The College of Engineering and Physical Sciences is running a series of Inaugural Lectures to showcase the leading scientists who are pushing the boundaries in their disciplines.
The event marks an individual’s promotion to Professor, but also provides a rare opportunity to hear first-hand about their research.
These events are open to the public, and free of charge. Please click on the below headings to learn more and register for the event.
Miss the lecture? Some of the lectures were recorded; follow the links to find out more.
- Date
- 23/05/2018
- Location:
- Chemical Engineering, Lecture Theatre 124, Y11 on the campus map
- Description
- In his Inaugural Lecture, Professor Peter Tiňo will chart the rather surprising path that led him to become a blend of computer scientist, mathematician and physicist, working in the domains of complex systems and what is now confusingly termed artificial intelligence-machine learning.
- Description
- Feature on the career of Professor Chris Good, Deputy Head of the School of Mathematics at the University of Birmingham.
- Date:
- 27/03/2018
- Description
- Feature article on Professor Nicola Wilkin, Director of Education at College of Engineering and Physical Sciences and Professor of Physics at the University of Birmingham.
- Date:
- 23/01/2018
- Description
- The capacity audience at Professor David Chapman's Inaugural Lecture were treated to his dramatic tunnel collapse experiment, which saw a replica of the Big Ben clock tower sitting atop sand in a Perspex box dramatically cave in and shoot through the entrance when the tunnel face support was removed.
- Date:
- 11/01/2018
- Description
- Earlier this year, Professor Paul Flavell, Head of Mathematics at the University of Birmingham, gave a public talk to celebrate becoming a Professor.
- Date:
- 30/10/2017
- Description
- Professor Costas Constantinou is an internationally leading expert on communications engineering, specifically radiowave (RW) propagation – the behaviour of radio waves as they travel, or are propagated, from one point to another or to permeate the world around us – whose groundbreaking work will help to make the IoT a reality, most likely within the next few years. He recently presented his Inaugural Lecture, 'The Magic of Radio'. This article profiles his life and research.
- Date:
- 16/08/2017