Dr Farnsworth graduated originally from the biological sciences having pursued a BSc in Biochemistry at Cardiff University before undertaking an MSc in Computer Science at the University of the West of England (UWE). He continued with his interest in biologically inspired computation, undertaking a PhD at Cranfield University on the evolutionary design optimisation of Micro-Electro-Mechanical Systems (MEMS). He continued on with this theme as a researcher of a number of projects throughout his time at Cranfield University, ranging from autonomous maintenance and robotics, self-healing systems, manufacturing informatics and process optimisation.
