• Lecturer (Systems Power and Energy)

email: Philip.Harrison@glasgow.ac.uk

Personal web page: http://www.mech.gla.ac.uk/~pharriso/

Biography

Philip Harrison is Lecturer in Materials in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Glasgow University where his research is concerned with the experimental characterisation and numerical modelling of a broad range of materials including textile composites, smart materials (magneto-rheological elastomers and shape memory polymers), polymer foams and x-aerogels. He currently supervises 6 PhD students in these areas. Prior to working at Glasgow, Dr Harrison was exposed to a wide range of materials-related research in several internationally leading groups in Europe, including:

• The Composites Group at the University of Nottingham, UK (2001-2005)
• The Materials Group in the Technical University of Eindhoven, The Netherlands (1999-2001)
• The Centre de Mise en Forme in the Ecole des Mines de Paris, France (1997-1999)
• The Rheology Group in the University of Wales at Aberystwyth, UK (1992-1997)

His work has included the development of CAE design tools for the virtual manufacture of composite materials, which involved characterising and modelling the forming behaviour of engineering fabrics and textile composites and the development and implementation of multi-scale constitutive models in finite element software. Prior to this, Dr Harrison worked in the fields of rheology and rheo-optics, investigating several types of materials including geological and polymeric fluids. He has published in a broad range of high-impact journal publications and contributed to several books in these areas. Dr Harrison's work has included both fundamental research as well as applied industrially-relevant work, the latter sponsored by numerous international industrial partners, including BASystems, BPAmoco, Ford Motor Company & Hexcel Composites.

Research Interests

Current research interests focus on the large deformation mechanics and multi-scale modelling of engineering and smart materials. A list of currently active projects is given below:

• Characterisation and Modelling of the Forming of Engineering Fabrics and Textile Composites
• Modelling of Magneto-Sensitive Shape Memory Polymers and SMP Foams
• Manufacture and Modelling of Magneto-Rheological Elastomers
• Multi-scale Modelling of Porous Materials Including Gas-Expanded Foams and Aerogels
• Characterisation and Modelling of Viscoelastic Polymer Foams

If you are interested in research in a related area and wish to apply for PhD funding, the university provides a limited number of scholarships , I will be happy to support applications from suitably qualified candidates.

1. EPSRC, "Microstructure-Based Multi-Physics Characterisation and Modelling of Magneto-rheological Elstomers", Ref: EP/H016619/3, PI, £41,154, 2012

2. Royal Society, 'Preliminary research on multi-physics characterisation and modelling of Magneto nano-particle reinforced Shape Memory Polymers (MSMP)', CI, £14,796, March, 2011

3. Glasgow University Industry Day Competition with BAe Systems, PI, 'Manufacture and Modelling of Self Healing Foams', £10,000, March, 2011

4. Glasgow Innovation First Step Award, 'John Barr Architects', PI, £5000, February, 2011

5. Royal Academy of Engineering Global Research Award, 'Forming of tailored thermoplastic composites', PI, £40,000, January, 2011

6. Glasgow Innovation First Step Award, 'Compact Armour Technologies Ltd.', PI, £5000, July, 2010

7. John Robertson Bequest, 'Development and synthesis of X-Aerogels for use in ballistic trauma packs',  PI, £1400, March, 2009

8. Doctoral Training Award PhD scholarship, 'Microstructural modelling of porous materials', PI, £80,000, May, 2009

9. Glasgow Research Partnership in Engineering funded PhD scholarship, 'Characterisation, Modelling and Application of Magnetorheological Elastomers', PI, £80,000 June, 2008

10. EPSRC, Design Optimisation of Textile Composite Structures (DotComp), ref. GR/S67104/01, Uni of Nottingham, £224,000, co-author, 2003 (PI Prof A Long)

CURRENT PhD SUPERVISION (joint)

Haedong Park - started March 2010 for 6 months from Seoul National University (Modelling of Magneto-Sensitive Shape Memory Polymer Foams): hdp1@snu.ac.kr

Jafar Alsayednoor - started September 2009 (Modelling of X-Aerogels): j.alsayednoor.1@research.gla.ac.uk

Farag Abdiwi - started May 2009 (Forming of Textile Composites): ebdewe_farag@yahoo.com

Gerlind Schubert - started January 2009 (Magneto-Rheological Elastomers): g.schubert@eng.gla.ac.uk

Qusai Hatem - started October 2008 (Viscoelastic foams): q.jebur.1@research.gla

Lucia Carassiti - started 2007 (Si-C synthesis): luccar@chem.gla.ac.uk