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MAST Research Seminar

Simon Weait will lead a research seminar on the creation of a ceramic thermal barrier coating onto an additive-manufactured polymer for firefighting drones. The presentation will be in Reynolds F2 at 15:00鈥16:00 BST on Wednesday 9 July 2025. All welcome.
13 June 2025
 

Sand workshop

On Friday 13 June 2025 at 12:00鈥14:00 in Fitzroy 005, Sheila Puffer and Adel Zadeh (Northeastern University, Boston, USA and Toronto, Canada) presented a GLoSSCM Research Workshop in collaboration with their 草霉视频 partners. The topic was research directions for the sustainability of construction industry supply chains in the face of the international shortage of sand. A light lunch was provided.
13 June 2025
 

Ultrasound C-scan

The University of Warwick Centre for Polymers and Composites kindly donated a Physical Acoustics Limited UltraPAC Mistra system tablet UT C-scan non-destructive testing system to the Composites Laboratory.
10 April 2025
 

Highest resolution 3D printing in life sciences

The Centre for Health Technology hosted Alexander Legant from Nanoscribe today to present the Quantum X bio printer: highest resolution 3D printing in life sciences.
10 April 2025
 

Congratulations

Feiyu Shi defended his doctoral thesis, Mesoscale Modelling for Investigating Effective Properties and Collective Performance of Geopolymer Concrete, and will be awarded the degree subject to submission of the required corrections.
7 April 2025
 

Sustainability vs. end-of-life composite boats

MAST Research Group in collaboration with AQASS Limited have published open access in Regional Studies in Marine Science.
31 January 2025
 

Alistair Cree retirement

Alistair Cree has retired as Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering (Education). He will continue as a part-time Associate Lecturer.
31 January 2025
 

Welcome

Luke Branca joined the team as Senior Technician (Composites).
6 January 2025
 

Goodbye

Jasper Graham-Jones left the university today.
31 December 2024
 

Welcome

Xin Jia, a research degree candidate at Nanjing Tech University, will be a visiting PhD student in the MAST Research Group from today for two years with supervision by Shanshan Cheng. His research is on the influence of corrosive iron on weathering steel corrosion behaviour and mechanical property degradation.
1 December 2024
 

Beyond the Beach

Boksun Kim and the Sand project team organised Beyond the Beach: Uncovering the Global Sand Crisis, which was held in 草霉视频 Stonehouse Lecture Theatre on Wednesday 23 October 2024, 13:00鈥16:00 (with a hybrid seminar at 14:00鈥15:00). The event was part of the ESRC Festival of Social Science 2024.
22 October 2024
 

Dr Adam Kyte defends doctoral thesis

Our colleague Adam Kyte, Lecturer in Mechanical & Marine Engineering Design (Engineering), today defended his doctoral thesis in a viva voce examination. The thesis is entitled "Numerical modelling and analysis of blood flow through compliant, size-mismatched arterial anastomoses in reconstructive surgery". The outcome was essentially Award as Submitted (no corrections). Congratulations to Dr Kyte.
11 October 2024
 

Welcoming a research degree candidate

Henrique Comba Gomes has joined MAST as a EPSRC doctoral training partnership research degree candidate. He will study the development of NetZero carbonated recycled aggregates and recycled aggregate concrete with Boksun Kim as Director of Studies.
01 October 2024
 

Harvesting tacit knowledge

John Summerscales has published a paper on . The early pages of the review should be useful in broader contexts.
01 October 2024
 

Senior Technician (Composites)

This role is currently open for applicants with a deadline of 13 October 2024.
(enter 鈥渃omposites鈥 in the Job title search box).
26 September 2024
 

First KTP Scope 3 assessment

The MAST Research Group and the Business School have a Knowledge Transfer Partnership with SWMAS Limited to develop a Scope 3 accounting tool for small- and medium-sized enterprises. The has been undertaken with the SWMAS client TCi (GB) Limited.
25 September 2024
 

Record numbers on Stage 4 鈥渨ith composites鈥 degree pathway

S4 currently indicates there will be 42 students on the MATS347 Composites Design and Manufacture module this coming Semester.
18 September 2024
 

Special issue of JMSE

Jahir Rizvi is the Editor for a Special Issue of devoted to . The deadline for manuscript submissions is 01 January 2025.
18 September 2024
 

