6th IRDG Martin & Willis Prize Award Meeting,
University of Strathclyde, 10 April 2002.
Student oral presentations were 20 minutes maximum, comprising 15 minutes presentation plus 5 minutes maximum question time. .
A panel of IRDG committee members and/or their appointees will decide the Awards. Certificates will be awarded at the meeting; the IRDG Treasurer will forward monetary awards as soon as possible after the meeting.
This year, the M&W Award prize for an oral presentation is kindly sponsored by Jobin Yvon (JY) Limited. The poster awards are kindly sponsored by Kaiser Optical Systems, Inc.).
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Agenda: |
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10:15-11:00 |
Registration and Coffee |
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11:00-11:10 |
Welcome and Introduction |
John Chalmers |
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Oral Presentations I: |
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University: |
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11:10-11:30 |
Detection of Amphetamine by SERRS. |
Strathclyde |
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11:30-11:50 |
Working towards precise structure/reactivity relationships in heterogeneous catalysis. |
Glasgow |
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11:50-12:10 |
Vibrational spectroscopy of the Titanosilicate Zeolite ETS-10. |
Aberdeen |
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12:10-12:30 |
External-reflection Fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy of flowing liquid surfaces. |
Oxford |
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12:30-14:45 |
Lunch and Poster Session |
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Oral Presentations II: |
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14:50-15:10 |
Designing infrared probes of DNA. |
Nottingham |
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15:10-15:30 |
Distance detection by SERRS. |
Strathclyde |
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15:30-15:50 |
Analysis of nitrite from biological fluids by SERRS. |
Sheffield Hallam |
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15:50-16:10 |
Total internal reflection Raman spectroscopy of thin films. |
Oxford |
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16:10-16:30 |
Remote detection using surface enhanced resonance Raman scattering. |
Leeds |
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16:30-17:00 |
Tea and IRDG review of oral and poster presentations. |
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17:00- |
Announcement of Awards. |
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19:15- |
Evening meal and (some) liquid refreshments sponsored by the IRDG. |
Venue: Staff Club Lounge |
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Poster presentations:
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A novel method of oligonuclotide detection using Diels Alder cycloaddition and SERRS. |
Strathclyde University |
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Sulfonic acids – A Raman spectroscopic study of their behaviour in aqueous and non-aqueous solutions. |
Bradford University |
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A comparison of electrochemical and colloidal SERRS from two analytes designed to chemisorb to silver surfaces. |
Strathclyde University |
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In-situ diffusion studies of water into polymeric materials using FTIR-ATR. |
Sheffield Hallam University |
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Determination of Diquat and Paraquat by SERS. |
Strathclyde University |
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Multi-point confocal Raman microscopy using a diffractive optic. |
Leeds University |
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The application of infrared spectroscopy to probe acid site distributions of heterogeneous catalysts. |
Glasgow University |
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Raman microspectroscopy, a tool for in-situ corrosion analysis. |
Sheffield Hallam University |
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RDX detection by flowcell SERRS . |
Strathclyde University |