Our areas of expertise include: development of novel materials including polymers, biocomposites, composites, metals; characterisation of materials across length scales from the micro to macro-scale both experimentally and numerically; nondestructive evaluation, inspection and analysis of materials and components.
Key researchers
Professor Kim Pickering
Professor
Associate Professor Leandro Bolzoni
Programme Leader - MaPE
Professor Fei Yang
Programme Director - HEBUST
Dr Harish Devaraj
Lecturer
Dr Chanelle Gavin
Senior Lecturer
Dr Ajit Pal Singh
Senior Lecturer
Dr Rachael Tighe
Programme Leader - Mechanical Engineering
Dr Christopher Glasson
Senior Research Fellow
Dr Christian Gauss
Postdoctoral Fellow
Mrs Stella Raynova
Advanced Technical Officer
PhD researchers
- Tom Sunny - Processing of high performance plant fibre reinforced composites
- Maria Aparecida De Souza Oliveira - Natural fibre-reinforced polyethylene composites produced by rotational Moulding
- Lakshmi Priya - Next generation additive manufacturing of biomaterials- National Science Challenge SFTI
- Humair Siddiqui - Synthesis of hydroxyapatite - reduced graphite oxide nanocomposites for biomedical applications
- Moh'D Yousef Beqain - Synthesis and Characterization of Hydroxyapatite/Chitosan Composite for Biomedical Applications
- Xutao Sun - Natural frequency-based crack detection: the use of the roving spring-mass system
- Shanquan Jia - Copper/diamond composites
- Ashok Kumar - Powder metallurgy high entropy alloys for electrocatalytic applications
- Ben Jackson - Direct metal fabrication of titanium composites and alloys by direct selective laser melting
- Yousef Alshammari - Development of an electro-active titanium based hybrid material via powder metallurgy
Masters researchers
- Ding Yi Huang - Thermographic inspection to provide quality assurance for reinforced 3D printer filaments
- Jingnan Ma - Copper/diamond composites
- Yutao Zhai - Turning waste into useful - recycling titanium swarf
- Nick Vishwanath - Sustainable roading
Honours year researchers
- Scott Hill - Artificial surf reefs in New Zealand
- Sam McCulloch - Cars vs. Clams
- Sam Hewlett and Sam Knox - Small scale PLA recycler and 3D printing filament fuser
- Ann Jayawardana - Low-cost powder metallurgy Ti-based alloys
- Bismarck Simeon - Design, processing and characterisation of new alloys