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• Aberdeen:
• Key staff
• Howard Chandler
• Igor Guz
• Maria Kashtalyan
• Marian Wiercigroch
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• Aberystwyth
• University of Wales Institute of non-Newtonian Fluid Mechanics
• Key staff
• David Binding
• Russell Davies
• Ken Walters FRS
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• Bangor
• BioComposites Centre
• Hosts of Sustainable Composites Network (SusCompNet)
• Key staff
• Rob Elias
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• Bath
• BRE Centre for Innovative Construction Materials
• Centre for Biomimetics & Natural Technologies
• Key staff
• Darryl Almond, Materials Research Centre
• Martin Ansell, Department of Mechanical Engineering
• Adrian Bowyer, Centre for Biomimetics & Natural Technologies
• Richard Butler, Department of Mechanical Engineering
• Antony Darby, Department of Architecture and Civil Engineering
• Tim Ibell, Department of Architecture and Civil Engineering
• Michele Meo, Department of Mechanical Engineering
• Julian Vincent, Centre for Biomimetics & Natural Technologies
• Peter Walker, Department of Architecture and Civil Engineering
• Courses
• Events (conferences, workshops, etc)
• Facilities
• Knowledge Transfer Partnerships
• Research and Development
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• Belfast - Queen's University
 
• Key Staff
• Stephen Gilbert, School of Civil Engineering
• Raymond Gilfillan, School of Architecture
• Peter Hornsby, Polymer Processing Research Centre (PPRC)
• Alison McMillan, Finite Element Modelling Group
• Gerard McNally, Polymer Processing Research Centre (PPRC)
• Raymond Murphy, Polymer Processing Research Centre (PPRC)
• Mark Price,
School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
• Pu Wang, Centre of Excellence for Integrated Aircraft Technology
• Research and Development
• Development of a structural composite using Irish-grown timber and fibre reinforcement
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• Birmingham
• School of Engineering - Metallurgy and Materials
• Key staff
• Paul Bowen
• Gerard Fernando
• Nigel Mills
• Artemis Stamboulis
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• Bolton
• Advanced Composites Group
• Hosts of Auxetic Materials Network
• Key staff
• Andy Alderson
• Kim Alderson
• Subhash Anand
• Brian Henderson
• Richard Horrocks
• Baljinder Kandola
• Peter Myler
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• Bournemouth
• Centre for Research into Ropes and Composites
• Key staff
• Mehran Koohgilani
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• Bradford
• Polymer Centre of Industrial Collaboration
• Key staff
• Phil Coates, Editor of Plastics, Rubber & Composites: Macromolecular Engineering
• J Sweeney
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• Bristol
• Advanced Composites Centre for Innovation and Science (ACCIS)
• Aerospace Composites Group
• Bristol Laboratory for Advanced Dynamics Engineering (BLADE)
• Key staff
• Robert Adams,  Department of Mechanical Engineering
• Ian Bond,  Department of Aerospace Engineering
• Ian Farrow,  Department of Aerospace Engineering
• Stephen Hallett,  Department of Aerospace Engineering
• Martyn Pavier,  Department of Mechanical Engineering
• Hua-Xin Peng,  Department of Aerospace Engineering
• Kevin Potter,  Department of Aerospace Engineering
• Chrystel Remillat,  Department of Aerospace Engineering
• Fabrizio Scarpa,  Department of Aerospace Engineering
• Richard Trask,  Department of Aerospace Engineering
• Paul Weaver,  Department of Aerospace Engineering
• Michael Wisnom,  BLADE  Editor-in-Chief of Composites A: Applied Science and Manufacturing
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• Brunel
• Wolfson Centre for Materials Processing
  • Key staff
  Micheal Bevis
  • Richard Bonser
  • Wenhui Song
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• Cambridge
• Engineering Design Centre
• Key staff
• Michael Ashby
• Peter Beaumont
• Bill Clyne
• Norman Fleck
• Antony Kelly
• Stephen Moratti
• Michael Sutcliffe, Department of Engineering
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• Cardiff
• Key staff
• Carol Featherston
• Karen Holford
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• Cranfield
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• Composites Centre
• School of Applied Sciences (SAS)
• Key staff
• Clive Bucknall
• Denis Cartié
• Phil Irving
• Andrew Mills
• Ivana Partridge
• Courses
• MSc Advanced Materials
• Continuing Professional Development
• Composite Materials for Motorsport 20-24 November 2006.
