The University of Sheffield
Composite Systems Innovation Centre

People

CSIC brings together people from Department of Mechanical Engineering, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Department of Civil and Structural Engineering, Department of Physics and Astronomy and the Advanced Manufacturing Reseach Centre (AMRC), at The University of Sheffield.

Each person's name links through to their personal profile where available.

Academic Staff

Name Role Department Telephone Email
Hodzic, Professor A

Research Director of Advanced Manufacturing Institute, AMRC with Boeing

Director of CSIC

AMRC with Boeing (0114) 222 7720 a.hodzic@sheffield.ac.uk
Smith Dr P J

Lecturer in Rapid Prototyping and Inkjet Printing

Manager of CSIC

Mechanical Engineering (0114) 222 7738 patrick.smith@sheffield.ac.uk
Hayes, Dr S A

Lecturer in Aerospace Engineering

Research Manager of CSIC

Materials Science and Engineering (0114) 222 5516 s.a.hayes@sheffield.ac.uk
Foreman, Dr J

University Teacher, Polymers and Polymer Composites

Deputy Manager of CSIC

Materials Science and Engineering (0114) 222 5920 j.foreman@sheffield.ac.uk
Jones, Professor F R Emeritus Professor of Polymers and Composites Materials Science and Engineering (0114) 222 5477 f.r.jones@sheffield.ac.uk
Worden, Professor K Professor in Structural Dynamics Mechanical Engineering (0114) 222 7890 k.worden@sheffield.ac.uk
Clarke, Professor N Professor of Condensed Matter Theory Physics and Astronomy (0114) 222 4273 n.clarke@sheffield.ac.uk
Matthews, Professor A Professor of Surface Engineering Materials Science and Engineering (0114) 222 5466 a.matthews@sheffield.ac.uk
Askes, Professor H Professor of Computational Mechanics Civil and Structural Engineering (0114) 222 5769 h.askes@sheffield.ac.uk
Susmel, Professor L Professor of Structural Dynamics Civil and Structural Engineering (0114) 222 5073 l.susmel@sheffield.ac.uk
Tomlinson, Dr R A Senior Lecturer in Experimental Mechanics Mechanical Engineering (0114) 222 7757 r.a.tomlinson@sheffield.ac.uk
Gitman, Dr I M Lecturer in Multi-Scale Modelling Mechanical Engineering (0114) 222 7728 i.gitman@sheffield.ac.uk
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AMRC with Boeing Staff

Ridgway, Prof K

Professor of Design and Manufacture

Director of AMRC with Boeing (AMRC, NAMRC, TIC)

(0114) 222 7727 k.ridgway@sheffield.ac.uk
Scaife, Mr R AMRC Composite Centre Manager (0114) 222 6689 r.scaife@amrc.co.uk
Mee, Mr K AMRC CC Composites Engineer (0114) 222 6685 k.mee@amrc.co.uk
Sdao, Mr C AMRC Factory Manager (0114) 222 26683 c.sdao@sheffield.ac.uk
Lee, Dr J AMRC CC Research Fellow (0114) 222 6686 J.H.Lee@sheffield.ac.uk
Swait, Dr T J

AMRC CC Research Engineer

CAS Partnership Coordinator

(0114) 222 6686 t.swait@sheffield.ac.uk
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Research staff

Name Role Telephone Email
Ellis, Dr A Postdoctoral Research Associate adam.ellis@sheffield.ac.uk
Gill, Dr A KTP Associate andrew.gill@sheffield.ac.uk
Ma, Dr Z KTP Associate (0114) 222 5922 z.ma@sheffield.ac.uk
Rajendran, Mr S KTP Associate (0114) 222 7833 s.rajendran@sheffield.ac.uk
Hugo, Ms A-M KTP Associate   a.hugo@sheffield.ac.uk
Abbasian, Ms T Research Associate t.abbasian@sheffield.ac.uk
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Research Students

