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Tata Steel endows professorship in Metallurgy at Cambridge By Prasun Sonwalkar
London, Nov 25 (PTI) India's Tata Steel has announced
a donation to the University of Cambridge to endow a
professorship in Metallurgy to support fundamental research
into steel.
The university announced that the professorship is
named Tata Steel Professor of Metallurgy. The first steel
expert to hold the post is Indian-origin Harry Badeshia, an
noted expert in physical steel metallurgy.
The professor, inaugurated in Cambridge Monday, is
based in the university's Department of Materials Science and
Metallurgy.
The university said: "The endowment recognises the
commitment of the Tata Steel Group and the University to
world-leading research in the field, particularly in steels,
as well as Professor Bhadeshia's distinguished work in the
subject."
The Department of Materials Science & Metallurgy has a
track record of contributing significantly to industrial
materials technology and to academic leadership of the field
at an international level.
Bhadeshia's expertise is on how processing steel
influences microstructure. Based on deep understanding using
experimental observations, he and his group have developed
computer programmes for predicting microstructure.
His breakthroughs are in the control and design of
steel micro structures. Some of the microstructures are so
different from the conventional that what results could be
regarded as a new material.
In a joint statement B Muthuraman, Managing Director
of Tata Steel, and Philippe Varin, CEO of Corus, said: "In
this partnership we are fortunate to have found a combination
of passion, inspiration and dedication towards the further
development of steel.
"Our industry is already facing a shortage of
metallurgists in the UK and across the world, but we believe
that the continuing efforts of Professor Bhadeshia in his
field will highlight the exciting opportunities this industry
makes available to young people in their career choices."
Professor Lindsay Greer, Head of the Department of
Materials, Science and Metallurgy at Cambridge University,
said: "The Department and Cambridge University are very
grateful to Tata Steel Group for the endowment of this
professorship. We are proud that we have on our academic staff
a scientist of the distinction of Prof Harry Bhadeshia.
"Harry, with his world-leading research on steels, is
the perfect person to inaugurate the professorship. As the
university approaches its 800th anniversary in 2009, the Tata
Steel Professorship will help to maintain Cambridge's strong
record of contributions in the fields of materials science and
metallurgy."
Bhadeshia added: "I am thrilled to be associated with
Tata Steel Group. I will do my utmost to promote education and
creativity in steel. I believe the steel industry has a lot
more potential than has yet been revealed. I am particularly
delighted that this endowment will provide a long-lasting
source of funds for in-depth research into this most wonderful
of materials." PTI CORR
RKM
a donation to the University of Cambridge to endow a
professorship in Metallurgy to support fundamental research
into steel.
The university announced that the professorship is
named Tata Steel Professor of Metallurgy. The first steel
expert to hold the post is Indian-origin Harry Badeshia, an
noted expert in physical steel metallurgy.
The professor, inaugurated in Cambridge Monday, is
based in the university's Department of Materials Science and
Metallurgy.
The university said: "The endowment recognises the
commitment of the Tata Steel Group and the University to
world-leading research in the field, particularly in steels,
as well as Professor Bhadeshia's distinguished work in the
subject."
The Department of Materials Science & Metallurgy has a
track record of contributing significantly to industrial
materials technology and to academic leadership of the field
at an international level.
Bhadeshia's expertise is on how processing steel
influences microstructure. Based on deep understanding using
experimental observations, he and his group have developed
computer programmes for predicting microstructure.
His breakthroughs are in the control and design of
steel micro structures. Some of the microstructures are so
different from the conventional that what results could be
regarded as a new material.
In a joint statement B Muthuraman, Managing Director
of Tata Steel, and Philippe Varin, CEO of Corus, said: "In
this partnership we are fortunate to have found a combination
of passion, inspiration and dedication towards the further
development of steel.
"Our industry is already facing a shortage of
metallurgists in the UK and across the world, but we believe
that the continuing efforts of Professor Bhadeshia in his
field will highlight the exciting opportunities this industry
makes available to young people in their career choices."
Professor Lindsay Greer, Head of the Department of
Materials, Science and Metallurgy at Cambridge University,
said: "The Department and Cambridge University are very
grateful to Tata Steel Group for the endowment of this
professorship. We are proud that we have on our academic staff
a scientist of the distinction of Prof Harry Bhadeshia.
"Harry, with his world-leading research on steels, is
the perfect person to inaugurate the professorship. As the
university approaches its 800th anniversary in 2009, the Tata
Steel Professorship will help to maintain Cambridge's strong
record of contributions in the fields of materials science and
metallurgy."
Bhadeshia added: "I am thrilled to be associated with
Tata Steel Group. I will do my utmost to promote education and
creativity in steel. I believe the steel industry has a lot
more potential than has yet been revealed. I am particularly
delighted that this endowment will provide a long-lasting
source of funds for in-depth research into this most wonderful
of materials." PTI CORR
RKM