Indraneel Chowdhury moves to Denmark

Indraneel leaves us today to take up a post with .
31 August 2024
 

Ocean Discovery Yachts

A blue water luxury yachting icon is reborn. We look forward to developing a deeper collaboration with now located in 草霉视频.
03 July 2024
 

Saving sand to save the planet

Boksun Kim co-hosted the in Boston (USA) during 19鈥21 June 2024 with Professor Sheila Puffer (Northeastern University) funded by the Academy of Medical Sciences. Boksun presented a case study on UK sand production and usage and related issues and future outlook. Dr Minchul Sohn (PBS Lecturer in Operations and Supply Chain Management) and Jonathan Moizer (PBS Associate Professor (Senior Lecturer) in Business Operations & Strategy led a breakout session to discuss stakeholder engagement with the global sand crisis.
21 June 2024
 

Sian Morgan and the Three Minute Thesis competition

took second place in the Three Minute Thesis (3MT) competition with a presentation entitled Guardian of grins: dual antibacterial and biocompatible properties of nano-silver hydroxyapatite coatings on dental implants. The recording can be (regret only if you have UoP login credentials)
12 June 2024
 

Evolution of structural design of concrete framed buildings for net zero in the UK

Professor Costas Georgopoulos (Kingston University London) will present a seminar on 鈥楨volution of structural design of concrete framed buildings for net zero in the UK鈥 on Thursday 2 May 2024 at 14:00鈥15:30 in Babbage 410. The meeting is hosted by Dr Shanshan Cheng . All welcome.
This event has now passed.
02 May 2024
 

Richard Pemberton moves to consultancy

Richard leaves us today to join in Falmouth as Principal Naval Architect.
30 April 2024
 

Plenary Lecture invitation

John Summerscales, Professor of Composites Engineering, has been invited to present a Plenary Talk in the Recyclable Green Composites international session at the 5th China International Congress on Composite Materials (CCCM-5) to be held in 脺r眉mqi (Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region) 鈥 Peoples Republic of China during 25-28 July 2024. John is the only European to have attended all four previous conferences having presented keynotes or plenary talks at Beijing 2013, Zhenjiang 2015, Hangzhou 2017 and Zhuhai 2019.
11 April 2024
 

Success at the SAMPE Student Seminar Competition

The Society for the Advancement of Materials and Process Engineering (SAMPE) United Kingdom and Ireland Chapter (UKIC) held the Annual Student Seminar at the University of West of England on Wednesday 10 April 2024. Badr Moutik (Princess Yachts sponsored research degree student) presented 鈥淟ife Cycle Assessment Lessons from Composite Product Manufacturing: A Case Study of Large-Scale Yacht Manufacture鈥. Badr was one of the two winners who now have an expenses-paid trip to the SAMPE Europe conference (Belfast, September 2024) where they will compete in the European heat with an expenses-paid trip to a SAMPE USA conference as the prize.
10 April 2024
 

Congratulations to Hilal

Hilal Al-Busaidi has successfully defended his PhD thesis on novel solar cell technology.
02 March 2024
 

UKIERI grant success

Boksun Kim and Long-Yuan Li have been awarded a UK-India Education and Research Initiative grant for a project on Inspiring the researchers of tomorrow in sustainable concrete construction. The project aims to inspire young researchers to take the lead in the field of sustainable concrete construction. Ten 草霉视频 (UoP) Civil Engineering students will visit the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Indore for four weeks to conduct research on concrete utilising recycled aggregates. Ten IIT Indore students will visit UoP in autumn 2024. All 20 students will present their research at a conference in 草霉视频 on Wednesday 06 November 2024.
02 March 2024
 

An origami-adapted wave energy converter

Maozhou Meng has been awarded 拢50k funding by EPSRC SuperGen and Wave Energy Scotland from a one-year 拢120k project led by University of Oxford.
01 March 2024
 

Recycling in the construction sector

There will be a workshop on Design Guidelines of Tailor-made Recycled Aggregate Concrete on Friday 1 March 2024 at 09:00鈥15:30 on campus and online via Teams.
This event has now passed.
23 February 2024
 

Fractal dimension: correlate performance to images

John Summerscales presented a MAST seminar on the above topic.
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31 January 2024
 

Xinyu Wang escaped

Dr Xinyu Wang leaves today to take up a post at in Blyth after over two years as the FlexWave Research Fellow in Flexible Materials.
11 January 2024
 

