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Jim’s reputation as one of the world’s leading scholars of religious studies has been recognised in a variety of ways. He served as General Secretary of the African Association for the Study of Religions, 20002005, and as President of the British Association for the Study of Religions, 20032006. He is currently Depute General Secretary of the European Association for the Study of Religions. He has been invited to lecture widely around the world; and in 20112012, he is serving as de Carle Distinguished Lecturer at the University of Otago, New Zealand. He will continue his field work, his travels and his lecturing in his retirement, and we also hope that Jim and his partner, Valerie, will have more time for those activities they enjoy together.
Special Minute Professor William J Easson, BSc, PhD, CEng, FIMechE William (Bill) Easson was born on the 10 th March, 1954. He graduated in Mathematical Physics from the University of Edinburgh in 1976. After 3 years as a school teacher in Fife, he returned to Edinburgh as a Research Associate working on offshore wave mechanics at the height of the North Sea oil boom. In addition to studying the fundamentals of the flow in waves, he also undertook a wide range of studies for oil companies and the Health and Safety Executive and regularly chaired sessions of the International Society of Offshore and Polar Engineers. He was appointed as a lecturer in Fluid Mechanics at the University of Edinburgh in 1987, when he led the Mechanical Engineering Fluids Group and developed an interest in twophase flows with particular reference to particulate transport in coalfired power stations. Working closely with several companies, he developed methods that improve the efficiency of plant and reduce NOx output. He became academic representative on the UK Coal Research Forum and joined the organising committees for several international conferences, notably expanding the UK CRF meeting to become a European conference and hosting its first meeting in Edinburgh. During this period he also managed a startup company, Optical Flow Systems, selling advanced laser flow measuring techniques to industrial and academic research laboratories. In 2001 his work took another twist and after the unexpected departure of a colleague, he took over the engineering aspects of a Biomedical Engineering grant collaborating with the School of Medicine. This was a major award, modelling and measuring blood flow in human arteries to provide an integrated approach to imaging and disease diagnosis. His work in this field continues. He was founding Secretary of the UK Society of Bioengineering from 20082011. In 1997 he became Head of the Department of Mechanical Engineering and was Head of the Institute for Materials and Processes, in the School of Engineering, from 20032009. He has served on numerous School, College and University committees. He was appointed Professor of Fluid Mechanics in 2002 and elected a Fellow of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers in 2006. Bill has therefore contributed strongly and with commitment to every aspect of the life of his Department, then Institute and School. His scientific/engineering skills and deceptively humorous approach to academic life has endeared him to colleagues and students alike. In addition to continuing his research, Professor Easson is now devoting more time to the challenging task of improving his golf and spending time at his holiday home in Spain, with his wife, Rosalind.
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