We would like to thank all those whose presentations and contributions made this such an interactive and collaborative event. Find out more about the 2012 Symposia here  »

2011 Materials Education Symposia

The themes for each of the two-day Symposia which took place in 2011 were developed by the Advisory Committee (below) . The Symposia are coordinated by Granta Design and supported by the following organizations:


ASM International TMS SEFI Federation of European Materials Societies
Worcester Polytechnic Institure (WPI)
University of Cambridge

2011 Academic Advisory Committee

Committee Member Affiliation(s) Link to website
Prof Mike Ashby
(Committee Chair)
University of Cambridge, UK,
& Chairman, Granta Design
Here »
Prof Diran Apelian Worcester Polytechnic Institute, US ,
& President of TMS (2008-9)
Here  » 
Prof Yves Brechet INP, Grenoble, France Here  » 
Prof Rudolph Buchheit Ohio State University, US,
& University Materials Council
Here »
Dr Tim Bullough University of Liverpool, UK,
& Director, UK Subject Centre for Material Education
Here »
Prof Seh Chun Lim Deputy Dean, Faculty of Engineering, National University of Singapore, Singapore Here  » 
Prof Bill Clyne University of Cambridge, UK,
& President of the Federation of European Materials Societies (FEMS) (2008-9)
Here  »
Prof David Embury McMaster University, Canada Here »
Prof Peter Goodhew University of Liverpool, UK Here  » 
Prof Trevor Harding Cal Poly, US,
& Chair, ASEE Materials Engineering Division
Here »
Prof Ke Lu Director, Shenyang National Laboratory for Materials Science, China,
& Institute of Metal Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Here »
Prof Christine Ortiz Dean for Graduate Education, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, US Here » 
Dr Lyle H. Schwartz University of Maryland, US Here  »
Prof Richard Sisson Dean of Graduate Studies, Worcester Polytechnic Institute, US Here  » 
Prof Alexander Wanner Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Germany Here  » 
Prof Sybrand van der Zwaag Chairman, Delft Centre for Materials,
TU Delft, Netherlands
Here  »