Professor of Materials Science, Department of Materials Science & Metallurgy, University of Cambridge
Department of Engineering and Newnham College, University of Cambridge.
Research interests in materials engineering and sustainability.
Plant Virology & Molecular Plant Pathology Group, Department of Plant Sciences
Professor of Observational Cosmology and Astrophysics, Institute of Astronomy, University of Cambridge
Department of Pure Maths and Mathematical Statistics and First Bursar, King's College Cambridge
Professor of Mathematical Physics, Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics, Clare College, University of Cambridge
Senior Lecturer, Department of Physiology Development and Neuroscience, University of Cambridge
Professor of Image and Signal Processing, Department of Engineering, University of Cambridge.
Senior Lecturer and Curator, University Museum of Zoology, University of Cambridge
Professor of Physical Chemistry
Professor of Molecular Modelling, Engineering Laboratory, University of Cambridge.
Professor of Analytical Biotechnology
Professor Emeritus Dept of Physiology, Development and Neuroscience Clare College, University of Cambridge
Research interests in the development of the nervous system.
Professor of History of Science and Medicine, Department of History and Philosophy of Science, University of Cambridge
Associate Professor in Palaeobiology, Department of Earth Sciences, University of Cambridge
Department of Materials Science and Metallurgy, University of Cambridge
Emeritus Professor of Theoretical Computer Science
Deputy Head of School, Faculty of Science and Engineering, Anglia Ruskin University
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Dementia is a topic of considerable public interest. How empirical evidence has contributed to this societal awareness and indeed fear will be covered in this talk. It will span research from the 1980s when not much was understood about dementia up to contemporary perspectives. The focus will be on the epidemiological and public health evidence base, and how this relates to the results published from clinical and lab based research. The findings from UK and other high income countries of reduced age specific prevalence (%) will be explored, and the implications of results from brain based studies that dementia is not inevitable in the presence of ‘alzheimer’ type changes. The role of inequalities, risk varying across countries and time and our knowledge about protective factors have strengthened during recent years, and the balance of high risk with whole population approaches to reducing risk for society will be considered.
The structural mechanics of shape-changing structures: from bending armadillos, self-deploying satellites, to roll-up displays.
Most structures, e.g. buildings & bridges, are designed to be near rigid when loaded: in view of high winds or heavy traffic, their movements are barely noticeable. Formally, they are stiff, strong and stable, in terms of their “structural mechanics” – the study of their loaded deformation. Large movements from material weakness, overloading, or bad design, typically portend failure & eventual collapse. Embracing large movements, i.e. deliberate changes in shape, can admit new behaviour if safe and reversible, to yield transformer-like technologies and simple explanations of biological morphology, for example. In this talk, I will describe several structural mechanics principles for making shape-changing structures, out of ordinary materials, complete with physical demonstrations.
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