Events

We run a variety of events, from regular research seminars, schools activities to international conferences.  You can see what events we have coming up by looking through the event calendar. 

Nuclear Energy: Next Generation of Reactors

Tuesday 11 May 2010

14.00 to 15.00
Prof. Paul J. A. Howarth, Director of Science, Technology & Project Delivery, National Nuclear Laboratory, Sellafield.

Professors Stephen Hawking and Jim Al-Khalili at the Royal Albert Hall

Wednesday 20 October 2010

20.30
Professor Stephen Hawking

IoP lecture: Neutrino - Is the Sun Still Shining?

Wednesday 20 October 2010

19.00
Frank Close, Rutherford Appleton Laboratory

This is the story of Ray Davis who was the first man to look into the heart of  a star. He did so by capturing neutrino, ghostly particles that are produced in the centre of the Sun and stream out across space. As you read this, billions of them are hurtling through your eyeballs at almost the speed of light, unseen.

Jim Al-Khalili at Manchester Science Festival

Sunday 31 October 2010

15.00 to 16.00
Professor Jim Al-Khalili

Pathfinders: The Golden age of Arabic Science

Lecture: Superman and I

Wednesday 17 November 2010

17.00 to 18.00
Dr Silvia Pani

This lecture is part of our popular series of sixth form lectures on science and engineering but is open to everyone.  See our flyer for the full lecture programme.

IoP lecture: Radiation and Reason

Wednesday 24 November 2010

19.00
Prof. Wade Allison

The impact of science on a climate of fear.

LightTAG Exhibition Opening

Friday 11 February 2011

Touring exhibition of light drawings and animations opening at the BFI Southbank on 11th February 2011.  The exhibition will close on 18th February and will then tour around the South East.

SEPnet Summer Bursaries

Tuesday 15 February 2011

17.00
Claire Potter, SEPnet Director of Employer Liaison

SEPnet Summer Bursaries for Level 1 and Level 2 Students

IoP talk: What have lasers done for you?

Wednesday 16 February 2011

19.00 to 20.00
Prof Stephen Sweeney

Surrey Research Insight

Wednesday 16 February 2011

11.00
Guest speaker: Professor Stevan Harnad, Professor of Cognitive Science, University of Southampton.

Symplectic database and Surrey Scholarship Online

Professor Jim Al-Khalili meets Professor Brian Cox

Wednesday 25 May 2011

19.30
Jim Al-Khalili

An evening in conversation with Professor Brian Cox OBE, chaired by Professor Jim Al-Khalili, Professor of Public Engagement at the University of Surrey and BBC television presenter.

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How to Ace your A levels

Thursday 23 June 2011

This day long activity on campus is designed to introduce key concepts at A-Level, plus lots of key tips to passing with flying colours.  The session is for Year 11 students who have chosen to take A level physics next year.

GCSE Physics Taster Session

Monday 27 June 2011

You are invited to bring a group of year 9 students to this half day event at University of Surrey

'Physics at University' Tasters

Tuesday 28 June 2011

Schools and sixth form colleges can bring groups of A level students into the university for a day to see what university is like.

Sixth Form Physics Challenge

Monday 4 July 2011

You are invited to enter a team of 6 into our Sixth Form Physics Challenge.

Physical Aspects of Polymer Science IoP Conference

Monday 12 September 2011

The Institute of Physics Polymer Physics Group 25th biennial Polymer conference is hosted by the University of Surrey this year. The local organiser is the Department's Joe Keddie.

Jim Meets Dara O'Briain

Wednesday 5 October 2011

19.30

An evening in conversation with comedian and commentator Dara O’Briain, chaired by Professor Jim Al-Khalili, Professor of Public Engagement at the University of Surrey and BBC television presenter.

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Paul Dirac and the Religion of Mathematical Beauty

Wednesday 23 November 2011

19:00
Graham Farmelo

This is one of the local branch of the Institute of Physics's general interest talks. All are welcome. 

Department's MPhys Symposium

Tuesday 14 February 2012

12:30

Annual symposium where MPhys students give talks about their Research Years.

Seeing Through the Big Bang into Another World

Thursday 16 February 2012

18.00
Professor Sir Roger Penrose

Inaugural lecture delivered by Professor Sir Roger Penrose, world-leading mathematical physicist and long-term collaborator with Stephen Hawking.

IoP Talk: What would you do if you could be in two places at once?

Wednesday 22 February 2012

19.00
Professor Ben Murdin

We have put atoms trapped inside a silicon crystal into a state that is both oscillating and not oscillating at the same time. This control is providing us with a new way of performing computing logic - just think how powerful you could be if you could do two things at once! Atoms really can, and we all have to adjust our perceptions of reality to cope with these ideas.

The Light Fantastic - an evening with Prof Alf Adams

Monday 27 February 2012

19.00 (free drink* available from 18:00)
Alf Adams

Alf Adams "Grandfather of Modern Lasers" will present a lecture entitled 'Semiconductor Lasers Take The Strain' - at the Royal Society in London

IoP talk: Mapping Galaxies

Wednesday 14 March 2012

19.00 to 20.00
Dr Rita Tojeiro

Over the last few decades astronomers have made enormous leaps in charting the Universe around us. Now, with accurate positions for millions of galaxies, we are finally able to trace the Cosmic Web in which we live. But these cosmic maps do far more than simply catalogue the contents of our Universe ­ they can help us to understand its origin and evolution as well as its ultimate fate. Cosmologist Dr Rita Tojeiro takes us on a voyage to the furthest reaches of space and explains how astronomers are unlocking some of the fundamental secrets of the Universe.

Department of Physics PhD Fair (Physics)

Wednesday 21 March 2012

14;00
The Fair is for anyone thinking of doing a PhD in 2012. There will be a talk by a current PhD student, plus info on choosing a project, funding, etc. All welcome.

IoP Talk: Planetary Systems around Gas Giants and Ice Giants

Wednesday 2 May 2012

7.30pm
Dr Chris Arridge

The worlds of the giant planets Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune are full of superlatives. Apart from the Sun they are the largest and most massive objects in our solar system and their influence is felt over enormous distances. The stunning rings around Saturn, and the large number of moons around most of the giant planets lead some people to think of them as miniature solar systems in their own right. Although often grouped together as “Gas Giants”, many planetary scientists make a further distinction and describe Jupiter and Saturn as Gas Giants, and Uranus and Neptune as Ice Giants, reflecting the importance of volatiles (such as water, methane, and ammonia) in the interiors and atmospheres of Uranus and Neptune. The interiors of the giant planets are also important natural laboratories for studying materials under high pressure and for studying the generation of global magnetic fields. The magnetic field of Jupiter is reasonably well understood, but the almost axisymmetrical field of Saturn, and the highly asymmetrical fields of Neptune and Uranus are much less well understood. Global planetary magnetic fields provide the cores for giant planetary magnetospheres with very different mass and energy sources compared to the Earth’s magnetosphere. 

This talk will describe recent results from missions to the giant planets of our solar system and ground/space-based observatories at 1 AU, looking at their interiors, magnetic fields, magnetospheres, and natural satellites. It will conclude with a discussion about current and future missions, focusing on missions to the poorly studied and understood Ice Giant, Uranus.

Magnetic Resonance in Porous Media 11 (MRPM11) September 2012

Sunday 9 September 2012

Abstract submission online at www.surrey.ac.uk/mrpm11

The 11th International Bologna Conference on Magnetic Resonance in Porous Media (MRPM11) will be hosted from Sunday 9th to Thursday 13th September 2012 by the Physics Department at the University of Surrey, Guildford, UK.