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IGP Director's Seminar, Mark Miodownik, Materials for the 21st Century by UCL Institute for Gloabl Prospeity

23 February 2017, 4:00 pm–6:00 pm

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Roberts Building, G08 Sir David Davies LT, Malet Place, WC1E 6BT

Mark Miodownik is an accomplished materials engineer. He writes for The Guardian and The Times, and he is a regular presenter of engineering TV programmes the BBC. In 2013 he was awarded the Rooke Medal by the Royal Academy of Engineering. His book Stuff Matters was published in June 2013 and won the Royal Society Winton Prize and the US National Academies Keck Futures Prize. In 2016 he was awarded the American Association for the Advancement of Science Prize for Public Engagement with Science. In 2010 he was on The Times 2010 list of the top 100 most influential people in science.

In this talk, Mark will look fifty years into the future of materials innovation to assess the possible technical advances and their impact on engineering, society and culture. Themes such as sustainable cities, energy security, food security and healthcare are explored in terms of their materials requirement needs and our likelihood of achieving them.

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