Arrival at the Gothenburg City Airport
Met by Lars-Erik Svensson, a Professor at Hogskolan Vast (University West), and Adjunct Professor of Physics at Chalmers University
This is Lars' new Volvo car
Arrival at Chalmers University
The tram service
Colleagues from Udeholm
On the left is Professor Hans-Olof Andren of the Applied Physics Department, Chalmers University.
A delicious lunch at the Persian Palace
Beautiful foliage
Seasonal colour changes
Gothenburg is an elegant city
Chalmers University
Chalmers University. Sweden has a large wood and cellulose industry
.... and bicycles
Chalmers University and Gothenburg University share some facilities and collaborate in research
From 4 p.m. onwards, Harry was at a meeting with another set of people, at the house where Chalmers himself lived
William Chalmers lived here
This and the next photograph represents the members of the Advisory Board of a new materials science initiative at Chalmers University
Chalmers has obtained perpetual funding to establish an interdisciplinary activity entitled "Materials for Tomorrow"
The day after the Board meeting was a conference, with five presentations of research by external members of the Advisory Board, followed in the afternoon by presentations from the group leaders of the Initiative
Professor Kirster Holmberg introduces Harry. He is the Director of the new initiative
The next talk, on very small gold particles was by Professor Marie-Paule Pileni of the Pierre and Marie Curie University in France
Coffee break
Professor Borje Johansson of the Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden then explained the importance of first principles calculations.
Professor Helmuth Mohwald of the Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces then described thin films and capsules
This is James Kirkpatrick, giving the final in the series of lectures by the External Members of the Scientific Advisory Board. He explained repair mechanisms in the body
A doodle, which was there before the current proceedings began, presumably by a confused member of the audience.
Kasper Moth-Poulsen is a new Assistant Professor at Chalmers, beginning January, who will work on single electron electronics using molecular transistors
This is Fredrik Hook, who works on biological sensors
Anders Palmqvist gave a nice talk on thermoelectric materials based on revelations from fundamental physics
A poster on polycrystalline cubic boron nitride
Mikael Rigdahl talked about making polymers from cellulose
Sten Eriksson has participated in the creation of the best spallation source at ISIS
Goran wahnstrom finished by giving a wonderful example how a combination of first principles, thermodynamics and insight can lead to a complete story, from science to technology
