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Composite Research in the UK
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
gow.epsrc.ac.uk/ViewGrant.aspx?GrantRef=EP/E020976/1
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
gow.epsrc.ac.uk/ViewGrant.aspx?GrantRef=EP/D069033/1
Bangor
Strengths: Biocomposites, sustainable composites (hosts SusCompNet
www.bc.bangor.ac.uk/suscomp/)
Contacts:
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
Dr C Bowen
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
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
gow.epsrc.ac.uk/ViewGrant.aspx?GrantRef=EP/F026099/1
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
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
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
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
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
gow.epsrc.ac.uk/ViewGrant.aspx?GrantRef=GR/T22186/01
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)
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University of Bolton
Professor Baljinder Kandola
Ctr for Materials Res and Innovation
Tel: 01204 903517
Email: bk1@bolton.ac.uk
Dr Kim Alderson
Ctr for Materials Res and Innovation
Tel: 01204 903519
Email: 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
gow.epsrc.ac.uk/ViewGrant.aspx?GrantRef=EP/D000734/1
Resin development for fast cycle time composite processing
Principal Investigator: Dr K Alderson
Starts: 18 October 2007
Ends: 17 October 2010
Value (£): 27,699
gow.epsrc.ac.uk/ViewGrant.aspx?GrantRef=EP/E047351/1
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)
- Cytec Engineered Materials (North East)
- Rolls-Royce plc (North West)
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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
EPSRC Funding
Processing of polymer nanocomposites
Principal Investigator: Professor P Coates
Starts: 01 June 2007
Ends: 30 November 2010
Value (£): 550,776
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
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
Tel: 0117 928 7697
Email: h.x.peng@bristol.ac.uk
Dr Stephen Hallett
Aerospace Engineering
Tel: 0117 331 7098
Email: 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
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
gow.epsrc.ac.uk/ViewGrant.aspx?GrantRef=GR/T17984/01
Composites with Hierarchical Microstructures ---From Homogeneous to Inhomogeneous
Principal Investigator: Dr H Peng
Starts: 01 August 2005
Ends: 31 January 2008
Value (£): 125,992
gow.epsrc.ac.uk/ViewGrant.aspx?GrantRef=EP/C532392/1
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
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
gow.epsrc.ac.uk/ViewGrant.aspx?GrantRef=GR/T03383/01
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
gow.epsrc.ac.uk/ViewGrant.aspx?GrantRef=EP/F023626/1
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
gow.epsrc.ac.uk/ViewGrant.aspx?GrantRef=EP/D075327/1
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)
www.technologyprogramme.org.uk/site/publicRpts/default.cfm?subcat=publicRpt3&ProjID=444340
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
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)
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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
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
gow.epsrc.ac.uk/ViewGrant.aspx?GrantRef=DT/F006101/1
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)
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
Dr R Cameron
Materials Science & Metallurgy
Tel: 01223 334324
Email: rec11@cam.ac.uk
Professor Alan Windle
Materials Science & Metallurgy
Tel: 01223 334321
Email: 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
gow.epsrc.ac.uk/ViewGrant.aspx?GrantRef=EP/C538145/1
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
gow.epsrc.ac.uk/ViewGrant.aspx?GrantRef=DT/E005233/1
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
gow.epsrc.ac.uk/ViewGrant.aspx?GrantRef=EP/E063020/1
High performance nanotube fibres
Principal Investigator: Professor A Windle
Other University: Manchester (Kinloch)
Starts: 01 April 2007
Ends: 31 March 2010
Value (£): 890,057
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
gow.epsrc.ac.uk/ViewGrant.aspx?GrantRef=EP/F028563/1
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
gow.epsrc.ac.uk/ViewGrant.aspx?GrantRef=DT/E006469/1
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
gow.epsrc.ac.uk/ViewGrant.aspx?GrantRef=EP/C510585/1
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.
