Information about composites research being undertaken within universities and RTOs in the UK prepared by the High Performance Engineering Sector Champion
Composite Research in the UK - January 2008
The following contains information about some of the composites R&D being performed within universities and Research and Technology Organisations (RTOs) in the UK. The list is compiled from personal knowledge and information in the public domain. It is therefore not intended to be a comprehensive survey, but may give an indication of strengths and specialist areas.
Universities
Research and Technology Organisations
Universities
University of Aberdeen
Professor I Guz
Engineering
Tel: 01224 272808
Email: i.guz@abdn.ac.uk
EPSRC Funding
3-D Dynamic Problems for Cracked Layered Materials with Contact Interaction of Crack Faces
Principal Investigator: Professor I Guz
Starts: 10 February 2007
Ends: 09 February 2010
Value (£): 296,984
Aberystwyth University
Dr R Winter
Inst of Mathematical and Physical Sci
Tel: 01970 621797
Email: ruw@aber.ac.uk
EPSRC Funding
In-situ ASAXS and NMR Contrast Variation for Composite Materials
Principal Investigator: Dr R Winter
Starts: 01 October 2006
Ends: 30 September 2009
Value (£): 120,924
Bangor
Strengths: Biocomposites, sustainable composites (hosts SusCompNet
http://www.bc.bangor.ac.uk/suscomp/
Dr P Fowler
Biocomposites Centre
Tel: 01248 370588
Email:
p.a.fowler@bangor.ac.uk
EPSRC Funding
Biobased Lightweight Sandwich Structures for Packaging Applications
Principal Investigator: Dr P Fowler
Start: 01 Jan 2008
Finish: 31 Dec 2010
Value: £335,718
University of Bath
Dr A Darby
Architecture and Civil Engineering
Tel: 01225 383182
Email: absapd@bath.ac.uk
absapd@bath.ac.uk
Dr C Boewn
Mechanical Engineering
Tel: 01225 383660
Email:
c.r.bowen@bath.ac.uk
EPSRC Funding
Modelling of Realistically Sized and Loaded FRP Confined Rectangular Reinforced Concrete Columns
Principal Investigator: Dr A Darby
Starts: 10 September 2007
Ends: 09 September 2010
Value (£): 132,511
http://gow.epsrc.ac.uk/ViewGrant.aspx?GrantRef=EP/E039901/1
Equipment for Multiple Projects: Testing and Visualization for Aerospace Research
Principal Investigator: Dr R Butler
Starts: 01 October 2007
Ends: 30 September 2010
Value (£): 274,261
Functional bioceramic composites for enhanced and controlled bone growth in biomedical and tissue engineering applications
Principal Investigator: Dr C Bowen
Starts: 01 October 2005
Ends: 30 September 2008
Value (£): 253,352
http://gow.epsrc.ac.uk/ViewGrant.aspx?GrantRef=EP/D013798/1
University of Birmingham
Professor G Fernando
Metallurgy and Materials
Tel: 01214148244
Email: g.fernando@bham.ac.uk
g.fernando@bham.ac.uk
Professor P Bowen
Metallurgy & Materials
Tel: 0121 414 5186
Email:
p.bowen@bham.ac.uk
EPSRC Funding
DTI TP: ACLAIM: Advanced Composite Life Assessment & Integrity Management
Principal Investigator: Professor G Fernando
Other Universities: Cranfield, Strathclyde, City.
Starts: 01 October 2005
Ends: 30 September 2008
Value (£): 207,865
http://gow.epsrc.ac.uk/ViewGrant.aspx?GrantRef=EP/C528360/1
Platform: Fracture, Fatigue and Durability of Advanced Alloys and Composites for High Performance Applications
Principal Investigator: Professor P Bowen
Starts: 01 September 2005
Ends: 31 August 2010
Value (£): 431,488
http://gow.epsrc.ac.uk/ViewGrant.aspx?GrantRef=EP/D50029X/1
Self-Sensing Fibre Reinforced Composites: A Novel Technique for Process and Structural Health Monitoring
Principal Investigator: G Fernando
Starts: 01 October 2005
Ends: 30 September 2008
Value (£): 328,954
TSB Funding
Materials Technologies for Remanufacturing Automotive & Engineering Components
Lead Partner: Lister Petter After-Market Ltd
Starts: 01 Dec 2006
Ends: 30 Nov 2008
Project Value: £ 468,348
Partners:
Lister Petter After-Market Ltd (Leading partner) (West Midlands)
The University of Birmingham (West Midlands)
University of Bolton
Professor Baljinder Kandola
Ctr for Materials Res and Innovation
Tel: 01204 903517
Email: bk1@bolton.ac.uk
bk1@bolton.ac.uk
Dr Kim Alderson
Ctr for Materials Res and Innovation
Tel: 01204 903519
Email: ka1@bolton.ac.uk
ka1@bolton.ac.uk
Professor Andrew Alderson
Ctr for Materials Res and Innovation
Telephone: 01204 903513
Email:
a.alderson@bolton.ac.uk
EPSRC Funding
Predictive Modelling of Combustion-Induced Mechanical Property Degradation of Flame-Retardant Structural Composites
Principal Investigator: Professor B Kandola
Starts: 02 May 2006
Ends: 01 May 2009
Value (£): 162,152
Resin development for fast cycle time composite processing
Principal Investigator: Dr K Alderson
Starts: 18 October 2007
Ends: 17 October 2010
Value (£): 27,699
TSB Funding
Reactive Structural Materials with Auxetic Inclusions 'Reactics
Contact: Professor A Alderson
Lead Partner: University of Bolton
Starts: 01 Jul 2006
Ends: 30 Jun 2009
Project Value: £ 987,781
Partners:
University of Exeter (South West)
University of Bristol (South West)
Auxetic Technologies Ltd (North West)
Auxetix Ltd (South West)
University of Bolton (Leading partner) (North West)
Shakespeare Monofilament UK Ltd (North West)
ICI plc (North East)
Rolls-Royce plc (North West)
North West Composites Centre Funding
University of Bradford
Professor Phil Coates
Sch of Engineering Design and Technology
Tel: 01274 234540
Email:
p.d.coates@bradford.ac.uk
Dr J Sweeney
Sch of Engineering Design and Technology
Tel: 01274 235456
Email: j.sweeney@bradford.ac.uk
j.sweeney@bradford.ac.uk
EPSRC Funding
Processing of polymer nanocomposites
Principal Investigator: Professor P Coates
Starts: 01 June 2007
Ends: 30 November 2010
Value (£): 550,776
http://gow.epsrc.ac.uk/ViewGrant.aspx?GrantRef=EP/E040667/1
Performance enhancement of polymer nanocomposites via multi-scale modelling of processing and properties
Principal Investigator: Dr J Sweeney
Starts: 01 November 2005
Ends: 31 October 2008
Value (£): 216,196
http://gow.epsrc.ac.uk/ViewGrant.aspx?GrantRef=EP/C006909/1
University of Bristol
Professor Mike Wisnom
Aerospace Engineering
Tel: 0117 928 7703 /4
Email:
m.wisnom@bris.ac.uk
Dr Ian Bond
