Light fantastic – Cable announces £3.6 million for manufacturing research

Vince Cable, Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills announced a £3.6 million EPSRC funding award which will explore how light can be used in new ways in innovative manufacturing processes and technologies. One of the 14 funded project 'Laser-induced nucleation for crystallisation of high-value materials in continuous manufacturing processes' is lead by Dr Andrew Alexander (The University of Edinburgh) with Prof Pulham, Dr Sefcik (who are both co-investigators on the EPSRC Centre) and Dr Burns (Univeristy of Strathclyde) as co-investigators. The Centre will work with the Manufacturing with Light project to further develop the potential for non-photochemical laser-induced nucleation (NPLIN) as a novel manufacturing technique.