Thermal Methods Group
Previous recipients of the Cyril Keattch award
1981 ESTA 2, Scotland Eddie Paterson Macaulay Institute for Soil Research
The Value of DSC in Assessing the Physical and Chemical Properties of Particle Surfaces.
1982 7th ICTA, Germany Tom Taylor University of Salford
Studies on the Degradation of Nickel Nitrate Hexahydrate using Thermal Methods.
1984 ESTAC 3, Switzerland Atiq Rahman University of Aberdeen
Application of Thermal Methods in Surface Chemical Investigations of Zirconium Gels.
1987 ESTAC 4, GDR Ed Gimzewski BP Research Centre
Thermal Analysis in Reactive Atmospheres.
1988 9th ICTA, Israel Mike Reading ICI Paints
The Kinetics of Heterogeneous Solid-state Decomposition Reactions: A New Way Forward?
1992 10th ICTA, UK Tony Ryan UMIST
Simultaneous Small-Angle X-Ray Scattering and Wide –Angle X-ray Diffraction.
1994 ESTAC 6, Italy Michael Ewell UMIST
Forced-Adiabatic Sampling Environments: Useful Tools for the Study of Structure Development during Polymerisation.
1996 11th ICTAC, USA Gary Foster Birkbeck College
Simultaneous Non-Invasive Microwave Dielectric Spectroscopy and Dynamic Mechanical Analysis
for Studying Drying Processes in Complex Heterogeneous Materials.
1998 ESTAC 7, Hungary Chris Allen University of Oxford
Calorimetric Control of Aluminium Casting Quality.
2000 12th ICTAC, Denmark Zhong Jiang University of Aberdeen
Temperature Modulated Differential Scanning Calorimetry:
Modelling the Effects of Heat Transfer on TMDSC Measurements.
2002 ESTAC 8, Spain Vicky Kett Queens University Belfast
The Application of Thermoanalytical Techniques to the Study of the Freeze Drying Process.
2004 13th ICTAC 13, Sardinia Laura Waters University of Huddersfield
Saturation Determination of Micellar Systems Using Isothermal Titration Calorimetry.
2006 ESTAC 9, Poland Mike O’Neill School of Pharmacy, University of London
Is complexity an issue? The quantitative analysis of calorimetric data.
2008 14th ICTAC, Brazil Louise Grisedale University of East Anglia
Photothermal Microspectroscopy (PTMS); A New Technique for Spatially Differentiating Between
Crystalline and Amorphous Materials.
2010 ESTAC 10, the Netherlands Paul Nevitt AWE Harwell
Applications of Thermal Analysis and Calorimetry to the Study of Metal Hydrides, Deuterides And Tritides.
2012 15th ICTAC, Japan Fuad Hajii University of Nottingham
The Intrinsic Influence of N-Methylmorpholine-N-Oxide on the Phase Transitions of Native and Physically Modified Starch.
2014 ESTAC 11, Finland Katie Hardie University of Manchester
DSC as a Primary Tool for the Development of a Semi-Permanent Hair Straightening Technology.
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