Previous Inaugural Lectures

Emergent Photonics: How do ant colonies and crystals hold the key to seeing the invisible with Terahertz eyes?

Professor Marco Peccianti

Department of Physics
- 14 May 2025
- 5pm
What are the sources of complexities in fluid flows and how to simulate them

Professor Joanna Szmelter

School of Mechanical, Electrical and Manufacturing Engineering
- 14 May 2025
- 5pm
What use are magnetic materials when trying to reach Net Zero?

Professor Kelly Morrison

Department of Physics
- 9 April 2025
- 5pm
What can (ultra)sound waves tell us about mayonnaise and aircraft wings?

Professor Valerie Pinfield

Department of Chemical Engineering
- 9 April 2025
- 5pm
Are corporations ruling the world or serving society?

Professor Anna Grosman

Institute for International Management and Entrepreneurship
- 12 March 2025
- 5pm
From state to market and back? A teleological history of my research to date.

Professor Gerhard Schnyder

Institute for International Management and Entrepreneurship
- 12 March 2025
- 5pm
Can transportation Net Zero goals be achieved?

Professor Adrian Spencer

Department of Aeronautical and Automotive Engineering
- 19 February 2025
- 5pm
How can we improve upon existing methods for modelling turbulent flows?

Professor Chris Keylock

School of Architecture, Building and Civil Engineering
- 19 February 2025
- 5pm
Can the same person be both a pharmacologist and an engineer?

Professor Karen Coopman

Department of Chemical Engineering
- 27 November 2024
- 5pm
Delivering net-zero, quality and productivity: will the future of construction be shaped by 3D concrete printing?

Professor Richard Buswell

School of Architecture, Building and Civil Engineering
- 27 November 2024
- 5pm

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