The European Ceramic Society
Laboratory sheet

UK
NCC
Design, manufacture and characterisation of full-scale ceramic matrix composites (CMCs)
Director : Dr Andrea D'Angio’
Email : Andrea.D’Angio@nccuk.com
Phone : +44 1172443973
Address : National Composites Centre, Bristol and Bath Science Park, Emersons Green, Bristol BS16 7FS
Website : https://www.nccuk.com/
Research topics :
- Design, manufacture, functional performance investigation and verification of full-scale ox/ox components.
Contact information:
Contact name: Dr Virtudes Rubio; Dr Andrea D'Angio’
Tel: 0117 4568 303
Email: Virtudes.Rubio@nccuk.com; Andrea.D’Angio@nccuk.com
- Design and manufacture of SiC-SiC based CMCs
Contact information:
Contact name: Dr Andrea D'Angio’
Tel: +44 1172443973
Email: Andrea.D’Angio@nccuk.com
Exceptional facilities :
- Clean room for prepreg layup
- Large autoclave for curing (up to 10 m)
- Concept design, modelling and simulation tools for composite materials
- Access to a wide network of SME’s, academic partners and Tier 1 organisations of the aerospace and energy sectors
Financial support programmes :
- European funding: European Regional Development Fund
- Regional funding: West of England Combined Authority
- National funding: High Value Manufacturing Catapult Network, Innovate UK, Aerospace Technology Institute (ATI), Advanced Propulsion Centre (APC)
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.
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.
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