Dr Michael de Podesta

I called lots of companies that I thought might be able to manufacture this and everybody said they couldn’t quite do it. And then I called Paul Morantz at Cranfield and described what I wanted and he just said yes we can do that. So we began working with Cranfield.

Job title Principal Research Scientist
Organisation National Physical Laboratory
CourseManufacturing

Why did you choose Cranfield?

Our experiment required an acoustic resonator in the shape of a hollow sphere: think of a high-tech ocarina! It needed to be made out of copper and constructed from two hemispheres. I called lots of companies that I thought might be able to manufacture this and everybody said they couldn’t quite do it. I then called Cranfield and they said “Yes” immediately. When it was finished, it turned out to be the perfect shape.

What are your impressions of Cranfield as a place?

Cranfield seemed like a rather nice retreat. I was very surprised that there was such high-tech stuff going on.