Alec Nigel Broers, Baron Broers was born on September 17, 1938 in Calcutta and educated at Geelong Grammar School, Melbourne University and the University of Cambridge (Gonville and Caius College). He then worked in the research and development laboratories of IBM in the USA for 19 years before returning to Cambridge in 1984 to become Professor of Electrical Engineering (1984-96) and Fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge (1985-90). He is a pioneer of nanotechnology. Kolkata (Bangla: কলকাতা, Hindi: कोलकता), is the capital of the Indian state of West Bengal and was capital of British India until 1912. ... Sport on the main oval at Corio. ... The University of Melbourne, located in Melbourne, in Victoria, is the second oldest university in Australia (the University of Sydney is the oldest). ... The University of Cambridge is the second-oldest university in the English-speaking world, with one of the most selective entry requirements in the United Kingdom. ... Full name Gonville and Caius College Motto - Named after Edmund Gonville & John Caius Previous names Gonville Hall (1348), Gonville & Caius (1557) Established 1348 Sister College Brasenose College Master Neil McKendrick Location Trinity St Undergraduates 468 Graduates 291 Homepage Boatclub Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge, generally known as Caius (though pronounced... The city of Cambridge is an old English university town and the administrative centre of the county of Cambridgeshire. ... Full name The College of the Holy and Undivided Trinity Motto Virtus vera nobilitas Virtue is true Nobility Named after The Holy Trinity Previous names Kings Hall and Michaelhouse (until merged in 1546) Established 1546 Sister College Christ Church Master Sir Martin Rees Location Trinity Street Undergraduates 656 Graduates... A mite next to a gear set produced using MEMS, the precursor to nanotechnology. ...

Lord Broers subsequently became Master of Churchill College, Cambridge (1990-96) and Head of the Cambridge University Engineering Department (1993-96). He was Vice-Chancellor of Cambridge University, 1996-2003, knighted in 1998 and created a life peer in 2004, as Baron Broers, of Cambridge in the County of Cambridgeshire. He is now President of the Royal Academy of Engineering and Chairman of the Science and Technology Committee of the House of Lords. Full name Churchill College Motto Forward Named after Sir Winston Churchill Previous names - Established 1966 Sister College Trinity College Master Sir John Boyd Location Storeys Way Undergraduates 440 Graduates 210 Homepage Boatclub Churchill College Main Entrance Churchill College is one of the constituent colleges of the University of Cambridge... In the United Kingdom, Life Peers are appointed members of the Peerage whose titles may not be inherited (those whose titles are inheritable are known as hereditary peers). ... The Royal Academy of Engineering is a British learned society concerned with engineering. ... The Science and Technology Committee is a Select Committee of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. ... This article is about the British House of Lords. ...

Summary of important events in Alec Broers's life

• 1938 Born 17 September in Calcutta, educated at Geelong Grammar School, Australia
• 1959 Graduates in physics from Melbourne University
• 1962 Graduates in electrical sciences from the University of Cambridge after arriving initially as a choral scholar
• 1965 Completes PhD research at University of Cambridge
• 1965 Researcher at IBM USA, later becoming an IBM Fellow and serving on the Corporate Technical Committee
• 1984 Returns to Cambridge as Professor of Electrical Engineering
• 1990 Master of Churchill College
• 1992 Head of Cambridge University Engineering Department
• 1996 Vice Chancellor, University of Cambridge (until 2003)
• 1998 Knighted for services to education
• 2001 President of The Royal Academy of Engineering
• 2004 Granted a Life Peerage (became Lord Broers)
• 2004 Becomes Chairman of the House of Lords Science and Technology Committee
• 2005 Broers presented the Reith Lectures for the BBC

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See also

• List of Vice-Chancellors of the University of Cambridge

The Vice-Chancellor of the University of Cambridge is the main administrative and academic officer of the university, and is elected by the Regent House for a term of up to seven years. ...

External Sources

• The Reith lectures, 2005 were given by Lord Broers
• Profile of Lord Broers

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