Research degree candidates and recent graduates
MAterials and STructures (MAST) Research Group
Research degree candidates
Richard Arundal
On-orbit Manufacturing for Aerospace Structures
Supervisors:
Professor John Summerscales - P
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Professor John Summerscales
,
Dr Boksun Kim - P
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Dr Boksun Kim
and
Dr Mike McCulloch - P
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Dr Mike McCulloch
Benjamin Bryant
Contaminates within ultraviolet polymers with reference to additive manufacturing
Supervisors:
Professor John Summerscales - P
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Professor John Summerscales
and
Dr Richard Pemberton - U
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Dr Richard Pemberton
Gabriela Gonzalez Chan
Developing a prototype to model spasticity and hypertonia as a tool to improve clinical teaching and research outcomes
Supervisors:
Dr Hilary Gunn - P
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Dr Hilary Gunn
,
Professor Jonathan Marsden - P
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Professor Jonathan Marsden
and
Dr Alexander Besinis - P
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Dr Alexander Besinis
Link to Staffmember: Dr Hilary Gunn
Link to Staffmember: Professor Jonathan Marsden
Link to Staffmember: Dr Alexander Besinis
Chun Yin Choi
Investigation of the release and behaviour of plastic nanofibers to air and the marine environment
Supervisors:
Dr Alexander Besinis - P
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Dr Alexander Besinis
,
Professor Richard Thompson OBE FRS - P
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Professor Richard Thompson OBE FRS
and
Dr Francesca De Falco - P
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Dr Francesca De Falco
Henrique Comba Gomes
Development of NetZero carbonated recycled aggregates and recycled aggregate concrete
Supervisors:
Dr Boksun Kim - P
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Dr Boksun Kim
,
Dr Maozhou Meng - P
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Dr Maozhou Meng
,
Dr Katie Jones - P
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Dr Katie Jones
,
Dr William Vevers - P
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Dr William Vevers
and
Aissa Bouaissi
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Aissa Bouaissi
(EPSRC DTP)
Karolina Jablonka
Development of an in-vitro modelling system to improve and validate intraocular lenses efficacy for cataract patients
Supervisors:
Professor Phillip Buckhurst - P
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Professor Phillip Buckhurst
,
Dr Hetal Buckhurst - P
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Dr Hetal Buckhurst
and
Dr Alexander Besinis - P
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Dr Alexander Besinis
Link to Staffmember: Professor Phillip Buckhurst
Link to Staffmember: Dr Hetal Buckhurst
Link to Staffmember: Dr Alexander Besinis
Xin Jia (visiting PhD student December 2024 – December 2026)
Influence of corrosive iron on weathering steel corrosion behaviour and mechanical property degradation
Supervisors: Professor Jiandong Zhang (Nanjing Tech University) and
Dr Shanshan Cheng - P
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Dr Shanshan Cheng
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Casper Kruger
Effect of complex geometry on closed form FRP analytical methods i.e. CLT, CBT, plate and shell deflection
Supervisors:
Dr Adam Kyte
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Dr Adam Kyte
,
Professor John Summerscales - P
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Professor John Summerscales
,
Dr Richard Pemberton - U
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Dr Richard Pemberton
,
Dr Maozhou Meng - P
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Dr Maozhou Meng
and
Dr David Jenkins - P
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Dr David Jenkins
Muhammad Anas Maqbool
Structural Performance Analysis of a green ammonia and hydrogen floating energy storage subjected to non-linear loads
Supervisors:
Dr Jahir Rizvi
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Dr Jahir Rizvi
,
Dr Yeaw Chu Lee
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Dr Yeaw Chu Lee
and
Dr Pablo Borja - P
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Dr Pablo Borja
Sarah McTighe
Optimising human engagement with artificial intelligence: a critical realist exploration of heuristics, semiotics, and sense of belonging
Supervisors:
Dr Keri Collins - P
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Dr Keri Collins
,
Dr Ross Pomeroy - U
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Dr Ross Pomeroy
,
Dr Claire Gray - P
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Dr Claire Gray
,
Dr Christie Pritchard - P
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Dr Christie Pritchard
and
Professor John Summerscales - P
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Professor John Summerscales
Sian Morgan
Nano silver-hydroxyapatite coatings for improved abutment integrity for periodontal health
Supervisors:
Dr Alexander Besinis - P
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Dr Alexander Besinis
,
Professor Richard Handy - P
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Professor Richard Handy
,
Dr Vehid Salih - P
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Dr Vehid Salih
and Professor Chris Tredwin
Badr Moutik
Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) for luxury yacht manufacture (sponsored by Princess Yachts)
Supervisors:
Professor John Summerscales - P
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Professor John Summerscales
,
Dr Alexander Besinis - P
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Dr Alexander Besinis
and
Dr Richard Pemberton - U
