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Celebration of the life and achievements of Professor Brian Spalding FRS, FREng


There will be a meeting to celebrate the life and achievements of Professor Brian Spalding FRS, FREng in Imperial College London (Room 300, CAGB, Imperial College London, Exhibition Road, SW7 2AZ), on Friday 20th April 2018.

Programme

10:00 Registration

10:30 Welcome Professor James Sterling CBE FRS, Provost

10:45 Andrew Pollard Brian Spalding – the early years

11:00 Brian Launder Recollections of a Junior Lecturer with DBS.

11:15 Marcel Escudier Memories of DBS and others.

11:30 Jim McGuirk Personal Recollections of DBS as Teacher and PhD Supervisor

11:45 Derek Bradley Brian Spalding and Combustion Lift-off

12:00 Alan Swanson Brian Spalding as a Trade Union Leader

12:15 Norberto Fueyo Few Painters Invent New Colours: Brian Spalding and Turbulent Combustion Modelling

12:30 Lunch

14:00 Steven Beale Brian Spalding: A latter-day students’ view.

14:15 Sergey Sapozhnikov. The Poetry of Brian Spalding: a video

14:30 Said Elghobashi. The telegram that changed my life.

14:45 David Gosman Brian Spalding and origins of commercial CFD

15:00 Suhas Patankar Brian Spalding’s profound Impact on CFD

15:15 John Ludwig/Mike Malin CHAM

15:30 Tea

15:45 Wolfgang Rodi Brian Spalding and ERCOFTAC

16:00 Kemal Hanjalic Brian Spalding and ICHMT

16:15 Jana Levich/ano The Levich Affair.

16:30 Milana Zaric Video

16:45 Colleen Spalding Life with Brian

17:30 Reception

Following the meeting there will be a dinner at the Ognisko Restaurant, 55 Exhibition Rd starting circa 19:00. The cost will be £50 per person.

Further details and registration form can be obtained from Professor Bill Jones.

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