The European Ceramic Society

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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

12th March 2026 : International Day of Ceramics !

Today we celebrate the International Day of Ceramics
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Mar 10, 2026
2026 ECerS International Ceramist Student Exchange Program – 2nd call!

In the frame of the 2026 ECerS International Student exchange program, ECerS is opening a call to allow grants to European Students to attend 2 events organized by ABCERAM, the Brazilian Ceramic Society in 2026:

Mar 3, 2026

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