Brian Eyre

Brian Leonard Eyre (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]

Professor Brian Eyre CBE FRS FREng
Born	(1933-11-29)29 November 1933
Died	28 July 2014(2014-07-28) (aged 80)
Website	www.materials.ox.ac.uk/2014/07/Professor-Brian-Eyre-CBE-FRS-FREng/

Career and research

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]

Awards and honours

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]