Grand opening for Materials Science building at West Cambridge

Lord Sainsbury of Turville, Chancellor of the University, officially opened the building at an event attended by the Vice-Chancellor, benefactors, and hundreds of supporters and staff.

The landmark building on the University’s growing science and technology campus has united the entire Department of Materials Science and Metallurgy under one roof for the first time.

Speaking at the Opening the Vice-Chancellor, Professor Sir Leszek Borysiewicz, said: “The University’s investment in this new building reflects the importance of the disciplines of materials science and metallurgy in our modern world, and Cambridge’s pre-eminent position in advancing them.

“Those who worked in the increasingly cramped conditions on the New Museums Site will welcome these 21st Century facilities, and the 19th Century founders of the laboratory in Sidney Sussex College – where materials science at Cambridge was born – would marvel at the discoveries now possible.”

Professor Lindsay Greer,who has just stepped down as head of department after seeing the building project through to fruition, said: “The Department is very grateful for the University’s commitment to this project.  And we owe very special thanks to the external donors whose support was vital.  Their generous donations, crucially augmenting the capital infrastructure funds allocated by the University of Cambridge, have made it possible for us to have bespoke facilities that will ensure that Cambridge continues to be one of the world’s leading centres for materials science for many years to come.”


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Image: L-R in front of the new building: Professor Lindsay Greer, outgoing Head of Department; David Delpy, EPSRC; The Vice-Chancellor; The Chancellor; Professor Mark Blamire, incoming Head of Department


Reproduced courtesy of the University of Cambridge
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