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British material scientist
Brian Leonard Eyre
CBE ,
FRS ,
[1]
FREng (29 November 1933 – 28 July 2014) was a British
material scientist ,
Chief Executive of the
United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority (UKAEA)
[1] and
Professor at the
University of Liverpool . He was also a
visiting scholar at the
University of Oxford and
University College London .
[2]
Career and research
Eyre was appointed
Professor of
Materials Science at the
University of Liverpool from 1979 to 1984.
[2] His research investigated nuclear technology, including
electron microscopy studies of
radiation damage in metals and alloys.
[2]
[3]
[4]
[5] He played an important role in the
privatisation of UKAEA to create
AEA Technology .
[1]
Awards and honours
Eyre was elected a
Fellow of the Royal Society (FRS) in 2001
[1] and a
Fellow of the
Royal Academy of Engineering in 1992.
[2] He was elected foreign associate member of the
National Academy of Engineering of the
United States in 2009 for his understanding of neutron irradiation-induced damage in materials and for developing technologies and policies for
nuclear power in the
United Kingdom .
[6]
He was appointed
Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the
1993 New Year Honours .
[7]
References
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d Pooley, Derek;
Smith, George ;
Windsor, Colin (2016). "Brian Eyre CBE FREng. 29 November 1933 — 28 July 2014".
Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society . 62 . London:
Royal Society : 147–166.
doi :
10.1098/rsbm.2016.0016 .
S2CID
79308446 .
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d Anon (2014).
"Professor Brian Eyre CBE, FRS, FREng" . ox.ac.uk . Oxford:
University of Oxford . Archived from
the original on 22 December 2014.
^ Eyre, B L (1973). "Transmission electron microscope studies of point defect clusters in fcc and bcc metals". Journal of Physics F: Metal Physics . 3 (2): 422–470.
Bibcode :
1973JPhF....3..422E .
doi :
10.1088/0305-4608/3/2/009 .
^ Mazey, D.J.; Eyre, B.L.; Evans, J.H.; Erents, S.K.; McCracken, G.M. (1977). "A transmission electron microscopy study of molybdenum irradiated with helium ions". Journal of Nuclear Materials . 64 (1–2): 145–156.
Bibcode :
1977JNuM...64..145M .
doi :
10.1016/0022-3115(77)90018-6 .
^ Jenkins, M. L.; English, C. A.; Eyre, B. L. (1978). "Heavy-ion irradiation of α-iron". Philosophical Magazine A . 38 (1): 97–114.
Bibcode :
1978PMagA..38...97J .
doi :
10.1080/01418617808239220 .
^ Anon (2009).
"National Academy of Engineering elects 65 members and 9 foreign associates" . eurekalert.org . Archived from
the original on 20 December 2014.
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"No. 53153" .
The London Gazette (Supplement). 20 December 1992. p. 8.