Welcome

Today we were joined by Saheed Yusuf (research degree candidate) to study coupled fluid-structure interaction of large floating concrete modular systems and Muhammad Anas Maqbool (research degree candidate) to study the Structural Performance Analysis of a green ammonia and hydrogen floating energy storage subjected to non-linear loads.
02 January 2024
 

New PhD student

Muhammad Anas Maqbool will undertake the 鈥渟tructural performance analysis of a floating green energy storage subjected to non-linear loads鈥. The project is funded by DTSP ORE and supervised by Jahir Rizvi, Yeaw Chu Lee and Pablo Borja Rosales.
01 January 2024
 

Great Western Supercluster of Hydrogen Impact for Future Technologies (GW-SHIFT)

Yeaw Chu Lee has been awarded 拢2.6M from the EPSRC as part of their Place Based Impact Acceleration Account awards (PBIAA). Researchers from across the GW4 Alliance of Bath, Bristol, Cardiff and Exeter universities alongside Swansea, South Wales, and 草霉视频 will work with 25 civic and industry partners, contributing over 拢1.5M in additional funds and in-kind support, to maximise the enormous potential of the South West of England and South Wales hydrogen ecosystem.
01 January 2024
 

Welcome

Sarah Probert at Strode College starts her part-time research degree registration today. The topic is technical education attainment and achievement best practice: exploring possibilities of 16+ education approaches, culture, and motivations in lifelong learning.
01 January 2024
 

News archive

2023 news

IOM3 Leslie Holliday Prize
John Summerscales was presented with the 2023 Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining (IOM3) Leslie Holliday Prize at an Awards Lunch in IOM3 HQ London today.
07 December 2023

Autoclave
The 1990 Aeroform autoclave, newly refurbished by Roaches, was installed in the Composites Laboratory in Babbage Building
05 December 2023

Babbage Building: where engineering meets design
The general teaching spaces, social spaces and caf茅 opened today. Take a look at what's inside the Babbage Building.
Specialist facilities and laboratories are still coming on stream.
20 November 2023

Horizon Europe MSCA Staff Exchange
Shanshan Cheng has been awarded 鈧92k MSCA funding for LITEFLOATCON: Light-weight high performance concrete for modular floating structures.
The 鈧612k project is led by Aarhus University in Denmark to work with eight other partners on the coupled fluid-structure interaction modelling of large concrete modular systems under various marine conditions. The project will start from 1 January 2024 for four years.
13 October 2023

Welcome
Today we were joined by:
  • Kourosh Halat (Knowledge Transfer Partnership Associate with SWMAS Limited) to develop a Scope 3 assessment tool.
  • Zhenyi Yan (Faculty-funded research degree candidate) to study polymer-modified concrete in the marine environment.
02 October 2023

Doctoral graduates
The SECaM Graduation and Awards Ceremony yesterday recorded five doctoral graduates associated with the MAST research group over the past academic year:
  • James Michael Butler:
  • Jie Ji:
  • Lixuan Mao:
  • Benjamin O'Driscoll:
  • Nirvan Razaghi-Kashani:
19 September 2023

Cement and concrete research seminar
We have visiting speakers from Brunel University London, and University of Lagos (Nigeria), on Wednesday 20 September between 15:00鈥17:00.
11 September 2023

International Conference on Composite Materials (ICCM23) in Belfast
John Summerscales presented in the Liquid Composite Moulding session on Tuesday morning.
Badr Moutik presented in the Life Cycle Assessment for Composite Materials session on Wednesday around midday.
02 August 2023

Paul Arnold RIP
We were shocked to learn that Paul (a mature research degree candidate, and Associate Lecturer and Demonstrator) sadly passed away.
30 July 2023

Titan submersible tragedy
Dr Jasper Graham-Jones , Associate Professor in Mechanical and Marine Engineering, was interviewed about the tragic loss of the vessel by BBC World News (21 June 2023), (23 June 2023), (26 June 2023) in addition to multiple radio interviews for BBC Wales, BBC Scotland, and BBC English regional services. Further comments are online at , , and .
28 June 2023

Academic receives prestigious accolade in recognition of engineering expertise
Professor John Summerscales has been declared the 2023 winner of the Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining Leslie Holliday Prize.
14 June 2023

SWMAS KTP career opportunity
Further to the earlier announcement of the KTP project with SWMAS, the job advert is now live:
(This position has now closed).
26 May 2023

