Lecture Reports

Below you will find reports from our lectures.  Either click the title to view the report online or download a copy by clicking on the file name next to 'Download report'. Use the search box on this page to find a particular report.

Alpine F1 Aerodynamics

The talk presented to the Cirencester Science & Technology Society by Jeroen Geltink, Deputy Principal Aerodynamicist for the BWT Alpine F1 team at Enstone, about working on the aerodynamic design of the Alpine F1 racing cars.

Jeroen is passionate about F1 and enjoys bringing together his team of inspired, enthusiastic and ambitious individuals to find the best solutions to improve the aerodynamic performance of the race car. He particularly enjoys the fast-paced nature of the job where you can go from concept to design to race track in a matter of weeks.

Category: Lecture Reports
  • Date: Wednesday, 8 May 2024
  • Jeroen Geltink
  • Deputy Principal Aerodynamicist for the BWT Alpine F1 team at Enstone

The Plague of Justinian and the End of the Ancient World

The talk presented to the Cirencester Science & Technology Society by Professor Peter Sarris, Professor of Late Antique, Medieval and Byzantine Studies, University of Cambridge, on the Reign of Justinian and the Plague.

Peter Sarris is Professor of Late Antique, Medieval, and Byzantine Studies at the University of Cambridge and a Fellow of Trinity College. He trained as a historian in Oxford, where he was a Fellow of All Souls College.

He has written extensively on Early Medieval and Byzantine History, and his publications include Byzantium - A Very Short Introduction (2015) and Justinian - Emperor, Soldier, Saint (2023)(which was the Sunday Times, London Evening Standard and BBC History Magazine 'Book of the Year').

Joint lecture with Cirencester Archaeological and Historical Society

Category: Lecture Reports
  • Date: Wednesday, 10 Apr 2024
  • Professor Peter Sarris: Professor of Late Antique, Medieval and Byzantine Studies
  • University of Cambridge

Meat and Two Veg: How Your Sunday Roast Affects Bowel Cancer Risk. Recent Research on Dietary Iron

A talk presented to the Cirencester Science & Technology Society by Dr Daniel H. Stones BSc, MSc, MRes. PhD, FHEA on the effects of dietary iron on bowel cancer.

 

Joint lecture with Royal Society of Chemistry, speaker selected by RSC

Category: Lecture Reports
  • Date: Wednesday, 13 Mar 2024
  • Dr Daniel H. Stones BSc, MSc, MRes. PhD, FHEA
  • Senior Lecturer in Biosciences, University of Gloucestershire

Hypochlorous acid ….. a drop of hope?

A talk presented to the Cirencester Science & Technology Society by Dr Hugh Martin and Dr Christopher Wise about Hypochlorous Acid and its wonderful antibacterial properties.

Little is known in the popular public domain about this remarkable compound. The lecture will cover the biology and chemistry of Hypochlorous Acid (HOCl) -  what it does, how it works; and what its real-life applications are in the fields of human and veterinary medicine, dentistry and healthcare, food production, manufacturing, disinfection, water sanitisation and disaster relief and pose the question as to why it is distressingly largely overlooked by society in favour of patented products.
The presentation will close with a brief introduction to the work of the HOCl Trust in promoting the use of HOCl (especially in the spring of 2020 to have HOCl adopted by hospitals and keyworkers to safely bring the pandemic to an abrupt end) and how everybody can access this extraordinary molecule for use in their homes to reduce their reliance on more toxic and environment-impacting chemicals.
Dr Hugh Martin is an Honorary Fellow of the RAU, a cell biologist at heart whose career spanned many disciplines in agricultural science culminating in becoming the Dean of Agriculture at the RAU. Dr Christopher Wise, a plant pathologist, worked as a plant scientist developing systemic phytosanitary products in both universities and industry and was the chief plant science advisor to the NFU. Both are trustees of the HOCl Trust.
Category: Lecture Reports
  • Date: Wednesday, 14 Feb 2024
  • Dr Hugh Martin and Dr Christopher Wise
  • Honorary Fellow of the RAU, and CSTS Member