British Carbon Group

<body> <center> <a href="http://www.britishcarbon.org/" target="_top"><img src="images/logo.gif" border="0" alt="The British Carbon Group" width="300" height="90" align="center"></a> <br> <span class="title">Introduction</span> <hr noshade width="80%"> </center> <p>The British Carbon Group is a special interest group of the <a href="http://www.rsc.org" target="_blank">Royal Society of Chemistry </a>, the <a href="http://www.iop.org" target="_blank"> Institute of Physics</a> and the <a href="http://www.soci.org" target="_blank"> Society of Chemical Industry</a> devoted to the advancement of carbon science. It is also a member of the European Carbon Association. <p>The Carbon Group was originally formed in 1965 as a Subject Group of The Institute of Physics. In 1977 the Group became the Joint Carbon Group of The Institute of Physics and the Royal Society of Chemistry. Since January 1994 the Group has been joined with the Industrial Carbon and Graphite Group of The Society of Chemical Industry and is known as The British Carbon Group. In addition to physicists and chemists, the Group welcomes professional members from other disciplines with an interest in carbon and is attracting interest from scientists working in Europe and the developing countries. <p> <h3><a href="pdfs/BCGRSCNews.Jan2009.pdf">Diamond Days : Introduction to the British Carbon Group</a> (2009)<br> <a href="http://www.soci.org/News/Carbon-core">The British Carbon Group Interview</a> at the SCI (2009)</h3> <img src=images/pkge0e2.jpg> <p> <p>Naturally-occurring graphite in a dolerite matrix from Sleathwaite, Cumbria, UK. The picture appears by permission of Dr. D. Millward and of the Director of the BGS.  <p> [an error occurred while processing this directive] <center> <a href="http://www.britishcarbon.org/" target="_top"><img src="images/logo.gif" border="0" alt="The British Carbon Group" width="300" height="90" align="center"></a> <br> <span class="title">Officers and Committee Members (2011)</span> <hr noshade width="80%"> </center> <table> <tr> <td align=left valign=top> <strong>Chair</strong></td> <td align=left valign=top> Dr G Neighbour<br> <font size="-1"> Oxford Brookes University<br> Wheatley Campus<br> Wheatley<br> OXFORD OX33 1HX<br> United Kingdom </td> <td align="left" valign=top> E-mail: <a href="mailto:gneighbour/~a~/brookes.ac.uk">gneighbour/~a~/brookes.ac.uk</a><br> Tel: +44 1482 466535<br> Fax: + 44 1482 466664<br> Affiliation IOP<br> <font size="1"><i>Retires : 2011 AGM<br></i></font> </td> </tr> <tr> <td align=left valign=top> <strong>Vice Chair</strong></td> <td align=left valign=top> Dr. Nicole Grobert<br> <font size="-1"> Royal Society Dorothy Hodgkin Fellow<br> Department of Materials, University of Oxford<br> Parks Road, Oxford, OX1 3PH<br> </td> <td align="left" valign=top> E-mail: <a href="mailto:nicole.grobert/~a~/materials.ox.ac.uk">nicole.grobert/~a~/materials.ox.ac.uk</a><br> Tel: +44 1865 273672<br> Fax: +44 1865 283 333<br> Affiliation: DPG (Deutsche Physikalische Gesellschaft), RMS (Royal Microscopical Society)<br> <font size="1"><i>Retires : 2011 AGM<br></i></font> </td> </tr> <tr> <td align=left valign=top> <strong>Hon. Secretary</strong></td> <td align=left valign=top> Dr Peter C. Minshall<br> <font size="-1"> BNFL Magnox Generation<br> Berkeley Centre<br> Berkeley<br> Glos. GL13 9PB<br> </td> <td align="left" valign=top> Email : <a href="mailto:Peter.c.minshall/~a~/magnoxnorthsites.com">Peter.c.minshall/~a~/magnoxnorthsites.com</a> <br> Tel: +44 1454 422287<br> Fax: +44 1454 42 2353<br> Affiliation : RSC<br> <font size="1"><i>Retires: 2012 AGM<br> </font> </td> </tr> <tr> <td align=left valign=top> <strong>Hon. Treasurer</strong></td> <td align=left valign=top> <a href="http://www.tonywickham.co.uk/">Dr. A. J. Wickham</a><br> <font size="-1"> Senior Visiting Research Fellow at Manchester University<br> Cwmchwefru Farm<br> Llanafan Fawr<br> BUILTH WELLS<br> Brecknockshire LD2 3PW<br> </td> <td align="left" valign=top> E-mail: <a href="mailto:confer/~a~/globalnet.co.uk"> confer/~a~/globalnet.co.uk </a> <br> Home/ Fax: + 44 1597 860244<br> Mobile : + 44 7785 567 577<br> Office : + 44 1597 860633<br> Affiliation : RSC<br> <font