Manufacturing A Better World

Look around your house and, with the exception of the contents of your fridge or the fruit bowl, just about everything you see will have been manufactured! But have you ever thought about how all of these things we see every day got here, or where they came from? How many miles have the components of your phone travelled before they reach you? How many parts are there in the car you drive? and how do they all end up in the right place at the right time? How can we continue to have the things we want and need without using up the World's finite resources?

"Manufacturing A Better World" has been adopted as the vision of the University of Cambridge's Institute For Manufacturing. From supply chains, to 3D printing, to electric aeroplanes this presentation by Tim Minshall will highlight the role that engineers will play in solving the many future challenges we face on Earth, and beyond.

Tim Minshall is the inaugural Dr John C Taylor Professor of Innovation at the University of Cambridge, Head of the Institute for Manufacturing (IfM) and Head of the IfM’s Centre for Technology Management (CTM). He is also a renowned "communicator" of the benefits that engineering and science can bring to the World. His research, teaching and engagement activities are focused on the links between manufacturing and innovation.
Since joining the University of Cambridge in 2002, Tim has played a very active role in the development of innovation and technology management activities across the University and with companies in the Cambridge cluster, one of the largest and most successful technology clusters in Europe.

Refreshments will be available from 30 minutes before the advertised start time.

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