Up Close: Physical Chemistry Cluster of the University of Amsterdam

MRS Bulletin ◽  
1990 ◽  
Vol 15 (5) ◽  
pp. 31-34
Author(s):  
Job Elders
Keyword(s):  
Physical Chemistry ◽  
Excited States ◽  
Spectroscopic Properties ◽  
Chemical Research ◽  
Pivot Point ◽  
Laser Technology ◽  
Research Activities ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Information Center ◽  
The University

The Physical Chemistry Cluster (PCC), located in the Department of Physical Chemistry, University of Amsterdam, the Netherlands is a cooperative entity which directs a wide range of in-depth research. Extensive collaboration within the PCC offers a broad base of expertise to every participant. The PCC is situated in the inspiring environment of the Van't Hoff Laboratory, named for the Dutch chemist who received the first Nobel prize awarded for chemistry in 1901 for his research on valence-directions and stereochemistry of the carbon atom.The PCC is composed of a number of different bodies, with the Department of Physical Chemistry serving as the pivot point. Figure 1 shows a diagram of the PCC organization which includes the University of Amsterdam (UvA); the foundation, Chemical Research Netherlands (SON); Institute of Mass Spectrometry (IMS); the Interaction of Matter with Photons group (IMF); Faculty of Physics (UvA); Laser Application and Information Center Amsterdam (LAICA); the LAICA Laser Technology Ventures, Ltd.; and the Laser Lease Center.The Physical Chemistry Cluster finds its roots at the Laboratory of Physical Chemistry of the University of Amsterdam. The Laboratory for Physical Chemistry has an academie staff of about 18 members who cooperate with the faculty of physics of the University of Amsterdam. PCC research activities cover a broad field of physical chemistry. Here, researchers study the interaction of matter and photons to obtain information on spectroscopic properties and dynamics of excited states of isolated or clustered molecules in the gas or condensed phase.

Conversaziones 1954

1955 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
pp. 113-119
Keyword(s):  
Spiral Waves ◽  
The Body ◽  
University Of Cambridge ◽  
Research Activities ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Mechanical Models ◽  
The University

At the Conversazione on 20 May 1954 the thirty-one exhibits covered a wide range of research activities and a more than usual number of Fellows took part in personally demonstrating aspects of their work. Sir Geoftrey Taylor, F.R.S., and Lord Rothschild, G.M., F.R.S., of the University of Cambridge, combined to show, with the aid of a microscope and a stroboscope, living spermatozoa swimming in water and, alongside for comparison, self-propelling mechanical models of spermatozoa which showed how spiral waves of bending can act as propellers and demonstrate the essential part which the body of the organism must play for this mode of propulsion to work.

scholarly journals Obituary notices of fellows deceased

1928 ◽  
Vol 118 (780) ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Primary School ◽  
Leisure Time ◽  
Research Worker ◽  
Chemical Research ◽  
Applied Chemistry ◽  
Rapid Succession ◽  
Short Period ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
The University ◽  
Similar Organization

The earlier years of Albin Haller were spent in his native village of Felleringen, not far from Mulhouse, where he was born on March 7th, 1849. He was the eldest son of a family of eleven, and at the age of 14, after he had attended the primary school at Wesserling, he was apprenticed as a carpenter in his father's workshop. However, by a lucky chance, he happened, two years later, to make the acquaintance of a pharmacist, M. Achille Gault, who took him into his laboratory and gave him his first lessons in chemistry. For three years M. Gault, who was quick to recognize the marked ability of his pupil, devoted his leisure time to the training of Haller, and ultimately sent him to his brother, M. Leon Gault, of Colmar, to whom he became assistant. Early in the Franco-Prussian was Haller volunteered for service, joining at Belfort in 1870, but after the disastrous year of 1871 he elected to remain in France and rejoined M. Gault at Nancy, where he assisted in the establishment of a pharmacy, and continued to study for his pharmaceutical examinations under the direction of his master. In 1872 the University of Strasbourg was established at Nancy, and Haller became in rapid succession "aide-préparateur," "préparateur" and "chef de travaux" in the Ecole Supérieure de Pharmacie. In 1879 he obtained the "doctorat ès sciences," and in 1885 was appointed a professor in the Faculty of Science of the University. By this time his keen insight and great manipulative skill as a research worker, and his marked ability as an administrator and inspiring lecturer, had become generally recognized, so that in 1899 he was called to Paris as successor to Friedel and Wurtz at the Sorbonne. From this time onward, up to within a very short period of his death, at the age of 76, Haller continued to publish at frequent intervals a great number of original memoirs, amounting in all to 250, covering a wide range of chemical research. His great organizing ability enabled him to establish the Institut Chimique of the University of Nancy in 1890, and subsequently a similar organization devoted to the study of physical and electro-chemistry. He was chiefly responsible for the development of the teaching of applied chemistry in France, and in 1908 succeeded Berthelot as President of the Commission on Explosives.

