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Science and Technology (Tuesday) Group

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Description:

During the current Covid restrictions our normal meetings will be replaced by a programme of talks on Zoom.                                                                               

Day                Speaker                     Subject

2020

Wed   9 Sept   Austin Hughes            AC/DC 

Tues 22 Sept   Dr Adam Lowe           Non-ionising Radiation

Wed   7 Oct     Bill Jones                  Our Solar System

Tues 20 Oct     Prof Phil Purnell         Use of Drones and A1Infrastructure Mgt.

Wed   4 Nov     Norman Simpson       History and Development of Reservoirs for Leeds and Bradford

Tues 17 Nov     Prof Barney Leaner    Groundwater - why it matters

Wed   2 Dec     Dr Jonathan Dennis   Glaucoma - the silent thief of sight

2021

Tues  5 Jan     Marten Koopmans       Naval Architecture

Wed 20 Jan     Mike Bamford             Future electricity generation and distribution

Tues  2 Feb     Douglas Barnes          Carbon Capture

Wed 17 Feb    Andy Botherway          Tesla

Tues  2 Mar    Prof Jon Mound           Space Weather

Wed 17 Mar    Anne Jones                 Immunology for Beginners

Tues 30 Mar    Dr Tim Needham         Geology in the Petrochemical Industry

Organisers:

Bill Jones, Anne Hodgson. 

Venue:

Jack Lofthouse Annex, Clarke-Foley Centre, Ilkley

Times:

The talks begin at 10.00 on Zoom.

Membership cost £12 for room hire etc; members are responsible for the cost of the visits in which they  take part.

Contact Information:

NB. Another Ilkley U3A Science and Technology Group meets on a Wednesday.

U3A Members please contact Steve Crossley-Smith by clicking Steve