The European Ceramic Society
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UK
Birmingham - Advanced Ceramics Research
Director : Prof Jon Binner
Email : j.binner@bham.ac.uk
Phone : +44-(0)121 4145180
Address : School of Metallurgy & Materials University of Birmingham Edgbaston Birmingham, B15 2TT UK
Research topics :
- Processing and properties of advanced ceramics and ceramic matrix composites
Contact: Prof Jon Binner, j.binner@bham.ac.uk, +44 (0)121 414 5180
- Processing of structural and functional materials and products
Contact: Prof Stuart Blackburn (School of Chemical Engineering), s.blackburn@bham.ac.uk, +44 (0)121 414 3446
- Novel battery technologies and proof of concept device manufacturing.
Contact: Prof Emma Kendrick, e.kendrick@bham.ac.uk, +44 (0)121 414 6730
Exceptional facilities :
- Powder characterisation (composition, size, morphology)
- Suspension characterisation (rheology, zeta potential)
- Glovebox for non-oxide powder storage and work
- Wide range of ceramic green forming equipment, including 3D printing
- Range of furnaces, including controlled atmosphere
- Microwave- and RF-heated chemical vapour infiltration furnaces
- Hot isostatic press
- Optical and a very wide range of electron microscopes, including SEM, FEGSEM, TEM, FEGTEM, STEM, etc, EDS and WDS, EELS, etc.
- XRD, including a hot stage, and X-ray micro computer tomography
- Purpose-built oxyacetylene torch testing facility
- Grinding and polishing machines
Financial support programmes :
Funding from the European Commission, Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC-UKRI), Aerospace Technology Institute (ATI) programme, Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (DSTL), US Air Force Office of Scientific Research (AFOSR), US Army Research Office and a range of companies from start-ups to multinationals.
Any other relevant information :
Short description:
Research and education focused on the processing and properties of advanced ceramics and ceramics matrix composites for a very wide range of industries, including aerospace, communications, defence, energy generation, health and materials manufacture amongst many others.
Last news
New YCN Special Issue on Open Ceramics - Young Ceramists leading the Future
The special issue will accept hitherto unpublished original results submitted both in the form of full-length scientific papers and short communications, but also review papers on the topics in the list.
Results of the 1st Bioceramics Student Speech Contest
The ECerS Bioceramics Network is delighted to announce the winners of the 1st Bioceramics Student Speech Contest, which took place online from 17 to 18 April 2024!
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