Name Role Telephone Email
Howarth, Mr J

PhD candidate

Recycled carbon fibres

  mtp08jh@sheffield.ac.uk
Wilson, Mr P

PhD candidate

Self-healing composites

(0114) 222 5922 p.r.wilson@sheffield.ac.uk
Fleet, Mr E

PhD candidate

Self-healing polymer composites

(0114) 222 5922 e.fleet@sheffield.ac.uk
Ho, Mrs V T A

PhD candidate

Nanocomposites

  anvan.ho@sheffield.ac.uk
Lafferty, Mr A D

PhD candidate

Nanocomposites

(0114) 222 5922 A.D.Lafferty@sheffield.ac.uk
Pavlopoulou, Ms S

PhD candidate

Aerospace structures

s.pavlopoulou@sheffield.ac.uk
Shi, Mr Y

PhD candidate

Hybrid composites

(0114) 222 5922 mep10ys@sheffield.ac.uk
Favela-Gallegos, Mr C A

PhD candidate

Lifetime prediction modelling

  mep08caf@sheffield.ac.uk
Grainger, Mr R

PhD candidate

Smart aerospace composites

  richard.grainger@sheffield.ac.uk
Mulyadi, Mr M

PhD candidate

Impact of hybrid composites

(0114) 222 7844 meq10mm@sheffield.ac.uk
Ioannou, Mr I

PhD candidate

Recycled polymer composites

(0114) 222 7844 mep10ii@sheffield.ac.uk
Ratner, Mr A

PhD candidate

New generation of wire ropes

(0114) 222 7844 mep10ar@sheffield.ac.uk
Jones, Mr S

PhD candidate

Digital image correlation

(0114) 222 7844 stephen.jones@sheffield.ac.uk
Fakpiam, Mr S

PhD candidate

Fatigue of Self-Healing composites

(0114) 222 5922 s.fakpiam@sheffield.ac.uk
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Recent PhD graduates.

Congratulations to our students recently awarded their PhD.
Name Role Telephone Email
Shamsudin, Dr. Z

PhD graduate

Glass ceramic fibre composites

Mohammed, Dr. G A

PhD graduate

Blast resistance of metal fibre laminates

Atas, Dr. A

PhD graduate

Failure of bolted joints

Rauf, Dr. A

PhD graduate

Optical self-sensing

  a.rauf@nust.edu.pk
Jumahat, Dr A

PhD graduate

Nanocomposites

Photjanataree, Dr P

PhD graduate

Plasma polymerisation

   
Bin Hameed, Dr M T

PhD graduate

Self-monitoring composites

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Technical Staff

Name Role Telephone Email
Jackson, Mr M Workshop technician   michael.jackson@sheffield.ac.uk
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Affiliated Academic Staff

Name Role Telephone Email
Tomlinson, Prof G R Director of Singapore Dainton-Boucher Institute (0114) 222 7705 g.tomlinson@sheffield.ac.uk
Dwyer-Joyce, Prof R Professor of Tribology
Leonardo Centre for Tribology
(0114) 222 7736 r.dwyer-joyce@sheffield.ac.uk
Wilson, Prof C W Professor in Aerospace Propulsions (0114) 222 7832 c.w.wilson@sheffield.ac.uk
Rongong, Dr J A Senior Lecturer in Structural Dynamics (0114) 222 7845 j.a.rongong@sheffield.ac.uk
Fairclough, Dr P Reader in Polymer Chemistry (0114) 222 9411 p.fairclough@sheffield.ac.uk
Fletcher, Dr D I Lecturer in Engineering Design and Materials (0114) 222 7760 d.i.fletcher@sheffield.ac.uk
Hand, Dr R Reader in Glasses Science and Engineering (0114) 222 5465 r.hand@sheffield.ac.uk
Jackson, Dr M Lecturer in Aerospace Materials (0114) 222 5474 martin.jackson@sheffield.ac.uk
Todd, Dr I Reader in Aerospace Alloys (0114) 222 6011 i.todd@sheffield.ac.uk
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Affiliated and visiting researchers

Name Role Institution Email
Prof. David Porter Visiting professor University of Oxford
Liebig, Wilfried Visiting student Technische Universität Hamburg wilfried.liebig@tu-harburg.de
Prof. Victor Giurgiutiu Visiting professor University of South Carolina, USA victor@sc.edu
Sen, Dr. F. Visiting researcher Aksaray University, Turkey  
Caminero, Dr. M. A. Visiting researcher University of Castilla-La Mancha, Spain m.caminero@sheffield.ac.uk
Dursun, Dr. T. Visiting researcher Aselsan Inc., Turkey tdursun@mqeo.aselsan.com.tr
Helfen, Mr T. Visiting student IZFP Fraunhofer, Germany  
Carter, Mr P. Visiting student Virginia Tech., USA  
Santini, Mr. E Visiting student INSA, Lyon, France  
Thibault, Mr A Visiting research Student INSA, Lyon, France adrien.thibault@insa-lyon.fr
Fourment, Mr M Visiting student ISMANS fourment@student.ismans.fr
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