New Knowledge Transfer Partnership
Professor John Summerscales (SECaM/Knowledge Base Lead) and Dr Stephen Childe (草霉视频 Business School/Knowledge Base Supervisor) have received funding for a Knowledge Transfer Partnership with SWMAS Limited (formerly South West Manufacturing Advisory Service). The project aims to move regional manufacturing companies closer to achieving national 2050 Net Zero targets by developing a Scope 3 assessment tool, and to prepare the company for more complete life cycle assessments (LCA). The total project is costed at 拢187k with grant funding from UKRI/Innovate UK at 拢126k. An advertisement for a post-graduate KTP Associate will be released soon.
27 April 2023

Royal Society Research Grants Scheme
Dr Shanshan Cheng has been awarded 拢60.5k for a project to study the fatigue failure mechanics of carbon-fibre textile reinforced concrete in the marine environment. 拢50k will be used to purchase a high-speed 3D digital image correlation (DIC) system to enhance our research capacity on material fracture mechanics.
31 March 2023

Composites Manufacturing Autoclave
The composites manufacturing autoclave has been transported from Brunel 007 to Roaches at their Birstall facility for refurbishment. The renewed pressure vessel will return as key equipment for the Babbage Building in time for Academic Year 2023鈥24.
30 March 2023

Royal Society International Exchange Scheme with National Natural Science Foundation of China
Dr Maozhou Meng has been awarded 拢11,800 for a two-year study of the aging of high-voltage power cables.
24 March 2023

Congratulations!

Mr Qi Ye successfully defended his PhD thesis, Structural analysis and design of semi-submersible platform for floating offshore wind turbines, today.
Congratulations to Qi, and to Dr Shanshan Cheng , Dr Boksun Kim , Dr Keri Collins and Professor Gregorio Iglesias Rodriguez as supervisors.
27 February 2023

Colin Southcombe RIP
Our former colleague sadly passed away.
20 February 2023

The School of Engineering, Computing and Mathematics (SECaM) PhD studentships (October 2023 start)
The closing date for applications is 12 noon on 10 March 2023. (Applications are now closed).
MAST research group projects are:
鈥 Developing fire resistant concrete using graphene oxide
鈥 Graphene-based sensors in structural health monitoring for ORE devices
鈥 Fatigue Failure Mechanics of Polymer-modified Concrete in the Marine Environment
09 February 2023

Multiplexing Confocal Microscope
Dr Shakil Awan has been awarded a Strategic Equipment Grant of 拢553k by the Medical Research Council in collaboration with Dr Torsten Bossing and Dr Claudia Barros in the Peninsula Medical School. The two-year project will purchase, install and test a new Multiplexing Confocal Microscope to enable research across the life sciences and advance work on graphene biosensors. Key features of the instrument are high resolution, fluorescence and multiplex imaging capabilities.
08 February 2023

Invited Speaker
Professor John Summerscales will be an Invited Speaker at the at Funchal (Madeira 鈥 Portugal) in June 2023. The presentation is an overview of the InterReg 2 Seas Mers Zee毛n SeaBioComp project with the title 鈥淒evelopment and demonstrators of durable biobased composites for a marine environment.鈥
31 January 2023

2022 news

Congratulations!
Dr Boksun Kim has been awarded 拢20,000 of RAEng Frontiers Seed Funding. She will be working with Miss Pippa Waller (UoP Careers Service) and researchers in Addis Ababa Science and Technology University/Ethiopia and in Makerere University/Uganda to mentor, train and inspire future women graduates in STEM in Africa.
19 December 2022

Animated video presenting results from the INdIGO project fishermen's survey
Today, World Fisheries Day, saw the release of the from the Interreg Channel|Manche INdIGO project sharing results from the fishermen's survey. The video is .
21 November 2022

Congratulations!
James Butler successfully defended his PhD thesis, Development of a novel antibacterial resin-based silver nanocoating to reduce nosocomial infections, today.
Congratulations to James, and to Alexander Besinis , Alistair Cree and Mat Upton as supervisors.
26 October 2022

Congratulations!
George Modica-Cliff, Stage 5 MEng (honours) Mechanical Engineering with Composites, has been awarded one of 鈥12 scholarships to students studying STEM subjects at UK universities and colleges during the academic year 2022/23鈥 by .
21 October 2022

