About Us
The Light Alloys Towards Environmentally Sustainable Transport:2nd Generation (LATEST2) Programme Grant awarded by the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC), will provide important core funding for the long term development of a centre of excellence in light alloy research, building on Manchester’s recognised capability in this field.
Launched in July 2010, the investment in the LATEST2 Programme Grant is expected to exceed £9.0 million over a 5.5 year period, including initial funding of £5.6 from the EPSRC supplemented by a £1.0 million investment from The University of Manchester and pledged leveraged funding from our industrial partners.
The Research Programme is aimed at providing the fundamental research required to facilitate a step change in high-performance, light alloy, multi-material design solutions in the transport sector. The Programme is carefully tailored to meet the needs of industry and will deliver the supporting underpinning research needed to maintain global competitiveness in the realignment of the manufacturing sector towards sustainable transport technologies and reduction in carbon emissions through lightweighting of transport. The Programme will also be pivotal in maintaining a throughput of trained personnel needed by UK manufacturing in this critical area.
We are committed to collaborative working within the UK and internationally with key academic and industrial partners as well as raising the awareness of the engineering and physical sciences as outlined in our "IMPACT" strategy.
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