Autumn/Winter 2013 The magazine for alumni, supporters and friends Issue 6 Ahead of the curve University leads on 5G technology Read about our new volunteering programme inside CONTENTS FROM THE TOP NEWS NEWS FEATURE Were you surprised to be immensely proud. Being such a small We spoke nominated for this award? unit with the benefits and flexibility that brings is also a big motivator. Forever Surrey is Vice-Chancellor’s Completely. I had no idea friend It appeals to my entrepreneurial to Peter Will White had put my name spirit. Plus at the end of the day forward. It’s a massive compliment we’re making music for a living. We and it tickles me that my name about his finish each month with a handful of will be on the library where I spent Alumni Award 2013 records we can be proud of. award and many hours working. What did you learn at published by the Alumni his recent You’ve had a very exciting couple of years – what’s Surrey on the Tonmeister been the highlight? course? success with Surrey didn’t teach me how to Professor Vaios Lappas Emeli’s performance at the Olympic write a pop song but l gained an Games was one. We had no idea TMS. enormous amount of broader music how the song would be used and and recording knowledge. Surrey then for her to open the whole taught me to be self-disciplined & Development Office, Tell us what ceremony with the set covered in VC becomes new and structured plus you are given newspaper was amazing. Another the ability to think about projects Surrey celebrates league New system unveiled to remove was watching Professor Green President of you think on a grander scale. My final-year perform the same song on the main dissertation on the ergonomics of We are always keen to hear stage at Glastonbury this summer. Universities UK table success outdated satellites from space Chemist makes her mark synthesisers isn’t that useful to me how we can improve our My mum was there and burst into in my career, but the skills I needed communication with our alumni. In tears, causing me to burst into tears. the New Year, we will be carrying to learn to do it are – such as University of Surrey for the The University’s Vice- We are really proud that in the last few months the University The Surrey Space Centre at the University has successfully out a survey to help shape our Identifying criminals by their fingerprints has been a staple part of police investigations for more Tell us about your researching, approaching a subject Chancellor, Professor Sir has strengthened its position with a hat-trick of advancements in completed the design, testing and manufacture of the future communications, especially than a century. from more than one angle. I found involvement my small insight into the academic Christopher Snowden the national league tables, firmly placing Surrey with the leading European Space Agency’s (ESA) first deorbiting system for Forever Surrey Magazine and with The X Factor (FRS, FREng), has taken up universities across the UK and the top ten in two major surveys. telecommunications satellites. our departmental e-newsletter he first fingerprint evidence involving a scene of crime ion mass spectrometry (SIMS) can reveal ridge detail in fingerprint ridge detail was still clearly visible even after 48 world fascinating. Prior to The X Factor last year, we his new role as President Network Newsmail. Please do look mark in England was heard at the Central Criminal fingerprints that cannot be developed successfully using hours. It’s an incredibly hard course to were working with record label get on, and so all my peers were of Universities UK, the In The Guardian University Guide 2014, the University. This assessment by our The project has developed a ‘gossamer partners to flight in the next year.” out for the survey in your inbox. Court in 1902, when a burglar was found guilty because conventional developers. In the third example, fingerprints were buried in soil to T Syco, owned by Simon Cowell, smart and motivated, and I am in representative organisation we rose four places to be ranked number 8 students shows we are doing a very good sail system’ that can be used for Dr Sven Erb, Project Manager We really want to hear your views an imprint of his left thumb was found in a newly painted She said: “SIMS works by directing a beam of charged replicate burial conditions that sometimes occur in casework. alumni, friends and retired which produces The X Factor. The touch with many of them. in the country; in the influential National job, but we are determined to improve still deorbiting satellites at the end of their from the ESA, added: “The Gossamer - it is your network and we want to window sill. particles (ions) at the surface of the sample. This causes The Home Office tried all their conventional techniques but for British universities. show’s musical director approached Student Survey (NSS) Surrey moved further to ensure every student gets the life. Satellites no longer in use are Deorbit Sail technology is able to make sure it works best for you! Today, fingerprints are the most commonly used form of molecules to leave the surface of the sample, and their failed to produce any ridge detail of the fingerprint; SIMS was us and said it would be great fun, up to 9th place in the UK for student most out of their University education and commonly referred to as space junk and make spacecraft liberate their LEO evidence in criminal investigations, despite the introduction structure is detected in the mass spectrometer. Because the able to do so. What does the future In this new and prestigious public- which it was. There was a real sense satisfaction; and the latest Times/Sunday can look back with both fond memories could damage functioning satellites if orbit more quickly and burn up in the of DNA evidence. They result in over 60,000 scenes of crime ion beam can be focused to a small spot size (less than the Dr Bailey added: “These results show that not only are Moustachioed Peter, front, with hold? facing position, Sir Christopher of camaraderie being involved in Times Good University Guide 2014 and an appreciation of the academic they collided. Earth’s atmosphere at the end of their identifications per year in the UK. thickness of a human hair) it can generate a molecular image mass spectrometry techniques able to reveal the ridge detail colleagues Ben Kohn and Tom Barnes We just wrapped up our work will represent the views of It’s good such a big programme and it was a elcome to this issue of Forever Surrey. ranked Surrey at number 12 - up from excellence they have come to expect and The system is intended mainly life. This will help us to reduce the However, there are some prints that forensic teams still of that sample.” in a fingerprint, but also that they can give clues about Songwriter and record producer Peter Kelleher has been honoured with the on three albums for Sony– UK university vice-chancellors fun break from our normal routine 26th position in the Times and 21st in the deserve.” for Low Earth Orbits (LEO) but can risk of catastrophic satellite collisions, find difficult, if not impossible, to identify. Latent fingerprints Dr Bailey’s study focused on three examples that have what is being left behind in a fingerprint not being targeted Vice-Chancellor’s Alumni Award for 2013. James Arthur, Little Mix and Ella to government ministers and to talk of working in a small unit. We’ve staff of the University. The Sunday Times last year. Recent changes in the Higher potentially be used in higher orbits, which is crucial for maintaining a are not visible to the naked eye and require chemicals to challenged police forces around the globe. by conventional chemical developers. This could allow Henderson. There’s a queue of new decision-makers. His appointment gone on to write and produce the In the South-East, Surrey is now ranked Education sector, such as the rise in tuition making use of solar radiation pressure sustainable space environment for develop the ridge detail that can be used to identify a suspect. In the first case, fingerprints were deposited on aluminium the development of a new, more effective generation of projects to get into once we’ve had has come during a period of Our annual Telephone Campaign 2013 winner James Arthur’s first change within higher education number two, second only to Oxford. fees, have made this a challenging time to perform end-of-life manoeuvres future generations. The mass efficiency will be taking place from 10 But the recovery rate of fingerprints is low due to either the foil by the Netherlands Forensic Institute successively until fingerprint developers to be created.” a little down time. We’ve recently his annual award is presented by the Vice-Chancellor for British rapper Professor Green in collaboration with single proper You’re Nobody ’Til and this role will be crucial in Individual subjects also ranked for many universities. Yet Surrey has seen Professor Vaios Lappas, from the that Surrey Space Centre has achieved February to 2 March. It provides type of surface the fingerprint is deposited on, the age of the the fingerprint became very faint. The fingerprint was set up a record label with Sony so to an alumnus or alumna who has made an Emeli.