Brian Scarlett

Professor Brian Scarlett FREng DSc DSc (11 July 1938–2 September 2004) was a British academic noted for his contributions to particle technology who is commemorated in an annual award to young researchers in that area.

Life

Scarlett was born 11 July 1938 in Biddulph, Staffordshire, England[1][2][3] He attended Wolstanton Grammar School and the University of Durham, gaining a BSc and MSc in Physics.[1][2][3] He died 2 September 2004 in Gainesville, Florida, being survived by his wife Joan, son Ian, and daughters Diane and Judy.[1][2]

Career

After graduation in 1964 he joined the United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority. In 1966 he obtained a research assistant post at the Nottingham and District Technical College where he began his research on particle technology. In 1969 he moved to the chemical engineering department of Loughborough University of Technology.[1][2] He stayed there until 1983 when he moved to Delft University of Technology as a full Professor of Chemical Technology in the Departments of Chemical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering and Mining. In 2000 he moved to the University of Florida as full Professor in the National Science Foundation Engineering Research Centre in Particle Science and Technology, forming the largest academic group in powder mechanics in the USA. He continued there until his death.[1][2]

Other Activities

Politics

While at Loughborough, Scarlett served as a local councillor for Charnwood District Council and was appointed to represent Leicestershire County Council on the Trent River Authority, where he rose to the position of Chairman of Water Management. He contemplated a full-time career in politics, but decided to stay as an academic.[1]

Committees

Scarlett served on several committees, including as the Chairman of the ISO Committee TC/24- “Methods of Particle Sizing other than Sieving”, Chairman of the Particle Size group of the Royal Society of Chemistry, and Secretary of the Particle Technology Subject group of the Institution of Chemical Engineers. He was a member of the AIChE Particle Technology Forum and of the Working Party on Particle Characterization and Agglomeration for the European Federation of Chemical Engineering.[1]

Quote

"A particle size measurement does not have a meaning unless the objective of the measurement is also specified. Thus, the techniques which should be used depend entirely on the accuracy required and the circumstances of the place and time in which the measurements must be made. There is no such thing as the “best” particle size technique unless the circumstances are also specified."[4]

Honours and Legacy

Scarlett was a Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering, a Fellow of the Institute of Physics, and a Fellow of the Institution of Chemical Engineers. He was awarded honorary doctorates (DSc) by the University of Coimbra (1997)[5] and Loughborough University (1999).[3][2] In 2000, the American Institute of Chemical Engineers gave him their Award for Lifetime Achievement in Particle Technology.[6] In 2006 the Fifth World Congress on Particle Technology had a Brian Scarlett Memorial Session of invited papers,[7] with another at the Seventh in 2014.[8] In 2010 a Brian Scarlett Scholarship Fund was set up by the Royal Society of Chemistry to support student travel to particle technology events.[9]

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References
  1. Davies, R,. (2004) Particles & Particle Systems Characterization 21 177-8 In Memoriam – Brian Scarlett
  2. Davies, R., (2004) Particle Technology Forum Newsletter 10, 1,3-4 Brian Scarlett remembered
  3. Massey, G., (2004) news@lboro (Loughborough University) 30, 11 Professor Brian Scarlett
  4. quoted by Andrew Turley in Chemistry World, 2011
  5. University of Coimbra Doutoramento Honoris Causa de Álvaro Siza e Brian Scarlett : Universidade de Coimbra 23 de Novembro de 1997
  6. www.aiche.org Particle Technology Forum Award
  7. Fifth World Congress on Particle Technology Brian Scarlett Memorial Session
  8. www.malvern.com
  9. RSC PCIG Newsletter Archived 2016-10-21 at the Wayback Machine January 2010
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