Nottingham University to welcome school children on National Manufacturing Day

Set to take place this Thursday (July 7), National Manufacturing Day will see around 150 young people from secondary schools in Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire get a behind the scenes look at research being conducted at the Jubilee Campus site.

During their visit the school children will be able to see work going on into emerging technologies including automated manufacturing systems, the robotic assembly of aircraft components, 3D printing of multi-material products, and bespoke forming of composite materials for automotive applications.

“We look forward to welcoming…schoolchildren, members of the public and industrial and business leaders to visit our world leading manufacturing research facilities and gain insight into the exciting future technologies we are developing at the institute,” said Svetan Ratchev, Cripps Professor of Production Engineering and director of the Institute for Advanced Manufacturing. “By sharing our enthusiasm for manufacturing, we hope to shape future careers and illustrate the impact that our internationally leading research and knowledge exchange activities deliver to the region.”