Research on physico-chemical properties of sugars and sugar crystallization at the University of Chemistry and Technology in Prague

2020 ◽  
pp. 294-298
Author(s):  
Z. Bubnik ◽  
P. Kadlec ◽  
E. Sarka ◽  
V. Pour ◽  
A. Hinkova ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Chemical Properties ◽  
Main Research ◽  
Research Areas ◽  
Research Activities ◽  
Physico Chemical ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
The University ◽  
Physical And Chemical ◽  
Kinetics Of ◽  
And Chemical Properties

This paper represents a summary of most important research activities in sucrose crystallization, in which the Department of Carbohydrates and Cereals, part of the University of Chemistry and Technology (UCT) Prague, has been involved over the last 25 years. A wide range of these projects has been carried out in cooperation with other research institutes, universities and industrial partners. These activities can be divided into four main research areas that are interconnected and support each other. – Physical and chemical properties of sucrose and sugar solutions; – Growth kinetics of sugar crystals in pure and technical sugar solutions; – Simulation and mathematical modeling of new processes and technologies; – Experimental work for industry and cooperation with industrial partners.

Chair ICO/UVIC-UCC of palliative care at the University of Vic – Central University of Catalonia: an innovative multidisciplinary model of education, research and knowledge transfer

2018 ◽  
pp. bmjspcare-2018-001656 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xavier Gómez-Batiste ◽  
Cristina Lasmarías ◽  
Jordi Amblàs ◽  
Xavier Costa ◽  
Sara Ela ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Palliative Care ◽  
Knowledge Transfer ◽  
Advance Care Planning ◽  
Annual Reports ◽  
Care Planning ◽  
Psychosocial Needs ◽  
Research Activities ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Advance Care ◽  
The University

ObjectivesGeneration and dissemination of knowledge is a relevant challenge of palliative care (PC). The Chair Catalan Institute of Oncology (ICO)/University of Vic (UVIC) of Palliative Care (CPC) was founded in 2012, as a joint project of the ICO and the University of Vic/Central of Catalonia to promote the development of PC with public health and community-oriented vision and academic perspectives. The initiative brought together professionals from a wide range of disciplines (PC, geriatrics, oncology, primary care and policy) and became the first chair of PC in Spain. We describe the experience of the CPC at its fifth year of implementation.MethodsData collection from annual reports, publications, training and research activities.ResultsResults for period 2012–2017 are classified into three main blocks: (1) Programme: (a) The advanced chronic care model (Palliative needs (NECPAL)); (b) the psychosocial and spiritual domains of care (Psychosocial needs (PSICPAL)); (c) advance care planning and shared decision making (Advance care planning (PDAPAL)); and (d) the compassive communities projects (Society involvement (SOCPAL)). (2) Education and training activities: (a) The master of PC, 13 editions and 550 professionals trained; (b) postgraduate course on psychosocial care, 4 editions and 140 professionals trained; and (c) workshops on specific topics, pregraduate training and online activities with a remarkable impact on the Spanish-speaking community. (3) Knowledge-transfer activities and research projects: (a) Development of 20 PhDs projects; and (b) 59 articles and 6 books published.ConclusionBeing the first initiative of chair in PC in Spain, the CPC has provided a framework of multidisciplinary areas that have generated innovative experiences and projects in PC.

