Honorary Lecturer Research Articles

The 43rd Alexander A. Nikolsky Honorary Lecture: “Fifty Years of Innovation, Reducing Pilot Workload, and Enhancing Safety by Helping Pilots Manage Helicopter Performance”

Pilots must respect the helicopter’s flight envelope to ensure flight safety. The technological limitations of engines and transmissions as well as the constraints linked to environmental conditions fluctuate constantly during flight. The instruments installed in the cockpit have evolved over time to simplify the pilot’s workload. Based on the analysis of the root causes of accidents, this article highlights the interest of continuing to explore new technologies to provide the crew with more reliable alerts anticipating the approach of these limits. Examples are presented foreshadowing what information will be used in the years to come and how it can be calculated in real time.

ÉMIGRÉ ECONOMISTS IN AMERICA: THEIR IMPACT AND THEIR EXPERIENCES

I first visited the United States in September 1980 when I spent two weeks at the New School for Social Research in New York. The main reason was the first personal meeting with Adolph Lowe (1893–1995), with whom I had been in close contact since spring 1977 when I got my PhD in economics from the University of Kiel. Lowe had built up a new department for research on business cycles and international statistical economics at the Kiel Institute of World Economics since April 1926, which soon acquired an international reputation (Hagemann 2021). The group included such outstanding economists as Gerhard Colm, Hans Neisser, Fritz (Frank) Burchardt, and for some years also Wassily Leontief and Jacob Marschak. None of them remained in Germany after the Nazis’ rise to power in 1933. Lowe had moved to the Goethe University in Frankfurt in October 1931, where he was dismissed after three semesters. Like many other émigré economists, he first went to Great Britain (Hagemann 2007), where he became an honorary lecturer in economics and political philosophy at the University of Manchester. In summer 1940 he moved further to New York where the Graduate Faculty of the New School had been founded as the “University in Exile” by Alvin Johnson, and Emil Lederer became the founding dean in 1933.1 Thus, in contrast to Colm, Lowe, as well as his lifelong friend Marschak (both were supervisors of Franco Modigliani’s New School PhD thesis) and Neisser were not members of the Mayflower generation.

«Мы должны быть людьми, у которых есть история»: американская женская история глазами лекторов Лекции Хаскинса

The article determines that the institution of personalized honorary lectures, which is one of the established forms of organizing the scientific and professional activities of Western historical science, can be considered as a historiographical fact and a subject of study for a historian of historical science. It is found that the texts of the lectures of the Haskins Lecture, established in 1983 by the American Council of Scientific Societies, are ego-histories and can be considered as historiographical facts and as ego-documents on intellectual history and American women’s history. Based on the analysis of the text of the lectures of the Haskins Lecture, which be-long to women historians of women’s history, the features of the intellectual space of American women’s histo-ry are revealed, including reflection on the nature of interest in the creation of a new field of historical knowledge – the history of women.

Context Matters: The Impact of Context on Uncertainty Tolerance Scales in Academic Medicine.

1Consultant psychiatrist, and joint director of medical education, Devon Partnership Trust, Exeter, United Kingdom, and honorary senior clinical lecturer, University of Exeter Medical School, Exeter, United Kingdom; email: [email protected]; ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6342-9555. Professor, medical education, University of Exeter Medical School, Exeter, United Kingdom; ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1800-773X Funding/Support: None reported. Other disclosures: None reported. Ethical approval: Reported as not applicable. First published online.

