The European Ceramic Society

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UK

CASC

Research and education focussed on processing and properties of ceramics for structural applications

Director : Prof Eduardo Saiz

Email : e.saiz@imperial.ac.uk

Phone : +44 (0)20 7594 6779

Address : Imperial College London South Kensington Campus London SW7 2AZ UK

Website : https://www.imperial.ac.uk/structural-ceramics/

Research topics :

  • Processing and properties of bio-inspired materials

Contact : Dr Florian Bouville

f.bouville@imperial.ac.uk, +44 (0)20 7594 8547

  • Novel in-situ mechanical testing

Contact : Dr Finn Giuliani,

f.giuliani@imperial.ac.uk, +44 (0)20 7594 1249

  • How interfaces control microstructures and properties of ceramics

Contact : Dr Katharina Marquardt,

k.marquardt@imperial.ac.uk, +44 (0)20 7594 9534

  • Processing of ceramics and ceramic-based composites

Contact : Prof Eduardo Saiz, e.saiz@imperial.ac.uk, +44 (0)20 7594 6779

  • Ceramics for harsh environments

Contact : Prof Luc Vandeperre, l.vandeperre@imperial.ac.uk, +44 (0)20 7594 6766

Exceptional facilities :

  • Powder characterisation (size, composition, morphology)
  • Glovebox for non-oxide powder storage and work
  • Range of 3D printers, CNC mill for green machining
  • Suspension characterisation
  • FCT graphite hot press and sinter furnace to 2400 °C
  • Tungsten vacuum furnace to 2400 °C
  • Dilatometry to 2000 °C, laserflash to 2000 °C and TGA to 2000 °C
  • Mechanical testing (compression, bending) to 2000 °C
  • Elastic modulus by impulse excitation of vibration to 1700 °C
  • Range of rigs for mechanical testing in microscopes (SEM & TEM)

Financial support programmes :

Funding from European Commission, Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC-UKRI), Aerospace Technology Institute programme, Defence Science and Technology Laboratory, Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency and a range of companies from start-ups to multinationals.

Latest news

2025 ECerS International Ceramist Student Exchange Program – 3rd call!

In the frame of the 2025 ECerS International Student exchange program, ECerS is opening a first call to allow grants to European Students to attend the 2025 International Symposium on Green Processing for Advanced Ceramics (IGPAC 2025), organised by the Ceramic Society of Japan, from 5th to 9th October 2025 in Ise-Shima/Mie, Japan.

Jul 22, 2025
Next Deadline to apply to the JECS Trust for Mobility projects is 31st August 2025!

Please note that the decisions of the JECS Trust board will not be known before end of October 2025. Activities submitted for the deadline of 31st August 2025 for support from the JECS Trust should then not begin before November 2025.

Jul 22, 2025

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