PhD students
PhD students
Neptun Yousefi
Routes to Manufacture Nano Composites and Hierarchical Composites
Supervisors: Prof A Bismarck & Prof M Shaffer
Sponsors: Innovate UK/MAST, University of Vienna
Kathrin (Momo) Weiland
Upcycling of agricultural residue
Supervisors: Prof A Bismarck & Dr A Mautner
Sponsor: University of Vienna
Emina Muratspahic
tba
Supervisor: Prof A Bismarck
Sponsor: University of Vienna
Johanna Eichelter
Renewable High-Strength Polymer Tapes
Supervisors: Prof A Bismarck & Prof H Wilhelm (TGM)
Sponsor: FFG
Gokul Ganesh Murali
Supervisors: Prof P Robinson & Prof A Bismarck
Sponsor: EU ITN HyFiSyn
Hugo de Luca
Ductile Hierarchical Composites
Supervisors: Prof M S P Shaffer & Prof A Bismarck
Sponsors: DSTA, Imperial College London
Mitch Jones
Supervisors: Prof S John & Prof A Bismarck
Sponsor: UniVie, Australian Research Council (ARC)
Mohammad Jalailan
Supervisor: Prof A Bismarck
Sponsor: UniVie
Marta Fortea-Verdejo
Nanocellulose Enhanced Nonwovens and Hierarchical Natural Fibre Composites
Supervisor: Prof A Bismarck
Juan Ferrer
Macroporous Polymer Beads by Polymerisation of Multiple Emulsion Templates
Supervisor: Prof A Bismarck
Francois de Luca
Fibre-reinforced composites with nacre-inspired interphase: a route towards high performance toughened hierarchical composites
Supervisors: Prof A Bismarck & Prof Dr M S P Shaffer
Markus Brunkau
Energieeffiziente Verarbeitung von zellulosefaserverstärkten Polymeren
Supervisor: Prof A Bismarck
Renewable chitin based nanomaterials from fungi
Supervisors: Prof A Bismarck & Prof R Murphy, Uni Surrey
Microwave curing of carbon-epoxy composites: Penetration depth and material characterisation
Supervisors: Prof P Robinson & Prof A Bismarck
Unidirectional carbon fibre reinforced polyamide-12 composites with enhanced strain to tensile failure by introducing fibre wavinessa
Supervisors: Prof A Bismarck, Prof P Robinson & Prof M Wisnom (Uni Bristol)
Gizem Buldum
Bacterial cellulose production
Supervisors: Prof A Mantalaris & Prof A Bismarck
Sponsor: MEB
Macroporous polymer mixers
Supervisors: Dr A Kogelbauer & Prof A Bismarck
Sponsor: EPSRC
Development of novel responsive biomaterials for tissue engineering applications
Supervisors: Prof M Chang-Park (NTU Singapore) & Prof A Bismarck
Sponsor: NTU
Development of Hierarchical Composites for Structural Applications
Supervisors: Prof E S Greenhalgh, Prof A Bismarck & Prof M S P Shaffer
Sponsor: MOHE
Wei Yuan
Microgel particles stabilised high internal phase emulsions for applications in tissue engineering
Supervisors: Dr J H G Steinke & Prof A Bismarck
Sponsors: CSC & UK EPSRC
Jing Li
Functionalised nanoparticles for enhanced oil recovery: emulsification and demulsification
Supervisors: Prof A Bismarck & Prof M S P Shaffer
Sponsor: Shell
Henry Maples
Composites with Controllable Stiffness
Supervisors: Prof A Bismarck & Prof P Robinson
Sponsors: EPSRC, MBDA
Hierarchical Thermosetting Composites
Supervisors: Prof A Bismarck, Prof M S P Shaffer & Dr E S Greenhalgh
Sponsor: MAST
Nadine Graeber
High performance macroporous polymers
Supervisor: Prof A Bismarck
Sponsor: EPSRC
Ling Ching Wong
Unique Microsctructures in poly-Pickering-M/HIPEs
Supervisor: Prof A Bismarck
Sponsor: EPSRC
Dan Cegla
Self-Healing Particles based on polyHIPEs
Supervisors: Prof A Bismarck & Dr J H G Steinke
Sponsors: EPSRC & DSTL
David Anthony
Nanotube grafted carbon fibres for hierarchial composites
Supervisors: Prof A Bismarck, Prof M S P Shaffer & Dr E S Greenhalgh
Sponsors: EPSRC via DTA
Edyta Lam
The synthesis of water-soluble polymers with drag reducing properties
Supervisors: Prof A Bismarck & Dr J H G Steinke
Sponsors: EPSRC & Halliburton
Siti Rosminah Shamsuddin
High performance composite pipes
Supervisors: Prof A Bismarck & Dr P Leevers
Awarded the Julia Higgins Centenary Prize 2013 for a PhD thesis of exceptional merit in broad areas of polymer science and materials engineering
Sponsor: MOHE
Sheema Riaz
Hierarchical carbon fibre reinforced PVDF composites
Supervisors: Prof A Bismarck, Dr E S Greenhalgh & Prof M S P Shaffer
Sponsors: Univ. of Eng. and Tech. Lahore
Atif Javaid
Structural polymer composite power storage devices
Supervisors: Prof A Bismarck, Dr E S Greenhalgh, Prof M S P Shaffer & Dr J H G Steinke
Sponsors: Univ. of Eng. and Tech. Lahore
Koon-Yang Lee
Functional and green end-of life nanocomposites: Design, processing and characterisation
