Dr Mark Miodownik
The Times, 10th February 2010
Godfather of Instruction Manuals
The Guardian, 20th August 2009
The Financial Times, 20th June 2009
The Guardian, 17th Nov 2008
Wellcome Collection, 14th Nov 2008
Materials Today, Feb 2008
Its a Printer Jim, but not as we know it
The Independent, 4th Feb 2008
Mark Miodownik is an engineer and scientist. He received his Ph.D in turbine jet engine alloys from Oxford University in 1996. He is Head of the Materials Research Group in the Engineering Division at King's College London where his main research area is self-organising materials, see his academic webpage for information about this work.
Mark is a broadcaster and writer on science and engineering issues, and believes passionately that to engineer is human.
In 2003 he co-founded Materials Library which has been actively researching the senso-aesthetic properties of materials to understand why materials feel, smell and taste the way they do. This work has resulted in collaborations with designers, architects, artists, as well as many museums, such as the Tate Modern, the Hayward Gallery and the Wellcome Collection. For full details of these projects see www.materialslibrary.org.uk.
Mark regularly gives popular talks on engineering to TV, radio, festival, and school audiences and will be giving the Ri Christmas Lectures this year.
Contact him at mark.miodownik@kcl.ac.uk
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