The University of Sheffield
Composite Systems Innovation Centre

People

CSIC brings together Composites people from the Department of Mechanical Engineering and the Department of Materials Science and Engineering at the University of Sheffield. We have many affiliated staff from other departments including the Department of Civil and Structural Engineering, the Department of Physics and Astronomy, the Department of Chemistry and the Advanced Manufacturing Reseach Centre. Each person's name links through to their personal profile where available.

Academic Staff

Name Role(s) Department Telephone Email
Prof Alma Hodzic Director AMRC with Boeing / Mechanical Engineering (0114) 222 7720 a.hodzic@sheffield.ac.uk
Dr Simon Hayes

Research Manager

SMART Materials Research Coordinator

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

Operations Manager

Multiscale Modelling Research Coordinator

Materials Science and Engineering (0114) 222 5920 j.foreman@sheffield.ac.uk
Dr Patrick Smith Applied Inkjet Research Coordinator Mechanical Engineering (0114) 222 7738 patrick.smith@sheffield.ac.uk
Dr Biqiong Chen Nanocomposites Research Coordinator Materials Science and Engineering (0114) 222 5958 biqiong.chen@sheffield.ac.uk
Prof Frank Jones (Emeritus) Interfaces and Interphases Research Coordinator Materials Science and Engineering - f.r.jones@sheffield.ac.uk
Dr Rachel Tomlinson Mechanical Engineering (0114) 222 7757 r.a.tomlinson@sheffield.ac.uk
Dr Christophe Pinna Mechanics of Materials Research Coordinator Mechanical Engineering (0114) 222 7831 c.pinna@sheffield.ac.uk
Dr Jose Curiel Sosa Computational Mechanics Research Coordinator Mechanical Engineering (0114) 222 7857 j.curiel-sosa@sheffield.ac.uk
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Research Staff

Name Role Department Email
Dr Andrew Gill KTP Associate (CPD) Mechanical Engineering andrew.gill@sheffield.ac.uk
Dr Zhiwei Ma KTP Associate (Laminar Medica) Materials Science and Engineering z.ma@sheffield.ac.uk
Mr Saravanan Rajendran KTP Associate (Laminates) Mechanical Engineering s.rajendran@sheffield.ac.uk
Dr Ghayth Abed KTP Associate (Arnold Magnetic Technologies) Mechanical Engineering g.abed@sheffield.ac.uk
Dr Stephen Jones KTP Associate (Cytec) Mechanical Engineering stephen.jones@sheffield.ac.uk
Mrs Tala Abbasian Research Associate Materials Science and Engineering t.abbasian@sheffield.ac.uk
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Technical Staff

Name Role Email
Mr Michael Jackson Workshop Technician michael.jackson@sheffield.ac.uk
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Research Students

Name Role Department Email
Mr Peter Wilson PhD Candidate (Self-healing composites) Materials Science and Engineering p.r.wilson@sheffield.ac.uk
Mr Elliot Fleet PhD Candidate (Self-healing polymer composites) Materials Science and Engineering e.fleet@sheffield.ac.uk
Mrs An Van Ho PhD Candidate (Nanocomposites) Mechanical Engineering anvan.ho@sheffield.ac.uk
Mr Austin Lafferty PhD Candidate (Nanocomposites) Materials Science and Engineering a.d.Lafferty@sheffield.ac.uk
Mr Yu Shi PhD Candidate (Hybrid composites) Mechanical Engineering mep10ys@sheffield.ac.uk
Mr Richard Grainger PhD Candidate (Smart aerospace composites) Materials Science and Engineering richard.grainger@sheffield.ac.uk
Mr Mulyadi Mulyadi PhD Candidate (Impact of hybrid composites) Mechanical Engineering meq10mm@sheffield.ac.uk
Mr Ioannis Ioannou PhD Candidate (Recycled polymer composites) Mechanical Engineering mep10ii@sheffield.ac.uk
Mr Alon Ratner PhD Candidate (New generation of wire ropes) Mechanical Engineering mep10ar@sheffield.ac.uk
Mr Supachai Fakpiam PhD Candidate (Fatigue of Self-Healing composites) Materials Science and Engineering s.fakpiam@sheffield.ac.uk
Mr Diyar Kaka PhD Candidate () Mechanical Engineering d.o.kaka@sheffield.ac.uk
Mr Khaled Giasin PhD Candidate () Mechanical Engineering meq11kg@sheffield.ac.uk
Mr Nithiananthan Kuppusamy PhD Candidate (Digital Image Correlation) Mechanical Engineering n.kuppusamy@sheffield.ac.uk
Mr Teddy Mbwadzawo PhD Candidate () Mechanical Engineering t.mbwadzawo@sheffield.ac.uk
Mr Martin Frydrych PhD Candidate (Nanocomposite foams/scaffolds) Materials Science and Engineering m.frydrych@sheffield.ac.uk
Mr Richard Justin PhD Candidate (Nanocomposites for drug delivery) Materials Science and Engineering r.justin@sheffield.ac.uk
Mr Yongzhe Piao PhD Candidate (Nanocomposite hydrogels) Materials Science and Engineering y.piao@sheffield.ac.uk
Mr Xing Su PhD Candidate (Nanocomposites) Materials Science and Engineering mtq12xs@sheffield.ac.uk
Mr Carlos Favela-Gallegos PhD Candidate (Lifetime Prediction Modelling) Mechanical Engineering mep08caf@sheffield.ac.uk
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Recent PhD Graduates. Congratulations!