Welcome
The MAST Research Group welcomes two new research degree candidates:
  • Carol Primmer 鈥 Developing high performance, durable graphene oxide concrete for structural applications in the coastal environment 鈥 supervised by Boksun Kim.
  • Chun Yin Choi 鈥 Investigation of the release and behaviour of plastic nanofibers to air and the marine environment 鈥 supervised by Alex Besinis.
Further, Ruadan Geraghty has moved from the Marine-i project to join the InterReg SeaBioComp project.
03 October 2022

Congratulations!
Indraneel Chowdhury (Senior Technician 鈥 Composites) submitted a doctoral thesis, Experimental and numerical analysis of mechanical properties and failure mechanisms of a non-crimp basalt fibre reinforced epoxy composite, to the University of Limerick. After due consideration, the examination team have recommended that he be 鈥渁warded a PhD鈥.
26 September 2022

Congratulations!
Rupert Lorraine (BSc (Hons) Marine Sports Technology, then KTP Associate with Kingfisher Boats in Falmouth) has been promoted to Director of the 草霉视频 Arts Institute .
23 September 2022

2022 graduates
At the 2022 graduation ceremony, six MEng (honours), nine BEng (honours), and one ordinary degree were awarded to graduates from the Mechanical Engineering with Composites course. A further four students from Yeovil College (Leonardo Helicopters apprentices) graduated from the BEng (honours) Mechanical Engineering with Aerospace (Level 6 Top-Up) course having studied the same Stage 4 composites modules.
21 September 2022

Guest editor
John Summerscales, and Conch煤r 脫 Br谩daigh at University of Edinburgh, have guest edited an issue of the journal dedicated to papers presented at the International Conference on Manufacturing of Advanced Composites held online in 2021.
20 September 2022

New facility
The INdIGO project has taken delivery of a for reprocessing Abandoned, Lost and Discarded Fishing Gear (ALDFG) into filaments for Additive Manufacture.
15 September 2022

Congratulations!
Nirvan Razaghi-Kashani successfully defended his PhD thesis, An analysis of the Iranian post-earthquake management and structural assessment system, today. Congratulations to Nirvan, and to Andrew Fox, Dave Easterbrook and Boksun Kim as supervisors.
12 September 2022

New equipment
The INdiGO project has invested in two different Near InfraRed (NIR) spectroscopy devices to identify plastic fishing gear in 鈥渢he field鈥: and . This technology will benefit e.g. beach clean groups. The data gathered on NIR efficacy and limitations will be of broader interest in the context of recycling.
02 September 2022

New limited duration Open Access paper

Our most recent paper, FEA Modelling and Environmental Assessment of a Thin-walled Composite Drive Shaft, is now published in Thin-Walled Structures. It is available with no sign up, registration or fees required until Saturday 20 September 2022 via the Elsevier Share Link: .
02 August 2022

Congratulations
The annual round of promotions includes the following changes for MAST Research Group staff:
  • Shakil Ahmed Awan: Associate Professor in Electronics and Nanotechnology
  • Alexandros Besinis: Associate Professor in Mechanical Engineering
21 July 2022

SeaBioComp researcher
Lloyd Vance, MEng composites student, has joined the team for a summer internship to manufacture demonstrator components by ISP-MIFT for the SeaBioComp project
01 July 2022

Composites Technician
Indraneel Chowdhury has joined the team as Senior Technician in the composites laboratory.
20 June 2022

Composites Integration Prize
George Modica-Cliff won the Composites Integration Prize for his project on .
19 May 2022

Mechanical, Marine and Materials Engineering Virtual Showcase
The undergraduate Stage 4 projects were showcased in Rolle Marquee. .
19 May 2022

Frontiers in Ship and Offshore Structures
Jahir Rizvi edited a special issue of Journal of Marine Science and Engineering (ISSN 2077-1312). .
11 March 2022

SeaBioComp post-doctoral research fellow
Nanting Yu has joined the team to undertake Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) for composites manufacturing processes.
01 February 2022

Unfortunate departure
Yang Qin (SeaBioComp post-doctoral research fellow) returned to China when UKBA failed to process his visa renewal within their own service targets!
31 January 2022

Richard Cullen escaped
After graduating from the composites degree in 1999, then supporting the activities of ACMC and the composites laboratory, has moved to take up new opportunities in the South East. Good luck!
January 2022

