2008 Press Releases
01.02.2008
"Nuclear Fusion - Energy for the Future" is the title of the next lecture of the Faculty of Science Public Lecture Series at UCC on February 6th. In this lecture Professor Mike Mansfield will describe the principles that underlie attempts to harness nuclear fusion as a terrestrial energy source.
In particular, comparisons will be made with nuclear fission. The current state of the worldwide nuclear fusion programme will be reviewed.
Mike Mansfield is a native of London (with Irish family background). He obtained BSc (1965) and PhD (1969) at Imperial College London and DSc. (1994), National University of Ireland. He has held teaching and research appointments in Italy, Germany and UK. He joined the Department of Physics UCC in November 1978. He has been Associate Professor there since 1988. He was Visiting Scientist at the JET (Joint European Torus) project, the leading European fusion project, Oxford, UK, 1984/5. He leads an Atomic and Molecular Physics/Plasma Diagnostics research group in UCC. Mike is a member of the Irish fusion group within EURATOM, carrying out spectroscopic diagnostics of European fusion machines. He co-authored a physics textbook Understanding Physics (with Colm O'Sullivan of UCC).
The lecture takes place at UCC's Boole Lecture Theatre 4 at 8pm on Wednesday, February 6th. Organised by Professor William Reville, Public Awareness of Science Officer and Faculty of Science, UCC, the highly popular lecture series, continues weekly until March 26th 2008. Admission is free, and as always, members of the public are invited to attend. See http://understandingscience.ucc.ie
Picture: Professor Mike Mansfield
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