Professor Explains New Advances in Polymer Science

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[evdate 1997-11-19] For immediate release 19 November 1997 Professor Explains New Advances In Polymer Science New polymer materials strong enough to replace metals will be introduced by a leading scientist at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology on 21 November. During a Distinguished Lecture in Engineering, Prof Ian Ward, FRS, will discuss new polymer processes that turn soft plastics into materials with superior strength and performance. These polymer materials are anti-corrosive, light and cheap and can be used as utility pipes, packaging materials or even as artificial bones. A physics graduate of Oxford University, Prof Ian Ward worked in research for ICI before joining the University of Bristol in 1966. He was appointed to the Chair of Physics at the University of Leeds in 1970. Prof Ward was the founding director of the Interdisciplinary Research Centre (IRC) in Polymer Science based at Leeds in 1989. Although he formally retired in 1994, he remains a research professor at the IRC. Prof Ward has published over 400 papers and several textbooks on polymer science and technology. He has also won many awards and prizes, including the Charles Vernon Boys Medal and Prize of the Institute of Physics (1993). He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1983. Event: Distinguished Lecture in Engineering by Prof Ian M. Ward, University of Leeds, UK Title: "Development of High Stiffness and High Strength Engineering Polymers"

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