Rising Star Award
Devon Ward splits her time between studying for the BEng (Hons) Mechanical Engineering with Aerospace degree (Yeovil College with modules in 草霉视频) and working for Leonardo Helicopters in Yeovil. She won the at the Make UK Awards. Congratulations!
17 January 2022

Princess Yachts sponsored PhD student
Badr Moutik has joined the team to undertake a Life Cycle Assessment of luxury yacht manufacture.
04 January 2022

2021 news

Flexwave Project
Dr Xinyu Wang has joined the MAST research group as a Research Fellow in the context of the EPSRC Flexwave Project. He will explore whether rubber, composites and polymers can be effective in harnessing wave power. Krishnendu Puzhukkil will be the Hydrodynamics PDRA supporting the project in the COAST Engineering Research Group .
12 August 2021

Net gains 鈥 the marine litter challenge
In the IOM3 Materials World journal is ". Researchers at the 草霉视频 on confronting the issue of marine debris"

12 July 2021

Abandoned boats
John Summerscales was interviewed and broadcast by BBC Spotlight for a feature item on abandoned fibre glass boats.

26 May 2021

Postgraduate research studentships
The following three or three and a half year MPhil/PhD studentships with a materials flavour are available at the 草霉视频 with a start date of 01 October 2021:
  • 3D printed graphene sensors in structural health monitoring for composite turbine blades.
  • Motions and loads on dynamic export cables for floating Offshore Renewable Energy farms using physical and numerical modelling.
  • Coupled nonlinear analysis of a flexible fabric wave energy converter.
  • Developing computational tool of safer decommissioning plan for ships and offshore structures through condition assessment.
17 March 2021

Manufacturing Engineer Degree Apprenticeship
There will be an to introduce this course at 1300 BST on Thursday 10 June 2021.

20 May 2021

Undergraduate project showcase
The Mechanical, Marine and Materials Engineering undergraduate course students have a where the posters describing their work are displayed.

20 May 2021

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Net gains 鈥 the marine litter challenge
In the IOM3 Materials World journal is ". Researchers at the 草霉视频 on confronting the issue of marine debris"

12 July 2021

Abandoned boats
John Summerscales was interviewed and broadcast by BBC Spotlight for a feature item on abandoned fibre glass boats.

26 May 2021

Postgraduate research studentships

The following three or three and a half year MPhil/PhD studentships with a materials flavour are available at the 草霉视频 with a start date of 01 October 2021:
  • 3D printed graphene sensors in structural health monitoring for composite turbine blades.
  • Motions and loads on dynamic export cables for floating Offshore Renewable Energy farms using physical and numerical modelling.
  • Coupled nonlinear analysis of a flexible fabric wave energy converter.
  • Developing computational tool of safer decommissioning plan for ships and offshore structures through condition assessment.
17 March 2021

Manufacturing Engineer Degree Apprenticeship
There will be an to introduce this course at 1300 BST on Thursday 10 June 2021.

20 May 2021

Undergraduate project showcase
The Mechanical, Marine and Materials Engineering undergraduate course students have a where the posters describing their work are displayed.

20 May 2021

Postdoctoral Research Fellow vacancy
MAST research group are seeking a person to work on research related to marine environmental effects on fatigue of nylon fibre reinforced rubber composites for wave energy devices in support of the EPSRC-funded Flexible Responsive Systems in Wave Energy (FlexWave) project. The FlexWave project will test the research hypothesis that the use of Flexible Responsive Systems in Wave Energy will lead to a step change reduction in cost and provide a pathway to cost competitive, scalable wave energy converters. The deadline for applications is 31 May 2021.

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09 April 2021

Expert on Sky News
Jasper Graham-Jones was interviewed by when the Ever Given container ship ran aground blocking the Suez canal.

25 March 2021

Thermal Analysis suite
The 草霉视频 will be looking to acquire a Thermal Analysis suite to service teaching and research in materials characterisation (ceramics, metals, polymers and composites), food science and chemistry. .

08 February 2021

Webinar series on Recycled Aggregates in Concrete
Boksun Kim, RAEng Frontiers Champion, will be hosting ten webinars on Recycled Aggregates in Concrete this year. Registration links will be added to the page as they become available.
14 January 2021

Special issue editor
Maozhou Meng will be leading a special issue of the MDPI open access journal Micromachines entitled . The deadline for manuscript submissions is 31 July 2021.

13 January 2021
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