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Tata Steel and Royal Academy of Engineering Establish New Chair at Warwick University

07/26/2011 - Tata Steel RD&T and the Royal Academy of Engineering are jointly funding a new Chair for research into Low Carbon Materials Technology at WMG at the University of Warwick. The two partners will put £600,000 into the new Research Chair.

Tata Steel RD&T and the Royal Academy of Engineering are jointly funding a new Chair for research into Low Carbon Materials Technology at WMG at the University of Warwick. The two partners will put £600,000 into the new Research Chair.
 
WMG Director Professor Lord Kumar Bhattacharyya said: "This announcement not only allows us to create a crucial new Chair to research this vital area, it is also wonderful recognition by the prestigious Royal Academy of Engineering and the renowned Tata Steel Group of the significant work WMG is already undertaking in low carbon vehicle technology.
 
“This research has already produced vital research for major manufacturers and has also helped many SMEs in the West Midlands region."
 
WMG recently held a special event for SMEs to showcase the new research and technical support in low carbon light materials already available free-of-charge to West Midlands SMEs. This new Chair is expected to lead to the development of even more low carbon materials technology that will benefit both large and small manufacturers.
 
Dr. Debashish Bhattacharjee, Group Director for Research, Development and Technology at Tata Steel, said: "We are very pleased and honored that the Royal Academy of Engineering is supporting this Chair. We will be using this to spearhead our strategic work in steel-based low carbon solutions for the automotive and other related sectors to show that steel is very much part of the solution to the environmental challenges facing our society."