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3 May 2008

Visit from Dr Russel Hemley

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24 April 2008

Erskine Williamson Day

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24 November 2004

Visit to CSEC by HRH The Duke of Gloucester

In the foyer with Profs. G. Bulfield and T. O'Shea

In the foyer with Prof. A. Harrison

Looking at a DAC in the MagLab with Dr. K. Kamenev

Playing with a magnet levitating over a high-T_c superconductor

In the Access Grid room with Dr. J. Loveday

Photos courtesy of Douglas Robertson Photography

30 April 2004

CSEC Opening Day

In the foyer

Profs. A. Harrison, T. O'Shea and R. J. Nelmes

Profs. T. O'Shea, R. J. Nelmes and Lord Sainsbury

Profs. A. Harrison, R. J. Nelmes, Lord Sainsbury, and Prof. T. O'Shea

Lord Sainsbury and R. J. Nelmes

By the mirror of Erskine Douglas Williamson - Profs. R. J. Nelmes, A. Harrison, T. O'Shea, Lord Sainsbury and Prof. G. Bulfield

The guests arriving

Tour of CSEC

Dr. M. I. McMahon, Lord Sainsbury and a scaled up version of a diamond anvil cell

Applying pressure by hand

Dr. S. Parsons and Lord Sainsbury - talking X-ray diffraction

Generating a pattern with a laser-pointer

Mrs. L. Mack and Lord Sainsbury - bio-science

Lord Sainsbury, Dr. K. V. Kamenev and a Paris-Edinburgh cell

With a large moissanite anvil

Mrs. F. P. A. Fabbiani and Lord Sainsbury - light scattering

Mercury iodide is changing colour under pressure

Prof. J. P. Attfield and Lord Sainsbury - materials

Magnet over a high-T_c-superconductor...

... and it is truly levitating

Generating light by sweeping a magnet over a magnetoresistive sensor

Dr. J. S. Loveday and Lord Sainsbury - in the Access Grid room

Connected to ISIS

Opening Ceremony

Prof. R. J. Nelmes - the welcome word

The guests

The opening lecture by Dr. R. Hemley

Talking about the legacy of Erskine Douglas Williamson

Welcoming words from Prof. T. O'Shea...

...and Prof. A. Harrison

Lord Sainsbury

Unveiling the plaque

Prof. T. O'Shea and Lord Sainsbury

The plaque

Photos courtesy of Pascal Saez (Douglas Robertson Photography), Peter Tuffy, Somchai Tancharakorn and Lars Fahl Lundegaard

CSEC building reconstruction video

24 July 2002

27 June 2002

17 June 2002
(scaffolding removed)

11 June 2002

10 June 2002

24 May 2002

23 May 2002

16 May 2002

15 May 2002

(site tour)

13 May 2002

06 May 2002

01 May 2002

25 April 2002

24 April 2002

(Installing the heat insulation...)

17 April 2002

15 April 2002

04 April 2002

(First internal walls...)

(... and a walk through)

22 March 2002

14 March 2002

08 March 2002
(Roof goes up!)

03 March 2002

22 February 2002

(snowing...)

12 February 2002

(scaffolding)

08 February 2002

(first sign of the walls)

31 January 2002

(the first walk around)

24 January 2002

18 January 2002

(pouring concrete into the second floor)

16 January 2002

21 December 2001

14 December 2001

(pouring concrete into the first floor)

04 December 2001

27 November 2001

21 November 2001

16 November 2001

09 November 2001

02 November 2001

30 October 2001

23 October 2001

19 October 2001

18 October 2001

16 October 2001

15 October 2001

12 October 2001

09 October 2001

07 October 2001

03 October 2001

28 September 2001

27 September 2001

25 September 2001

20 September 2001

19 September 2001

18 September 2001

15 September 2001

13 September 2001

12 September 2001

11 September 2001

10 September 2001

08 September 2001

07 September 2001

06 September 2001

05 September 2001

04 September 2001

03 September 2001

31 August 2001

30 August 2001

29 August 2001

22 August 2001