Manufacturing and Materials Week

As part of Manufacturing and Materials Week at Cranfield University, Professor Mark Jolly, Director of Manufacturing at Cranfield University and Director of TransFIRe, delivered an outreach event to pupils of Bedford Road Primary School. The children visited the Cranfield campus where Professor Jolly talked to the children about what triggered the start of our increased use of fossil fuels, sustainability and ways in which we could all think about reducing our carbon footprint in our day-to day lives.  They then had the opportunity to explore the labs and 3D printing equipment and to talk to some of our researchers about the work they are doing. The children also made a series of pledges of ways they would try to reduce their carbon emissions, generating ideas such as reducing the number of single use aluminium cans they used to reducing their meat consumption! The aim of the event was to [...]