• Processing of Metals, Ceramics and their Composites 13-17 February 2006.
• Composites(2): mechanical performance, 16-20 January 2006.
• Composites(1): materials and processing, 31 October-4 November 2005.
• Polymer engineering, 17-21 October 2005.
• Events (conferences, workshops, etc)
• Conference: Advanced Lightweight Structures, SAMPE UK & Ireland Chapter, 23 February 2006
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• Cranfield - RMCS Shrivenham campus
• Sensors & Composites Research Group
• Key staff
• Rodney Badcock
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• Dublin - Trinity College
• Materials Ireland Polymer Research Centre
• Key Staff
• Werner Blau, Molecular Electronics and Nanotechnology
• Jonathan Coleman, Molecular Electronics and Nanotechnology
• David Taylor, Fatigue Group
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• Dublin - University College
 
• Key Staff
• David Browne
• Michael Gilchrist
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• Exeter
• Exeter Advanced Technologies (X-AT)
• Materials and Process Engineering Research Group (MPERG)
• Key staff
• Ken Evans, X-AT and MPERG
• Oana Ghita, School of Engineering, Computing and Mathematics
• Chris Smith, School of Engineering, Computing and Mathematics
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• Galway
• Composites Research Unit
• Key staff
• Conchúr O'Brádaigh
• Seán McNamara
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• Glasgow
• Department of Mechanical Engineering
• Key staff
• Matthew Cartmel
• Mike Cowling
• Phil Harrison
• Trevor Hodgkiess
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• Glyndwr
• Key staff
• Richard Day
• Tony Johnson
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• Herriot-Watt:
• Key staff
• George Stylios
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• Ireland (see Belfast - Queen's, Dublin - Trinity, Dublin - University College, Galway, Limerick and Ulster)

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• Lancaster
• Composite and Smart Structures Research Group
• Key staff
• Geoffrey Turvey
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• Leeds
• Key staff
• Alan Duckett, School of Physics and Astronomy
• Peter Hine, School of Physics and Astronomy
• Brian Rand, Institute for Materials Research
• Paul Williams, School of Process, Environmental and Materials Engineering
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• Leicester de Montfort
• Textiles Engineering and Materials (TEAM)
• Key staff
• Sergei Grishanov
• Jane Harwood
• Ray Harwood
• Dennis Waldron
• Research and Development
• STING (Defra LINK Sustainable Technologies Initiative project).
• TEXFLAX (EPSRC/Defra LINK Competitive Industrial Materials from Non-Food Crops Programme, started in January 2002).
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• Limerick
• Composites Research Centre
• Materials Ireland - Composites
• Key staff
• Martin Buggy
• Conor McCarthy
• Michael McCarthy
• Noel O'Dowd
• Walter Stanley
• Trevor Young
• Facilities
• Research and Development
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• Liverpool
• Department of Engineering
• Key staff
• Wesley Cantwell
• Zhongwei Guan
• Bob Mines
• Yu Yuan Zhao
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• London - East London
  • Key staff
  • Hossein Saidpour
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• London - Imperial College
• The Composites Centre
• Key staff
  • Emile Greenhalgh
  • John Hodgkinson
  • Joseph Meggyesi, Structures/Composites Experimental Officer
  • Tayo Nong, Administrative Assistant
  • Paul Robinson
• Affiliated academic staff by surname (by department)
• Ferri Aliabadi  Colin Atkinson
• Alexander Bismarck  Bamber Blackman  Aldo Boccaccini  Brian Briscoe
• Peter Cawley  Maria Charalambides  Rodney Coleman
• Richard Dashwood  Glyn Davies  John Dear  David Dye
• Ahmed Elghazouli
• Brian Falzon (now visiting Professor at Imperial and Chair of Aerospace Engineering at Monash University )
• Ugo Galvanetto  Felicity Guild
• Larry Hench  Julia Higgins  Dennis Hitchings
• Lorenzo Iannucci
• Tony Kinloch
• Chris Lawrence  Peter Lee  Patrick Leevers  Luke Louca  Mike Lowe
• Emma Minay
• John Newman
