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Loughborough University – Advanced Ceramics Research Group
Director : Prof. Bala Vaidhyanathan
Email : b.vaidhyanathan@lboro.ac.uk
Phone : +44-(0)1509 223152
Address : Department of Materials Loughborough University Loughborough, LE11 3TU, UK
Website : https://www.lboro.ac.uk/departments/materials/staff/bala-vaidhyanathan/
Research topics :
- Advanced Ceramics, Field Assisted Processing and Additive Manufacturing
Contact: Prof Bala Vaidhyanathan; b.vaidhyanathan@lboro.ac.uk ; +44-(0)1509 223152
- Carbon/Ceramic Composites, Nuclear Materials, Armour Ceramics & Testing
Contact: Dr Houzheng Wu; h.wu2@lboro.ac.uk ; +44-(0)1509 223342
- Materials Chemistry and Nanomaterials
Contact: Dr. Xujin Bao; x.bao@lboro.ac.uk ; +44-(0)1509 223150
- Functional Ceramics and Energy Materials & Devices
Contact: Dr Sina Saremi Yarahmadi; s.saremi@lboro.ac.uk ; +44-(0)1509 223189
- Energy Materials, Non-equilibrium Processing, Ferroelectrics
Contact: Dr Hongtao Zhang; h.zhang3@lboro.ac.uk ; +44-(0)1509 223541
- Modelling of Glass and Ceramics; Biomedical Materials
Contact: Dr Jamieson Christie; j.k.christie@lboro.ac.uk ; +44-(0)1509 223153
Exceptional facilities :
- State-of-the-art ceramic characterisation tools at all length scales: FEGSEM, TEM, SEM with both heating and bias, FEGTEM, STEM, EDX and WDX, IR, Raman, HT-XRD etc.
- Microwave, Hybrid, Flash and Cold Sintering furnaces for oxides and non-oxides
- 3D printing of Ceramics with SLA/DLP/Jetting/Robocasting
- BET Surface area, Malvern Particle analyser, Rheometers, Impact & Gas gun Testing
- Glovebox for Battery fabrication, Impedance Spectroscopy, Battery stack testing
- High frequency Dielectric Measurements up to 50 GHz
- Iso-Pressing, Freeze Drier, Spray Drier, Tape/Slip/Slurry casting & Spin coating
Financial support programmes :
Funding from the EPSRC, Innovate UK, Advanced Propulsion Centre, MoD/DSTL, MBDA, Royal Society and various Industries from UK, USA, Ireland, Europe, and India.
Any other relevant information :
Creating the necessary scientific understanding and to provide innovative, interdisciplinary engineering solutions using better, simpler, and environmentally friendlier processing routes for advanced materials and devices with special emphasis on functional ceramics and digital manufacturing.
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Electroceramics XX - 12th to 15th October 2026 - Novi Sad, Serbia
The Electroceramics XX conference will be held at the University of Novi Sad, Serbia from 12th to 15th October 2026 ! It will be organized by the University of Novi Sad (Faculty of Technology and Institute BioSense), the European Ceramic Society and the Serbian Society for Ceramic Materials.
ECerS Refractory Network Webinar - 9th March - 14:00 PM CET
The ECerS Refractory Network proudly presents its 2nd Webinar organized in connection with the International Women's Day (8th March) :
"Across Borders, Beyond Barriers: Women in the Ceramic Sector"
ECerS Refractory Network & Women@Refractories
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