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SCIENTISTS AND MATHEMATICIANS

Scientists could have an important input towards an Indian engineering task force’s activities.

Leaving aside general nuclear physicists for nuclear energy and the refining and decommissioning of thorium-based reactors, ED&MFT considers that scientists are required in the following fields:

• Paint chemists and surface treatment specialists

• Physicists, chemists and metallurgists for welding and joining technologies

• Metrologists, specialists in materials testing and the interpretation of results

Mathematicians will be needed to help present complex subjects in language that engineers at all levels can understand. Examples could include aerodynamics, soil structure interaction, the heat-affected behaviour of turbines or the vibration and dynamics of high-speed railway carriages.

Mathematical knowledge is also necessary to improve computer modelling for engineering purposes.