Professor Crighton will explain how applied mathematics research holds the key for future developments in engineering. The applied mathematical modelling skills will be presented with applications in the physical sciences and technology to show how these approaches give results of information not otherwise available. This includes the understanding of the basic processes in balance at any stage, along with the associated scaling laws and design rules that follow from such understanding. Numerical predictive capability and the identification of clear possibilities and mechanisms for control of behaviour and performance of components in industrial processes will be explained.