The European Ceramic Society

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Centre for Engineering Materials

Understanding and engineering the Property-Processing-Microstructure interrelationships to optimize material and system behavior

Director : Professor Robert Dorey

Email : r.dorey@surrey.ac.uk

Phone : +44 (0)1483 689608

Address : Centre for Engineering Materials Department of Mechanical Engineering Sciences, Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences, University of Surrey Guildford Surrey GU2 7XH UK

Website : https://www.surrey.ac.uk/centre-engineering-materials

Research topics :

  • Sustainable Printing Applied Research Knowledge hub (SPARKhub): Sustainable synthesis, printing, additive manufacture and processing of ceramics, films and micro-scale structures and devices.
    Contact:        

Professor Robert Dorey

Tel : +44 (0)1483 689608

Email: r.dorey@surrey.ac.uk

  • Functional ceramics: Piezoelectric, thermoelectric, ferroelectric and thermoelectric ceramics for energy harvesting, sensing and storage.
    Contact:        

Professor Robert Dorey

Tel : +44 (0)1483 689608

Email: r.dorey@surrey.ac.uk

  • Mechanics of ceramics: Localised fracture in ceramics and ceramic matrix composites resulting from indentation, impact, wear and/or thermal shock. Metal - ceramic interactions.
    Contact:        

Professor Julie Yeaomans

Tel : +44 (0)1483 689613

Email: j.yeomans@surrey.ac.uk 

  • Thin film coating: Single layer, multilayer and nanocomposite inorganic thin films and coatings for wear/corrosion resistance or functional applications.
    Contact:        

Dr Mark Baker

Tel : +44 (0)1483 686294

Email: m.baker@surrey.ac.uk 

  • Natural and engineered biomaterials: Micromechanics of human dental tissues and advanced bioceramic composites.
    Contact:        

Dr Tan Sui

Tel : +44 (0)1483 689670

Email: t.sui@surrey.ac.uk

  • Metal-ceramic interfaces: Electron microscopy studies of interfaces and microstructures, in particular electron diffraction in both TEM and SEM (EBSD).
    Contact:   

Dr Mark Whiting

Tel : +44 (0)1483 689611

Email: m.whiting@surrey.ac.uk

  • Hydrogen energy and solid oxide fuel cells: Nano ceramic composites for hydrogen production, solid oxide fuel cells / electrolysers (SOFCs/SOECs), and green synthesis of energy materials.
    Contact:        

Dr Bahman Amini Horri

Tel : +44 (0)1483 689846

Email: b.aminihorri@surrey.ac.uk 

  • Granular ceramic materials: Modelling of flow of complex granular materials
    Contact:        

Professor Charley Wu

Tel : +44 (0)1483 683506

Email: c.y.wu@surrey.ac.uk

  • Chemical energy conversion and storage: Multiscale materials modelling to understand the fundamental mechanisms, design and optimise materials for energy conversion and storage.
    Contact:        

Dr Qiong Cai

Tel : +44 (0)1483 686561

Email: q.cai@surrey.ac.uk

Catalysis: Oxide and composite catalysts and green catalytic processes with potential impact on the hydrogen economy and the next generation of biofuels.
Contact:         Dr Tomas Ramirez Reina

Tel : +44 (0)1483 686597

Email: t.ramirezreina@surrey.ac.uk

Exceptional facilities :

  • Powder characterisation (size, composition, morphology)
  • Ink formulation, blending and rheological characterisation
  • Spray deposition and 2D & 3D printers
  • Inert atmosphere and fast fire furnaces
  • Cold sintering film processing
  • Laser and thermal flash films sintering
  • High temperature Dilatometry and TGA
  • Mechanical testing (compression, bending) – nano, micro and macro scale
  • Contact and non-contact surface profilometry
  • Plasma Source Focussed Ion Beam milling
  • XPS, Auger, ToF-SIMS surface and near-surface analysis
  • High temperature catalysis & SOFC test beds
  • Surface area and porosity characterisation

Financial support programmes :

Funding from the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC-UKRI), Natural Environment Research Councilcouncil (NERC-UKRI), InnovateUK, European Commission, Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (DSTL), Commercial partners

Last news

May 16, 2024
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.

May 6, 2024
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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