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HI All If these people really are engineers surely they should be wearing blue or brown shop coats, not white ones? I spend quite a lot of time in an engineering workshop where I wear a blue 'lab coat' when I remember - white ones get dirty too quickly. Now where did I put that spanner? Cheers Richard Ellam L M Interactive. On 30 Apr 2007, at 11:28, C.A.Stokes wrote: > There are labs in the school of mechanical and manufacturing > engineering > here at Loughborough University where all researchers - from PhD > students to > post-docs and research fellows - wear white coats. I've just spoken > to one, > who tells me it's down to health and safety regs. Admittedly, the > majority > of the people I'm thinking of would describe themselves as > scientists rather > than engineers (some have backgrounds in chemistry and physics > rather than > engineering) but they wouldn't dispute that they're doing engineering > research in engineering labs in an engineering department. > > Chris > >> -----Original Message----- > > Michael Kenward: > >> I have visited more research labs than most scientists over >> the years, white coats are rare. You will never see them in >> an engineering lab. > > ********************************************************************** > 1. To suspend yourself from the list, whilst on leave, for example, > send an email to [log in to unmask] with the following message: > set psci-com nomail > 2. To resume email from the list, send the following message: > set psci-com mail > 3. To leave psci-com, send an email to [log in to unmask] with > the message: > leave psci-com > 4. Further information about the psci-com discussion list, > including list archive, > can be found at the list web site: http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/ > psci-com.html > 5. The psci-com gateway to internet resources on science > communication and science > and society can be found at http://psci-com.ac.uk > ********************************************************************** ********************************************************************** 1. To suspend yourself from the list, whilst on leave, for example, send an email to [log in to unmask] with the following message: set psci-com nomail 2. To resume email from the list, send the following message: set psci-com mail 3. To leave psci-com, send an email to [log in to unmask] with the message: leave psci-com 4. Further information about the psci-com discussion list, including list archive, can be found at the list web site: http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/psci-com.html 5. The psci-com gateway to internet resources on science communication and science and society can be found at http://psci-com.ac.uk **********************************************************************