Manufacturing for the future

Posted on 10 May 2011 by The Manufacturer

Dr Mark Claydon-Smith, EPSRC’s head of manufacturing, describes the thinking behind the research council’s Manufacturing the Future initiative, including its latest investment in nine new EPSRC Centres for Innovative Manufacturing.

Mark says: “The Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) is the UK’s main agency for funding research in engineering and physical sciences. We invest around £800 million a year in research and postgraduate training in a broad range of subjects – from mathematics to materials science, and from information technology to structural engineering. Manufacturing…

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