Some of the X-AT and CALM teamPeople
We have fantastic facilities here at Exeter Advanced Technologies within the University of Exeter, but what are great buildings without great people to fill them?
Management
Researchers
- Dr Chi-Chuan Kao - Associate Research Fellow
- Paul Brookbank - Postgraduate
- Will Newby - Associate Research Fellow
- Dr Baljinder Singh - Research Fellow
Support staff
We also work very closely with the Centre for Additive Layer Manufacturing (CALM) team.
Professor Ken Evans, Director
Ken is Head of the College of Engineering, Mathematics and Physical Sciences, and Director of Exeter Advanced Technologies.
His research interests are in materials, particularly the theoretical and experimental investigation of novel materials; their processing, fabrication, structure and properties; and finally in their engineering and industrial applications. The majority of this work has been on polymers and polymer composites and, most recently, biomaterials.
In particular he has been involved with the study and development of auxetic materials. These new materials exhibit a negative Poisson's ratio (i.e. they expand laterally when stretched). This unusual property has a fundamental influence on the mechanical properties of these materials, with many possible applications.
Professor Evans has had numerous technical papers published in scientific journals, including the Journal of Materials Science, the Journal of Strain Analysis, the Journal of Cellular Plastics and the Journal of Experimental Biology.
Dr Oana Ghita, Deputy Director
Oana was appointed as Manager of The Centre in 2006. Prior to this, she held the position of research fellow at Cranfield University Royal Military College of Science, in the Sensors and Composites Research Group. Whilst at Cranfield University, she was involved in different research areas: non-destructive monitoring of thermosets cure using spectroscopy techniques linked to autoclave, microwave, DSC, and the development of a simultaneous DSC-thermo mechanical analyses technique (DSC-TMA).
At Exeter, she has developed strong links with industry through several projects with funding in excess of £2m from different funding bodies (Technology Strategy Board -TSB, Great Western Research-GWR) and companies such as Astra-Zeneca, Kemdent Associated Dental Materials, Mettler-Toledo, Bruker Optics, Becton-Dickinson, Colormatrix, Menzolit, Mitras Automotive and Gurit. These collaborations secured funding for several researchers studying within Exeter University under her supervision. Her current interests are in novel dental materials, biomaterials, polymorphism in drugs, polymer processing, recycling of thermoset composites and novel, combined techniques for in-process materials characterisation.
