This Group undertakes fundamental research directly relevant to the aerospace industry.

The challenges for energy research will increase against a background of climate change, changing energy provision within uncertain world politics, increasing world population, increasing pollution and need for control and remediation.

There is a need to understand both material and whole structural response under extreme loads to ensure a society is safe from accidental events, natural occurrences or terrorist attacks.

In recent years, the nature of manufacturing research has shifted in response to new drivers resulting in paradigms such as Micro/Nano Manufacturing, Sustainable Manufacturing, Digital Manufacturing and Innovative Material Processing (IMP) technologies.

Nuclear energy is the only large-scale provider of low-carbon electricity in the UK, accounting for 22% of our current electricity production.