Materials

Dr Shuying Cheng - a post doctoral research fellow and a KTP associate in Biomedical Engineering, is working on surface properties and nanomechanical properties of polymers, biomaterials and life cells.

Professor Duncan Gregory - non-oxide materials, hydrogen storage, inorganic nanomaterials and sustainable materials processing.

Dr Phil Harrison - large deformation mechanics and multi-scale modelling of engineering and smart materials. Specific projects currently include:

• Characterisation and Modelling of the Forming of Advanced Composites
• Manufacture and Modelling of Shape Memory Polymers and Shape Memory Polymer based advanced composites
• Manufacture and Modelling of Magneto-Rheological Elastomers
• Multi-scale modelling of porous structures
• Characterisation and modelling of viscoelastic polymer foams.

More information is available on the Materials Group website

Dr Safa Hashim - materials selection and evaluation; joints design and FE stress analysis; interface modelling of bondable composite laminates; durability of adhesive joints in marine environment; fabrication procedures; surface characterization of steel and composite adherends.

Mike Jarvis - plant cell walls and the polymers that comprise them, from a variety of points of view: plant development and biomechanics, wood science, food texture.

Christian Killow - Hydroxide catalysis bonding can be used to join any siliciate-like material (such as any glass, sapphire etc)  to themselves or to metallic materials. Also silicon carbide can be bonded to itself or to other materials possessing an oxide layer through the use of the same technique.

Dr D. MacLaren, Kelvin Nanocharacterisation Centre - Expertise in the understanding of how the properties of functional materials relate to their physical structure and chemistry. We have very active research programmes in the following material classes: magnetic, piezoelectric and multiferroic materials, polymers for plastic electronics and solar cells, advanced metal alloys including steels and geological minerals.

Monica Pino - biomaterials: development of bioactive polymers for the artificial sclera of cornea implants.

Professor Liz Tanner - biomaterials and biomechanics - development and use of bioactive materials for bone augmentation and replacement.

Dr Ron Thomson - large deformation mechanics, impace and damage, and the constitutive modelling of non-linear materials.

Clare Torney - determining microstructure and modelling the function of natural calcite lenses in aquatic animals.