Professional Institution Lectures
Events being held in collaboration with professional institutions can be viewed here and bookings made. All lectures are free to the public and have refreshments served beforehand.
The Samuel Lindow Foundation supports professional institutions to achieve a wider reach and impact for the educational and outreach activities they undertake.
The evening lectures are informative, interesting and free to the public. Bookings can be made by clicking the links below, where more information on each event can be found.
Solar Energy
Date: 11th October 2012 Time: 18.30 for 19.00
Location: Lecture Theatre (SLB004), Samuel Lindow Building, Westaleks Science Park, Moor Row, Cumbria, CA24 3JZ
There is, at present, no solar fuels industry anywhere in the world despite the well-publicised needs to replace our depleting stock of fossil fuels with renewable energy sources.
Risk handling in Major Programmes
Date: 17th October 2012 Time: 17.00 for 17.30
Location: Lecture Theatre (SLB004), The Samuel Lindow Building, Westlakes Science Park, Moor Row, Cumbria, CA24 3JZ
Fiona Hammond is to present her perspectives of using contracts to enable successful delivery of high risk complex projects. Drawing on her experiences at Heathrow Express, Terminal 5, and the NDA and onto Derwent Forest, Fiona will illustrate how contracts need to be holistically considered enable high performing teams to deliver successful outcomes.
Threats to Earth from Asteroids and Comets: What can we do?
Date: 18th October 2012 Time: 18.00 for 18.30
Location: Lecture Theatre (SLB004), The Samuel Lindow Building, Westlakes Science Park, Moor Row, Cumbria, CA24 3JZ
Dr Robin Catchpole, recently retired as Senior Astronomer at the Royal Observatory Greenwich, currently works at the Institute of Astronomy, Cambridge, and has been an astronomer all his life. Robin will present a fascinating lecture on the threats to earth from Asteroids and Comets.
Coal Mining: from Concept to Closure
Date: 13th November 2012 Time: 18.00 for 18.30
Location: Lecture Theatre (SLB004), Samuel Lindow Building, Westlakes Science and Technology Park, Whitehaven, CA24 3JZ
A summary of the key mining stages; concept scoping, feasibility, construction and operation to closure - with worldwide examples.
Developing a reprocessing contingency for Magnox fuel
Date: 22nd November 2012 Time: 18.00 for 18.30
Location: Lecture Theatre (SLB004), The Samuel Lindow Building, Westlakes Science Park, Moor Row, Cumbria, CA24 3JZ
The end of generation from the Magnox nuclear power stations is rapidly approaching and the conclusions of associated reprocessing of the spent fuel at Sellafield will follow. However; the Magnox reprocessing plants at Sellafield are ageing and there was a concern that an acute failure would potentially prolonged storage of spent fuel in ponds, resulting in fuel degradation with its attendant consequences.
Engineering Your Future
Date: 23rd November 2012 Time: 09.00-15.00
Location: Samuel Lindow Building, Westlakes Science Park, Moor Row, Cumbria, CA24 3JX
The 6th Annual North West Engineering Career Awareness Days.