Name Department Project
Dr Jack Howarth Materials Science and Engineering Recycled Carbon Fibres
Dr Stephen Jones Mechanical Engineering Digital Image Correlation
Dr Sofia Pavlopoulou Mechanical Engineering Aerospace Structures
Dr Zurina Shamsudin Mechanical Engineering Glass ceramic fibre composites
Dr Galal Mohammed Mechanical Engineering Blast resistance of metal fibre laminates
Dr Akin Atas Mechanical Engineering Failure of bolted joints
Dr Abdul Rauf Materials Science and Engineering Optical self-sensing
Dr Aidah Jumahat Mechanical Engineering Nanocomposites
Dr Penshom Photjanataree Materials Science and Engineering Plasma polymerisation
Dr Mohd Suzeren Bin Md Jamil Materials Science and Engineering Self-monitoring composites
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Affiliated Academic Staff

Name Department Telephone Email
Prof Geoff Tomlinson Mechanical Engineering (0114) 222 7705 g.tomlinson@sheffield.ac.uk
Prof Rob Dwyer-Joyce Mechanical Engineering (0114) 222 7736 r.dwyer-joyce@sheffield.ac.uk
Prof Chris Wilson Mechanical Engineering (0114) 222 7832 c.w.wilson@sheffield.ac.uk
Dr Jem Rongong Mechanical Engineering (0114) 222 7845 j.a.rongong@sheffield.ac.uk
Dr Patrick Fairclough Chemistry (0114) 222 9411 p.fairclough@sheffield.ac.uk
Dr David Fletcher Mechanical Engineering (0114) 222 7760 d.i.fletcher@sheffield.ac.uk
Prof Russell Hand Materials Science and Engineering (0114) 222 5465 r.hand@sheffield.ac.uk
Dr Martin Jackson Materials Science and Engineering (0114) 222 5474 martin.jackson@sheffield.ac.uk
Dr Iain Todd Materials Science and Engineering (0114) 222 6011 i.todd@sheffield.ac.uk
Prof Keith Worden Mechanical Engineering (0114) 222 7890 k.worden@sheffield.ac.uk
Prof Nigel Clarke Physics and Astronomy (0114) 222 4273 n.clarke@sheffield.ac.uk
Prof Allan Matthews Materials Science and Engineering (0114) 222 5466 a.matthews@sheffield.ac.uk
Prof Harm Askes Civil and Structural Engineering (0114) 222 5769 h.askes@sheffield.ac.uk
Prof Luca Susmel Civil and Structural Engineering (0114) 222 5073 l.susmel@sheffield.ac.uk
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Visiting Researchers

Name Role Institution Email
Dr Tongfei Wu Visiting researcher Trinity College Dublin t.wu@sheffield.ac.uk
Prof David Porter Visiting professor University of Oxford
Wilfried Liebig 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 student INSA, Lyon, France adrien.thibault@insa-lyon.fr
Fourment, Mr M Visiting student ISMANS fourment@student.ismans.fr
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