Aerospace Engineering
Tel: 0117 928 8662
Email:
i.p.bond@bristol.ac.uk
Dr H Peng
Aerospace Engineering
Email: h.x.peng@bristol.ac.uk
h.x.peng@bristol.ac.uk
Dr Stephen Hallett
Aerospace Engineering
Tel: 0117 331 7098
Email: Stephen.hallett@bris.ac.uk
Stephen.hallett@bris.ac.uk
Professor S Mann
Chemistry
Tel: 0117 928 9935
Email:
s.mann@bris.ac.uk
EPSRC Funding
SMiths Aerospace Research and Technology Partnership on COMPosites (SMARTCOMP)
Principal Investigator: Professor M Wisnom
Starts: 01 January 2006
Ends: 31 December 2010
Value (£): 1,095,146
http://gow.epsrc.ac.uk/ViewGrant.aspx?GrantRef=EP/D03423X/1
'Bleeding Composites'- Damage Detection And Self-Repair Using A Biomimetic Approach
Principal Investigator: Dr Ian Bond
Starts: 01 May 2005
Ends: 30 April 2008
Value (£): 170,915
Composites with Hierarchical Microstructures ---From Homogeneous to Inhomogeneous
Principal Investigator: Dr H Peng
Starts: 01 August 2005
Ends: 31 January 2008
Value (£): 125,992
Effect of High Strain Rates on Notch Sensitivity in Composite Materials
Principal Investigator: Dr S Hallett
Starts: 01 January 2006
Ends: 30 September 2008
Value (£): 125,061
http://gow.epsrc.ac.uk/ViewGrant.aspx?GrantRef=EP/C542029/1
Exploiting functional fibres in advanced composite materials
Principal Investigator: Dr I Bond
Starts: 01 July 2004
Ends: 30 June 2009
Value (£): 236,274
Feasibility Study: Magnetic microwire as an alternative to optical fibres for self-monitoring composites
Principal Investigator: Dr H Peng
Starts: 01 April 2008
Ends: 31 March 2009
Value (£): 80,661
Bio-functional mesolamellar nanocomposites based on intercalated bacteriorhodopsin arrays.
Principal Investigator: Professor S Mann
Starts: 01 January 2008
Ends: 31 December 2010
Value (£): 296,639
Cell Modification in 3D: a new Paradigm in the Creation of Living Cell-Biomaterial Composites
Principal Investigator: Dr S Davis
Starts: 01 October 2006
Ends: 30 September 2009
Value (£): 138,274
TSB Funding
Simulation and Modelling of 3D Woven Fabrics for Structural Composites
Lead partner: Rolls Royce
Starts: 01 Apr 2006
Ends: 31 Mar 2009
Project Value: £ 1,988,447
Partners:
Univ of Bristol (South West)
Univ of Nottingham (East Midlands)
Univ of Ulster (Northern Ireland)
Rolls Royce (Leading partner) (East Midlands)
Advanced Composites (East Midlands)
BAE Systems (South West)
Deepsea Engineering (South East)
Dowty Propellers (South West)
Sigmatex (North West)
TSB Funding
Reactive Structural Materials with Auxetic Inclusions 'Reactics
Lead Partner: University of Bolton
Starts: 01 Jul 2006
Project Value: £ 987,781
Partners:
University of Exeter (South West)
University of Bristol (South West)
Auxetic Technologies Ltd (North West)
Auxetix Ltd (South West)
University of Bolton (Leading partner) (North West)
Shakespeare Monofilament UK Ltd (North West)
ICI plc (North East)
Cytec Engineered Materials (North East)
Rolls-Royce plc (North West)
Brunel University
Strengths: Processing, injection moulding, renewable materials, nanocomposites.
Contacts:
Prof. J Song
Wolfson Centre for Materials Processing
Tel: 01895 266692
Email: jim.song@brunel.ac.uk
jim.song@brunel.ac.uk
EPSRC Funding
Biobased Lightweight Sandwich Structures for Packaging Applications
Principal Investigator: Prof J Song
Start: 01 Jan 2008
Finish: 31 Dec 2010
Value: £306,266
TSB Funding
RECCOMP (Recycling composites)
Lead Partners: SIMS
Starts: 01 Apr 2005
Ends: 31 Mar 2008
Project Value: £ 878,764
Partners:
SIMS (Leading partner) (West Midlands)
Menzolit (South West)
Exeter Univ (South West)
Brunel Univ (South East)
BPF (London)
SMMT (London)
Mitras (North West)
European Friction (South West)
http://www.technologyprogramme.org.uk/site/publicRpts/default.cfm?subcat=publicRpt3&ProjID=4443
University of Cambridge
Dr M Sutcliffe
Engineering
Tel: 01223 332669
Email: mpfs@eng.cam.ac.uk
mpfs@eng.cam.ac.uk
Dr R Cameron
Materials Science & Metallurgy
Tel: 01223 334324
Email: rec11@cam.ac.uk
rec11@cam.ac.uk
Professor Alan Windle
Materials Science & Metallurgy
Tel: 01223 334321
Email: ahw@cus.cam.ac.uk
ahw@cus.cam.ac.uk
Professor Neil Rushton
Surgery
Email:
nr10000@cam.ac.uk
EPSRC Funding
NSF: Fatigue, Damping and Impact Properties of Textile Composites
Principal Investigator: Dr M Sutcliffe
Other universities: Cranfield and Nottigham.
Starts: 02 February 2006
Ends: 01 February 2009
Value (£): 153,388
Bioactive Biodegradable Nano-Composite (BBNC) Materials for Regnerative Medicine
Principal Investigator: Dr R Cameron
Starts: 13 November 2006
Ends: 12 November 2009
Value (£): 364,750
Controlling the thermal expansion coefficient of microscale components using nanoscale fillers.
Principal Investigator: Professor A Windle
Starts: 01 November 2007
Ends: 31 October 2008
Value (£): 48,741
High performance nanotube fibres
Principal Investigator: Professor A Windle
Other University: Manchester (Kinloch)
Starts: 01 April 2007
Ends: 31 March 2010
Value (£): 890,057
http://gow.epsrc.ac.uk/ViewGrant.aspx?GrantRef=EP/E04218X/1
NSF - Novel Strain Control in Thick Epitaxial Nanocomposite Films
Principal Investigator: Dr J Driscoll
Starts: 01 September 2007
Ends: 31 August 2010
Value (£): 269,864
Bioactive Biodegradable Nano-Composite (BBNC) Materials for Regnerative Medicine
Principal Investigator: Professor N Rushton
Starts: 31 May 2007
Ends: 30 May 2010
Value (£): 310,423
Cardiff University
Strengths: design of laminates for specific applications; design and optimisation of lightweight structures under complex loading; and damage assessment of materials and structures using acoustic emission
Contacts
Dr S Kulasegaram
School of Engineering
Tel: +44 (0) 29 20874576
Email:
kulasegarams@cardiff.ac.uk
EPSRC Funding
A novel particle based approach for modelling fracture in particulate composites
Principal Investigator: Dr S Kulasegaram
Start: 01 May 2005
Finish: 31 Mar 2008
Value: £ 113,983
Cranfield University
Strengths: Manufacturing technology e.g. tape laying, out-of-autoclave, autoclave. Materials performance and materials process and performance modelling. Motorsport and Aerospace applications.
