Careers Focus Series: Engineering

Hughes Hall

Studying Physical Sciences? Where next? Hughes Hall Alumni Dr Haider Butt and Dr Amit Bhave have both followed very different career paths. Come and hear them share their experiences and the lessons learned along the way. A Physical Sciences subject group event, this is your chance to ask questions, network and engage with other Alumni, seniors and students in engineering. 
Finger food and wine/soft drinks will be provided
About the speakers
Dr. Haider Butt leads the <A HREF="http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/nanophotonics/" TARGET="_blank" DATA-MSYS-CLICKTRACK="0" REL="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Nanophotonics Research Group</A> at the University of Birmingham. 
Originally from Pakistan, he joined Hughes Hall College as an engineering MPhil student in 2007, on a Cambridge Trust Overseas Scholarship. Later he was awarded the Elizabeth Cherry Major Scholarship by Hughes Hall in support of his PhD in engineering (January 2009-12). After his PhD, Dr. Butt secured a Henslow Research Fellowship (2012-13) at the Department of Engineering and Wolfson College. His fellowship was sponsored by the Cambridge Philosophical Society. In 2013 he joined University of Birmingham as the Lecturer in Nanotechnology and <A HREF="http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/nanophotonics/" TARGET="_blank" DATA-MSYS-CLICKTRACK="0" REL="nofollow noopener noreferrer"></A> now leads his research group with 11 PhD students and 2 postdocs. Dr. Butt has published over 75 research papers in prestigious journals including Nature Communications, Advanced Materials, Nano Letters, and ACS Nano. He has delivered over 35 conference talks.  His research work focusses on laser based manufacturing of nanostructures and has received several research prizes including Leverhulme Prize, ABTA Doctoral Award, IET Ambitious Research Awards and Wellcome Trust Seed Award.
Dr Amit Bhave is the CEO and co-founder of <A HREF="http://www.cmclinnovations.com/" TARGET="_blank" DATA-MSYS-CLICKTRACK="0" REL="nofollow noopener noreferrer">CMCL Innovations</A>, a technology company offering computer-aided engineering software products and technical consulting to the chemical, energy and automotive industries. His main responsibilities include software and services business development. For over a decade, he has also been responsible for fostering R&D partnerships with industry and research organisations worldwide and continues to lead collaborative projects in virtual engineering applied to powertrains, fuels, bio-energy, and emissions reduction technologies. Amit is a Chemical Engineer by profession (PhD, Cambridge) and trained in technology enterprise management (London Business School), and has over 40 peer-reviewed publications in the areas of low-emission energy conversion, low carbon vehicles, and cleantech. He has been a PhD student and a Fellow at Hughes Hall, and is currently a Senior Member of the College.

Pfeiffer Room, Hughes Hall, Cambridge CB1 2EW

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