The Hatfield Memorial Lecture

Under a Deed dated 22 August 1944, the University of Sheffield agreed to be the Trustees of the fund which was set up for the purpose of establishing the above lecture "as a memorial to the late Dr Williams Herbert Hatfield FRS and as a mark of appreciation of his distinguished work in connection with research into the qualities and uses of metals and allied branches of science". The lecturer is appointed by the University Council on the recommendation of a Lecture Committee consisting of representatives of the University and the Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining and of a number of other local and national organisations who sponsor the lecture.

The lectures are held annually at the University of Sheffield, usually in the first or second weeks of December.

Dr William Hatfield, FRS

William H Hatfield (1882-1943) studied metallurgy at University College, Sheffield, under Professor John Arnold, who held the Chair of Metallurgy from 1889 until 1919. In 1902 Hatfield won the Mappin Medal and in 1913 was awarded the degree of Doctor of Metallurgy.

Author of numerous technical papers on many branches of metallurgy, in particular rust, acid and heat-resistant steels and cast iron, Hatfield was appointed Director of the Firth-Brown Research Laboratories in 1916, and later joined the Board of Messrs Thomas Firth and John Brown Limited.

2012 Lecture

60th Hatfield Memorial Lecture

The speaker for the 60th Hatfield Memorial Lecture will be announced in Spring 2012.

Invitations to the lecture are sent out by email each year. If you would like to be included on the distribution list, then please fill your details in on the form available here.

The Lecture will take place on the Tuesday 4th December 2012 at 6.45pm in the Octagon Centre, Western Bank, Sheffield.

