George Modica-Cliff won the Composites Integration Prize for his project on Use of a biomimicry model for the design of perforated composite plates.
19 May 2022
The undergraduate Stage 4 projects were showcased in Rolle Marquee. View the posters.
19 May 2022
Jahir Rizvi edited a special issue of Journal of Marine Science and Engineering (ISSN 2077-1312). View three papers.
11 March 2022
Nanting Yu has joined the team to undertake Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) for composites manufacturing processes.
01 February 2022
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
After graduating from the composites degree in 1999, then supporting the activities of ACMC and the composites laboratory, Richard has moved to take up new opportunities in the South East. Good luck!
January 2022
Devon Ward splits her time between studying for the BEng (Hons) Mechanical Engineering with Aerospace degree (Yeovil College with modules in Plymouth) and working for Leonardo Helicopters in Yeovil. She won the 2021 Engineering Apprentice Rising Star Award at the Make UK Awards. Congratulations!
17 January 2022
Badr Moutik has joined the team to undertake a Life Cycle Assessment of luxury yacht manufacture.
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 research group.
12 August 2021
In the IOM3 Materials World journal this month's highlight is "Net gains – the marine litter challenge. Researchers at the University of Plymouth on confronting the issue of marine debris"
12 July 2021
John Summerscales was interviewed and broadcast by BBC Spotlight for a feature item on abandoned fibre glass boats.
26 May 2021
The following three or three and a half year MPhil/PhD studentships with a materials flavour are available at the University of Plymouth with a start date of 01 October 2021:
17 March 2021
There will be an Employer Open Day to introduce this course at 1300 BST on Thursday 10 June 2021.
20 May 2021
The Mechanical, Marine and Materials Engineering undergraduate course students have a Project Virtual Showcase where the posters describing their work are displayed.
20 May 2021
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.
Find out more about the vacancy.
09 April 2021
Jasper Graham-Jones was interviewed by Sky News when the Ever Given container ship ran aground blocking the Suez canal.
25 March 2021
The University of Plymouth 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. View the contract finder notice.
08 February 2021
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
Maozhou Meng will be leading a special issue of the MDPI open access journal Micromachines entitled Recent Advances in Graphene-based Sensors. The deadline for manuscript submissions is 31 July 2021.
13 January 2021
