Electric Jet Engines and Cricket Ball Swing

For the last 50 years the Whittle Laboratory in Cambridge has helped to develop the efficient, reliable and safe power generation and aircraft propulsion systems we take for granted today. The next great challenge is to deliver zero carbon power and propulsion and we are working hard, alongside our industrial partners, government and other universities, to deliver the technologies needed to make this step. This talk will explain the potential and address some of the challenges associated with using zero emission, "Electric Jet Engines", for flight. As well as tackling the climate change challenge, the Whittle Lab has a long history of investigating sports aerodynamics. In the second half of the talk, we will see how the science used to design and test jet engines has been used to understand the mysterious art of swing bowling in cricket.

Dr Sam Grimshaw is a Senior Research Fellow in Engineering at Girton College, Cambridge. Sam is based at the Whittle Laboratory, part of Cambridge's Engineering Department, where he helps the world's leading engineering companies to improve the performance of gas turbines and jet engines. Sam has also been able to combine his love of sport and science by leading the lab's recent research on the aerodynamics of cricket ball swing.

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

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