Supervisors & Areas of Research
Our Director— I am very proud to be leading the IDC and following in the footsteps of Professor Ivana Partridge. Our cohort of Research Engineers is highly diverse, attracting many females, mature students and other under-represented groups in engineering that would not have considered doctoral studies. The IDC is clearly a means of establishing resilience and diversity in UK industry, underpinned by its practical, flexible approach to industrially driven doctoral education. It is inspiring to be part of a community that aims to train the composite engineers of tomorrow, with the aspirations to be future business leaders and entrepreneurs supporting the UK Composites Sector.
| Supervisors | Photo | Areas of research | Video link |
| Professor Janice Barton, Director of the Industrial Doctorate Centre in Composites Manufacture |  | Imaging; Non destructive evaluation; Structural mechanics; Metrology; Materials; | |
| Dr Jonathan Belnoue |  | Process Simulation; Digital Manufacturing; Machine learning; | |
| Dr Neha Chandarana |  | Energy applications; Imaging; Materials; Non destructive evaluation; Smart and multifunctional materials; Sustainability; | |
| Professor Steve Eichhorn |  | Fibre and resin development; Materials; Nano engineering; Sustainability; | |
| Dr Bassam El Said, Vice- Chancellor’s Fellow |  | Aerospace; Digital design and manufacture; Design; Materials; Non-linear mechanics/dynamics; Simulation; Structural mechanics; Data-Driven Modelling; | |
| Dr Rainer Groh |  | Adaptive structures; Aerospace; Non-linear mechanics/dynamics; Simulation; Smart and multifunctional materials; Structural mechanics; | |
| Professor Ian Hamerton, NCC Chair in Polymers and Sustainable Composites |  | Aerospace, Energy applications, fibre and resin development, materials, material discovery, nanoengineering, simulation, smart and multifunctional materials, sustainability. | |
| Dr Dmitry Ivanov |  | Simulation; Manufacturing; Digital design and manufacture; Smart and multifunctional materials; | |
| Dr Byung Chul (Eric) Kim |  | Aerospace ;Design; Digital design and manufacture; Manufacturing; Metrology; Automated composites manufacturing; | |
| Dr Benjamin King Sutton Woods |  | Adaptive structures; Aerospace; Design; Manufacturing; Smart and multifunctional materials; Structural mechanics; | |
| Dr James Kratz |  | Manufacturing; Aerospace; In-process monitoring; Metrology; | |
| Dr Terence Macquart |  | Design; Aerospace; Energy applications; Non-linear mechanics/dynamics; Structural mechanics; Wind Energy; | |
| Professor Aydin Nassehi |  | Digital design and manufacture; Manufacturing; Simulation; | |
| Professor Alberto Pirrera |  | Adaptive structures; Aerospace; Structural mechanics; Non-linear mechanics/dynamics; Design; Energy applications; Simulation; Smart and multifunctional materials; | |
| Professor Fabrizio Scarpa |  | Adaptive structures; Materials; Non-linear mechanics/dynamics; Smart and multifunctional materials; Sustainability; Nano engineering; | |
| Dr Mark Schenk |  | Adaptive structures; Non-linear mechanics/dynamics; Structural mechanics; Smart and multifunctional materials; | |
| Dr Adam Thompson |  | Aerospace; Design; Digital design and manufacture; Manufacturing; Materials ;Simulation; Structural mechanics; | |
| Dr Ole Thomsen |  | Design, analysis; manufacturing; testing of lightweight composite structures across application and industry sectors; | |
| Dr Eleni Toumpanaki |  | Design; Infrastructure; Sustainability; Materials; | |
| Professor Richard Trask |  | Adaptive structures; Design; Materials; Material discovery; Smart and multifunctional materials; Sustainability; | |
| Professor Michael Wisnom |  | Structural mechanics; Simulation; Non-linear mechanics/dynamics; Materials; Aerospace; Design; |