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news THE ROYAL SOCIETY OF EDINBURGH ISSUE 29 AUTUMN 2010 RESOURCE THE NEWSLETTER OF SCOTLAND’ S NATIONAL ACADEMY RSE ROYAL MEDALS 2010 This year’s Royal Medals were presented by HRH The Duke of Edinburgh at the RSE on Monday 9 August to Dr James MacMillan CBE (left), freelance composer and to Professor Sir Fraser Stoddart FRS, (2nd from left) Department of Chemistry, Northwestern University, Chicago, USA. The Medallists were joined by members of their families as well as other friends and colleagues who were delighted to share in the occasion. The medaliists are pictured in the Scott Room with the Duke and RSE President, Lord Wilson of Tillyorn KT GCMG. Exploring the Past Investigating the Present Envisaging the Future Scotland’s Research Talent Cormack Vacation Research Lessells Travel Scholarships CRF European Travel Scholarships Stuart Brodie Fellowships – Sarah Brown Department of Mechanical Engineering, Visits to Scotland Institute for Astronomy, Heriot-Watt University University of Edinburgh Surface Acoustic Wave Devices for A ‘Fourier-Space Shear Estimation’ Bio-sensing and Fluid Transportation method to measure galaxy shapes in Institute of Physics, University of Ausburg, the field of Weak Gravitational Lensing Germany Neil Gordon James Franklin Department of Physics & Astronomy, Department of Civil Engineering, University of Glasgow University of Dundee An investigation of the Early Phase of Breaking of internal solitary waves in Solar Flares with Optical and Ultraviolet shallow, stratified waters TRACE Observations Matematisk Institutt, University of Oslo, Norway Dr Maria Gurova (above) Russell Hall National Institute of Archaeology & School of Mathematics & Statistics, Museum, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences University of St Andrews Comparative functional analysis of flint MHD Simulations of Magnetic tools from Mesolithic and Early Neolithic Flux Emergence sites in Scotland and SE Europe School of History, Classics and Archaeology, Sarah Platten University of Edinburgh Department of Mathematics and Statistics, University of St Andrews Dr Ábráham Kovács Aspects of Three-dimensional Reconnection Debrecen Reformed University, Hungary The Impact of British Evangelicalism on Craig Thomson the formation of New Orthodox Calvinism Department of Physics & Astronomy, Alison Furber (above) of Debrecen: 1864–1914 University of Glasgow Institute for Infrastructure & Environment, Department of Ecclesiastical History, Imaging spectroscopy with RHESSI University of Edinburgh University of Edinburgh Effective Engagement with Stakeholders for Water and Sanitation Projects in Rural CRF European Travel Africa - an Engineering Perspective Fellowships – Oboomma Rural Action Project (ORAP) Ghana Visits to Europe Sam Grindrod School of Engineering, Dr Karen Milek University of Edinburgh Department of Archaeology, School of Project METRO - Medium-scale Geosciences, University of Aberdeen Social Spaces and Social Structures in Alasdair Wilson (above) experiments in a section of a tunnel Viking Age Iceland Department of Physics & Astronomy, Department of Fire Safety Engineering & University of Glasgow Systems Safety, University of Lund, Sweden (1) University of Iceland, and (2) Icelandic Institute of Archaeology (Fornleifastofnun Plasma flow around deformable structures: Niall MacDonald Íslands), both in Reykjavik, Iceland space tether dynamics in the solar wind Bioelectronics Research Centre, Piazzi Smyth Bequest Research University of Glasgow Development of microfluidic biochips for Scholarship Absorption, Distribution, Metabolism and James Simpson (below) Excretion Toxicology studies (ADME-Tox) Department of Physics and Astronomy, for Foods and HPC products. University of St Andrews Department of Chemistry, Reverberation Mapping of Active Cornell University, USA Galactic Nuclei Amit Pujari School of Engineering, University of Aberdeen CRF Personal Research Use of appropriate advanced signal Fellowship in the Biomedical processing techniques on surface Electromyographic Signals (sEMG) to Sciences analyse muscle response to different Dr Szu-Han Wang vibration levels Centre for Cognitive & Neural Systems, Institute of Biomedical Engineering, University of New Brunswick, Canada University of Edinburgh The neuropsychology of memory persistence 2 Awardees 2010 BP Trust Scottish Enterprise Enterprise Scottish Research Fellowships Government Fellowship Personal Research Dr Jobs Thijssen Fellowships School of Physics Co-funded by and Astronomy, University of Edinburgh Marie Curie Actions Ann Attridge Novel soft materials for enhanced Dr Jorunn Bos Business School, University of Strathclyde energy storage and conversion Scottish Crop Research Institute, Dundee KLIK2Learn – a unique service to the Manipulation