Science Café - Electric Machines : Their History and Our Future

As part of the 2025 Biggar Science Festival, Science Cafés will be running every week day - September 8 - 12th.

Prof. Tim Miller will show the enormous (and increasing) importance of electric machines (generators and motors) in the generation and application of electric power, with examples from electric vehicle and railway traction, domestic appliances, aerospace applications, agriculture, and essential industrial processes. The talk will include some basic scientific principles of physics and metallurgy, drawing attention to several key historic contributions of Scots engineers and scientists and indicating where to find them. Particular attention will be drawn to the extraordinary developments in the automotive industry and in wind turbines, with an eye to their profound implications in our ecosystem. Some samples will be on display from Motivity Ltd. in Galashiels.

You may also like the following events from Biggar Science Festival:

• Next month, 8th September, 06:00 pm, Biggar Science Festival 2025 in Peebles
• Next month, 9th September, 07:15 pm, Science Café - How fast will we lose Arctic glaciers? - a Scottish perspective in Peebles
• Next month, 10th September, 07:00 pm, Science Café - Climate Change Adaptation for a Changing World - Open Discussion in Peebles

Also check out other Festivals in Peebles, Arts events in Peebles, Fine Arts events in Peebles.