The European Ceramic Society
Laboratory sheet

UK
QinetiQ
Ceramics and ceramic composites design, characterisation and processing for advanced applications and extreme environments
Director : Prof. Sajad Haq
Email : SHAQ@qinetiq.com
Phone : 07785 340648
Address : Cody Technology Park, Farnborough, GU14 0LX
Website : www.qinetiq.com
Research topics :
- Electromagnetic and Functional materials characterisation including low and high Temperature Characterisation
Contact information:
Contact name :Pete Hobson/ Shahid Hussain
Tel : 07384 879265
Email: PAHOBSON@qinetiq.com / SHUSSAIN1@qinetiq.com
- Extreme Environment and Functional Ceramics Design and Manufacture
Contact information:
Contact name :Charles Footer
Tel : 07384 879265
Email: CJFOOTER@qinetiq.com
- Ceramic Fibres and precursor manufacture
Contact information:
Contact name :Emma Newton/ Charles Footer
Tel : 07384 879265
Email: ENEWTON@qinetiq.com / CJFOOTER@qinwtiq.com
Exceptional facilities :
Fibre manufacturing Rig, Plasma nanoparticle synthesis facility (including R&D and Production Rigs), unique electromagnetic design and characterisation capabilities
Financial support programmes :
- European funding: Customer
- Regional fundings: Customer
- National fundings : Customer/ Government
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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