Department: Sch of Applied Sciences
Tel: 01234 754153
Email: i.partridge@cranfield.ac.uk
i.partridge@cranfield.ac.uk
Dr Denis DR Cartié
Sch of Applied Sciences
Tel: 01234 750111 x2811
Email:
d.d.r.cartie@cranfield.ac.uk
Professor L Gelman
Sch of Engineering
Tel: 01234 750111 xt 5425
Email: l.gelman@cranfield.ac.uk
l.gelman@cranfield.ac.uk
Professor P John
Defence College of Management and Tech
Tel: 01234754706
Email:
p.john@cranfield.ac.uk
EPSRC Funding
Cure monitoring of composite structures - in search of the missing link !
Principal Investigator: Prof I Partridge
Starts: 01 October 2007
Ends: 30 June 2008
Value (£): 52,378
http://gow.epsrc.ac.uk/ViewGrant.aspx?GrantRef=EP/F012489/1
Real-Time Tracking Of Dispersion Of Nanoparticles In Reactive Polymeric Systems
Principal Investigator: Professor I Partridge
Starts: 01 January 2005
Ends: 31 March 2008
Value (£): 247,549
http://gow.epsrc.ac.uk/ViewGrant.aspx?GrantRef=EP/C509730/1
Failure in Tufted Composite Structures
Principal Investigator: Dr DDR Cartié
Starts: 18 January 2008
Ends: 17 January 2011
Value (£): 153,719
http://gow.epsrc.ac.uk/ViewGrant.aspx?GrantRef=EP/F037937/1
NSF: Fatigue, Damping and Impact Properties of Textile Composites
Principal Investigator: Professor L Gelman
Starts: 06 April 2006
Ends: 05 April 2009
Cranfield Innovative Manufacturing Research Centre
Principal Investigator: Professor T Stephenson
Starts: 01 January 2007
Ends: 31 December 2011
Value (£): 9,859,613
http://gow.epsrc.ac.uk/ViewGrant.aspx?GrantRef=EP/E001874/1
Integrated Programme of Research in Aeronautical Engineering
Principal Investigator: Prof. P John
Starts: 01 June 2004
Ends: 31 May 2009
Value (£): 6,502,023
http://gow.epsrc.ac.uk/ViewGrant.aspx?GrantRef=GR/S71552/01
TSB Funding
ACLAIM - Advanced Composite Life Assessment and Integrity Management
Starts: 01 Feb 2008
Ends: 31 jan 2008
Project Value: £1,820,577
Partners:
ESR Technology (South East)
Cranfield Univ (East of England)
Network Rail (North West)
MBEL (Scotland)
Devonport RD (South West)
Parson Brinckerhoff (South West)
Deepsea (South East)
HSE (North West)
Euro Projects (East Midlands)
Insensys (South East)
NPL (South East)
Insys (East of England)
Highways Agency (East of England)
Inoes Chlor (North West)
ESR Technology (Leading partner) (South East)
LIFECar
Lead Partner: Morgan
Starts: 01 Mar 2005
Ends: 28 Feb 2008
Project Value: £1,903,345
Partners:
Oscar (West Midlands)
BOC (South East)
Qinetiq (South East)
Univ of Oxford (South East)
Cranfield University (East of England)
Durham University
Strengths: Nanocomposites.
Dr Karl Coleman
Department: Chemistry
Tel: 0191 334 2116
Email: k.s.coleman@durham.ac.uk
Dr Richard Scott
Department: Engineering
Tel: 01913 342398
Email: richard.scott@durham.ac.uk
EPSRC Funding
The Chemical Modification Of Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes and Their Use In Nanocomposite Materials
Principal Investigator: Dr K Coleman
Starts: 01 May 2005
Ends: 30 April 2008
Value (£): 205,757
Shrinkage Curvature of Cracked Reinforced Concrete Sections: Improving the Economy of Concrete Structures Through Good Science
Principal Investigator: Dr R Scott
Starts: 04 August 2005
Ends: 03 August 2008
Value (£): 95,889
University of Edinburgh
Dr M Gillie
Sch of Engineering and Electronics
Tel: 0131 6507204
Email: m.gillie@ed.ac.uk
EPSRC Funding
Behaviour of composite floor plates during the cooling phase of a fire
Principal Investigator: Dr M Gillie
Starts: 01 February 2007
Ends: 31 January 2010
Value (£): 28,858
http://gow.epsrc.ac.uk/ViewGrant.aspx?GrantRef=EP/E010083/1
University of Exeter
Dr Philippe Young
Engineering Computer Science and Maths
Tel: 01392 263639
Email: philippe.g.young@exeter.ac.uk
EPSRC Funding
Ultrascalable Modelling of Advanced Materials with Complex Architectures
Principal Investigator: Dr P young
Starts: 16 March 2006
Ends: 15 March 2008
Value (£): 138,919
TSB Funding
RECCOMP (Recycling composites)
Lead Partners: SIMS
Starts: 01 Apr 2005
Ends: 31 Mar 2008
Project Value: £ 878,764
Partners:
SIMS (Leading partner) (West Midlands)
Menzolit (South West)
Exeter Univ (South West)
Brunel Univ (South East)
BPF (London)
SMMT (London)
Mitras (North West)
European Friction (South West)
SP Ltd (South East)
http://www.technologyprogramme.org.uk/site/publicRpts/default.cfm?subcat=publicRpt3&ProjID=4443
TSB Funding
Reactive Structural Materials with Auxetic Inclusions 'Reactics
Lead Partner: University of Bolton
Starts: 01 Jul 2006
Ends: 30 Jun 2009
Project Value: £ 987,781
University of Exeter (South West)
University of Bristol (South West)
Auxetic Technologies Ltd (North West)
Auxetix Ltd (South West)
University of Bolton (Leading partner) (North West)
Shakespeare Monofilament UK Ltd (North West)
ICI plc (North East)
Cytec Engineered Materials (North East)
Rolls-Royce plc (North West)
University of Glasgow
Dr Mike Jarvis
Chemistry
Tel: 0141 330 4653
Email: mikej@chem.gla.ac.uk
mikej@chem.gla.ac.uk
Dr C Pearce
Civil Engineering
Tel: 0141 3305207
Email: c.pearce@civil.gla.ac.uk
EPSRC Funding
Supramolecular structure and performance of wood cellulose
Principal Investigator: Dr M Jarvis
Starts: 01 August 2007
Ends: 31 December 2008
Value (£): 160,804
http://gow.epsrc.ac.uk/ViewGrant.aspx?GrantRef=EP/E026583/1
Computational homogenisation for modelling heterogeneous multi-phase materials
Principal Investigator: Dr C Pearce
Starts: 01 May 2006
Ends: 30 April 2009
Value (£): 161,398
http://gow.epsrc.ac.uk/ViewGrant.aspx?GrantRef=EP/D500273/1
Imperial College, London
Strengths: Aerospace applications, predictive modelling – interfaces (with QMUL), nanoscale reinforcement, thermoplastic composites, biocomposites, joining technologies, failure analysis & fracture mechanics.
