Rene Antoine Ferchault de Reaumur, the "model of a modern materials scientist"
Hamish Fraser, Ohio State University, giving his Edward de Mille Campbell lecture
Professor Sir Colin Humphreys
Hamish and his microscopy
Hamish honoured
Ullal Pranav Nayak, University des Saarlandes, and Harry
Martin Mueller, University des Saarlandes, and Harry
We went into the authors' coffee area, not because we were authors, but for free drinks and a long chat about life in general
A long-standing colleague, Mrityunjay Singh, and expert on ceramics and ceramic-composites. He often visited our Department in Cambridge, encountered the likes of Tony Kelly and Bill Clegg
Professor Mrityanjay Singh honored with the Edward de Mille Campbell Award
Harry, being introduced by Chris Bagnall for his Henry Clifton Sorby Lecture
George Pantazopoulos and Harry
The International Metallographic Society's Board, and Harry
Chris Bagnall and colleagues have looked at the metallography of a particular meteorite
This in an interesting micrograph from Chris' work: it shows that when two-non-parallel plates collided, the impinged plate continues to thicken around the tip of the impinging plate. Compare against bainite plates colliding as in Fig.~6.18b of Bainite in Steels, 3rd edition
George van der Vroot, chairing Chris Bagnall's talk on meteorite metallography and oxide-tinting
An alien, apparently, in the meteorite
Absolutely massive convention centre, all, wastefully air-conditioned. You can walk for miles within
Some views of new, New Orleans
Some views of new, New Orleans
Rare use of bicycles
While walking back to the Hilton Hotel, a woman came out of these bushes and told us that this is a short cut to the hotel! It was.
Name badge, but I guess Cambridge University is in Cambridge
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View from hotel room
View from hotel room
Chris Bagnall's tie, made by his daughter and wife, showing a pattern of hardness indents
The banquet in the evening
Professor John Agren, who was receiving two awards, and Professor Wei Xiong. Wei and Harry last met at Professor Greg Olson's retirement fest at Northwestern University (he moved to MIT). Wei is now a Professor at Pittsburgh University
John Agren and Harry Bhadeshia
Wei Xiong and Harry Bhadeshia
The Award Banquet
A scene from the literally high table
Mrityunjay Singh
The picture is from the occasion when the British Library's Paul Marchant conducted an oral history interview in Harry's office at Cambridge. Henry Clifton Sorby Award, slide presentation
Departure from New Orleans to Washington, and then a different flight to London, followed by train to Cambridge and taxi to Combterton
A shoe cleaning device in Toft (another village near Comberton), made from iron
The shoe cleaning device was next to this ancient entrance
Professor Greg Olson from MIT sent these pictures from the US, showing a get-together of old Lotus cars, in honour of Queen Elizabeth II, who passed away on the 8th of September
This is Greg's original yellow Lotus, which looks much nicer than his new one
