Institute of Physics First announcement and call for papers ______________________________________________________________________________________

Anglo-French Physical Acoustics Conference 2001 (AFPAC'01) 11th , 12th , 13th December 2001 _____________________________________________________________________________________ To be held at :-

Jointly Organised by :-

Wye College Wye Kent

Physical Acoustics Group of Institute of Physics (http://www.iop.org/IOP/Groups/PA/) and GAPSUS of Société Français d’Acoustique (http://www.loa.espci.fr/sfa/fr/sfa.htm)

The purpose of this meeting is to review progress, discuss on-going work and to enhance collaboration in all areas of physical acoustics, such as :Transducers Lasers/photo-acoustics Medical Vibration/noise Monitoring

Imaging High power AE Signal processing SAW devices

Sonar/Underwater Environmental Systems Sonochemistry Ultrasonic joining

Process Control NDE Cleaning Audio Modelling

This is the inaugural meeting of what will become an annual joint event. The venues will alternate between a British and French locations. Wye College is the agriculture faculty of Imperial College. It is ideally situate close to Ashford International Railway station making travelling easiest for the French participants. This 3 day meeting hopes to attract presentations from both a number of internationally recognised experts and researchers as well as encouraging submissions from students. Each Group will have 1 invited speaker at each session. For the Physical Acoustics Group of the IOP the invited speakers and their presentations will be :Professor Darryl Almond – “Acoustography, a Novel Ultrasonic Imaging Technique and its Applications”. Dr. Malcolm Povey – “Colloid-Ultrasound Interactions”. Professor Tim Leighton – “The Acoustics of Gas Bubbles in Liquids”. Professor Mike Somekh – “Applying Optical Concepts to Laser Ultrasonic Microscopy”. The Group offers a sponsorship for 5 student delegates to attend and present. The five best extended abstracts submitted before the closing date will be chosen by the Committee to receive free registration and accommodation. Call for papers :In addition to the invited speakers and the sponsored student attendees the Group calls for the submission of presentation proposals via abstracts of not more than 1 side of A4. These should be sent to…………… [IOP INSERT DETAILS] to be received no later than 15th September 2001.

Preliminary programme :Tuesday 11th December 2001

Wednesday 12 th December 2001

Thursday 13 th December 2001

12:00 - 13:15 - Registration during buffet lunch. 15:45 – Tea 13:30 - 17:30 - Afternoon session Dinner at Wye College (Optional)

09:15 - 12:30 - Morning Session 10:45 – Coffee 12:30 - 13:30 – Lunch 13:45 - 17:30 - Afternoon Session 15:45 – Tea Open Forum "Research Collaboration" Special Conference dinner in Wye College (Optional)

09:15 - 12:30 – Morning Session 10:45 – Coffee 12:30 - 13:30 – Lunch 13:45 - 14:45 – PAG AGM 15:00 - Tea Disperse

Registration costs will be :Members: £112.00 (Members of GAPSUS will be treated as IoP Members). Non-members: £168.00 Students: £84.00 (The registration fee includes basic costs, refreshments, lunches (x3days) and the special conference dinner, AV and lecture theatre hire, badges.)

Optional items: Dinner Tuesday - £11.50 Standard Accommodation - £24.00 (B&B) Ensuite Accommodation - £36.00 (B&B) Additional Conference dinner ticket (for say a partner) - £30.00

Further information can be obtained from :Dr. Nader Saffari Dept. of Mechanical Engineering UCL Torrington Place LONDON WC1E 7JE Tel: +44(0)20 7679 7180 Fax: +44(0)20 7388 0180 Email: [email protected]

The event will be co-sponsored by :IPEM, IOA & BINDT

Mr. Dave Cartwright Cygnus Instruments Ltd. Cygnus House Prince of Wales Road DORCHESTER DT1 1PW Tel: +441305 265533 Fax: +441305 269960 Email: [email protected]