The University of Sheffield
Department of Mechanical Engineering

Professor Alma Hodzic

MEng (Dipl. Ing. in Aeronautics) Belgrade, PhD (ANU), CEng, FIMechE, FIMMM, MRAeS, FHEA

Dr A HodzicProfessor of Advanced Materials Technologies

Research Director of Advanced Manufacturing Institute

AMRC with Boeing
The University of Sheffield
Wallis Way
Catcliffe
Rotherham
S60 5TZ 

Telephone: +44(0)114 222 7720
Fax: +44(0)114 222 7890

email : a.hodzic@sheffield.ac.uk

Profile

Professor Alma Hodzic is Research Director of AMI, AMRC with Boeing at The University of of Sheffield. She is also a Director of Composite Systems Innovation Centre, an academic arm of Composites at Sheffield, a joint partnership with Composite Centre at AMRC with Boeing with over 55 academic staff and researchers dedicated to innovation in composite design and manufacturing.

Having obtained a 5-year degree in Aeronautical Engineering from Belgrade University (Dipl. Ing.), she was awarded two overseas postgraduate scholarships by the Australian Government and the Australian National University, where she obtained a PhD in Science of Engineering Materials with a several research awards including the Amelia Earhart Award from Zonta International. Following her first lectureship at ANU, she worked at RMIT University in Melbourne and James Cook University in Queensland before she joined The University of Sheffield in 2005.

She has since established a strong collaboration between Sheffield and Qatar Universities, and has attracted funding of around £2.1M through applied and novel composite technologies. Her research is funded by Technology Strategy Board, Knowledge Transfer Partnership, Qatar Science and Technology Park, Air Force Office of Scientific Research (EOARD), EPSRC, Network Rail, Omega T2 and through collaborations with over 20 companies.

She has contributed to over 100 science publications, of which more than 50 are refereed journals, been granted three successfully commercialised patents in Australia and UK, and has co-chaired the international conference on Deformation and Fracture of Composites in 2009 (Sheffield) and 2011 (Cambridge). She acts as reviewer on international research councils (UK, Australia, Canada, Cyprus) and editor/reviewer for 15 science journals.

Her group conducts internationally collaborative research projects in life cycle assessment of aerospace emissions, covering all aspects of engineering materials manufacturing and transport. Her innovative projects include bio-polymers and bio-composites, multifunctional technologies involving 2D and 3D printing, recycled polymers for structurally loaded structures, novel high-performance impact resistant composites and hybrids, and more.

Recent Publications