Abstract

In 2050 the human population of Earth will be 9.8 Billion (currently 7.5 Billion). Human life expectancy is expected to rise from ~71 years to ~80 years. How we eat/drink, travel, stay healthy and provide education must change as our species draws more heavily upon finite energy sources and materials. Engineering will be at the heart of leading this change in helping to maintain and enhance our way-of-life.

The UK government has committed to ambitious targets in terms of reducing emissions. The technologies which will allow us to achieve this are yet to be invented and our society is yet to understand and accept the changes we must make to achieve this target.

In this lecture, we will explore how our lives will change over the next 30 years and the role of engineers in shaping our future.

Biography

Professor Adam Clare joined the University of Nottingham as a Lecturer in January 2010 after completing both his PhD and post doctoral research at the University of Liverpool. Since then he has undertaken Fellowships at the University of Tokyo, Rolls-Royce and the High Value Catapults (AMRC/MTC). He has also served as a Deputy Warden at Nightingale Hall of Residence.

He serves as the Director of Admissions for the Faculty of Engineering and He is responsible for developing and executing recruitment strategy for all of the six teaching departments.

He currently has Editorial roles with the Journal of Materials Processing Technology (subject editor), Precision Engineering (associate editor), Manufacturing Letters (Editorial board) and International Journal of Machine Tools and Manufacture (reviewing committee).

He is also a Director of and Scientific Advisor to Texture Jet Ltd which is a University spin out company. Through 'TJ' he is exploiting technology developed from within his team. For more information check out the progress at - www.texturejet.com.

His research focuses on the use of non-traditional manufacturing methods to arrive at net shape while inducing favorable material properties and generating new surfaces on engineering components. He is particularly interested in developing new manufacturing methods and materials for use in the high value manufacturing sectors including aerospace and biomedical engineering. In these competitive markets product differentiation is often directly linked to additional functionality or performance. Through the development of new manufacturing technologies and materials his team endeavors to deliver this.