size="1"><i>Retires: 2012 AGM </i></font> </font> </td> </tr> <tr> <td align=left valign=top> <strong>Committee</strong> </td> <td align=left valign=top> <a href="http://www.ewels.info/">Dr Chris Ewels</a><br> <font size="-1"> Institute of Materials<br> CNRS UMR6502<br> 2 rue de la Houssiniere<br> BP 32229<br> 44322 Nantes<br> France</td> <td align="left" valign=top> Email: <a href="mailto:chris.ewels/~a~/cnrs-imn.fr">chris.ewels/~a~/cnrs-imn.fr</a> <br> Tel: +33-240376407<br> <font size="-1"><i>Retires: 2013 AGM</i></font> </td> </tr> <tr> <td align=left valign=top> </td> <td align=left valign=top> Dr John Fisher<br> <font size="-1"> 7 Blake Close,<br> Rotherham<br> S66 1UN<br> <td align="left" valign=top> Email: <a href="mailto:john.fisher1/~a~/btconnect.com">john.fisher1/~a~/btconnect.com</a> <br> Tel: +44-1709 547886 (home)<br> Affiliation : SCI<br> <font size="-1"><i>Retires: 2013 AGM</i></font> </td> </tr> <tr> <td align=left valign=top> </td> <td align=left valign=top> Dr Peter Branton<br> <font size="-1"> Group Research and Development<br> British American Tobacco<br> Pegents Park Road<br> Millbrook<BR> Southampton<BR> Hampshire<br> SO15 8TL<br> <td align="left" valign=top> Email: <a href="mailto:peter_branton/~a~/bat.com">peter_branton/~a~/bat.com</a> <br> <font size="-1"><i>Retires: 2013 AGM</i></font> </td> </tr> <tr> <td align=left valign=top> </td> <td align=left valign=top> Dr Mhairi Gass<br> <font size="-1"> Superstem<br> Daresbury Laboratory<br> Keckwick Lane<br> Daresbury WA4 4AD<br> </td> <td align="left" valign=top> Email: <a href="mailto:m.h.gass/~a~/liv.ac.uk">m.h.gass/~a~/liv.ac.uk </a> <br> Tel: +44-1925 864905<br> <font size="1"><i>Retires: 2011 AGM </i></font> </td> </tr> <tr> <td align=left valign=top> </td> <td align=left valign=top> Prof. Nicholas Harrison<br> <font size="-1"> Chair of Computational Materials Science<br> Department of Chemistry<br> Imperial Colleage of Science, Technology and Medicine<br> South Kensington<br> London SW7 2AZ</td> <td align="left" valign=top> Email: <a href="mailto:nicholas.harrison/~a~/imperial.ac.uk">nicholas.harrison/~a~/imperial.ac.uk</a> <br> Tel: +44-(0)20 7594 5884<br> Affiliation: RSC IoP<br> <font size="1"><i>Retires: 2012 AGM </i></font> </td> </tr> <tr> <td align=left valign=top> </td> <td align=left valign=top> Dr. Valeria Nicolosi<br> <font size="-1"> Royal Academy of Engineering Research Fellow<br> Department of Materials<br> University of Oxford<br> Parks Road<br> Oxford OX1 3PH </td> <td align="left" valign=top> Email: <a href="mailto:valeria.nicolosi/~a~/materials.ox.ac.uk">valeria.nicolosi/~a~/materials.ox.ac.uk</a> <br> Tel: +44-(0)1865 273672<br> Affiliation: IoP<br> <font size="1"><i>Retires: 2012 AGM </i></font> </td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="3"><strong>Co-opted Committee</strong></td> </tr> <tr> <td align=left valign=top> <b>Local chairperson for "Applications of Carbon Science in Medicine" meeting</b> </td> <td align=left valign=top> Prof. Sergey Mikhalovsky <br> <font size="-1"> CChem, FRSC<br> Professor of Materials Chemistry<br> School of Pharmacy and Biomolecular Sciences<br> University of Brighton<br> Cockcroft Building, Lewes Road<br> Brighton BN2 4GJ<br> </td> <td align="left" valign=top> E-mail: <a href="mailto:s.mikhalovsky/~a~/bton.ac.uk">s.mikhalovsky/~a~/bton.ac.uk</a><br> Tel +44 (0)1273 642034<br> Fax +44 (0)1273 679333<br> Affiliation RSC<br> <font size="1"><i>Retires: 2010 AGM </i></font> </td> </tr> <tr> <td align=left valign=top> <strong>Public Understanding of Science and co-covenor for the special carbon session at Electrochem 2011</strong> </td> <td align=left valign=top> Dr Ian Kinloch<br> <font size="-1"> Royal Academy of Engineering/EPSRC Research Fellow<br> School of Materials<br> University of Manchester<br> Grosvenor Street<br> Manchester M1 7HS <td align="left" valign=top> Email: <a href="mailto:ian.kinloch/~a~/manchester.ac.uk">ian.kinloch/~a~/manchester.ac.uk</a> <br> Tel: +44-161 306 3615<br> </td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="3"><strong>Appointed Representatives for 2010</strong></td> </tr> <tr> <td align=left valign=top> <strong>SCI</strong> </td> <td align=left valign=top> Dr J. Andresen<br> <font