• Robin Olsson
• Joaquim Peiro
• Rees Rawlings  Mary Ryan
• Milo Shaffer  Spencer Sherwin
• Ambrose Taylor
• Gordon Williams  Daryl Williams  Jim Williamson
• Sophia Yaliraki
• Courses
• MSc Composite Materials
• Short Courses
• Analysis of composite laminates
• Finite element analysis of composite structures
• Introduction to fibre-reinforced polymer composites
• Non-destructive evaluation of composite materials
• Events (conferences, workshops, etc)
• Seminars and workshops
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• London University Queen Mary
• Centre for Materials Research
• Key staff
• Ton Peijs
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• London - South Bank
  • Key staff
  • Mahmood Datoo
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• Loughborough
• Department of Materials (formerly Institute of Polymer Technology and Materials Engineering)
• Key staff
• Marianne Gilbert
• John Harper
• Barry Haworth
• Leno Mascia
• Gang Zhou
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• Manchester
• National Composite Certification and Evaluation Facility
• Northwest Composites Centre
• School of Materials
• Key staff
• David Bond
• Richard Day
• Brian Derby
• Steve Eichhorn
• Paul Hogg
• Jim Methven, Manufacturing and Laser Processing Group
• Paul Mummery
• Prasad Potluri
• Mohammed Sheikh, Manufacturing and Laser Processing Group
• Phil Withers
• Robert Young
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• Napier
• Centre for Timber Engineering
• Key staff
• Callum Hill
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• Newcastle-upon-Tyne
• NewRail (rail research)
• Key staff
• Joe Carruthers, NewRail
• Geoff Gibson, School of Mechanical and Systems Engineering
• Research and Development: Composites and Mechanics of Solids
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• Nottingham
• Polymer Composites Group
• The Spencer Institute
• Key staff
• Richard Brooks
• Mike Clifford
• Mike Johnson
• Arthur Jones
• Andrew Long
• Steve Pickering
• Chris Rudd
• Nick Warrior
• Courses
• Events (conferences, workshops, etc)
• 8th International Conference on Textile Composites (TEXCOMP-8), 16 – 18 October 2006.
• Research and Development
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• Nottingham Trent University
  School of Biomedical and Natural Sciences
• Key staff
• Fengge Gao
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• Oxford
• Faraday Advance (Faraday Partnership in Automotive and Aerospace Materials)
• Oxford Centre for Advanced Materials and Composites (OCAMAC) - disbanded in 2008
• Key staff
  • Patrick Grant,  Director of Faraday Advance
  • Keyna O'Reilly
  • Richard Todd
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• Oxford Brookes University
• Key staff
• Allan Hutchinson
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• Open University
  • Department of Materials Engineering
  • Structural Integrity Group
  • Key staff
  • Salih Gungor
  • Peter Lewis
  • Jim Moffatt
  • Bill Plumbridge
  • Courses
  • Distance learning at the OU
  • T838 Design & Manufacture with Polymers
  • T881 Manufacture Materials Design
  • Facilities
  • Research and Development
  • Properties of steel-based metal matrix composite (David Bacon)
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• Plymouth
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• Advanced Composites Manufacturing Centre (ACMC)
• Rheology and Fluid Dynamics (RAFD)
• School of Earth, Ocean and Environmental Sciences (SEOES)
• Key staff
• Stephen Grove, ACMC
• Wayne Hall, ACMC
• Phil James, RAFD
• Ross Pomeroy, SEOES
• Miggy Singh, ACMC
• John Summerscales, ACMC
• Courses
• BEng (honours) Mechanical Engineering with Composites
• BSc (honours) Marine and Composites Technology
• Short Courses, Seminars and Workshops
• Events (conferences, workshops, etc)
• Conference on Composites for Renewable Energy, 28-30 June 2006.
• Workshop on Life Cycle Assessment for Composites, 7 April 2005.
• ACMC/SAMPE Conference on Marine Composites, 11-12 September 2003. ISBN 1-870918-02-9 and Composites A, 2005 v36 n8.
• 4th International Conference on Flow Processes in Composite Materials, 12-14 July 1999. ISBN 1-870918-01-0 and Composites A, 2000, v31 n12.
