Brewer Seminar Series
The Brewer seminar series is the atmospheric physics group's regular Friday lunchtime seminar series. Alan Brewer was a faculty member of this department from 1962-1977 and a founding member of the Atmospheric Physics Group with interests in both atmospheric instrumentation and dynamics. His work with Dobson at Oxford from 1948 to understand stratospheric water vapour, resulted in the Brewer-Dobson circulation theory. He also developed the Brewer spectrometer for measurements of ozone, a fore-runner to the MAESTRO instrument, which underwent characterisation at our space test facilities in 2003. Over his illustrious career he supervised both John Houghton and Tom McElroy.
Seminar aims
The Brewer seminars provide Atmospheric Physics graduate students, postdocs and research associates with an opportunity to present their work to their colleagues in an informal setting. The seminars give presenters a chance to get feedback on research and presentation skills and to gain confidence for formal oral presentations. Attendees benefit by gaining a broad perspective on the theoretical and experimental work of the Atmospheric Physics Group. The Brewer series has a formative rather than an evaluative purpose: that is, it is not meant as a formal tool for evaluating students in the Atmospheric Physics Group, but primarily as a means of training students in the group.
All members of the Atmospheric Physics Group, especially students, postdocs, and research associates, are expected to be actively engaged in the series, by their attendance and participation. Attendance is especially encouraged if the research topic is outside your area of study! Faculty will attend as their schedules permit.
The series is held at lunchtime on Fridays, during the regular undergraduate fall and spring terms. All graduate students in the Atmospheric Physics Group, apart from M.Sc. students and first year direct entry Ph.D. students are expected to regularly present in the series. About half of the weeks will consist of one student giving a 35-40 minute talk followed by 5-10 minutes for questions. During the other weeks, two people will each give a 15-20 minute talk followed by questions. The series will alternate between one full-length talk and two half-length talks. A short abstract for the forthcoming talk(s) will be circulated at the beginning of each week.
The Brewer series is convened by a student in the Atmospheric Physics Group who will work on organizing the schedule in consultation with the faculty. This year's convener is Russell Blackport.
Where and when
Seminars will be held in Room 606 of the McLennan Laboratories at 12:10 on Fridays beginning mid-September. A short abstract for the forthcoming talk will be circulated at the beginning of each week.
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