDG Meeting on the next day at the Glaxo Welcome Medicines Research Centre, Stevenage. The IRDG arranged a successful evening at "The Three Horseshoes" at which the winners could celebrate their successes. Further prizes were secured in the local pub quiz by demonstrating knowledge beyond the optical confides of the eletromagnetic spectrum. The organisers are confident that the event will proceed to further success with further support from members, research students and sponsors.