Sir Harry Work Melville, K.C.B. 27 April 1908 – 14 June 2000

2002 ◽  
Vol 48 ◽  
pp. 289-308
Author(s):  
John C. Bevington ◽  
Brian G. Gowenlock
Keyword(s):  
Analytical Techniques ◽  
Scientific Meeting ◽  
Heterogeneous Reactions ◽  
Research Strategies ◽  
Chemical Research ◽  
Academic Administration ◽  
Personal Involvement ◽  
Polymer Properties ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
The University

Sir Harry Melville was a physical chemist with an international reputation for his studies of gas-phase and heterogeneous reactions, polymerizations and polymer properties; much of this work was characterized by the development of analytical techniques that exploited a very wide range of physical properties. His career changed direction at the age of 48 from immediate personal involvement in the direction of research to the development of national research strategies, followed later by academic administration as a university Principal. His interests in chemical research remained active throughout his long life. For J.C.B., acquaintance with Melville began during a study of phosphorus as an incendiary agent and reading some of his published papers; there was later (in 1948) appointment to the staff at the University of Birmingham and membership of the High Polymer Research Group. B.G.G. heard him lecture at a scientific meeting in 1945, met him as external PhD examiner in 1949 and joined his department at Birmingham in 1955.

Universities’ contributions to social innovation: reflections in theory & practice

2015 ◽  
Vol 18 (4) ◽  
pp. 508-527 ◽  
Author(s):  
Paul Benneworth ◽  
Jorge Cunha
Keyword(s):  
Urban Development ◽  
Social Innovation ◽  
Innovation Process ◽  
Theoretical Frameworks ◽  
Teaching And Research ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Knowledge Based ◽  
Research Activities ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
The University

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to resolve a tension in understanding how universities contribute to knowledge-based urban development (KBUD). Design/methodology/approach – The paper is a conceptual paper, which analyses the tension as emerging between the university and the wider societal activity. The paper creates a framework for combining insights from both those theoretical frameworks to better understand why universities might choose to contribute to KBUD. Findings – The paper argues that it is important to understand the benefits that the universities get from participating in the KBUD. This can be through the unique tacit knowledge that emerges in the social innovation process, but their might also be value for the university in terms of two other variables, material resources and symbolic legitimacy. Research limitations/implications – The paper is a literature review and therefore is limited to raising a series of future questions and directions for research in the field, as well as to providing a lens and context for existing work. Practical implications – There are clear implications for those seeking to improve universities contributions to KBUD. It is not merely enough for strategic leaders to come together and agree that promoting the university will promote KBUD: it is necessary to modify a range of processes within the university to ensure that a wide range of actors are able to benefit from participating in KBUD activities, and that it facilitates their own teaching and research activities. Social implications – For universities to make a substantive contribution to promoting KBUD, policy-makers must ensure that they do not create disincentives through universities’ teaching and research activities. Originality/value – This is the first time that a paper has sought to bridge between theories of urban development and social innovation, and universities’ internal institutional and organisational dynamics.

University Library Development Strategy

2021 ◽  
Vol 70 (4) ◽  
pp. 374-384
Author(s):  
Elena N. Kasyanchuk ◽  
Irina A. Tsvetochkina ◽  
Ruslan A. Baryshev ◽  
Olga I. Babina
Keyword(s):  
Strategic Planning ◽  
Development Strategy ◽  
Transition Period ◽  
Technical Equipment ◽  
University Library ◽  
Theoretical Approaches ◽  
Research Activities ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Library Development ◽  
The University

