The University of Sheffield
Composite Systems Innovation Centre

People

CSI Centre brings together people from Department of Mechanical Engineering, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Department of Civil and Structural Engineering, Department of Physics and Astronomy and the Advanced Manufacturing Reseach Centre (AMRC), at The University of Sheffield.

Each person's name links through to their personal profile where available.

Academic Staff

Name Role Department Telephone Email
Soutis, Professor C Professor of Aerospace Structures

Head of CSI Centre
Mechanical Engineering (0114) 222 7811 c.soutis@sheffield.ac.uk
Hodzic, Professor A Research Director of Advanced Manufacturing Institute, AMRC with Boeing

Director of CSI Centre
Mechanical Engineering (0114) 222 7720 a.hodzic@sheffield.ac.uk
Hayes, Dr S A Lecturer in Aerospace Engineering

Research Manager of CSI Centre
Materials Science and Engineering (0114) 222 5516 s.a.hayes@sheffield.ac.uk
Jones, Professor F R Emeritus Professor of Polymers and Composites Materials Science and Engineering (0114) 222 5477 f.r.jones@sheffield.ac.uk
Worden, Professor K Professor in Structural Dynamics Mechanical Engineering (0114) 222 7890 k.worden@sheffield.ac.uk
Clarke, Professor N Professor of Condensed Matter Theory Physics and Astronomy (0114) 222 4273 n.clarke@sheffield.ac.uk
Matthews, Professor A Professor of Surface Engineering Materials Science and Engineering (0114) 222 5466 a.matthews@sheffield.ac.uk
Askes, Professor H Professor of Computational Mechanics
Head of Department
Civil and Structural Engineering (0114) 222 5769 h.askes@sheffield.ac.uk
Susmel, Professor L Professor of Structural Dynamics Civil and Structural Engineering (0114) 222 5073 l.susmel@sheffield.ac.uk
Tomlinson, Dr R A Senior Lecturer in Experimental Mechanics Mechanical Engineering (0114) 222 7757 r.a.tomlinson@sheffield.ac.uk
Ghassemieh, Dr E Lecturer in Composites Mechanical Engineering (0114) 222 7868 e.ghassemieh@sheffield.ac.uk
Gitman, Dr I M Lecturer in Multi-Scale Modelling Mechanical Engineering (0114) 222 7728 i.gitman@sheffield.ac.uk
Smith, Dr P J Lecturer in Rapid Prototyping and Inkjet Printing
International Coordinator of CSI Centre
Mechanical Engineering (0114) 222 7738 patrick.smith@sheffield.ac.uk
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AMRC with Boeing Staff

Name Role Telephone Email
Ridgway, Prof K Professor of Design and Manufacture
Director of AMRC with Boeing (AMRC, NAMRC, TIC)
(0114) 222 7727 k.ridgway@sheffield.ac.uk
Scaife, Mr R AMRC Composite Centre Manager (0114) 222 6689 r.scaife@amrc.co.uk
Mee, Mr Kevin Composites Engineer at AMRC Composite Centre (0114) 222 6685 k.mee@amrc.co.uk
Sdao, Mr Conrad AMRC Factory Manager   c.sdao@sheffield.ac.uk
Lee, Dr Jon AMRC CC Research Fellow   J.H.Lee@sheffield.ac.uk
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Research staff

Name Role Telephone Email
Swait, Dr T J Postdoctoral Fellow
Aerospace Materials
CSI Centre R&D Coordinator
(0114) 222 5920 t.swait@sheffield.ac.uk
Foreman, Dr J Postdoctoral Fellow
Group Interaction Modelling of Polymer Properties
CSI Centre Group Coordinator
(0114) 222 7833 j.foreman@sheffield.ac.uk
Bailey, Dr P B S Project Manager, CPD Plc
Biodegradable Polymers
Visiting Research Fellow
(0114) 222 0158 p.bailey@sheffield.ac.uk
Rajendran, Mr S Research Assistant
Life Cycle Analysis
CSI Centre Financial Coordinator
(0114) 222 7833 s.rajendran@sheffield.ac.uk
Hugo, Ms A-M KTP Fellow
Recycled polymer blends
  a.hugo@sheffield.ac.uk
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Research Students

Name Role Telephone Email
Mohamed, Mr G F A PhD candidate
Blast resistance of metal fibre laminates
CSI Centre FEA Specialist
(0114) 222 7833 g.mohamed@sheffield.ac.uk
Atas, Mr A PhD Candidate
Failure of composite bolted joints
(0114) 222 7833 mep08aa@sheffield.ac.uk
Howarth, Mr J PhD candidate
Recycled carbon fibres
  mtp08jh@sheffield.ac.uk
Wilson, Mr P PhD Candidate
Self-healing composites
   