of plant host cell processes supplementary education market providing by aphid saliva proteins Henry Dryerre Scholar online tutoring through a dedicated Virtual Learning Environment Dr Euan Kay Ryan Morrison School of Chemistry, University of St Andrews Tom Larkworthy Division of Developmental Medicine, Metamaterials Through Self-Assembly School of Informatics, University of Glasgow Across Multiple Size Scales Novel Intervention Techniques to Improve University of Edinburgh Child Physical Activity, Energy Expenditure Commercialising Self-Reconfiguring Dr Ross Macleod and Body Composition Robotic Systems Division of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology, University of Glasgow Dr Michael Lincoln Can we predict impacts of environmental Carnegie Caledonian Centre for Speech Technology Research, change on biodiversity from knowledge University of Edinburgh Scholarship of behavioural decisions? MICAR – Multiparty Interaction Capture, Garry Mackenzie Analysis and Replay Dr Charalampos Moiras School of English, University of St Andrews Department of Chemistry, University of Glasgow Dr Nicholas Psaila Landscape as Identity in Twentieth-Century Non Equilibrium Engineering: Methods School of Engineering and Physical Poetry of Functional Metal Oxides Sciences (Physics), Heriot-Watt University Custom 3D Laser micro-fabrication Dr Eduardo Sanz of integrated optical devices School of Physics, University of Edinburgh Hydrodynamics in the self-assembly of colloidal materials Dr John Stevenson School of Geosciences, University of Edinburgh Explosive silicic eruptions in Iceland: from vents to peat bogs BBSRC Enterprise Fellowship Dr Leigh Cassidy School of Biological Sciences, University of Aberdeen DRAM, a device for the remediation and attenuation of multiple pollutants STFC Enterprise Fellowships Scottish Government Dr Timothy Dafforn Joanna Davies School of Biosciences, Support Research Science & Technology Facilities Council University of Birmingham Fellowships Space Science Department, Rutherford Phage-based detection of pathogens Appleton Laboratory Professor David Heald Dr Neil Dixon The Micro-FTS – a miniaturised Fourier Business School, University of Aberdeen School of Chemistry, based in the transform spectrometer Improving the Quality of Public Expenditure Manchester Interdisciplinary Biocentre. Dr Alexandre University of Manchester Professor Raffaella Ocone FRSE Pechev RNA Switch Technology – Gene School of Engineering & Physical Sciences, University Expression Control Heriot-Watt University of Surrey, Modelling Chemical Looping Technology Dr Timothy Knowles Surrey Space for Clean Energy Production School of Cancer Sciences, Centre University of Birmingham Dr Irina Trendafilova From Spacecraft Commercial development of the SMALP system Department of Mechanical Engineering, Control to for transforming membrane protein analysis University of Strathclyde Computer enabling high throughput drug screening Modelling the vibration of structures made Animation of composite materials 3 Scotland’s Research Talent Scottish Government Arts & Scottish Government Arts & Humanities Workshops Humanities Small Grants Dr Kenneth Brophy Dr Susana Alves Department of Archaeology, OPENspace Research Centre, University of Glasgow, Edinburgh College of Art Dr Chris Dalglish Outdoor Environments and their impact Department of Archaeology, on the quality of life of urban residents: University of Glasgow, Psychological and environmental aspects Dr Alan Leslie Dr Sheila Dickson Glasgow University Archaeological Scottish Government Arts & School of Modern Languages and Cultures Research Division (GUARD) and Humanities Networks (German), University of Glasgow Dr Gavin MacGregor (below) Edition of the German Periodical Journal of Glasgow University Archaeological Empirical Psychology (1783–1793) Research Division (GUARD) Tranforming practice: inter-disciplinary Dr Angela Dimitrakaki research into the philosophies, methods Department of History of Art, and impacts of the ways in which we value University of Edinburgh landscape Gender, Art/Work and the Global Imperative Dr Robert McMaster Department of Management, University of Glasgow Conceptualising Care, Dignity and Elizabeth Ogilvie (above) Generosity in an Institutional Economics Art, Space, Nature, School of Landscape Approach to Health Care Architecture, Edinburgh College of Art and Dr Karen Peña School of Modern Languages and Cultures, University of Glasgow The Scottish Translator at Work: Alastair Reid on Borges Professor Lynn Abrams and Dr Claudia Rossignoli Dr Alexandra Shepard Italian Department, Department of History, University of St Andrews University of Glasgow Castelvetro's Dante: Reformation Scottish masculinity in historical perspective and Exegesis Dr Thomas Ahnert Dr Will Tuladhar-Douglas School of History and