Contacts
Dr Emile Greenhalgh
Composites Centre, Aeronautics
Email:
e.greenhalgh@imperial.ac.uk
Dr Alex Bismarck
Chemical Engineering and Chemical Tech
Tel: 020 7594 5578
Email: a.bismarck@imperial.ac.uk
a.bismarck@imperial.ac.uk
Dr Milo Shaffer
Chemistry
Tel: 020 7594 5825
Email: m.shaffer@imperial.ac.uk
m.shaffer@imperial.ac.uk
Dr L Louca
Civil and Environmental Eng
Tel: 020 7594 6039
Email: l.a.louca@imperial.ac.uk
l.a.louca@imperial.ac.uk
Dr M Stevens
Materials
Tel: 020 7594 6804
Email: m.stevens@imperial.ac.uk
m.stevens@imperial.ac.uk
Dr Ambrose Taylor
Mechanical Engineering
Tel: 020 7594 7149
Email:
a.c.taylor@imperial.ac.uk
EPSRC Funding
A unified approach to predicting failure in composite structures with geometrical discontinuities
Principal Investigator: Dr Brian Falzon
Starts: 26 March 2007
Ends: 25 March 2010
Value (£): 374,360
Development of failure models and criteria for laminated composites
Principal Investigator: Dr Silvestre Pinho
Starts: 01 April 2007
Ends: 31 March 2010
Value (£): 152,253
Inverse Method for Stiffness Determination of Impact Damage in Composites
Principal Investigator: Dr R Olsson
Ends: 31 October 2008
Value (£): 114,394
Physically-Based Mixed-Mode Failure Criteria For Delamination Growth In Composite Materials
Principal Investigator: Dr E Greenhalgh
Starts: 01 October 2005
Ends: 30 September 2008
Value (£): 120,308
Functional and Green End-of-life Nanocomposites: Design, Processing and Characterisation
Principal Investigator: Dr A Bismarck
Starts: 02 April 2008
Ends: 01 April 2011
Value (£): 444,869
‘Intelligent Adapters’: A New Paradigm in Multifunctional Polymer NanoComposite Engineering
Principal Investigator: Dr A Bismarck
01 November 2006
Ends: 31 October 2011
Value (£): 924,015
Carbon Nanotubes for Photonic Devices
Principal Investigator: Dr M Shaffer
Starts: 15 February 2005
Ends: 14 February 2008
Value (£): 17,693
Nanotube wettability and modification: The key to hierarchial fibre-reinforced nanocomposites
Principal Investigator: Dr M Shaffer
Starts: 01 September 2004
Ends: 31 August 2008
Value (£): 269,766
Residual Strength and Stiffness of Blast Damaged Composite Panels
Principal Investigator: Dr L Louca
Starts: 06 March 2006
Ends: 05 June 2009
Novel Functional Nanocomposite Engineering of Stents
Principal Investigator: Dr M Stevens
Starts: 22 November 2006
Ends: 21 November 2011
Value (£): 187,522
http://gow.epsrc.ac.uk/ViewGrant.aspx?GrantRef=EP/D064678/1
Microstructural characterisation of complex materials using advanced Scanning Electron Microscope (SEM) techniques
Principal Investigator: Dr M Charalambides
Starts: 19 June 2007
Ends: 18 June 2010
Value (£): 83,940
Quantification and modelling of the fracture & fatigue performance of nanoparticle-modified epoxies
Principal Investigator: Dr Ambrose Taylor
Starts: 10 September 2007
Ends: 09 September 2010
Value (£): 211,628
The Characterisation of Advanced Materials at the Nano-scale: Interactions, Deformations and Failure Mechanisms
Principal Investigator: Professor H Spikes
Starts: 14 March 2005
Ends: 13 March 2008
Value (£): 124,591
University of Lancaster
Dr Geoff Turvey
Engineering Department
Tel: 01524 593 088
Email:
g.turvey@lancaster.ac.uk
North West Composites Centre Funding
Joining of Composites using Quickstep Manufactured Connectors
Supervisor: Dr Geoff Turvey
University of Leeds
Dr J Forth
Tel: 0113 343 2270
Email: j.p.forth@leeds.ac.uk
j.p.forth@leeds.ac.uk
Professor D Wood
Dentistry
Tel: 0113 343 6192
Email: d.j.wood@leeds.ac.uk
EPSRC Funding
BITUBLOCK -a novel construction unit composed entirely of recycled and waste aggregates
Principal Investigator: Dr J Forth
Starts: 01 December 2004
Ends: 31 May 2008
Value (£): 278,182
Shrinkage Curvature of Cracked Reinforced Concrete Sections: Improving the Economy of Concrete Structures Through Good Science
Principal Investigator: Dr J Forth
Starts: 01 January 2006
Ends: 31 December 2008
Value (£): 188,417
Novel aesthetic dental restorative materials
Principal Investigator: Professor D Wood
Starts: 16 January 2006
Ends: 15 January 2009
Value (£): 102,643
http://gow.epsrc.ac.uk/ViewGrant.aspx?GrantRef=EP/C003446/1
University of Liverpool
Professor S Millard
Engineering Department
Tel: 0151-794-5224
Email: ec96@liv.ac.uk
ec96@liv.ac.uk
Professor Wesley Cantwell
Engineering Department
Tel: 0151 794 5370
Email: W.Cantwell@liverpool.ac.uk
EPSRC Funding
Impact and blast resistance of ultra high performance fibre reinforced concrete (UHPFRC)
Starts: 01 April 2006
Ends: 31 March 2009
Value (£): 237,281
North West Composites centre Funding
Hybrid Composites Made Using Quickstep
Supervisor: Prof. W. Cantwell.
