Prof Sir Colin Humphreys, CBE, FREng's Biography

Prof Sir Colin Humphreys, CBE, FREng's Professional Career

Career

Univ of Oxford: sr research offr 1971-80, sr research fell Jesus Coll 1974-85, lectr in metallurgy and science of materials 1980-85; Henry Bell Wortley prof of materials engrg and head Dept of Materials Science and Engrg Univ of Liverpool 1985-89; Univ of Cambridge: prof of materials science 1990-92, professorial fell Selwyn Coll 1990-, head Dept of Materials Science and Metallurgy 1991-95, Goldsmiths' prof of materials science 1992-; prof of experimental physics Royal Instn of GB 1999-; visiting prof: Arizona State Univ 1979, Univ of Illinois 1982-86; dir Rolls Royce Univ Technol Centre 1994-; hon pres Canadian Coll for Chinese Studies 1996-; chm: Cmmn on Electron Diffraction Int Union of Crystallography 1984-87 (memb Cmmn on Int Tables), Materials Science and Engrg Cmmn SERC 1988-92; pres Inst of Materials, Minerals and Mining 2002-03 (memb Cncl 2002-, chm Managing Bd 2004-05); sr vice-pres Inst of Materials 2000- (memb Cncl 2000-), vice-pres Inst of Metals 1993-96 (memb Cncl 1992-96); memb Cncl: SERC 1988-92, Inst of Metals 1989-92; vice-chm Technol Foresight Ctee on Materials DTI 1994-99, memb Nat Advsy Ctee on Electronic Materials and Devices 1999-; chm Int Advisory Bd Nat Inst for Materials Science Tsukuba Japan 2003-, memb Int Advsy Panel Etisalat Univ UAE 2003-, chm Int Review Panel Dept of Materials The Technion Israel 2004; Inst of Physics fell in the public understanding of physics 1997-99; pres Physics Section BAAS 1998-99; RSA Medal 1963, Reginald Mitchell Medal 1989, Rosenhain Medal and Prize 1989, Templeton Award 1994, Elegant Work Prize Inst of Materials 1996, Kelvin Medal and Prize Inst of Physics 1999, Euro Materials Gold Medal Fedn of Euro Materials Socs 2001, Robert Franklin Mehl Gold Medal Minerals Metals and Materials Soc USA 2003; D K C MacDonald meml lectr Canada 1993, Hume-Rothery meml lectr Oxford 1997, Gladstone lectr London 1999, Hatfield meml lectr Sheffield 2000, Sterling lectr Singapore and Malaysia 2001, John Matthews meml lectr Durban South Africa 2002, Robert Warner lectr London 2002; memb: Ct Univ of Bradford 1990-94, Ct Cranfield Univ 1997-, John Templeton Fndn 1994-, BBC Panel on Engrg and Technol progs 1995-96; tstee Link House 1994-; Freeman City of London 1994, Liveryman Worshipful Co of Goldsmiths 1997, Liveryman Worshipful Co of Armourers and Brasiers 2001 (Freeman 1998, memb Ct of Assts 2004); Hon DSc Univ of Leicester 2001; CEng 1980, FIM 1985, FInstP 1985, memb Academia Europaea 1991, FREng 1996, Selby fell Australian Acad of Science 1997

Prof Sir Colin Humphreys, CBE, FREng's Publications

Books and Publications

High Voltage Electron Microscopy (ed, 1974), Electron Diffraction 1927-77 (ed, 1978), Creation and Evolution (1985, translated into Chinese 1988), Understanding Materials (ed, 2002), The Miracles of Exodus (2003)

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