Engineering polymers
Mechanical properties
Polymer composites
Sensors
Aerospace
Engineering plastics
Transport
(Department of Materials Science and Engineering)
Research interests: Self-sensing and self-healing smart materials. Damage detection systems, cure monitoring systems and through-life monitoring of environmental and mechanical degradation. Nanomechanical testing, including nanoindentation for testing bulk polymers, thin polymer coatings and biological materials. Viscoelastic properties of very low modulus polymers ( < 100 MPa) at a range of temperatures and frequencies