‘I enjoy sharing what it’s like being someone with an intellectual disability’

Paul Taylor, UK’s first honorary lecturer with a learning disability, shares his insights

First person – Sarah Escuin and Saba Raza-Knight

ABSTRACT First Person is a series of interviews with the first authors of a selection of papers published in Disease Models & Mechanisms, helping researchers promote themselves alongside their papers. Sarah Escuin and Saba Raza-Knight are co-first authors on ‘ Dual mechanism underlying failure of neural tube closure in the Zic2 mutant mouse’, published in DMM. Sarah conducted the research described in this article while a research associate in the lab of Prof. Andrew Copp at University College London, London, UK, investigating the mechanisms of neurulation and identifying the causes underlying neural tube defects. Saba conducted the research described in this article while an MB PhD student in the lab of Prof. Andrew Copp and Prof. Nicholas Greene at University College London, London, UK. She is now a specialty trainee in neurosurgery at Salford Royal Hospital, Salford, UK, and an honorary clinical lecturer at the University of Manchester, Manchester, UK, investigating neurovascular disorders, cancer biology and genetics, and hydrocephalus, with an active role in medical education.

Flight Control Technology Advancements and Challenges for Future Rotorcraft 40th Alexander A. Nikolsky Honorary Lecture

The goal of my 40th Alexander A. Nikolsky Honorary Lecture and journal paper is to highlight the key flight control technology advances of the past 50 years and demonstrate how these advances are being applied and extended to the new family of rotorcraft: modern high-speed military rotorcraft, eVTOL urban air mobility, and advanced air mobility aircraft. The first part of this journal paper reviews flight control technologies drivers that are unique to rotorcraft and highlights key advances of the past 50 years in the areas of handling-qualities requirements (ADS-33), physics-based models, system identification, and flight control. A central theme is the shift from time-domain to frequency-domain based characterization of the closed-loop response and design methods for rotorcraft that have become increasingly dependent on sophisticated feedback control systems to achieve closed-loop stability, disturbance rejection, and most importantly closed-loop handlingqualities response for all-weather operations. Frequency-domain analysis, design, and test methods of the past 50 years are highlighted relating key advances in each discipline and two integrated example success stories. In the second part of this paper, we consider the key challenges, advancements, and needed future research for four new classes of rotorcraft: the military future vertical lift family of high-speed rotorcraft, unmanned autonomous systems/urban air mobility based on fielded conventional helicopters, small electric VTOL unmanned aerial vehicle rotorcraft, and larger eVTOL urban air mobility rotorcraft. The next sections look across the challenges and solution spaces that are common to these four new classes of rotorcraft as a blueprint for needed research advances. Finally, this paper takes a step back and considers the lessons-learned and key takeaways from the author's perspective as a career-long flight control engineer/researcher, Flight Control Technology Group leader, and senior technologist.

Seismic Soundoff: How and why DAS succeeds

In this episode, Ariel Lellouch discusses his Middle East and Africa honorary lecture, “Applications of fiber-optic sensing to borehole seismology.” Lellouch encourages geophysicists to utilize distributed acoustic sensing (DAS) data in their work and explains why it is essential to look at data without any preconceptions. This is an excellent primer on DAS and a convincing case for why every geophysicist would benefit from engaging with this technology. Hear the full episode at https://seg.org/podcast/post/14785 .

Invited Paper: Rotorcraft Design: The Crucial Influence of Safety from Concept to Fleet Support The 41st Alexander A. Nikolsky Honorary Lecture

It is an immense honor to have been selected to hold the prestigious 41st Nikolsky Lecture and to have the opportunity to synthesize my experiences with regards to the most important principle that permeates aeronautical engineering—"the concept of safety." Having worked in the rotary-wing field for 39 years, with growing levels of involvement and responsibilities, I have been involved in the design, development, and certification of many helicopter models at the Leonardo Helicopters Division (LHD; formerly Agusta and then AgustaWestland), such as A109, A119, EH101, A129, NH90, AW609. More recently, I had the full responsibility of design, development, certification, and entry into service of three new helicopter types within the "AW Family concept", specifically the AW139, AW189, and AW169. I am profoundly grateful for the mentors encountered in my professional life—Bruno Lovera and Santino Pancotti, both of whom were also honored with the Nikolsky Lectureship. In working with them, not a single day passed where the word "safety" was not mentioned. They taught me that "safety" shall be the mantra of every aeronautical engineer because it is our principal duty and responsibility, towards those who travel in, work on, and work with our products and entrust their lives to our work and professionalism daily. I have tried hard never to forget this lesson, and to convey this to the young engineers that I have had the chance and pleasure to work with. If I have been able to pass on this lesson successfully, through my work with others through this lectureship, it would be the greatest achievement of my life. In this vein, this paper is organized in three parts: (i) definitions and principles, along with some "philosophical" concepts; (ii) the application of these principles at Leonardo in the design of the latest generation of helicopters, and finally (iii) a discussion of emerging "safety technologies" that promise to improve the safety of future helicopters and operations.