Professor Ivana K Partridge
Department: Sch of Applied Sciences
Tel: 01234 754153
Email: 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
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
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
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
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
Value (£): 161,820
gow.epsrc.ac.uk/ViewGrant.aspx?GrantRef=EP/C538129/1
Cranfield Innovative Manufacturing Research Centre
Principal Investigator: Professor T Stephenson
Starts: 01 January 2007
Ends: 31 December 2011
Value (£): 9,859,613
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
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)
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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)
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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
gow.epsrc.ac.uk/ViewGrant.aspx?GrantRef=EP/C512308/1
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
gow.epsrc.ac.uk/ViewGrant.aspx?GrantRef=EP/C536657/1
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
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
gow.epsrc.ac.uk/ViewGrant.aspx?GrantRef=EP/D037913/1
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)
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
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)
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University of Glasgow
Dr Mike Jarvis
Chemistry
Tel: 0141 330 4653
Email: 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
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
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
Tel: 020 7594 5070
Email: e.greenhalgh@imperial.ac.uk
Dr Alex Bismarck
Chemical Engineering and Chemical Tech
Tel: 020 7594 5578
Email: a.bismarck@imperial.ac.uk
Dr Milo Shaffer
Chemistry
Tel: 020 7594 5825
Email: m.shaffer@imperial.ac.uk
Dr L Louca
Civil and Environmental Eng
Tel: 020 7594 6039
Email: l.a.louca@imperial.ac.uk
Dr M Stevens
Materials
Tel: 020 7594 6804
Email: 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
gow.epsrc.ac.uk/ViewGrant.aspx?GrantRef=EP/E023967/1
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
gow.epsrc.ac.uk/ViewGrant.aspx?GrantRef=EP/E023169/1
Inverse Method for Stiffness Determination of Impact Damage in Composites
Principal Investigator: Dr R Olsson
Starts: 01 November 2005
Ends: 31 October 2008
Value (£): 114,394
gow.epsrc.ac.uk/ViewGrant.aspx?GrantRef=EP/C531590/1
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
gow.epsrc.ac.uk/ViewGrant.aspx?GrantRef=GR/T26696/01
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
gow.epsrc.ac.uk/ViewGrant.aspx?GrantRef=EP/F032005/1
'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
gow.epsrc.ac.uk/ViewGrant.aspx?GrantRef=EP/E007538/1
Carbon Nanotubes for Photonic Devices
Principal Investigator: Dr M Shaffer
Starts: 15 February 2005
Ends: 14 February 2008
Value (£): 17,693
gow.epsrc.ac.uk/ViewGrant.aspx?GrantRef=GR/S97620/01
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
gow.epsrc.ac.uk/ViewGrant.aspx?GrantRef=GR/T24029/01
Residual Strength and Stiffness of Blast Damaged Composite Panels
Principal Investigator: Dr L Louca
Starts: 06 March 2006
Ends: 05 June 2009
Value (£): 237,805
gow.epsrc.ac.uk/ViewGrant.aspx?GrantRef=EP/C526244/1
Novel Functional Nanocomposite Engineering of Stents
Principal Investigator: Dr M Stevens
Starts: 22 November 2006
Ends: 21 November 2011
Value (£): 187,522
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
gow.epsrc.ac.uk/ViewGrant.aspx?GrantRef=EP/E064841/1
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
gow.epsrc.ac.uk/ViewGrant.aspx?GrantRef=EP/E026702/1
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
gow.epsrc.ac.uk/ViewGrant.aspx?GrantRef=EP/C520629/1
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
Civil Engineering
Tel: 0113 343 2270
Email: 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
gow.epsrc.ac.uk/ViewGrant.aspx?GrantRef=GR/T03765/01
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
gow.epsrc.ac.uk/ViewGrant.aspx?GrantRef=EP/C536649/1
Novel aesthetic dental restorative materials
Principal Investigator: Professor D Wood
Starts: 16 January 2006
Ends: 15 January 2009
Value (£): 102,643
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
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)
Principal Investigator: Professor S Millard
Starts: 01 April 2006
Ends: 31 March 2009
Value (£): 237,281
gow.epsrc.ac.uk/ViewGrant.aspx?GrantRef=EP/D041201/1
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
gow.epsrc.ac.uk/ViewGrant.aspx?GrantRef=EP/F014325/1
University of Manchester
Professor Paul Hogg
Executive Director of the North West Composites Centre
Materials
Tel: 0161 306 5734
Email: 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
Dr Paul Mummery
Materials
Tel: 0161 306 3686
Email: paul.memmery@manchester.ac.uk
Professor Colin Bailey
