About

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

Professor Philippa Reed

PROFESSOR OF STRUCTURAL MATERIALS

Research interests

  • Fatigue processes in additively manufactured high performance alloys
  • High temperature oxidation and creep fatigue processes in nickel based turbine disc and blade…
  • Fatigue mitigation and prediction approaches in turbine blades

Accepting applications from PhD students

Connect with Philippa

Email: P.A.Reed@soton.ac.uk

Tel: +44 23 8059 3763

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Dr Richard Boardman PhD, MInstP

Principal Enterprise Fellow
Connect with Richard

Email: rpb@soton.ac.uk

Tel: +44 23 8059 7943

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The large structures testing laboratory

Large structures testing laboratory

This facility tests structures, components and materials at a range of scales across a wide range of application areas.
A student uses a piece of equipment in the testing and structures research lab

Testing and structures research laboratory

This regional and national centre for experimental mechanics research contains equipment capable of testing materials and structures across a range of scales.
Liudi Jiang
Professor-Materials & ElectroMech. Sys.
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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.