University of Loughborough
Dr H Wu
Inst of Polymer Tech and Materials Eng
Tel: 024 7688 8810
Email:
h.wu2@lboro.ac.uk
EPSRC and TSB Funding
Extended Life and Innovative Recycling of Carbon Waste for Friction Applications
Principal Investigator: Dr H Wu
Lead Partner: Surface Tranforms plc
Starts: 01 April 2007
Ends: 31 Mar 2010
Project Value: £ 1,492,887
EPSRC funding: £ 151,924
Partners:
Surface Transforms plc (Leading partner) (North West)
Loughborough University (East Midlands)
Milled Carbon Ltd (West Midlands)
AP Racing Ltd. (West Midlands)
Dunlop Aerospace Braking Systems (West Midlands)
Wichita Company Ltd. (East of England)
Federal-Mogul Friction Products Ltd (North West)
Manchester Metropolitan University
Professor Peter Kelly
Chemistry and Materials
Tel: 0161 2471439
Email:
peter.kelly@mmu.ac.uk
EPSRC Funding
Production and Characterisation of Wear-Resistant and Anti-Microbial TiN/Ag Nanocomposite Coatings
Principal Investigator: Professor P Kelly
Starts: 01 October 2007
Ends: 30 September 2008
Value (£): 105,716
University of Manchester
Professor Paul Hogg
Executive Director of the North West Composites Centre
Materials
Tel: 0161 306 5734
Emails: paul.hogg@manchester.ac.uk
paul.hogg@manchester.ac.uk
Dr Richard Day
North West Composites Centre
Materials
Tel: 0161 306 3612
Email:
Richard.day@manchester.ac.uk
Professor Philip Withers
Materials
Tel: 0161 306 8872
Email: Philip.withers@manchester.ac.uk
Philip.withers@manchester.ac.uk
Dr Paul Mummery
Materials
Tel: 0161 306 3686
Email: paul.memmery@manchester.ac.uk
paul.memmery@manchester.ac.uk
Professor Colin Bailey
Mechanical Aerospace and Civil Eng
Tel: 0161-306-5795
Email: colin.bailey@manchester.ac.uk
colin.bailey@manchester.ac.uk
Professor D Hayhurst
Mechanical Aerospace and Civil Eng
Tel: 0161 306 3818
Email: d.r.hayhurst@manchester.ac.uk
d.r.hayhurst@manchester.ac.uk
Dr Yong Wang
Mechanical Aerospace and Civil Eng
Tel: 01612 008968
Email: yong.wang@manchester.ac.uk
yong.wang@manchester.ac.uk
Professor J Lu
Physics and Astronomy
Tel: 0161 2003926
Email: j.lu@manchester.ac.uk
EPSRC Funding
Residual Stress & Damage Characterisation
Principal Investigator: Professor Philip Withers
Starts: 01 July 2008
Value (£): 1,409,394
http://gow.epsrc.ac.uk/ViewGrant.aspx?GrantRef=EP/F028431/1
Resin development for fast cycle time composite processing
Principal Investigator: Dr Richard Day
Starts: 01 October 2007
Ends: 30 September 2010
Value (£): 439,308
Ultrascalable Modelling of Advanced Materials with Complex Architectures
Principal Investigator: Dr P Mummery
Starts: 21 August 2006
Ends: 20 August 2008
Value (£): 295,561
http://gow.epsrc.ac.uk/ViewGrant.aspx?GrantRef=EP/D037867/1
Behaviour of composite floor plates during the cooling phase of a fire
Principal Investigator: Prof. C Bailey
Starts: 01 March 2007
Ends: 28 February 2010
Value (£): 310,502
http://gow.epsrc.ac.uk/ViewGrant.aspx?GrantRef=EP/E010237/1
Coupling between Strain Induced Damage, the Degradation of Thermal Properties and Stress-Strain Response of Ceramic Matrix Composites
Principal Investigator: Professor D Hayhurst
Starts: 01 January 2007
Ends: 31 December 2009
Value (£): 288,575
http://gow.epsrc.ac.uk/ViewGrant.aspx?GrantRef=EP/D056276/1
Predictive Modelling of Combustion-Induced Mechanical Property Degradation of Flame-Retardant Structural Composites
Principal Investigator: Dr Y Wang
Starts: 01 March 2006
Ends: 28 February 2009
Value (£): 160,925
Novel Functional Nanocomposite Engineering of Stents
Principal Investigator: Professor J Lu
Starts: 01 June 2006
Ends: 31 May 2011
Value (£): 249,505
http://gow.epsrc.ac.uk/ViewGrant.aspx?GrantRef=EP/D064945/1
North West Composites Centre Funding
Newcastle University
Strengths: Fire behaviour of composite structures; and lifetime design in composites.
Professor PD Gosling
Department: Civil Engineering and Geosciences
Tel: 0191 222 6422
Email: p.d.gosling@nacl.ac.uk
p.d.gosling@nacl.ac.uk
EPSRC Funding
CREDO - Composites Reliability from Engineering Design Optimization I. Stochastic Analysis
Principal Investigator: Professor P Gosling
Starts: 29 May 2006
Ends: 28 May 2009
Value (£): 223,179
Nottingham University
Professor Richard Challis
Sch of Electrical and Electronic Eng
Tel: 0115 951 5082
Email: Richard.challis@nottingham.ac.uk
Richard.challis@nottingham.ac.uk
Professor Mike Somekh
Sch of Electrical and Electronic Eng
Tel: 0115 951 5572
Email: mike.somekh@nottingham.ac.uk
mike.somekh@nottingham.ac.uk
Professor Andrew Collop
Sch of Civil Engineering
Tel: 0115 9513935
Email: andrew.collop@nottingham.ac.uk
andrew.collop@nottingham.ac.uk
Professor Chris Rudd
Sch of Mech, Materials, Manuf Eng & Mgt
Tel: 0115 951 3787
Email: Christopher.rudd@nottingham.ac.uk
Christopher.rudd@nottingham.ac.uk
Dr Yanqui Zhu
Sch of Mech, Materials, Manuf Eng & Mgt
Tel: 0115 951 4003
Email: yanqui.zhu@nottingham.ac.uk
yanqui.zhu@nottingham.ac.uk
Professor Andrew Long
Sch of Mech, Materials, Manuf Eng & Mgt
Tel: 0115 9513779
Email: Andrew.long@nottingham.ac.uk
Andrew.long@nottingham.ac.uk
Dr Nick Warrior
Sch of Mech, Materials, Manuf Eng & Mgt
Tel: 01159 513 793
Email: Nick.Warrior@nottingham.ac.uk
Dr Richard Brookes
Sch of Mech, Materials, Manuf Eng & Mgt
Tel: 0115 951 3794
Email: Richard.brooks@nottingham.ac.uk
Richard.brooks@nottingham.ac.uk
EPSRC Funding
Advanced Ultrasonic NDE of Composite Airframe Components: Physics, Modelling and Technology
