Brian Eyre | |
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Born | 29 November 1933 |
Died | 28 July 2014 | (aged 80)
Website | www |
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]
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]
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]