Person
Vance, Eric Raymond (Lou) (1942 - 2019)
FTSE
- Born
- 15 November 1942
Ararat, Victoria, Australia - Died
- 7 March 2019
Kogarah, New South Wales, Australia - Occupation
- Materials scientist and Nuclear physicist
Summary
Lou Vance was a physicist internationally recognised as an authority on the development of wasteforms for nuclear waste. In particular he led research into synroc technology, an artificial mineral for the safe storage of radioactive elements invented by Ted Ringwood, and into its commercialisation potential. After holding several research positions over nearly 20 years in the United Kingdom, the U.S.A. and Canada investigating waste-form technology, Vance became Senior Research Scientist at Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation in 1987. He played a key role in advocating the use of synroc. Vance published over 400 papers and held three patents related to synroc.
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Chronology
- 1968
- Education - PhD, Monash University
- 1968 - 1969
- Career event - Joined Australian Atomic Energy Commission (now Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation)
- 1969 - 1972
- Career position - Research fellow, University College, London
- 1972 - 1977
- Career position - Research fellow, Research School of Physical Sciences, Australian National University
- 1977 - 1978
- Career position - Research fellow, University College, London
- 1978 - 1979
- Career position - Research scientist, Georgia State University, Atlanta, Georgia, U.S.A.
- 1979 - 1982
- Career position - Research scientist, Pennsylvania State University, U.S.A.
- 1982 - 1987
- Career position - Research scientist, Atomic Energy of Canada, Pinawa, Manitoba, Canada
- 1987 - 2001
- Career position - Senior Research Scientist, Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation
- 1987 - 2019
- Award - Fellow, Australian Institute of Physics
- 2001 - ?
- Career position - Chief Research Scientist, Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation
- 2002 - c. 2016
- Career position - Co-editor, Journal of the Australian Ceramic Society
- 2003
- Award - Fellow, American Ceramic Society
- 2003
- Award - Fellow, Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering (FTSE)
- 2007
- Award - Leverhulme Fellowship, University of Cambridge
- 2008
- Award - Fellow, Australian Ceramic Society
- 2008
- Award - Academician, World Academy of Ceramics
- 2012
- Career position - Member, International Advisory Board, Journal of nuclear science and technology
- 2018
- Award - Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation, CEO Award - for Sustained Research Contribution (with Mark Reinhard)
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Published resources
Journal Articles
- Anon, 'Eric Raymond "Lou" Vance AO FTSE: physicist's life full of discovery', Impact, 209 (2019), 64, https://www.atse.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/IMPACT-2019-September-low-res-spreads-for-web.pdf. Details
- Finlayson, Trevor; and Gregg, Dan, 'Vale Eric Raymond (Lou) Vance (1942 - 2019)', Australian Physics, 55 (6) (2019), 162-3. Details
Newspaper Articles
- Edwards, Brian; Finlayson, Trevor; Gregg, Daniel and Lewis, Graeme K., 'Eric Vance; scientific leadership and achievements', Sydney Morning Herald (2019). https://www.smh.com.au/national/eric-vance-scientific-leadership-and-achievement-20190530-h1ewan.html. Details
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Created: 21 January 2020, Last modified: 15 June 2022