Supervisors: Prof A Bismarck & Prof S Mantalaris
Awarded the Dudley Newitt Prize 2013 for experimental excellenc
Sponsors: EPSRC & ORSAS
Ranting Wu
Structural polymer foam composite material
Supervisor: Prof A Bismarck
Sponsor: EPSRC
Apostolos Georgiadis
Thermophysical properties of CO2 as a petroleum reservior process fluid
Supervisors: Prof A Bismarck, Prof S G Kazarian & Prof G Maitland
Awarded the Dudley-Newitt Prize 2012 for PhD thesis of exceptional merit in (i) experimental and (ii) theoretical/computational excellence and presentation
Sponsor: Shell
Anthony Abbott
Bacterial cellulose and its application
Supervisor: Prof A Bismarck
Sponsor: EPSRC
Ivan Zadrazil
Various aspects of Drag Reduction in turbulent flow
Supervisors: Prof A Bismarck, Prof G F Hewitt & J C Vassilicos
Sponsor: Halliburton
Shengzhong Zhou
Inverse polyHIPE, injectable scaffold, soft tiussue, oil-in-water emulsions
Supervisors: Dr J H G Steinke & Prof A Bismarck
Sponsors: EPSRC & China scholarship council
Vivian Ikem
High Internal Phase Emulsions Stabilized Solely by Functionalized Silica Particles
Supervisor: Prof A Bismarck
Sponsors: EPSRC & Halliburton
Charnwit (Jo) Tridech
Smart fibre coatings: Stiffness control in composite structures
Supervisors: Prof A Bismarck & Dr P Robinson
Sponsor: Royal Thai Scholarship
Emilia Kot
Weak links in main chain polymers
Supervisor: Prof A Bismarck
Sponsor: Halliburton
Steven Lamoriniere
High performance nanocomposites and hierarchical composite materials
Supervisors: Prof A Bismarck, Prof M S P Shaffer & Dr E S Greenhalgh
Sponsors: EPSRC, DSTL, Security Composites Ltd
Qian (Sherry) Hui
Hierarchical thermoset composites with carbon nanotube grafted fibres
Supervisors: Prof M S P Shaffer & Prof A Bismarck
Sponsor: QinetiQ
Shu San Manley
Advances in experimental methods for characterisation of porous solids
Supervisors: Prof G F Hewitt & Prof A Bismarck
Awarded Weinberg Prize 2009 for research displaying outstanding ingenuity, originality and elegance
Sponsors: EPSRC via DTA & Halliburton
Michael A Bajamo
Smart crosslinking of water soluble polymers
Supervisors: Prof A Bismarck & Dr J H G Steinke
Awarded the Julia Higgins Prize 2009 for PhD thesis of exceptional merid in the broad areas of polymer science and materials engineering
Sponsors: Faraday Partnerships & Halliburton
Yuan-Min Lin
Stem cell differentiation and biomaterial processing for engineering of pulmonary epithelial tissue
Supervisors: Prof A Bismarck & Dr A E Bishop
Sponsors: NSCT & MRC
Robert Menzel
Carbon nanotube wettability and modification: The key to hierarchical reinforced nanocomposites
Supervisors: Dr M S P Shaffer & Dr A Bismarck
Sponsor: EPSRC
Xun Xing Loh
New generation membranes for molecular separations in organic solvents
Supervisors: Prof K Li & Dr A Bismarck
Sponsors: EPSRC & ORSAS
Julasak (Jay) Juntaro
Environmentally friendly truly green hierarchical nanocomposites
Supervisors: Dr A Bismarck, Dr A Mantalaris & Dr M S P Shaffer
Uroš Vukičević
Titanium oxide nanorod polymer nanocomposite materials
Supervisors: Dr A Bismarck & Dr M S P Shaffer
Kingsley K C Ho
High performance fibre reinforced fluoropolymers
Supervisor: Dr A Bismarck
Sponsor: EPSRC
Katsumi Maeda
Effect of bulk deformation on rubber adhesion and wear
Supervisors: Prof B J Briscoe & Dr A Bismarck
Sponsor: Bridgestone
Alexis Baltazar-y-Jimenez
Development of renewable composites
Supervisor: Dr A Bismarck
Sponsor: Conacyt
Michael Tran
Ultra inert hierarchical fibre reinforced nanocomposites
Supervisors: Dr A Bismarck, Dr M S P Shaffer & Dr E S Greenhalgh
Awarded the Julia Higgins Prize 2008 for PhD thesis of exceptional merit in the broad areas of polymer science and materials engineering
Sponsors: Arkema & Total
James Griffin
Novel microgel suspensions: Rheological, mechanical and adhesion properties and their filtration behaviour
Supervisor: Dr A Bismarck
Sponsors: EPSRC & Halliburton
Laleh Safinia
Surface modification and characterisation of polymer constructs for tissue engineering applications
Supervisors: Dr A Mantalaris & Dr A Bismarck
Awarded the Dudley-Newitt Prize 2007 for PhD thesis with experimental excellence
Sponsors: EPSRC via DTA
Jerry Heng
Anisotropic surface properties of crystalline pharmaceutical solids
Supervisors: Dr D R Williams & Dr A Bismarck
Awarded the Dudley-Newitt Prize 2006 for PhD thesis with experimental excellence
Sponsors: EPSRC & ORSAS