Birthday congratulations

24/02/2005“C60” – A symposium in honour of the 60th birthday of Prof. J.M.D.

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Birthday congratulations

“Just tell him that I'll be having a big glass of Chartreuse to his health!”

Orphée Cugat


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Memorable Quotes

“Find out what you’re doing wrong and stop doing it!”

Mike to Michel Viret


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Memorable Quotes

“I did that before and its easy. I don’t remember how, but it’s easy”

Mike, another clear explanation


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“Happy Birthday to the wise old man that brought my mam

& mon pere together !”Kieron Ranno

Son of Nora Dempsey and Laurent Ranno


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Memorable Quotes

“This may require more skill than I actually possess”

Mike, when simultaneously overtaking a juggernaut and looking over one shoulder to talk

to passengers in the rear on a road under construction in Jena, March 1997


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Mike joins the FRS club


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Mike: “There is still no cure for the common birthday.”

q. John Glenn

Fondly,Laura Lewis (Brookhaven National Laboratory, U.S.A.)

&Alison Davenport (Birmingham University, U.K.)


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Memorable Quotes

Mike, explaining the complicated theory of UHV sample preparation to the eminent Chinese

scientist XiuFeng Han


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Mike, in party mood


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“Please wish Prof Coey a happy 60th from me! And, tell him that

he is now considered "mid career" and to get back to work!”

Bill HarrisDirector of SFI


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Memorable Quotes

Rob: “Well, I think the delay is because the technician’s girlfriend

died”Mike: “What? And does that mean he can’t fix vacuum pumps anymore?”


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Mike, in “conference

mode”


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Birthday congratulations“What really made an impression to me

about Mike is his ability to see scientifically new ways in magnetism that are well hidden to others, as also his talent

to lead and share these ways with his coworkers in a unique manner. Happy

birthday Mike, I am sure you'll continue to lead these ways for many, many years to

come....”Alexios Douvalis, Univ. Ioannina, Greece


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Memorable Quotes

“Delay after delay after delay….. I mean, how do you

live your life like this?”Words of encouragement from Mike


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Mike, making sure he gets his share of the wine in Kippure


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“Happy Birthday, I’m sorry that I can’t be there”

Janko Versluijs, IMEC Belgium


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Memorable Quotes

“The only day you really can’t be in the lab is the

Dec.25th, and if you want to get in then, you can make up

some excuse for security”Mike getting into the Christmas spirit


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Mike, handing out tasks at the summer party


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“Please convey to Mike my warmest wishes for a Happy Birthday and for

a happy, healthy and productive life ”

George Hadjipanayis, Univ. of Delaware


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Memorable Quotes

“I want results, not excuses!”

Programmed error message for the Mac in the lab


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The Coey coat of arms. I’m pretty sure the bottom left bit has something to do with the CRANN project


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“I'd love to be able to make it… wish Mike all the best from me ”

Dr. Gareth Hinds


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Memorable Quotes

“I want results, not excuses!”

Programmed error message for the Mac in the lab


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Mike with his research group


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“Happy 60th birthday and wishes of continuing success on your

research ”Dr. Rui Borges, Departamento de Física da

FCUL , Portugal


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Thanks to ours sponsors!

BouhnikPhysics Dept, TCD


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Memorable Quotes

“Making nanocontacts is easy, you just take a pencil, draw two triangles and apply a

voltage”

Mike starting Oscar in nanotechnology

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