Principal Investigator: Professor R Challis
Starts: 01 August 2006
Ends: 31 July 2009
Value (£): 338,866
Advanced Ultrasonic Techniques For Highly Scattering Ordered and Semi-Ordered Materials
Principal Investigator: Professor M Somekh
Starts: 10 January 2005
Ends: 09 January 2008
Value (£): 176,239
X-Ray Computed Tomography (CT) System (Equipment Only)
Principal Investigator: Professor A Collop
Starts: 02 December 2004
Ends: 01 June 2008
Value (£): 284,263
Fibres and Coupling Agents for Composite and Tissue Engineering Applications (FaCCTA) - Pilot Stage
Principal Investigator: Professor C Rudd
Starts: 01 November 2007
Ends: 30 April 2008
Value (£): 38,241
Principal Investigator: Dr Y Zhu
Starts: 01 December 2003
Ends: 30 November 2008
Value (£): 231,534
NSF: Fatigue, Damping and Impact Properties of Textile Composites
Principal Investigator: Professor A Long
Starts: 01 May 2006
Ends: 30 April 2009
Value (£): 167,863
http://gow.epsrc.ac.uk/ViewGrant.aspx?GrantRef=EP/C538137/1
Platform: Textile Composites - Engineering Science and its Applications
Principal Investigator: Professor A Long
Starts: 01 February 2009
Ends: 31 January 2013
Value (£): 863,232
PLATFORM: Processing and performance of textile composites
Principal Investigator: Professor C Rudd
Starts: 01 February 2005
Ends: 31 January 2009
Value (£): 445,081
http://gow.epsrc.ac.uk/ViewGrant.aspx?GrantRef=GR/T18578/01
Fibre Reinforced Healthcare
Principal Investigator: Professor C Rudd
Starts: Oct 2006
Ends: Sept 2009
Value (£): 477,000
Funded through Nottingham Innovative Manufacturing Research Centre grant:
Analysis and Modelling of Advanced Preform Processing
Principal Investigator: Professor A Long
Starts: Apr 2007
Ends: Sept 2010
Value (£): 495,000
Funded through Nottingham Innovative Manufacturing Research Centre grant:
Damage Modelling to Develop Novel Hybrid Structures/Materials Comprising Textile Composites and Shock Absorbing Layers
Starts: Jun 2007
Ends: May 2011
Value (£): 378,000
TSB Funding
Simulation and Modelling of 3D Woven Fabrics for Structural Composites
Lead partner: Rolls Royce
Contact: Dr N Warrior
Starts: 01 Apr 2006
Ends: 31 Mar 2009
Project Value: £ 1,988,447
Partners:
Univ of Bristol (South West)
Univ of Nottingham (East Midlands)
Univ of Ulster (Northern Ireland)
Rolls Royce (Leading partner) (East Midlands)
Advanced Composites (East Midlands)
BAE Systems (South West)
Deepsea Engineering (South East)
Dowty Propellers (South West)
Sigmatex (North West)
HIgh value composite materials from REcycled CARbon fibre (HIRECAR)
Lead Partner: University of Nottingham
Contact: Dr N Warrior
Starts: 01 Jul 2005
Ends: 30 Jun 2008
Project Value: £ 871,748
Partners:
Ford Motor Co (Outside UK)
Univ of Nottingham (Leading partner) (East Midlands)
ACG (East Midlands)
Tenax Fibers (Outside UK)
Hexcel (East of England)
TFP (North West)
Dow Automotive (West Midlands)
Warpage Compensation in Composite Laminate Manufacture (WILMA)
Starts: 20 Feb 2007
Ends: 19 Feb 2010
Project Value: £2,186,463
Advanced Composites Group Ltd. (East Midlands)
University of Nottingham (East Midlands)
BAE Systems (North West)
Bombardier Aerospace UK (Northern Ireland)
Finite Element Analysis Ltd. (Leading partner) (South East)
Nottingham Trent University
Professor Carole Perry
School of Science & Technology
Tel: 0115 848 6656
Email:
carole.perry@ntu.ac.uk
EPSRC Funding
A Novel Approach to nanoscale materials assembly using bioengineered spider silk fusion proteins: a generic materials approach
Principal Investigator: Professor C Perry
Starts: 01 July 2007
Ends: 30 June 2010
Value (£): 268,248
http://gow.epsrc.ac.uk/ViewGrant.aspx?GrantRef=EP/E048439/1
University of Oxford
Dr Zhong You
Engineering Science
Tel: 01865 273137
Email: zhong.you@eng.ox.ac.uk
zhong.you@eng.ox.ac.uk
Professor C P (Paul) Buckley
Engineering Science
Tel: 01865 273156
Email: paul.buckley@eng.ox.ac.uk
paul.buckley@eng.ox.ac.uk
Professor Patrick Grant
Materials
Tel: 01865 283703
Email:
Patrick.grant@materials.ox.ac.uk
EPSRC Funding
Novel Functional Nanocomposite Engineering of Stents
Principal Investigator: Dr Z You
Starts: 30 November 2006
Ends: 29 November 2011
Value (£): 273,632
Principal Investigator: Professor C P Buckley
Starts: 03 January 2006
Ends: 02 January 2009
Value (£): 286,566
SMiths Aerospace Research and Technology Partnership on COMPosites (SMARTCOMP)
Principal Investigator: Professor P Grant
Starts: 01 February 2006
Ends: 31 January 2011
Value (£): 268,677
University of Plymouth
Dr Stephen Grove
School of Engineering
Tel: 01752 232653
Email: S.Grove@plymouth.ac.uk
S.Grove@plymouth.ac.uk
Dr John Summerscales
School of Engineering
Tel: 0 1752 232650
Email:
J.Summerscales@plymouth.ac.uk
TSB Funding
Continuous Production of Off-axis Thermoplastic Prepregs
Contact: Dr S Grove
Lead Partner: IMT
Starts: 01 Mar 2005
Ends: 28 Feb 2008
Project Value: £ 496,819
Partners:
IMT (Leading partner) (East of England)
EPM (East Midlands)
Pultrex (South East)
Qinetiq (South East)
Univ of Plymouth (South West)
St Gobain Vetrotex (Outside UK)
Development of innovative In-Mould Coating Technologies for gel coating of composites.
Contact: Dr J Summerscales
Lead Partner: Plastech Thermoset Tectonics
Starts: 01 Jul 2006
Project Value: £ 922,359
Queen Mary, University of London (QMUL)
Strengths: Nanoscale reinforcement, Natural Fibres, All PP and PET composites, Bio-medical composites.
