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French physicist Dr Christian Colliex from Laboratoire de Physique des Solides, Université Paris Sud at Orsay, is the 2009 recipient of the Holweck Medal and Prize for his pioneering use of the electron microscope to further our understanding of the electronic structure of nanomaterials. [more]
The world of electron microscopy has lost one of its most colourful and well-loved figures. Born in Manchester, Tom Mulvey took a first degree in engineering at Manchester University, before joining the Navy where he served in the Far East. After the war, he joined Metropolitan-Vickers (later AEI) and made his first contribution to electron optics, an M.Sc. dissertation on electrostatic lens properties. He then spent several years at Aldermaston Court, the M-V research establishment, where he came into contact with Gabor (he is co-author of a very earlier paper on electron holography), Archard and M.E. Haine. His comprehensive treatment of polepiece design remained the standard source for many years. Later he moved to the University of Aston, Birmingham, where his kindness and hospitality earned him the gratitude of many students from the Middle East and Egypt: "If Professor Mulvey travels in the Middle East, he need never sleep in a hotel", said one of his students. He also acted as a lifeline to many microscopists and electron opticians in East Germany and Czechoslovakia, cut off by the Iron Curtain from the rest of the world. He will be remembered for his invention of a whole family of miniature electron lenses and for his contributions to the history of electron microscopy – as well as historical studies, he wrote biographies of V.E. Cosslett, Ernst Ruska and Jan Le Poole. His last years were spent near Oxford, close to one of his sons. He died on 16 July 2009.
These few lines give a very inadequate picture of Tom Mulvey, a humane and humorous scholar with friends in many countries. A much more detailed account of his life can be found in the Proceedings of the Royal Microscopical Society (vol. 39, Part 2, 2004, 206–233).
-Peter Hawkes
During the past four years, the IFSM Executive Committee has been active, and especially in the period leading up to this Congress. I attended meetings on behalf of IFSM, including all three Regional meetings—EMS in Antwerp, CIASEM in Cuba and CAPSM in Kanazawa. I met with the MSA Council twice. The Vice President and General Secretary, between them, attended all recent MSA annual meetings and the EMS Regional Meeting, and members of the Executive have attended numerous meetings. I might mention here that there has been virtually no call upon IFSM funds for these activities. [more]
The John M Cowley Medal has been established to honor the memory of John Maxwell Cowley, esteemed Regents’ Professor and Galvin Professor of Physics at Arizona State University. John was a leader in the field of diffraction, microscopy and crystallography, and he was also the founder of the electron microscopy facility at Arizona State University. The medal will be awarded in recognition of lifetime achievement to an international leader in the fields of diffraction physics or microscopy, and will be presented at the quadrennial International Microscopy Congress. The first John M. Cowley Medal was awarded to Professor Sumio Iijima at the International Microscopy Congress held in Sapporo in September 2006.
Anyone wishing to contribute to the 'Cowley Medal Fund' should contact the General Secretary.
as following The 2002 General Assembly, organised alphabetically. Click on the name of a country listed below to view their contact details. The membership for countries is divided into Members, Associates and Regional Members.
Armenia ||Austria
||Australia ||Belgium
||Brazil ||Canada ||China
||Columbia ||Croatia
||Czech and Slovak Republics || France ||Germany
||Hungary ||India
||Ireland ||Israel
||Italy ||Japan
||Korea ||Mexico
||Netherlands ||New Zealand ||Poland
||Portugal ||Russia
||Scandinavia ||Singapore ||Slovenia
||Southern Africa ||Spain ||Switzerland
||Taipei China ||Thailand
||Turkey ||UK
||USA ||Venezuela
Bulgaria
||Cuba ||Ecuador
||Egypt ||Latvia
||Moldova ||Romania ||Slovenia
Asia-Pacific ||Europe ||Interamerica
Members of ICMA, the IFSM Trade Group
Applied Physics Tech Inc || Attocube systems AG || Boeckeler Instruments Inc || Carl Zeiss NTS gmbh || Carl Zeiss NTS GMBH ||E A Fischione ||FEI || Hitachi High Tech America Inc || Hitachi High-Technologies Corp Japan || Hitachi-USA || Imago Scientific Corp ||IXRF Systems Inc || JEOL ||JEOL 3-1-2 Musashino Akishimashi Tokyo || Quorum Technologies ||SII Nanotechnology USA Inc || SPI Supplies Div. Structure Probe, Inc.
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