Mechanical Aerospace and Civil Eng
Tel: 0161-306-5795
Email: colin.bailey@manchester.ac.uk
Professor D Hayhurst
Mechanical Aerospace and Civil Eng
Tel: 0161 306 3818
Email: d.r.hayhurst@manchester.ac.uk
Dr Yong Wang
Mechanical Aerospace and Civil Eng
Tel: 01612 008968
Email: 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
Ends: 30 June 2013
Value (£): 1,409,394
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
gow.epsrc.ac.uk/ViewGrant.aspx?GrantRef=EP/E059317/1
Ultrascalable Modelling of Advanced Materials with Complex Architectures
Principal Investigator: Dr P Mummery
Starts: 21 August 2006
Ends: 20 August 2008
Value (£): 295,561
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
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
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
gow.epsrc.ac.uk/ViewGrant.aspx?GrantRef=EP/D000548/1
Novel Functional Nanocomposite Engineering of Stents
Principal Investigator: Professor J Lu
Starts: 01 June 2006
Ends: 31 May 2011
Value (£): 249,505
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 P D Gosling
Department: Civil Engineering and Geosciences
Tel: 0191 222 6422
Email: 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
gow.epsrc.ac.uk/ViewGrant.aspx?GrantRef=EP/C548582/1
Nottingham University
Professor Richard Challis
Sch of Electrical and Electronic Eng
Tel: 0115 951 5082
Email: Richard.challis@nottingham.ac.uk
Professor Mike Somekh
Sch of Electrical and Electronic Eng
Tel: 0115 951 5572
Email: mike.somekh@nottingham.ac.uk
Professor Andrew Collop
Sch of Civil Engineering
Tel: 0115 9513935
Email: 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
Dr Yanqui Zhu
Sch of Mech, Materials, Manuf Eng & Mgt
Tel: 0115 951 4003
Email: yanqui.zhu@nottingham.ac.uk
Professor Andrew Long
Sch of Mech, Materials, Manuf Eng & Mgt
Tel: 0115 9513779
Email: 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
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
gow.epsrc.ac.uk/ViewGrant.aspx?GrantRef=EP/D06984X/1
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
gow.epsrc.ac.uk/ViewGrant.aspx?GrantRef=EP/C517229/1
X-Ray Computed Tomography (CT) System (Equipment Only)
Principal Investigator: Professor A Collop
Starts: 02 December 2004
Ends: 01 June 2008
Value (£): 284,263
gow.epsrc.ac.uk/ViewGrant.aspx?GrantRef=GR/S95640/01
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
gow.epsrc.ac.uk/ViewGrant.aspx?GrantRef=EP/F025831/1
Novel inorganic nanotubes and biochemical nanocomposites: Bulk generation, characterisation and property investigation
Principal Investigator: Dr Y Zhu
Starts: 01 December 2003
Ends: 30 November 2008
Value (£): 231,534
gow.epsrc.ac.uk/ViewGrant.aspx?GrantRef=GR/S49650/01
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
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
gow.epsrc.ac.uk/ViewGrant.aspx?GrantRef=EP/F02911X/1
PLATFORM: Processing and performance of textile composites
Principal Investigator: Professor C Rudd Starts: 01 February 2005
Ends: 31 January 2009
Value (£): 445,081
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:
gow.epsrc.ac.uk/ViewGrant.aspx?GrantRef=EP/E001904/1
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:
gow.epsrc.ac.uk/ViewGrant.aspx?GrantRef=EP/E001904/1
Damage Modelling to Develop Novel Hybrid Structures/Materials Comprising Textile Composites and Shock Absorbing Layers
Principal Investigator: Dr R Brooks
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)
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Warpage Compensation in Composite Laminate Manufacture (WILMA)
Lead Partner: Finite Element Analysis Ltd
Starts: 20 Feb 2007
Ends: 19 Feb 2010
Project Value: £2,186,463
Partners:
- 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
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
Professor C P (Paul) Buckley
Engineering Science
Tel: 01865 273156
Email: 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
gow.epsrc.ac.uk/ViewGrant.aspx?GrantRef=EP/D064732/1
Performance enhancement of polymer nanocomposites via multi-scale modelling of processing and properties
Principal Investigator: Professor C P Buckley
Starts: 03 January 2006
Ends: 02 January 2009
Value (£): 286,566
gow.epsrc.ac.uk/ViewGrant.aspx?GrantRef=EP/C006984/1
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
gow.epsrc.ac.uk/ViewGrant.aspx?GrantRef=EP/D034256/1
University of Plymouth
Dr Stephen Grove
School of Engineering
Tel: 01752 232653
Email: 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
Ends: 30 Jun 2008
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
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
gow.epsrc.ac.uk/ViewGrant.aspx?GrantRef=GR/T17014/01
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
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
gow.epsrc.ac.uk/ViewGrant.aspx?GrantRef=EP/E039928/1
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
Partners:
- 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)
