Rob Miller
@Rob__Miller
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Professor of Aerothermal Technology & Director @whittlelab @AIAZero – net zero flight, UK Disruptive Innovation Labs, accelerated policy & tech development.
Cambridge
Joined March 2010
Link for @DrEoinOSullivan and my paper on the importance of a new generation of UK ‘Disruptive Innovation Laboratories’
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I crossed an interesting threshold yesterday, which I think many other mathematicians have been crossing recently as well. In the middle of trying to prove a result, I identified a statement that looked true and that would, if true, be useful to me. 1/3
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The Whittle Laboratory refines jet engines, and it is very good at it. The lab scoops up more industry awards than any of its rivals, in a formidable industry to master. That will soon change
economist.com
The Whittle Laboratory is extraordinary—and underfunded
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Great talking to @Rob__Miller at @imperialcollege at the 'Leadership in Aerospace' talk by Jim Albaugh former President & CEO @BoeingAirplanes. Glad the mars dream is still alive at the Whittle! Took me back the @Cambridge_Eng days & a fun wedding at the Cam Varsity Hotel ✈️💒💐.
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Great thread from Eric Betzig, pioneer of super resolution microscopy, on what made Bell Labs special and how it differs from today's research environments. I learnt a huge amount from Eric that influenced me greatly.
I'm eternally grateful for the opportunity Bell Labs afforded me, and even more so for how its culture burned into my soul how science should be done.
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The Whittle Laboratory is extraordinary—and underfunded
economist.com
The Whittle Laboratory is extraordinary—and underfunded
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1 year after setting 2030 Sustainable Aviation Goals, we unveiled new AIA modelling in Parliament to turn them into action. The next 5 years will decide if the UK leads the world in clean aerospace — #JetZero 👉 https://t.co/xx3Ebti0ZI
@Cambridge_Uni @UKParliament
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A question: When did you last see a government-funded science project that made you catch your breath? The kind of awe you might have felt watching a gigantic SpaceX booster land itself in the arms of a crane? A new essay by me for @BetterScienceUK + a thread below🧵...
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"BBNs" have officially been given a government name: Frontier Research Contractors. The reason why: @ARIA_research has funded a program to help found and scale them! This is a testament to ARIA's ambition. It's the only pot of funds in the world dedicated to launching these orgs
1/ 🚨 Calling all ambitious researchers + engineers! 🚨 We’re launching the FRC Launchpad (FRCL), a new programme with @ARIA_research bringing together world-class engineers and researchers, part of the UK Horizons program to supercharge the UK's R&D ecosystem.
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Energy in Britain has gotten scarce—and thus expensive. Prices are high in absolute terms, and further above the European average than any point in at least 40 years (barring the 22/23 shock). What's behind this, and is it crimping growth? I took a look for @TheEconomist. (🧵)
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1. Wind and solar both keep me up at night, but for opposite reasons. Solar works and is winning the global race, Britain simply sits too far north to benefit. Britain is betting on wind instead, yet wind lacks the very traits that makes solar work.
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Increasingly think this might be the most important chart in the world right now
China is on track to install ~20 times more solar in 2025 than the United States. Yeah.
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Happy to share that we’re giving UK uni students access to our best models - including Gemini 2.5 Pro and NotebookLM. They’re amazing tools for research, writing, exam prep… I wish I’d had them while I was at uni :) Enjoy, and good luck with this exam season!
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National prosperity and security depend on strategic capabilities – eg vaccine production. Britain’s capabilities have been allowed to wither. I wrote for @BritishProgress with @ersatzben, @ludunsb + @andrewjb_ about how the Industrial Strategy can rebuild them.
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Yesterday we heard from Professor Rob Miller, @Rob__Miller at @whittlelab, who spoke about the exciting opportunities opening up for a 'Tesla moment' in aviation and it's potential for building new industries in the UK.
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Do any university administrators talk like this today? Many mid-century MIT admins saw their job as clearing the way for MIT's research staff to do the most ambitious things possible, not compliance etc.
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We really enjoyed welcoming @Rob__Miller to Benton Park 6th form today. Our Y13 economists learnt a huge amount from such an influential voice on sustainability in the aviation sector. Thanks for dropping by! ✈️🌍
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Chancellor @RachelReevesMP has appointed Lord Vallance Oxford-Cambridge Growth Corridor Champion. He will work with local leaders to build the infrastructure and partnerships needed to join up the region’s academia, investors and business. Boosting growth, innovation & jobs.
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🚀 𝗘𝘅𝗰𝗲𝗽𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗜𝗻𝗱𝗶𝘃𝗶𝗱𝘂𝗮𝗹𝘀 𝗦𝗼𝘂𝗴𝗵𝘁 𝘁𝗼 𝗣𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗲𝗲𝗿 𝗔 𝗡𝗲𝘄 𝗧𝘆𝗽𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗔𝗱𝘃𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲𝗱 𝗛𝘆𝗱𝗿𝗼𝗴𝗲𝗻 𝗝𝗲𝘁 𝗘𝗻𝗴𝗶𝗻𝗲✈️- 20% reductions in flight energy are possible - If you want to help make history 📷 https://t.co/yjEqbU8vy3
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Great to see the brilliant @matthewclifford leading such an important initiative on AI. It’s a great plan, which I’m delighted to be advising on, and I think will help the UK continue to be a world leader in AI.
1/ Today the Prime Minister published my AI Opportunities Action Plan for the UK and committed to implement all its recommendations. A quick thread on why this is important, what we need to do now - and how you can help
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Couldn’t agree more-large companies can be built very quickly. 🇬🇧 has a history and a future of this: steam turbines, modern ship, jet engine, computer, fusion, AI. But it hinges on ambitious founders & VCs and Gov not fucking it up by stepping up and being truly ambitious.
1/ In Sifted today, Yann Lechelle is quoted as saying "it will be decades before Europe can build big, big companies like those in the US. So the main question for me is, what do we do in the meantime?". I strongly disagree with this point of view, here's why:
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