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Advanced Materials Engineering

Advanced Materials Engineering (AME) focus is on structuring advanced polymeric and biomedical materials via processing, with associated modelling, for:

  • high added-value products and methodologies and therapies aimed primarily at health and wellbeing
  • resource efficient materials, enhancing the value of feedstocks

Located in the world-class 4000 square meters Polymer Interdisciplinary Research Centre at Bradford, AME builds on decades of Polymer IRC research and knowledge transfer strengths whilst utilising its leading edge facilities.  It is lead by Professor Phil Coates, FREng who is also the Director of the UK Polymer IRC UK network.

The AME Centre focuses extensive 'smart materials' expertise associated with the Polymer IRC and beyond, into the growth areas of medical and biomedical products and advanced materials for other high added value applications, and the developing area of sustainable materials. 

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Our team

Our team has access to over 30 experts within the University, including leading academics, highly skilled research engineers and technicians.

Meet the team

Professor Phil Coates

Director Centre for Advanced Materials Engineering Professor of Polymer Engineering

Phil Coates, Professor of Polymer Engineering at the University of Bradford.

My major research (around £50million total cash grants and contracts) is in-process measurements on polymers, real time computer control, analysis and computer modelling of polymer processing. I am Professor of Polymer Engineering at the University of Bradford, UK and Director of the internationally recognised Interdisciplinary Research Centre (IRC) in Polymer Science and Technology, with some 30 researchers. I have published extensively - over 300 papers, in scientific journals and international conferences, and have co-authored 9 books, and edited 11 books. I hold 12 patents. My research is internationally recognised, with many keynote addresses and worldwide collaborations (particularly Europe, N America, China, Australia and Japan), and I have developed the UK centre for in-process measurements. Main themes are: (i) analysis/modelling of polymer processing mechanics, involving experimental characterisations of the solid and fluid phase rheology of polymers, with novel rheo-optical, ultrasound techniques and in-process spectroscopy; (ii) processing machinery design and control of processing, especially in the fields of injection moulding, extrusion and reactive processing - encompassing determination of process dynamic responses to the deconvolution of machine and raw material variables for real time closed loop process control; (iii) computer modelling of solid and melt phase processing - used in process design and control (with a licensed polymer orientation process), and for insight into deformation and flow mechanisms - my computer modelling research centre adjoins the experimental laboratory. I have strategically linked all UK academics in cooperative research, as leader or board member: Director of the Polymer IRC, leader of EPSRC major collaborative programme on Enhanced Polymer Processing (£2.7m, 3 Universities and 10 companies), DTI In-process measurements programme (£.25m, 40 companies) and EPSRC Networks for Computer Modelling of Polymer Processing (11 UK Universities and 6 organisations) and (b) In Process Measurements which links 14 UK Universities and a range of organisations); Board member of EPSRC major collaborative programmes on Microscale flows (2.5m, 6 Universities and 6 companies), Faraday Plastics (£2.2m, 4 University groups and industry), and director of MeDe Innovation, the £5.7m EPSRC Centre of Innovative Manufacturing in Medical Devices, founded in 2013 across Leeds, Bradford, Newcastle, Nottingham and Sheffield Universities. I lead the EPSRC Science Bridges China programme (£1.8m, with ~10m levered funding in China).

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Contact

Email
[email protected]
Phone
+44 (0) 127423 4540
Phil Coates, Professor of Polymer Engineering at the University of Bradford.

Director Centre for Advanced Materials Engineering Professor of Polymer Engineering

Ms Xiaolei Wang

International Collaboration Manager

Ms Xiaolei Wang, International Collaboration Manager at the University of Bradford,

Qualifications: BEng Heilongjiang, MSc Bradford, MBA Bradford

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Contact

Email
[email protected]
Phone
+44 (0) 127423 4034
Ms Xiaolei Wang, International Collaboration Manager at the University of Bradford,

International Collaboration Manager

Dr Cristina Tuinea-Bobe
RKT Business Development Manager

Tel:     +44 (0)1274 23 3744
Mob:   +44 (0) 7511 064815

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