The European Ceramic Society
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Centre for Engineering Materials
Understanding and engineering the Property-Processing-Microstructure interrelationships to optimize material and system behavior
Director : Professor Robert Dorey
Email : r.dorey@surrey.ac.uk
Phone : +44 (0)1483 689608
Address : Centre for Engineering Materials Department of Mechanical Engineering Sciences, Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences, University of Surrey Guildford Surrey GU2 7XH UK
Website : https://www.surrey.ac.uk/centre-engineering-materials
Research topics :
- Sustainable Printing Applied Research Knowledge hub (SPARKhub): Sustainable synthesis, printing, additive manufacture and processing of ceramics, films and micro-scale structures and devices.
Contact:
Professor Robert Dorey
Tel : +44 (0)1483 689608
Email: r.dorey@surrey.ac.uk
- Functional ceramics: Piezoelectric, thermoelectric, ferroelectric and thermoelectric ceramics for energy harvesting, sensing and storage.
Contact:
Professor Robert Dorey
Tel : +44 (0)1483 689608
Email: r.dorey@surrey.ac.uk
- Mechanics of ceramics: Localised fracture in ceramics and ceramic matrix composites resulting from indentation, impact, wear and/or thermal shock. Metal - ceramic interactions.
Contact:
Professor Julie Yeaomans
Tel : +44 (0)1483 689613
Email: j.yeomans@surrey.ac.uk
- Thin film coating: Single layer, multilayer and nanocomposite inorganic thin films and coatings for wear/corrosion resistance or functional applications.
Contact:
Dr Mark Baker
Tel : +44 (0)1483 686294
Email: m.baker@surrey.ac.uk
- Natural and engineered biomaterials: Micromechanics of human dental tissues and advanced bioceramic composites.
Contact:
Dr Tan Sui
Tel : +44 (0)1483 689670
Email: t.sui@surrey.ac.uk
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Metal-ceramic interfaces: Electron microscopy studies of interfaces and microstructures, in particular electron diffraction in both TEM and SEM (EBSD).
Contact:
Dr Mark Whiting
Tel : +44 (0)1483 689611
Email: m.whiting@surrey.ac.uk
- Hydrogen energy and solid oxide fuel cells: Nano ceramic composites for hydrogen production, solid oxide fuel cells / electrolysers (SOFCs/SOECs), and green synthesis of energy materials.
Contact:
Dr Bahman Amini Horri
Tel : +44 (0)1483 689846
Email: b.aminihorri@surrey.ac.uk
- Granular ceramic materials: Modelling of flow of complex granular materials
Contact:
Professor Charley Wu
Tel : +44 (0)1483 683506
Email: c.y.wu@surrey.ac.uk
- Chemical energy conversion and storage: Multiscale materials modelling to understand the fundamental mechanisms, design and optimise materials for energy conversion and storage.
Contact:
Dr Qiong Cai
Tel : +44 (0)1483 686561
Email: q.cai@surrey.ac.uk
Catalysis: Oxide and composite catalysts and green catalytic processes with potential impact on the hydrogen economy and the next generation of biofuels.
Contact: Dr Tomas Ramirez Reina
Tel : +44 (0)1483 686597
Email: t.ramirezreina@surrey.ac.uk
Exceptional facilities :
- Powder characterisation (size, composition, morphology)
- Ink formulation, blending and rheological characterisation
- Spray deposition and 2D & 3D printers
- Inert atmosphere and fast fire furnaces
- Cold sintering film processing
- Laser and thermal flash films sintering
- High temperature Dilatometry and TGA
- Mechanical testing (compression, bending) – nano, micro and macro scale
- Contact and non-contact surface profilometry
- Plasma Source Focussed Ion Beam milling
- XPS, Auger, ToF-SIMS surface and near-surface analysis
- High temperature catalysis & SOFC test beds
- Surface area and porosity characterisation
Financial support programmes :
Funding from the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC-UKRI), Natural Environment Research Councilcouncil (NERC-UKRI), InnovateUK, European Commission, Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (DSTL), Commercial partners
Latest news
20 JECS Trust grants available to attend the CERAMIC AM SUMMIT!
The Ceramic AM Summit will be organised by DKG from 30th June to 2nd July 2025 at WISTA Eventcenter in Berlin, Germany.
Platinum Internship Programme at CGCRI!
As a part of the platinum jubilee celebration, CSIR-CGCRI is proud to announce the ‘PLATINUM Internship Award’ to invite young undergraduates to gain from the knowledge and experience of accomplished scientists by working at CSIR-CGCRI and to inspire them to pursue S&T as a career. This is meant to be a preparatory phase for young interns to imbibe the spirit of inquiry and learn the tools and techniques of research during their stay at CSIR-CGCRI.
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