Sufyan Hussain: co-creating possibilities

Understanding and empathy for a patient's condition can take on a quantum leap of meaning when the physician is fighting the same battle. Sufyan Hussain has contended with type 1 diabetes for more than 30 years. He is also a consultant physician in diabetes and endocrinology, as well as an honorary senior clinical lecturer at Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust and King's College London, UK. A native of Karachi, Pakistan, he was just ten years old when he received the troubling news that he had type 1 diabetes.

Seismic Soundoff: The value and benefits of simplicity

In this episode, Jack Dvorkin highlights his upcoming Honorary Lecture, “Modern rock physics — Challenges and solutions.” Dvorkin shares why some scientists have embraced unnecessary complexity, the first step to embrace simplicity, possible consequences if rock physics continues to trend toward complexity, and more. Hear the full episode at https://seg.org/podcast/post/13574 .

ASA/APSF Ellison C. Pierce Patient Safety Memorial Lecture: ‘Anesthesia Safety in an Asymmetrical World’

Article| July 2021 ASA/APSF Ellison C. Pierce Patient Safety Memorial Lecture: ‘Anesthesia Safety in an Asymmetrical World’ Mark A. Warner, MD Mark A. Warner, MD Search for other works by this author on: This Site PubMed Google Scholar ASA Monitor July 2021, Vol. 85, 38. https://doi.org/10.1097/01.ASM.0000758384.12366.03 Views Icon Views Article contents Figures & tables Video Audio Supplementary Data Peer Review Share Icon Share MailTo Twitter LinkedIn Cite Icon Cite Get Permissions Search Site Citation Mark A. Warner; ASA/APSF Ellison C. Pierce Patient Safety Memorial Lecture: ‘Anesthesia Safety in an Asymmetrical World’. ASA Monitor 2021; 85:38 doi: https://doi.org/10.1097/01.ASM.0000758384.12366.03 Download citation file: Ris (Zotero) Reference Manager EasyBib Bookends Mendeley Papers EndNote RefWorks BibTex toolbar search Search Dropdown Menu toolbar search search input Search input auto suggest filter your search All ContentAll PublicationsASA Monitor Search Advanced Search Topics: patient safety, safety Saturday, October 9 The 2021 ASA/APSF Ellison C. Pierce Patient Safety Memorial Lecture will be delivered by Angela Enright OC, MB, FRCPC. Dr. Enright has chosen the topic “Anesthesia Safety in an Asymmetrical World” for her lecture. This annual honorary lecture was established by the Anesthesia Patient Safety Foundation (APSF) and ASA to recognize and sustain the memory of the founding APSF President and past president of ASA (1984), Ellison C. (Jeep) Pierce, Jr., MD. It was Dr. Pierce's vision and unwavering commitment to anesthesia patient safety that led to the formation of APSF in 1985 as the first medical specialty foundation devoted solely to addressing patient safety. Today, the specialty of anesthesiology, ASA, and APSF are recognized as pioneers in advocating for patient safety as APSF strives to achieve its vision that “no one shall be harmed by anesthesia care.” APSF is the largest private funding source for anesthesia... You do not currently have access to this content.

Ten minutes with Dr Andy Georgiou, Director of Intensive Care, and Margi Jenkins, Matron for Intensive Care and Outreach at The Royal United Hospitals NHS Trust, Bath, UK

Photograph: R Howman. ### Biography Andy Georgiou has been the director of the Intensive Care Unit at the Royal United Hospital in Bath since 2013 and is an honorary senior...