Past Lecturers

59.	Professor George Smith, FRS How Safe is that Nuclear Reactor? Video of Lecture, Pdf of Lecture	2011
58.	Professor Peter Brown FIMMM Steel – the winning edge	2010
57.	Professor Anthony J Ryan OBE, FRSC, FIMMM The Materials Requirements for the Origin of Life Video of Lecture, Pdf of Lecture	2009
56.	Stephen J Garwood Materials Engineering for the Next Nuclear Generation Powerpoint show of Lecture	2008
55.	Professor Rod Smith, FREng Railways and Materials: Synergetic Progress Powerpoint show of Lecture, Paper	2007
54.	Professor John Knott, OBE, FRS, FREng, FIMMM Quantifying the Quality of Steel Video of Lecture, Slides	2006
53.	Professor John Wood FREng, FIMMM Big Science and Materials Opportunities, Breakthroughs and the Future Video of Lecture, slides, slide-movie1, slide-movie2, Materials World Report	2005
52.	Professor H K D H Bhadeshia FRS, FREng, FIMMM Large Chunks of Strong Steel Slides, Short Paper, Full Paper	2004
51.	Professor Jane A Plant CBE, FIMMM New Materials from Trace Additions: economic resources and environmental consequences Slides	2003
50.	Professor C M Sellars BMet, PhD, DMet, HonCMechD, FREng, FIMMM Metallurgical Modelling of Thermomechanical Processing Paper, Slides	2002
49.	Dr M J Pettifor, FIMMM Technology - Driving Steel Forward Paper	2001
48.	Professor Colin J Humphreys CBE, BSc, PhD, FREng, FIMMM, FInstP From Hatfield to High-Technology: Designing Materials for the Twenty-First Century	2000
47.	Professor R Boom FIMMM Iron, the hidden element - The Role of Iron and Steel in the 20th Century Paper, Slides	1999
46.	Mr P C Ruffles CBE, FREng, FRS, FlMechE, FRAeS, RDI Power and the Environment Slides	1998
45.	Dr R E Dolby OBE, FREng, FIMMM, FWeldI Steel Competitveness : joining matters	1997
44.	Professor W Bonfield CBE, FREng, FRS, FIMMM, FBSE, FInstP From Concept to Patient - Tailor-Making Biomaterials for Medical Implants	1996
43.	Dr J W Edington FREng, FIMMM The New World of Steel	1995
42.	Emeritus Professor G W Greenwood PhD, DMet, FREng, FRS, FIMMM, FInstP What's Missing in Materials? (Audio-MP4)	1994
41.	J J Irani, MSc, MMet, PhD, DMet Technology Management in the Steel Industry - Current Challenges Paper	1993
40.	Professor M F Ashby, MA, PhD, FRS, FREng, FIMMM Materials Selection in Mechanical Design	1992
39.	Professor Dr H Warlimont Challenges for Metallurgical Research Imposed by Increasingly Complex Technologies	1991
38.	Dr F Fitzgerald, CBE, PhD, DEng, FIChemE, FInstE Steel - Technical Achievements and Challenges	1990
37.	Professor M C Flemings, SB, SM, ScD, FIAME Net Shape Solidification Processing of Steel, 1945-1995	1989
36	Emeritus Professor J Nutting, MA, PhD, ScD, FIM, FREng Clean Steel - Dirty Steel: Sulphur - Friend or Foe	1988
35.	Sir Robert Scholey, CBE, DEng, FREng European Steel: What Future? (Audio-MP4)	1987
34.	Dr ED Hondros, MSc, DSc, CEng, FIM, FRS Thermo~Capillary and Other "Tears of Wine" Phenomena in Materials	1986
33.	Emeritus Professor Sir Peter Hirsch, MA, DSc, ScD, DEng, FRS Nuclear Power: Perspective and Prospects	1985
32.	Vicomte E Davignon The Steel Strategy of the Community	1984
31.	Professor R Kiessling Stainless Steels - Materials in Competition	1983
30.	Sir Robin Nicholson, MA, PhD, DSc, DMet, DEng, FIM, MInstP, Clmgt, FIChemE, FREng, FRS The Development of Nickel Alloys for the Gas Turbine	1980
29.	Emeritus Professor Sir Robert Honeycombe, MSc, PhD, FIM, DMet, FREng, FRS Ferrite	1979
28.	M L Coche From Invention to Industrial Development	1978
27.	R Weck, CBE, FWeldI Welding and the Steel Industry	1977
26.	R W Nichols, FREng Steels in Nuclear Power - Problems and Promise	1975
25.	Sir Alan Cottrell, PhD, ScD, DSc, FIC, FREng, FRS Materials and Malthus Paper	1974
24.	R S Barnes, MSc, DSc, FInstP, FIM, FRSA, FKC Euro-Steel Research	1973
23.	Professor E Plockinger Electroslag Remelting - A Modern Tool in Metallurgy	1972
22.	W F Cartwright, CBE, DL, MIMechE Small Steelworks	1971
21.	Sir James Menter, MA, PhD, ScD, CPhys, FInstP, FRS The Heterogeneity of Steel	1970
20.	L S Darken, PhD Metallic Chemistry in 1, 2 and 3 Dimensions	1969
19.	Sir Montague Finniston Twenty-Five Years On	1968
18.	Professor H Morrogh, CBE, DSc, FREng, FRS The Metallurgy of Cast Iron	1967
17.	Professor W Hume-Rothery The Intermetallic Chemistry of Iron	1965
16.	Professor F D Richardson Basic Knowledge: Discovery and Invention in the Birth of New Metallurgical Processes	1964
15.	Professor A G Quarrell, PhD, DSc, DMet, ARCS, DIC, FInstP, FIM Metallography - a Hundred Years After Sorby	1963
14.	M Cohen, PhD On the Development of High Strength in Steel	1962
13.	Professor L Rotherham, CBE, DSc, FlEE, SFlnstE, FIM, FInstP, FREng, FRS The Contribution of Metallurgy to Electric Power Generation	1960
12.	Academician G Kurdjomov Phenomena Occurring in the Quenching and Tempering of Steels	1959
11.	N P Allen, MMet, DSc, FIM, FRS The Mechanical Properties of the Ferrite Crystal	1958
10.	P G Bastien, DSc The Mechanism of Formation of Banded Structures	1957
9.	Sir Nevill Mott, MA, DSc, FRS Fracture in Metals	1956
8.	E C Bain Trends in Metallurgical Research in the United States	1955
7.	T P Colclough, CBE, MMet, DSc, FRIC Development in the Iron and Steel Industry in Great Britain During the Last Twenty-Five Years	1954
6.	Professor E N da C Andrade, FRS The Flow of Metals	1952
5.	Sir Frank Whittle, OM, KBE, CB, DSc, ScD, DTech, FREng, FRS Turbine Problem in the Development of the Whittle Engine	1951
4.	Sir A McCance, DSc, LLD, FRS The Plastic Behaviour of Solids	1949
3.	R F Mehl, PhD, DSc, DEng The Decomposition of Austenite by Nucleation and Growth Processes	1948
2.	C Sykes, DSc, FRS Steels for Use at Elevated Temperatures	1947
1.	G B Waterhouse, PhD, DMet The Services to Metallurgy of the Late Dr W H Hatfield, FRS	1946

Publication

The Hatfield Memorial Lectures, Volume 1 edited by P. R. Beeley