size="-1"> School of Chemical, Environmental and Mining Engineering <br> University of Nottingham<br> Nottingham NG7 2RD<br> UK<br> </td> <td align="left" valign=top> Email: <a href="mailto:john.andreson/~a~/nottingham.ac.uk">john.andreson/~a~/nottingham.ac.uk </a> <br> Tel: +44-115 951 4180<br> <font size="1"><i>Retires: 2010 AGM </i></font> </font> </td> <tr> <td align=left valign=top> <strong>RSC</strong> </td> <td align=left valign=top> Dr. N. Parkyns<br> <font size="-1"> 28 Highclere Drive<br> Hemel Hempstead HP3 8BY </td> <td align="left" valign=top> Email: <a href="mailto:norman.parkyns/~a~/tesco.net">norman.parkyns/~a~/tesco.net</a> <br> Tel: +44-(0)1442 255429<br> Affiliation: RSC<br> </td> </tr> <tr> <td align=left valign=top> <strong>IOP</strong> </td> <td align=left valign=top> Dr. J. P. Goss<br> <font size="-1"> School of Electrical Engineering<br> University of Newcastle upon Tyne<br> Newcastle upon Tyne<br> NE1 7RU<td align="left" valign=top> Email: <a href="mailto:j.p.goss/~a~/newcastle.ac.uk">j.p.goss/~a~/newcastle.ac.uk</a> <br> Tel: +44-191 222 7425<br> Affiliation: IOP </td> </tr> </table>  <br> <br> <br> <font size=2> All @ signs were changed to /~a~/ to fight spam <br> Before you send e-mail, you need to change /~a~/ to @ <br> For example: change irene/~a~/big12.com to irene@big12.com </font> <center> <a href="http://www.britishcarbon.org/" target="_top"><img src="images/logo.gif" border="0" alt="The British Carbon Group" width="300" height="90" align="center"></a> <br> <span class="title">Links</span> <hr noshade width="80%"> </center> If you have a relevant link for this page, please contact the webmaster. <ul> <li><a href="http://www.rsc.org/" target="_blank">The Royal Society of Chemistry</a> <ul> <li><a href="http://www.rsc.org/Membership/Networking/InterestGroups/britishcarbon/index.asp" target="_blank">RSC British Carbon Group page</a> </ul> <li><a href="http://www.iop.org/" target="_blank">The Institute of Physics</a> <ul> <li><a href="http://www.iop.org/activity/groups/subject/bcg/index.html" target="_blank">IoP British Carbon Group page</a> </ul> <li><a href="http://www.soci.org/" target="_blank">The Society of Chemical Industry</a> <ul> <li><a href="http://www.soci.org/SCI/groups/homepage.jsp?code=CAR" target="_blank">SCI British Carbon Group page</a> </ul> <li>University of Leeds <ul> <li><a href="http://www.engineering.leeds.ac.uk/erri/people/jones/jones.shtml" target="_blank">Dr. Jenny Jones</a> </ul> <li>University of Newcastle <ul> <li><a href="http://www.ncl.ac.uk/carbon/carbon/" target="_blank">NCRL</a> (Northern Carbon Research Laboratories) <li><a href="http://www.ncl.ac.uk/nsci/staff/profile/mark.thomas" target="_blank">Professor Mark Thomas</a> <li><a href="http://www.ncl.ac.uk/nsci/staff/profile/ian.edwards" target="_blank">Dr. Ian Edwards</a> </ul> <li>University of Nottingham <ul> <li><a href="http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/~enzmp/nfec/" target="_blank">Nottingham Fuel and Energy Centre</a> at the School of Chemical, Environmental and Mining Engineering (SChEME) <li><a href="http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/scheme/lookup/lookup_role.php?id=ODA=&page_var=personal" target="_blank">Professor John Patrick</a> <li><a href="http://www.unim.nottingham.ac.uk/chemical/people.html" target="_blank">Dr. Mike Cloke</a> </ul> <li>University of Sussex <ul> <li><a href="http://tc.cpes.susx.ac.uk/heggie_index.shtml" target="_blank">TCCM</a> (Theoretical Chemistry and Computational Materials) <li><a href="http://tc.cpes.susx.ac.uk/people/heggie.shtml" target="_blank">Professor Malcolm Heggie</a> </ul> <li><a href="http://www.tonywickham.co.uk" target="_blank">Tony Wickham</a> </ul> <h3>Other Carbon Societies worldwide</h3> <ul> <li><a href="http://www.hpc.susx.ac.uk/ECA/">European Carbon Association</a> <li><a href= "http://www.ecga.net/" target="_blank">European Carbon and Graphite Association </a> <br> <li><a href="http://www.chm.bris.ac.uk/diamonduk/" target="_blank">UK Diamond and DLC Research Network</a> <li><a href="http://www.coalresearchforum.org" target="_blank">Coal Research Forum</a> <li><a href="http://www.abcarb.org.br/">The Brazilian Carbon Society</a> <li><a