Dr Julia Shelton
Biomedical Materials
Tel: 020 78825272
Email: j.shelton@qmul.ac.uk
j.shelton@qmul.ac.uk
Professor Ton Peijs
School of Engineering & Materials
Tel: 020 7882 5281
Email:
t.peijs@qmul.ac.uk
EPSRC Funding
MEARS (Molecularly Engineered Amperometric Recognition Scaffolds) in electrode composite biosensor materials
Principal Investigator: Dr M Watkinson
Starts: 04 January 2005
Ends: 03 May 2008
Value (£): 235,326
SMART-HIP: Smart bioactive nanocomposite coatings for enhanced hip protheses
Principal Investigator: Dr J Shelton
Starts: 01 January 2008
Ends: 31 December 2010
Value (£): 196,583
http://gow.epsrc.ac.uk/ViewGrant.aspx?GrantRef=DT/F006306/1
Bone and teeth as fibrous biological composites: in situ nano-mechanical investigations
Principal Investigator: Dr A Barber
Starts: 20 August 2007
Ends: 19 August 2010
Value (£): 235,856
TSB and EPSRC Funding
Commingled Biomaterials from Nature (COMBINE)
Principal Investigator: Professor Ton Peijs
Starts: 01 April 2007
Ends: 30 September 2009
QMUL EPSRC funding: £228,793
Project value: £1,005,605
Sam Weller and Sons Ltd (Yorkshire & Humberside)
Ecocats (Yorkshire & Humberside)
Lightweight Medical (Yorkshire & Humberside)
NetComposites Ltd (Leading partner) (Yorkshire & Humberside)
Springdale Crop Synergies (Yorkshire & Humberside)
Fairline Boats (Yorkshire & Humberside)
John Brierley Ltd (Yorkshire & Humberside)
E&F Composites (Yorkshire & Humberside)
Queen Mary, University of London (London)
Queens University, Belfast
Professor E Harkin-Jones
Sch of Mechanical & Manufacturing Eng
Tel: 028 9027 4490
Email:
e.harkinjones@qub.ac.uk
EPSRC Funding
Performance enhancement of polymer nanocomposites via multi-scale modelling of processing and properties
Principal Investigator: Professor E Harkin-Jones
Starts: 01 October 2005
Ends: 31 January 2009
Value (£): 400,758
http://gow.epsrc.ac.uk/ViewGrant.aspx?GrantRef=EP/C006992/1
Processing of polymer nanocomposites
Principal Investigator: Professor E Harkin-Jones
01 August 2007
Ends: 31 January 2011
Value (£): 745,874
University of Reading
Professor H Colquhoun
Chemistry
Tel: 0118 378 8454
Email:
h.m.colquhoun@reading.ac.uk
EPSRC Funding
UK-US Collaboration in Nanostructured Molecular Materials
Principal Investigator: Professor H M Colquhoun
Starts: 01 October 2007
Ends: 30 June 2008
University of Sheffield
Dr A Tyas
Civil and Structural Engineering
Tel: 0114 2225735
Email: a.tyas@sheffield.ac.uk
a.tyas@sheffield.ac.uk
Professor Ian Burgess
Civil and Structural Engineering
Tel: 0114 222 5060
Email: ian.burgess@sheffield.ac.uk
ian.burgess@sheffield.ac.uk
Professor Tony West
Engineering Materials
Tel: 0114 222 5501
Email: a.r.west@sheffield.ac.uk
a.r.west@sheffield.ac.uk
Professor I Reaney
Engineering Materials
Tel: 0114 2225471
Email: i.m.reaney@sheffield.ac.uk
i.m.reaney@sheffield.ac.uk
Dr S Zhang
Engineering Materials
Tel: 0114 222 5958
Email: s.zhang@sheffield.ac.uk
s.zhang@sheffield.ac.uk
Professor A Matthews
Engineering Materials
Tel: 0114 222 5466
Email:
a.matthews@sheffield.ac.uk
EPSRC Funding
Impact and blast resistance of ultra high performance fibre reinforced concrete (UHPFRC)
Principal Investigator: Dr A Tyas
Starts: 01 April 2006
Ends: 31 March 2009
Value (£): 53,165
Performance of Cellular Composite Floor Beams under Severe Fire Conditions
Principal Investigator: Professor I Burgess
Starts: 01 February 2008
Ends: 31 January 2011
Advanced ceramics, polymers & composites
Principal Investigator: Professor A West
Starts: 01 April 2003
Ends: 30 September 2008
Value (£): 6,440,303
Electrophoretic deposition of structured, microwave composites: proof of concept
Principal Investigator: Professor I Reaney
Starts: 12 November 2007
Ends: 11 August 2008
Value (£): 29,992
Next Generation Carbon-Containing Refactory Composites
Principal Investigator: Dr S Zhang
Starts: 01 October 2004
Ends: 30 September 2009
Value (£): 254,759
Next Generation Carbon-Containing Refactory Composites
Principal Investigator: Dr S Zhang
Starts: 01 February 2005
Ends: 31 January 2008
Value (£): 177,967
SMART-HIP: Smart bioactive nanocomposite coatings for enhanced hip protheses
Principal Investigator: Professor A Matthews
Starts: 01 January 2008
Ends: 31 December 2010
Value (£): 198,367
University of Southampton
Dr S Quinn
School of Engineering Sciences
Tel: 02380-598549
Email: s.quinn@soton.ac.uk
s.quinn@soton.ac.uk
Professor S Mark Spearing
School of Engineering Sciences
Tel: 023 8059 4438
Prof. R Ajit Shenoi
School of Engineering Sciences
Tel: 023 8059 2356
Email:
r.a.shenoi@ship.soton.ac.uk
EPSRC Funding
Application of Thermoelastic Stress Analysis as a design tool for the assessment of complex composite components
Principal Investigator: Dr S Quinn
Starts: 02 May 2006
Ends: 01 May 2009
Value (£): 123,251
In Situ Calibration of Cohesive Zone Models for Composite Damage
Principal Investigator: Professor S Spearing
Starts: 13 November 2006
Ends: 12 November 2009
Value (£): 390,570
TSB Funding
Lightweight Thermoplastic Composites for Made-to-order Structural Assemblies
Contact: Prof Ajit Shenoi
Starts: 01 July 2005
Ends: 30 June 2008
Project Value: £702,796
Partners:
Lloyds Register (London)
St Gobain (Outside UK)
RNLI (South West)
Univ of Southampton (Leading partner) (South East)
VT Halmatic (South East)
Supacat (South West)
TWI (East of England)
BF Entron
University of Strathclyde, Glasgow
Dr Martin Sweatman
Chemical and Process Engineering
Tel: 0141 548 2393
Email:
martin.sweatman@strath.ac.uk
Pure and Applied Chemistry
Tel: 0141 548 2260
Email:
r.a.pethrick@strath.ac.uk
EPSRC Funding
Design of polymer-clay nanocomposites via control of phase behaviour
Principal Investigator: Dr M Sweatman
Starts: 01 October 2007
Ends: 30 September 2010
Value (£): 674,628
DTI TP: ACLAIM: Advanced Composite Life Assessment & Integrity Management
Principal Investigator: Professor R Pethrick
Starts: 01 May 2005
Ends: 30 September 2008
Value (£): 136,936
University of Surrey
Professor Marios Chryssanthopoulos
