Materials and structures underpin engineering: we use them to make everything from buildings to medical implants, phones to ice cream. Our group designs and characterises the performance of these material systems at different scales using a range of techniques.
Examples include synchrotron X-rays, mechanical testing, analytics modelling, AI methods, prototyping and full-scale implementation. We have strong industrial collaborations and strengths in cross-disciplinary topics, such as Materials and Manufacturing for Healthcare, Additive Manufacturing and Food and Plastic Waste.
Research methodologies
- Tissue engineering
- Regenerative biology and medicine
- Biological models
- Computer simulation; Advanced imaging and image processing; Material characterisation
- Novel manufacturing routes
- Smart & Automated Nanomanufacturing Technologies with AI (SANTA)
- Advanced Ultrasonic Evaluation
Key impact and application areas
- Biological models
- Drug screening
- Drug development
- Craniofacial development and evolution; Craniosynostosis; Orthopaedic trauma; medical devices
- Healthcare
- Aerospace, Renewable Energy, Sustainable Infrastructure
- Composite Manufacturing
- Additive Manufacturing
Materials, Structures and Manufacturing Researchers and Academics
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Materials, Structures and Manufacturing Research Groups
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The Repairability Revolution
Professor of Materials and Society Mark Miodownik gives an entertaining talk on the colossal waste of the 'planned obsolescence' of consumer goods and the urgent need for a "repairability revolution."
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