gow.epsrc.ac.uk/ViewGrant.aspx?GrantRef=DT/E00685X/1
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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
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
gow.epsrc.ac.uk/ViewGrant.aspx?GrantRef=EP/E040446/1
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
Value (£): 37,106
gow.epsrc.ac.uk/ViewGrant.aspx?GrantRef=EP/F013663/1
University of Sheffield
Dr A Tyas
Civil and Structural Engineering
Tel: 0114 2225735
Email: a.tyas@sheffield.ac.uk
Professor Ian Burgess
Civil and Structural Engineering
Tel: 0114 222 5060
Email: ian.burgess@sheffield.ac.uk
Professor Tony West
Engineering Materials
Tel: 0114 222 5501
Email: a.r.west@sheffield.ac.uk
Professor I Reaney
Engineering Materials
Tel: 0114 2225471
Email: i.m.reaney@sheffield.ac.uk
Dr S Zhang
Engineering Materials
Tel: 0114 222 5958
Email: 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
gow.epsrc.ac.uk/ViewGrant.aspx?GrantRef=EP/D041198/1
Performance of Cellular Composite Floor Beams under Severe Fire Conditions
Principal Investigator: Professor I Burgess
Starts: 01 February 2008
Ends: 31 January 2011
Value (£): 275,795
gow.epsrc.ac.uk/ViewGrant.aspx?GrantRef=EP/F001711/1
Advanced ceramics, polymers & composites
Principal Investigator: Professor A West
Starts: 01 April 2003
Ends: 30 September 2008
Value (£): 6,440,303
gow.epsrc.ac.uk/ViewGrant.aspx?GrantRef=GR/S60037/01
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
gow.epsrc.ac.uk/ViewGrant.aspx?GrantRef=EP/F026889/1
Next Generation Carbon-Containing Refactory Composites
Principal Investigator: Dr S Zhang
Starts: 01 October 2004
Ends: 30 September 2009
Value (£): 254,759
gow.epsrc.ac.uk/ViewGrant.aspx?GrantRef=GR/S99204/01
Next Generation Carbon-Containing Refactory Composites
Principal Investigator: Dr S Zhang
Starts: 01 February 2005
Ends: 31 January 2008
Value (£): 177,967
gow.epsrc.ac.uk/ViewGrant.aspx?GrantRef=GR/S99211/01
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
gow.epsrc.ac.uk/ViewGrant.aspx?GrantRef=DT/F007183/1
University of Southampton
Dr S Quinn
School of Engineering Sciences
Tel: 02380-598549
Email: s.quinn@soton.ac.uk
Professor S Mark Spearing
School of Engineering Sciences
Tel: 023 8059 4438
Email: spearing@soton.ac.uk
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
gow.epsrc.ac.uk/ViewGrant.aspx?GrantRef=EP/D037271/1
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
gow.epsrc.ac.uk/ViewGrant.aspx?GrantRef=EP/E003427/1
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
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University of Strathclyde, Glasgow
Dr Martin Sweatman
Chemical and Process Engineering
Tel: 0141 548 2393
Email: martin.sweatman@strath.ac.uk
Professor R Pethrick
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
gow.epsrc.ac.uk/ViewGrant.aspx?GrantRef=EP/E049222/1
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
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
Value (£): 29,717
gow.epsrc.ac.uk/ViewGrant.aspx?GrantRef=EP/C531906/1
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
gow.epsrc.ac.uk/ViewGrant.aspx?GrantRef=EP/F001525/1
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)
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University College London (UCL)
Professor Jonathan Knowles
Eastman Dental Institute
Tel: 020 7915 1189
Email:
Dr P Fromme
Mechanical Engineering
Tel: 020 7679 3944
Email:
Professor A Seifalian
Royal Free Hampstead site and UCMS
Tel: 020 7830 2901
Email:
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
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
gow.epsrc.ac.uk/ViewGrant.aspx?GrantRef=EP/D065011/1
Novel Functional Nanocomposite Engineering of Stents
Principal Investigator: Professor A Seifalian
Starts: 01 August 2006
Ends: 31 July 2011
Value (£): 387,749
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
gow.epsrc.ac.uk/ViewGrant.aspx?GrantRef=EP/D061555/1
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
Ends: 31 December 2010
Value (£): 163,457
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
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)
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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)
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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)
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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)
- Smart Fibres (South East)
- WS Atkins (West Midlands)
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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)
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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)
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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
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
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