Civil Engineering
Tel: 01483 686632
Email:
mkchry@surrey.ac.uk
EPSRC Funding
CREDO - Composites Reliability from Engineering Design Optimization I. Stochastic Analysis
Principal Investigator: Professor M Chryssanthopoulos
Starts: 01 June 2006
Ends: 31 May 2009
Value (£): 204,424
http://gow.epsrc.ac.uk/ViewGrant.aspx?GrantRef=EP/C548590/1
Swansea University
Professor AW Lees
Swansea University
School of Engineering
Tel: 01792 295837
Email:
a.w.lees@swansea.ac.uk
EPSRC Funding
SMA/Composite Bearing Housings for Vibration Control in Rotor Systems
Principal Investigator: Professor A W Lees
Starts: 15 July 2005
Ends: 14 July 2008
University of Ulster
Professor A Nadjai
Sch of Built Environment
Tel: 02890 368294
Email:
a.nadjai@ulster.ac.uk
EPSRC Funding
Performance of Cellular Composite Floor Beams under Severe Fire Conditions
Principal Investigator: Professor A Nadjai
Starts: 01 February 2008
Ends: 31 January 2011
Value (£): 407,683
TSB Funding
Simulation and Modelling of 3D Woven Fabrics for Structural Composites
Lead partner: Rolls Royce
Starts: 01 Apr 2006
Ends: 31 Mar 2009
Project Value: £ 1,988,447
Partners:
Univ of Bristol (South West)
Univ of Nottingham (East Midlands)
Univ of Ulster (Northern Ireland)
Rolls Royce (Leading partner) (East Midlands)
Advanced Composites (East Midlands)
BAE Systems (South West)
Deepsea Engineering (South East)
Dowty Propellers (South West)
Sigmatex (North West)
University College London (UCL)
Professor Jonathan Knowles
Eastman Dental Institute
Tel: 020 7915 1189
Email: j.knowles@eastman.ucl.ac.uk
j.knowles@eastman.ucl.ac.uk
Dr P Fromme
Mechanical Engineering
Tel: 020 7679 3944
Email: p.fromme@ucl.ac.uk
p.fromme@ucl.ac.uk
Royal Free Hampstead site and UCMS
Tel: 020 7830 2901
Email:
a.seifalain@ucl.ac.uk
EPSRC Funding
Fibres and Coupling Agents for Composite and Tissue Engineering Applications (FaCCTA) - Pilot Stage
Principal Investigator: Professor J Knowles
Starts: 01 December 2007
Ends: 31 May 2008
Value (£): 37,993
http://gow.epsrc.ac.uk/ViewGrant.aspx?GrantRef=EP/F02407X/1
Detection of Fatigue Cracks in Multi-layered Aircraft Components using Guided Ultrasonic Waves
Principal Investigator: Dr P Fromme
Starts: 01 September 2006
Ends: 31 August 2009
Value (£): 192,231
Novel Functional Nanocomposite Engineering of Stents
Principal Investigator: Professor A Seifalian
Starts: 01 August 2006
Ends: 31 July 2011
Value (£): 387,749
http://gow.epsrc.ac.uk/ViewGrant.aspx?GrantRef=EP/D064872/1
Nanocomposites and Electrohydrodynamic Forming: The new route for the development and construction of biocompatible cardiac valves
Principal Investigator: Professor A Seifalian
Starts: 01 May 2006
Ends: 30 April 2009
Value (£): 197,749
University of Warwick
Professor M Smith
Physics
Tel: 024 7652 2380
Email:
m.e.1@warwick.ac.uk
EPSRC Funding
Identification and Optimisation of Atomic Scale Influences on Cell Response to Novel Bioactive Glass and Nanocomposite Tissue Scaffolds
Principal Investigator: Professor M Smith
Starts: 01 July 2007
Value (£): 163,457
http://gow.epsrc.ac.uk/ViewGrant.aspx?GrantRef=EP/E051669/1
Research and Technology Organisations
MERL
TSB Funding
Dr Rod Martin
Managing Director
Tel: 01462 427850
Email:
rmartin@merl-ltd.co.uk
Mr Peter Hansen
Senior Engineer and Project Manager
Tel: 01462 427850
Email: phansen@merl-ltd.co.uk
phansen@merl-ltd.co.uk
Ultra-Fire Resistant UV Cured Composite Products for Rail and Marine Applications
Contact: Dr R Martin
Starts: 01 Sept 2008
Ends:31 Mar 2008
Project Value: £ 421,815
Partners:
MERL Ltd (Leading partner) (East of England)
Curon Ltd (West Midlands)
People Seating Ltd (West Midlands)
Maintaining Structural Integrity in Yacht and Wind Turbine Spars (MSI SPAR)
Contact: Mr P Hansen
Starts: 05 Feb 2005
Ends: 04 Feb 2008
Project Value: £ 616,732
Partners:
MERL (Leading partner) (East of England)
NDT Solutions (East Midlands)
EMC (South East)
SP Technologies (South East)
MCA (South East)
Insensys (South East)
HME (South East)
FYS (South East)
Testsure (North West)
NPL
TSB Funding
ACLAIM - Advanced Composite Life Assessment and Integrity Management
Lead Partner: ESR Technology
Starts: 01 Feb 2008
Ends: 31 jan 2008
Project Value: £1,820,577
Partners:
ESR Technology (South East)
Cranfield Univ (East of England)
Network Rail (North West)
MBEL (Scotland)
Devonport RD (South West)
Parson Brinckerhoff (South West)
Deepsea (South East)
HSE (North West)
Euro Projects (East Midlands)
Insensys (South East)
NPL (South East)
Insys (East of England)
Highways Agency (East of England)
Inoes Chlor (North West)
ESR Technology (Leading partner) (South East)
Pera
TSB Funding
Bruisable Composites
Lead Partner: Euro-Projects
Starts: 01 Feb 2005
Ends: 31 Jan 2008
Project Value: £ 990,825
Partners:
PERA (East Midlands)
Euro-Projects (Leading partner) (East Midlands)
Scott Bader (East Midlands)
Fibreforce (North West)
VT Halmatic (South East)
BMT Renewables (South East)
WS Atkins (West Midlands)
QinetiQ
TSB Funding
Continuous Production of Off-axis Thermoplastic Prepregs
Lead Partner: IMT
Starts: 01 Mar 2005
Ends: 28 Feb 2008
Project Value: £ 496,819
Partners:
IMT (Leading partner) (East of England)
EPM (East Midlands)
Pultrex (South East)
Qinetiq (South East)
Univ of Plymouth (South West)
St Gobain Vetrotex (Outside UK)
LIFECar
Lead Partner: Morgan
Starts: 01 Mar 2005
Ends: 28 Feb 2008
Project Value: £1,903,345
Partners:
Morgan (Leading partner) (West Midlands)
Oscar (West Midlands)
BOC (South East)
Qinetiq (South East)
Univ of Oxford (South East)
Cranfield University (East of England)
TWI
TSB Funding
Lightweight Thermoplastic Composites for Made-to-order Structural Assemblies
Lead Partner: University of Southampton.
Starts: 01 July 2005
Ends: 30 June 2008
Partners:
Lloyds Register (London)
St Gobain (Outside UK)
RNLI (South West)
Univ of Southampton (Leading partner) (South East)
VT Halmatic (South East)
Supacat (South West)
TWI (East of England)
BF Entron
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