Fleet, Mr E PhD Candidate
Self-healing polymer composites
  e.fleet@sheffield.ac.uk
Ho, Mrs V T A PhD Candidate
Nanocomposites
  anvan.ho@sheffield.ac.uk
Lafferty, Mr A D PhD Candidate
Nanocomposites
  A.D.Lafferty@sheffield.ac.uk
Pavlopoulou, Ms S PhD Candidate
Aerospace structures
(0114) 222 7840 s.pavlopoulou@sheffield.ac.uk
Shi, Mr Y PhD Candidate
Hybrid composites
(0114) 222 7840 mep10ys@sheffield.ac.uk
Favela-Gallegos, Mr C A PhD Candidate
Lifetime prediction modelling
  mep08caf@sheffield.ac.uk
Bin Md Jamil, Mr M S PhD Candidate
Self-healing composites
  mtp07msb@sheffield.ac.uk
Lord, Mr C PhD Candidate
Debonded interfaces
  mep07cel@sheffield.ac.uk
Bin Hameed, Mr M T PhD Candidate
Self-monitoring composites
   
Grainger, Mr R PhD Candidate
Smart aerospace composites
  richard.grainger@sheffield.ac.uk
Shamsudin, Mrs Z PhD Candidate
Glass ceramic fibre composites
(0114) 222 7833 meq08zsz@sheffield.ac.uk
Mulyadi, Mr M PhD Candidate
Impact of hybrid composites
  meq10mm@sheffield.ac.uk
Ioannou, Mr I PhD Candidate
Recycled polymer composites
   
Ratner, Mr. A. PhD candidate
New generation of wire ropes
(0114) 222 7844 mep10ar@sheffield.ac.uk
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Recent PhD graduates.

Congratulations to our students recently awarded their PhD.
Name Role Telephone Email
Rauf, Dr. A PhD graduate, Optical self-sensing   a.rauf@nust.edu.pk
Jumahat, Dr A PhD graduate
Nanocomposites
(0114) 222 0155 aidah.jumahat@sheffield.ac.uk
Photjanataree, Dr P PhD graduate
Plasma polymerisation
   
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Technical Staff

Name Role Telephone Email
Jackson, Mr M Workshop technician   michael.jackson@sheffield.ac.uk
Staton, Mr P Laboratory Technician   philip.staton@sheffield.ac.uk
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Affiliated Academic Staff

Name Role Telephone Email
Tomlinson, Prof G R Director of Singapore Dainton-Boucher Institute (0114) 222 7705 g.tomlinson@sheffield.ac.uk
Dwyer-Joyce, Prof R Professor of Tribology
Leonardo Centre for Tribology
(0114) 222 7736 r.dwyer-joyce@sheffield.ac.uk
Wilson, Prof C W Professor in Aerospace Propulsions (0114) 222 7832 c.w.wilson@sheffield.ac.uk
Rongong, Dr J A Senior Lecturer in Structural Dynamics (0114) 222 7845 j.a.rongong@sheffield.ac.uk
Fairclough, Dr P Reader in Polymer Chemistry (0114) 222 9411 p.fairclough@sheffield.ac.uk
Fletcher, Dr D I Lecturer in Engineering Design and Materials (0114) 222 7760 d.i.fletcher@sheffield.ac.uk
Hand, Dr R Reader in Glasses Science and Engineering (0114) 222 5465 r.hand@sheffield.ac.uk
Jackson, Dr M Lecturer in Aerospace Materials (0114) 222 5474 martin.jackson@sheffield.ac.uk
Todd, Dr I Reader in Aerospace Alloys (0114) 222 6011 i.todd@sheffield.ac.uk
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Affiliated and visiting researchers

Name Role Institution Email
Liebig, Wilfried Visiting student Technische Universität Hamburg wilfried.liebig@tu-harburg.de
Giurgiutiu, Prof V. Visiting Professor University of South Carolina, USA victor@sc.edu
Sen, Dr. F. Visiting researcher Aksaray University, Turkey  
Caminero, Dr. M. A. Visiting researcher University of Castilla-La Mancha, Spain m.caminero@sheffield.ac.uk
Dursun, Dr. T. Visiting researcher Aselsan Inc., Turkey tdursun@mqeo.aselsan.com.tr
Helfen, Mr T. Visiting student IZFP Fraunhofer, Germany  
Carter, Mr P. Visiting student Virginia Tech., USA  
Santini, Mr. E Visiting student INSA, Lyon, France  
Thibault, Mr A Visiting research Student INSA, Lyon, France adrien.thibault@insa-lyon.fr
Fourment, Mr M Visiting student ISMANS fourment@student.ismans.fr
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