head staying connected ISSUE 28 SUMMER 2006_IMPERIAL’S HEALING HANDS_ENGINEERING FORMULA ONE STYLE_MEDICS VS THE UNION: IMPERIAL VARSITY_UPCOMING ALUMNI EVENTS_PLUS ALL THE NEWS FROM THE COLLEGE AND ALUMNI GROUPS IMPERIALmatters Alumni magazine of Imperial College London including the former Charing Cross and Westminster Medical School, Royal Postgraduate Medical School, St Mary’s Hospital Medical School and Wye College. ISSUE 28 SUMMER 2006 in this issue ... 10 12 16 18 20 26 28 REGULAR FEATURES ASSOCIATION 1 editorial by Sir Richard Sykes 22 alumni group news 2 letters 24 international group news 26 alumni focus NEWS 29 books 4 Imperial news 30 obituaries 5 faculty news 33 honours FEATURES 12 the best medicine_how Imperial researchers are combating future healthcare issues 16 full throttle_the engineers behind Team McLaren Mercedes 18 communicating science_alumni who bridge the gap between science and the public 20 100 years of living science_building up to Imperial’s Centenary celebrations IMPERIALmatters PRODUCED BY IMPERIAL COLLEGE COMMUNICATIONS AND THE OFFICE OF ALUMNI AND DEVELOPMENT EDITOR LIZ GREGSON MANAGING EDITOR SASKIA DANIEL EDITORIAL CONTRIBUTORS ZOË PERKINS AND ALEX PLATT DESIGN JEFF EDEN PRINT PROLITHO LTD DISTRIBUTION MERCURY INTERNATIONAL LTD building the connection IS PRODUCED BY THE OFFICE OF ALUMNI AND DEVELOPMENT IMPERIAL MATTERS IS PUBLISHED TWICE A YEAR. THE NEXT ISSUE WILL BE PUBLISHED IN JANUARY 2007 AND THE COPY DEADLINE IS FRIDAY 10 NOVEMBER 2006 ADDRESS FOR MAGAZINE ENQUIRIES: LIZ GREGSON, OFFICE OF ALUMNI AND DEVELOPMENT, IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON SOUTH KENSINGTON CAMPUS, LONDON SW7 2AZ
[email protected] 2006 FRONT COVER: MCLAREN © IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON, .ALLRIGHTS RESERVED. 30839_p1 New 27/7/06 4:03 pm Page 1 editorial DEAR ALUMNUS Winston as our keynote speaker, with his talk Can we trust the Welcome to the summer 2006 edition of your magazine, scientists? More about the reunion and other events on page 26.