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SUMMARY:Polymers: Experimental Evidence - Professor Dame Julia Higgins
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CONTACT:Jamie Fox
DESCRIPTION:As an experimental scientist\, I have built my own apparatus t
 o measure properties of materials\, sent sample materials to another organ
 isation and received data in return\, supervised new young scientists star
 ting their own research careers who come to me to discuss their measuremen
 ts\, and used large multi-user apparatus at international facilities where
  I have little or no control over the construction and maintenance. Add to
  this the fact that modern technology and IT often presents the experiment
 alist with data from an apparatus where the “numbers” are far removed 
 from the “raw” measurement. In every case there is a judgement to be m
 ade about the reliability of the results with which I am presented. The ta
 lk will discuss how these judgements can be made. Then\, given an observat
 ion of certain behaviour\, how can the evidence be presented to the scient
 ific community in a way that allows them to make their own judgements.\n\n
 Professor Dame Julia Higgins is currently Emeritus Professor and Senior Re
 search Investigator in the Department of Chemical Engineering at Imperial 
 College London\, where she specialises in polymer research. She was named 
 Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire (DBE) in the 2001 Birthd
 ay Honours\, and in March 2010 was announced by the UKRC as one of six Wom
 en of Outstanding Achievement in Science\, Engineering and Technology.
LOCATION:Nihon Room\, Pembroke College
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