href="http://www.americancarbonsociety.org/" target="_blank">American Carbon Society</a> <li><a href="http://iq.ua.es/~gec/" target="_blank">Grupo Espa�ol del Carb�n (Spanish Carbon Group) </a> <li><a href="http://www.sfc.fr/GrCarbone/GrCarbone.htm" target="_blank">Le Groupe Fran�ais d'Etude des Carbones (Societe Francaise de Chimie)</a> <li><a href="http://www.dkg.de/" target="_blank">Deutsche Keramische Gesellschaft</a> </ul> <h3>Miscellaneous Links</h3> <ul> <li><a href= "http://www.phy.mtu.edu/faculty/info/jaszczak/graphprop.html" target="_blank"> Graphite Properties</a> <li><a href= "http://minerals.usgs.gov/minerals/pubs/commodity/graphite/" target="_blank"> Graphite definition</a> </ul> <center> <img src="images/logo.gif" alt="The British Carbon Group" width="300" height="90" align="center"> <br> <span class="title">Bursaries</span> <hr noshade width="80%"> </center> <p>The British Carbon Group has funds available to assist student travel for participation in national and international meetings relating to the science and technology of carbon materials. <p> Preference will be given to students who are: <ul><li>A presenting author at the conference <li>Promoting UK carbon research <li>attending a conference organised by the British Carbon Group <li>also trying to get money from other sources. </ul> Applicants must be a registered student and, if awarded a BCG Student Bursary, will be required to write a short article on either the meeting attended or their area of carbon research, for consideration for inclusion in the British Carbon Group Newsletter. <p> <p>The application form is available as a <a href="pdfs/Bursary.pdf">pdf file</a> or a <a href="pdfs/Application_for_Student_Travel_Bursary.doc">Word document</a>. Applications should be accompanied by a letter from the students supervisor or Head of Department supporting the application and <b>specifying to whom any cheque should be made payable</b>. <p> Please note that applications are for travel funds only, <b>not</b> for conference fees or accomodation. Sums awarded are normally up to 75GBP for a UK conference and up to 200GBP for international conferenes. Cheques will only be issued after the conference has taken place and on receipt of the short article mentioned above. <p> <a href="pdfs/Bursary.pdf">Application Form</a> (pdf)<br> <a href="pdfs/Application_for_Student_Travel_Bursary.doc">Application Form</a> (word). <P> <hr width=30% noshade> In addition to the travel bursaries awarded directly by the British Carbon Group, additional funds are available via the RSC and IOP for members of these institutions. <p> <ul> <li><a href="http://www.iop.org/about/grants/research_student/page_38808.html">IOP Research Student Conference Fund</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.rscorg/travelgrants">RSC Travel Grants</a> </ul> <center> <a href="http://www.britishcarbon.org/" target="_top"><img src="images/logo.gif" border="0" alt="The British Carbon Group" width="300" height="90" align="center"></a> <br> <span class="title">Membership</span> <hr noshade width="80%"> </center> <p>Membership of The British Carbon Group is open to all those with an interest in any aspect of carbon and carbonaceous materials. Those who already are Members, Associates or Fellows of one of our sponsoring bodies (The Royal Society of Chemistry, The Institute of Physics or The Society of Chemical Industry) can automatically become members of The British Carbon Group by ticking the appropriate "box" on their annual membership renewal form, and paying a small additional fee with their subscription to cover postages etc. <p>Others may join as Subscribing Members on payment of an annual fee which is currently 10. <p>Further details may be obtained from The Honorary Treasurer, <a href="mailto:confer@globalnet.co.uk">Dr. A. J. Wickham</a> <p>All Members receive an occasional Carbon Newsletter (approximately twice per year) and also receive reduced fees for all scientific meetings sponsored or co-sponsored by the Group. There is no specific student membership, but bona fide students may apply for <a href="Bursary.pdf">bursaries</a> to assist their attendance at conferences both in the UK and overseas. </body>