Academic staff

Research including functional ceramics for capacitors, thermoelectrics and batteries.

Alloy design, physical metallurgy and manufacturing of high temperature structural alloys.

Research covering grain boundaries, glass, cement radionuclide interactions, and the sociology of nuclear waste final disposal.

Thermosetting polymers and polymer composites

Research Interests in Nanomedicine and Drug Delivery.

Research on novel alloys, especially in less well-explored systems

Soft tissue engineering for both clinical use and as novel 3D in vitro models for improved laboratory studies. Also the use and development of non-invasive imaging techniques within tissue engineering

Expertise in primary cell biology and three-dimension cell biology.

Semi-solid processing of alloys and composites, NDT, Welding technologies, teaching & learning research, engineering education, modern research environment, transferable skills, and employability.

Development and application of industrial by-products and natural minerals for waste management, from nuclear industry to exhaust flue gas for CO2 capture

Increasing our understanding of biomolecular interactions through high resolution atomic force microscopy.

Research in the study of structure/microstructure property relations in electroceramics.

Expert in microbial biotechnology, natural biomaterials and their biomedical applications.

Specialist in the interactions between living systems and materials.

Research covering polymer physics, in particular the polymer crystallisation process, and self-assembly.

Leading expert in the geological disposal of radioactive wastes.