Small UAS and Delivery Drones: Challenges and Opportunities The 38th Alexander A. Nikolsky Honorary Lecture

During the past two decades, there has been major growth of small-unmanned aerial vehicles (sUAV) for hobbyists and rapidly expanding commercial and military applications. The impetus for this dramatic expansion has been due to the explosion of mobile technology in terms of microelectronics, data processing and transmission capability, high-energy-density batteries, miniaturized integrated programmable chips, and innovations in computer vision and videography/photography. However, there are many challenges to overcome before these small unmanned aerial systems (sUAS) can be used for routine commercial and military applications, which include reliability, sizable payload and range, stringent navigation/guidance requirements, and precision takeoff/landing and robust autonomous flight in constrained and low-altitude gusty environment. The objective of this paper is to cover state-of-the-art of sUAS and delivery drones, identify technology gaps and key scientific barriers, and present future research needs for high payoff applications.

Seismic Soundoff

SEG President-elect Anna Shaughnessy joins the podcast to highlight her 2020 Honorary Lecture tour, “Developing a successful career in geophysics today.” In this timely discussion, Anna shares her insights on choosing a career field, preparing for a successful career, navigating a career in a transitional industry, and staying relevant no matter the discipline. Hear the full episode at https://seg.org/podcast/post/10202 .

Seismic Soundoff

Patricia de Lugão provides a helpful analysis of the benefits and uses of magnetotellurics (MT) based on her upcoming 2020 Honorary Lecturer tour, “Environment-friendly exploration using magnetotellurics.” She highlights the role of MT in geophysics and mining, discusses the advantages of this method over seismic, and shares how MT is ready to play a major role in renewable energy. Listen to the full episode at https://seg.org/podcast/post/9102 .

Professor Johannes Frederick van Reenen ...a doyen of the profession (20/04/1926 to 8/9/2007)

Frikkie Van Reenen qualified BDS (Rand) in 1949, and then spent his first year as a dentist in London before returning to South Africa and opening a private practice in Pretoria. It was there that he began his foray into acade-mia when he was appointed to a post as an honorary lecturer at the Faculty of Dentistry, University of Pretoria.

Margaret Edith Beveridge

Edith Beveridge trained in anaesthetics in Aberdeen and at Great Ormond Street, London. She became senior registrar in Aberdeen, then consultant and honorary clinical senior lecturer specialising in paediatric anaesthetics....

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Lectures are generally used to teach new knowledge and skills, promote reflection, and stimulate further work and learning. Some advantages of lectures are that they are straightforward, efficient, and can be recorded and recycled. As evidenced by more than 5300 attendees in more than 29 countries during 2019, the SEG Distinguished Lecture, Honorary Lecture, and Virtual Near Surface Global Lecture programs are considered to be some of the most effective outreach programs for the Society.

Summary of NCRP 2019 Annual Meeting, NCRP Meeting the Challenge at 90: Providing Best Answers to Your Most Pressing Questions About Radiation.

The National Council on Radiation Protection and Measurements (NCRP) held its 55 Annual Meeting 1-2 April 2019 in Bethesda, Maryland. The 2019 meeting was a special year for NCRP as it marked the 90 Anniversary of the founding of the predecessor organization, US Advisory Committee on X-Ray and Radium Protection. Leaders for the scientific portion of the meeting were Fred A. Mettler, Jr., M.D. (Chair), University of New Mexico School of Medicine; Jerrold T. Bushberg, Ph.D. (Co-Chair), University of California Davis; and Richard J. Vetter, Ph.D. (Co-Chair), Mayo Clinic. The meeting was designed to explore important areas of inquiry associated with use of ionizing radiation relevant to radiation protection, addressing frequently asked questions and concerns from both members of the public and radiation professionals. The meeting was organized into six sessions plus three honorary lectures and a special presentation. This paper summarizes the scientific content of the six sessions and is based on the notes of the co-chairs and the slides of the speakers. The three honorary lectures are included as other papers in this issue.