Last night I attended the regional dinner for Fellows of the Royal Academy of Engineering hosted by the Materials Processing Institute (MPI –  https://www.mpiuk.com/). The dinner was held in the boardroom of the Cleveland Institution of Engineers (https://www.iom3.org/cleveland-institution-engineers)  which is one of the oldest engineering institutions in the world and is affiliated to The Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining (IOM3). An excellent meal with plenty of stimulation discussion on topics from decarbonisation to industrial strategy.

Just got back from a day at Surrey University lecturing on the Ceramics and Ceramic Coatings Module in the Advanced Materials MSc programme. I gave an hour on mechanical and wear test methods and an hour on interfaces and adhesion of coatings.