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Engineering Materials and Surface Engineering Group

Material held in hands.

We’re working to enable surface interactions to occur with minimal energy loss and impact on the environment through enhanced materials performance and improved designs.

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We will provide the next generation of technology in: 

  • microsystems 
  • biomedical engineering 
  • engineering 
  • engineering chemistry 
     

Our research areas stretch across many topics including: 

  • aerospace and automotive materials 
  • energy materials 
  • corrosion 
  • artificial hips 
  • Microsystems 
  • 3D printing 

 
Our current research areas include: 

  • functional materials 
  • future manufacturing & processing 
  • advanced characterisation of structural materials 
  • advanced prosthetics and orthotics 

People, projects and publications

People

Doctor Alex Marek

Research Fellow

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Doctor Ali Mosayyebi

Senior Research Fellow

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Email: a.mosayyebi@soton.ac.uk

Address: B7, East Highfield Campus, University Road, SO17 1BJ (View in Google Maps)

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Doctor Andrew Hamilton

Associate Professor

Accepting applications from PhD students

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Email: a.r.hamilton@soton.ac.uk

Address: B7, East Highfield Campus, University Road, SO17 1BJ (View in Google Maps)

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Doctor Dikai Guan BEng, MEng, PhD, FHEA, CEng, MIMMM

Associate Professor

Accepting applications from PhD students

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Email: dikai.guan@soton.ac.uk

Address: B7, East Highfield Campus, University Road, SO17 1BJ (View in Google Maps)

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Professor Fabrice Pierron

Professor of Materials

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Doctor Fernando Alvarez Borges

Research Fellow

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Email: f.j.alvarez-borges@soton.ac.uk

Address: B5, East Highfield Campus, University Road, SO17 1BJ (View in Google Maps)

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Professor Ian Sinclair

Professor of Engineering Materials

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Email: i.sinclair@soton.ac.uk

Address: B7, East Highfield Campus, University Road, SO17 1BJ (View in Google Maps)

Professor Janice Barton

Professor of Experimental Mechanics

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Email: janice@soton.ac.uk

Address: Boldrewood Campus, Burgess Road, SO16 7QF (View in Google Maps)

Doctor Jinghua Tang PhD

Research Fellow

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Email: jinghua.tang@soton.ac.uk

Address: B7, East Highfield Campus, University Road, SO17 1BJ (View in Google Maps)

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Professor Liudi Jiang BSc MSc PhD CEng CPhys FIET

Professor of Materials & Electromec Syst

Accepting applications from PhD students

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Email: l.jiang@soton.ac.uk

Address: B7, East Highfield Campus, University Road, SO17 1BJ (View in Google Maps)

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It’s important for research to have a broad view, for me the excitement comes from engineering advanced materials, devices and intelligent systems for new sciences and technologies which address unmet application needs.
Professor Liudi Jiang
Professor of Materials & Electromec Syst
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