The paper is devoted to the development of a university library strategy in the period of digitalization of all spheres of social activity. There are analyzed theoretical approaches and practical methods for developing strategic planning in library activities. The paper defines the need for strategic management as a factor in the effectiveness of a university library. There are considered the directions of the library strategic development, which depend on the vector of development of the university, its educational and research activities.The strategic planning is presented as a process of modeling the future activities of the library. It includes the library’s mission formulation, its objectives, tasks and events to achieve the goals, as well as its key performance indicators. The article sees the development strategy as an element of the management process aimed at creating and maintaining a strategic balance between the goals of the library and the university, its potential and likely development prospects.The article shows the advantages of SWOT analysis as a unique tool for designing a library development strategy. There are presented five stages of developing the Strategy for the Scientific Library of the Siberian Federal University. The authors note that the library has a good potential to develop the digitalization process: there is a digitization center, good technical equipment, its own software products, an extensive repertoire of world resources, a wide range of online services, etc. However, there are also weak points that hinder the library development: the obsolescence of the computer equipment, the lack of modern ergonomic space for individual and group work of students, the irregular acquisition of printed publications, the instability of funding, etc. All this can complicate the library development in the context of the digital economy development and lead to a decline in the prestige of the library. The library’s development strategy is aimed at eliminating these problems. It presents the goals, objectives, efficiency criteria for each area of activity of the modern library of the university. The article reveals the main strategic directions of the library’s development. The proposed strategy can become a real tool for optimizing the activities of all libraries in the transition period of the digital society development.

scholarly journals Sir James Walker, 1863-1935

1935 ◽  
Vol 1 (4) ◽  
pp. 536-549
Keyword(s):  
Physical Chemistry ◽  
Industrial Research ◽  
Advisory Council ◽  
Emeritus Professor ◽  
Great Loss ◽  
Research Activities ◽  
University Of Edinburgh ◽  
The University

Chemistry in general, and physical chemistry in particular, suffered a great loss in the death of Emeritus-Professor Sir James Walker, which occurred at Edinburgh on May 6, 1935. Walker had retired from his occupancy of the Chair of Chemistry at the University of Edinburgh in 1928, but relinquished none of his interests in the science. Not only did he continue to function actively on many committees—such as the Advisory Council for Scientific and Industrial Research, the University Grants Committee, and the Carnegie Trust—but he maintained for several years an active connexion with his old department, visiting it almost daily, participating in a most stimulating way in its various research activities, and lightening the administrative load of his successor by wise and kindly advice whenever solicited.

TEM study of boron additions to cobalt aluminide

1988 ◽  
Vol 46 ◽  
pp. 546-547
Author(s):  
Gerald B. Feldewerth
Keyword(s):  
High Temperature ◽  
Turbine Engines ◽  
Major Drawback ◽  
University Of Missouri ◽  
Specific Strength ◽  
Aerospace Applications ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Ordered Alloys ◽  
The University ◽  
Very High

In recent years an increasing emphasis has been placed on the study of high temperature intermetallic compounds for possible aerospace applications. One group of interest is the B2 aiuminides. This group of intermetaliics has a very high melting temperature, good high temperature, and excellent specific strength. These qualities make it a candidate for applications such as turbine engines. The B2 aiuminides exist over a wide range of compositions and also have a large solubility for third element substitutional additions, which may allow alloying additions to overcome their major drawback, their brittle nature.One B2 aluminide currently being studied is cobalt aluminide. Optical microscopy of CoAl alloys produced at the University of Missouri-Rolla showed a dramatic decrease in the grain size which affects the yield strength and flow stress of long range ordered alloys, and a change in the grain shape with the addition of 0.5 % boron.

MATERIAL HANDLING MACHINES AND SYSTEMS – UMI-TWINN PROJECT CONTRIBUTION

2019 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
pp. 7-20
Author(s):  
Péter Telek ◽  
Béla Illés ◽  
Christian Landschützer ◽  
Fabian Schenk ◽  
Flavien Massi
Keyword(s):  
Material Handling ◽  
Digital Data ◽  
Flow Process ◽  
Research Directions ◽  
Scientific Excellence ◽  
Research Activities ◽  
New Research ◽  
Eu Project ◽  
The University

Nowadays, the Industry 4.0 concept affects every area of the industrial, economic, social and personal sectors. The most significant changings are the automation and the digitalization. This is also true for the material handling processes, where the handling systems use more and more automated machines; planning, operation and optimization of different logistic processes are based on many digital data collected from the material flow process. However, new methods and devices require new solutions which define new research directions. In this paper we describe the state of the art of the material handling researches and draw the role of the UMi-TWINN partner institutes in these fields. As a result of this H2020 EU project, scientific excellence of the University of Miskolc can be increased and new research activities will be started.

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