• Facilities
• Knowledge Transfer Partnerships (current)
• Project 6608: Composites Integration Limited (2007-2009)
• Knowledge Transfer Partnerships/Teaching Company Schemes (completed)
• Project 6262: Zoeftig + Co Limited (2007-2009)
• Project 0182: Kingfisher (2004-2006) Composite developments for the boatbuilding industry
• Project 4274: Dowty Aerospace Propellers (2003-2005)
• Project 4198: Plastech (3rd, 2003-2005) RTM equipment, controls and materials
• Project 3720: Vortok International (2001-2003)
• Project 3067: Plastech (2nd, 2001-2002)
• Project 3116: Pump International (2000-2002)
• Project 3067: GKN Aerospace Services (2000-2003) Low cost composites manufacture for aerospace
• Project 2577: Pow Plastics (1998-2000)
• Project 2405: Spinnaker (1995-1997)
• Project 1507: Halyard Marine & Industrial Limited (1994-1996)
• Project 1486: Pendennis (1995-1999)
• Project: Plastech (1993-1994)
• Research and Development
• Manufacture of large wind turbine blades for Vestas Blades UK Limited, Isle of Wight
• Novel speed of sound sensor for Valeport, Totnes
• Property-process-fibre distribution relationships in fibre-reinforced composites (EPSRC grant GR/K04699, 1994-1997)
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• Portsmouth
• Key staff
• Hom Nath Dhakal
• Mel Richardson MBE
• David Wiltshire
• Zhongyi Zhang
• Facilities
• Research and Development
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• Reading
• School of Construction Management and Engineering
• Key staff
• George Jeronimides
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• Scotland (see Aberdeen, Glasgow and Strathclyde)

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• Sheffield
• Advanced Composites Structures Group (ACSG)
• Polymer Centre
• Key staff
• Simon Hayes
• Alma Hodzic
• Frank Jones
• Costas Soutis
• Geof Tomlinson
• Jem Rongong
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• Sheffield Hallam
• Advanced Composites and Coatings Research Centre
• Key staff
• Chris Breen
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• Southampton
• Advanced Polymeric Composites for Structural Applications in Construction (CoSACNet)
• Lightweight and Composite Structures Research Group (LCSRG)
• Key staff
• Janice Barton
• James Blake
• Steve Boyd
• Stuart Moy
• Ajit Shenoi
• Ian Sinclair
• Mark Spearing
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• Strathclyde
• Key staff
• Bill Banks, Department of Mechanical Engineering  Editor of Journal of Materials: Design and Applications
• Richard Pethrick, Department of Pure and Applied Chemistry
• Jim Thomason
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• Surrey
• Centre for Engineering Materials and Structures (CEMS)
• Key staff
• Marios Chryssanthopoulos
• Len Hollaway
• Tina Lekakou
• Stephen Ogin
• Paul Smith
• Courses
• MSc Advanced Materials Technology
• MSc Materials for Engineering Applications
• Short courses
• Composite materials technology (FS1), 12 -16 June 2006.
• Nanomaterials (AMT11), 24 - 28 April 2006.
• Adhesive bonding technology (MEA4), 3 - 7 April 2006.
• Characterisation of advanced materials (AMT6), 28 November - 2 December 2005.
• Introduction to composite materials science (AMT5), 7 - 11 November 2005.
• Numerical modelling in materials engineering (MEA9), 20 - 24 June 2005.
• Ceramics and ceramic matrix composites (AMT3)
• Managing materials cyclec (MEA5)
• Polymers for advanced applications (AMT4)
• Science of adhesion (FS4)
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• Swansea
• Interdisciplinary Research Centre in Computer Aided Materials Engineering
• Polymers and Composites Centre
• Materials Research Centre
• Key staff
• Cris Arnold
• David Isaac
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• Ulster
• Engineering Composites Research Centre (ECRC)
• School of Electrical and Mechanical Engineering
• Key staff
• Alistair McIlhagger (Jordanstown)
• Margaret Morgan (Jordanstown)
• Justin Quinn (Jordanstown)
• Julie Soden (Belfast)
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• Uxbridge (see Brunel)
• Wales (see Aberystwyth, Bangor, Cardiff and Swansea)

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• Warwick
• International Automotive Research Centre (IARC)
• Warwick Manufacturing Group (WMG)
• Hosts of Vegetable Oil Polymers network (VOPnet)
• Key staff
• Andrew Clark, Chemistry
• Kerry Kirwan, Warwick Manufacturing Group
• Toby Mottram, Civil and Mechanical Engineering Division
• Gordon Smith, Warwick Manufacturing Group
• Research and Development
• Innovations and Applications in the Usage of Miscanthus Grass
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• Wolverhampton
• School of Engineering and the Built Environment
• Key Staff
• Bob Sarsby
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