Projects
Projects: Projects for Investigator |
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| Reference Number | EP/L015102/1 | |
| Title | EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training in Composites Manufacture | |
| Status | Completed | |
| Energy Categories | Renewable Energy Sources(Wind Energy) 15%; Not Energy Related 85%; |
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| Research Types | Training 100% | |
| Science and Technology Fields | PHYSICAL SCIENCES AND MATHEMATICS (Metallurgy and Materials) 50%; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY (Mechanical, Aeronautical and Manufacturing Engineering) 50%; |
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| UKERC Cross Cutting Characterisation | Not Cross-cutting 100% | |
| Principal Investigator |
Prof J (Janice ) Barton No email address given Faculty of Engineering and the Environment University of Southampton |
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| Award Type | Standard | |
| Funding Source | EPSRC | |
| Start Date | 01 April 2014 | |
| End Date | 31 March 2023 | |
| Duration | 108 months | |
| Total Grant Value | £3,765,484 | |
| Industrial Sectors | Aerospace; Defence and Marine; Manufacturing | |
| Region | South East | |
| Programme | Manufacturing : Manufacturing, NC : Engineering | |
| Investigators | Principal Investigator | Prof J (Janice ) Barton , Faculty of Engineering and the Environment, University of Southampton (99.999%) |
| Other Investigator | Dr P Schubel , Mechanical, Materials and Manufacturing Engineering, University of Nottingham (0.001%) |
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| Objectives | ||
| Abstract | The theme area is manufacturing of engineering composites structures, specifically those which comprise continuous high performance fibres held together with a polymeric matrix. The relevant industry areas include aerospace, automotive, marine, wind energy and construction.The proposal demonstrates continuing and growing need in the UK polymer composites manufacturing sector for suitably technically qualified individuals, able to make positive and rapid impact on its international manufacturing competitiveness.Extension of a newly created Industrial Doctorate Centre in Composites Manufacture fills an existing gap in provision of industrially focussed higher level education in the UK, in the specialist discipline of polymer composites manufacturing. It has its centre of gravity in Bristol, with the rapidly expanding National Composites Centre (NCC) the natural home-base for the cohorts of composites manufacturing Research Engineers embedded in the composites manufacturing industry. This new hub of applied research activity focussed at TRL 3-5 is different from but highly complementary to the outputs of composites manufacturing PhD students within the EPSRC Centre for Innovative Manufacturing in Composites (CIMComp), working on more fundamental research topics in composites manufacture at TRL 1-3. Achieving a clearer definition of the industrial composites manufacturing challenges and of new knowledge base requirements will provide direction for the industrially relevant accompanying fundamental research. The EPSRC Centre for Innovative Manufacturing in Composites has established and maintains close management overview of this IDC , as well as fostering links with related CDTs within the wider High Value Manufacturing Catapult, initially specifically the AMRC Composites Centre IDC in Machining Science. Over time such connections will establish a critical mass of industrially focussed manufacturing research activity in the UK, raising the national and international status of the EngD brand in the composites industry, in academia and in professional institutions by targeted dissemination through CIMComp in conjunction with the NC | |
| Publications | (none) |
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| Final Report | (none) |
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| Added to Database | 01/05/14 | |