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Dr Richard Pemberton
Carol Primmer
Developing high performance, durable graphene oxide concrete for structural applications in the coastal environment
Supervisors:
Dr Boksun Kim - P
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Dr Boksun Kim
,
Dr Maozhou Meng - P
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Dr Maozhou Meng
and Professor Monica Craciun
Matthew Prowse
Exploring sustainable solutions: a knowledge hub for UK commercial fishing network
Supervisors:
Dr Ross Pomeroy - U
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Dr Ross Pomeroy
,
Dr Richard Pemberton - U
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Dr Richard Pemberton
and
Dr Marco Palomino - P
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Dr Marco Palomino
Owais Raja
Life-Cycle Analysis (LCA) on recycled fishing net using the SimaPro Life Cycle Assessment software
Supervisors:
Professor John Summerscales - P
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Professor John Summerscales
Jihad Taha
Development of an integrated approach for smart virtual factories based on Model Bases Systems Engineering and Cyber Phyxial Systems Approach
Director of studies:
Dr Vehid Salih - P
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Dr Vehid Salih
(Munich Node)
Christopher Tomlin
Structural composites made from recycled plastics
Supervisors:
Professor John Summerscales - P
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Professor John Summerscales
Simon Weait
Unmanned aerial vehicle for extreme environment operations using heat resistant ceramic coated and sustainable fused deposition modelled materials
Supervisors:
Professor John Summerscales - P
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Professor John Summerscales
and
Dr Asiya Khan - P
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Dr Asiya Khan
Zhenyi Yan
Fatigue failure mechanics of polymer-modified concrete in the marine environment
Supervisors:
Dr Shanshan Cheng - P
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Dr Shanshan Cheng
,
Professor John Summerscales - P
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Professor John Summerscales
and
Dr Lee Durndell - P
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Dr Lee Durndell
Saheed Yusuf
Coupled fluid-structure interaction of large floating concrete modular systems
Supervisors:
Dr Shanshan Cheng - P
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Dr Shanshan Cheng
,
Dr Maozhou Meng - P
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Dr Maozhou Meng
and Dr Jian Dai (Oslo Metropolitan University)
Link to Staffmember: Dr Shanshan Cheng
Link to Staffmember: Dr Maozhou Meng
Recent research degree graduates
Rzgar Mhammed Abdalrahman (PhD, 2015)
Supervisors: Stephen Grove,
Adam Kyte
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Adam Kyte
and
Dr Jahir Rizvi - P
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Dr Jahir Rizvi
(Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research – Iraq)
Mahdi Hameed Mohammad Al-Farttoosi (PhD, 2016)
Supervisors: Yaqub Rafiq,
Professor John Summerscales - P
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Professor John Summerscales
and Clive Williams (Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research – Iraq)
Amjed Saleh Mahmood (PhD, 2016)
Supervisors:
Professor Neil James - P
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Professor Neil James
,
Professor John Summerscales - P
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Professor John Summerscales
and Richard Cullen (Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research – Iraq)
Maozhou (Leo) Meng (PhD, 2016)
Supervisors:
Dr Jahir Rizvi - P
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Dr Jahir Rizvi
, Huirong Le and Stephen Grove (CnTech for living expenses and School Research Committee Grant for tuition fees)
Vlad Zamorovskii (MPhil, 2017)
Supervisors:
Professor John Summerscales - P
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Professor John Summerscales
, Dmitriy Makhnovskiy (SoCM) and Mansel Davies (SoCM) (self funded with partial Faculty fee waiver)
Richard Pitwon (PhD, 2017)
Supervisors:
Dr Jasper Graham-Jones - P
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Dr Jasper Graham-Jones
,
Dr Alistair Cree - P
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Dr Alistair Cree
and
Professor John Summerscales - P
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Professor John Summerscales
(Xyratex Limited)
Raymond Sieh (PhD, 2017)
Supervisors:
Dr Alistair Cree - P
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Dr Alistair Cree
and Huirong Le (University of Derby)
Ganlin Feng (PhD, 2018)
Supervisors:
Professor Long-yuan Li - P
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Professor Long-yuan Li
and
Dr Boksun Kim - P
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Dr Boksun Kim
(China Scholarship Council)
Urvashi (Fowdar Danookdharree) Gunputh (PhD, 2018)
Supervisors:
Professor Long-yuan Li - P
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Professor Long-yuan Li
, Professor Richard Handy, Professor Chris Tredwin and Huirong Le (University Research Scholarship)
Hossein Mohammad Khanlou (PhD, Griffith University – Australia, 2018)
Supervisors: Wayne Hall (GU), Peter Woodfield (GU) and
Professor John Summerscales - P
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Professor John Summerscales
(UoP)
Muhsin Ali Marie Aljuboury (PhD, 2019)
Supervisors:
Dr Jahir Rizvi - P
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Dr Jahir Rizvi
, Stephen Grove and Richard Cullen (Iraq Higher Committee for Education Development)
Aitor Hernandez Michelena (PhD, 2019)
Supervisors:
Professor John Summerscales - P
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Professor John Summerscales
, Wayne Hall (Griffith University – Australia) and
Dr Jasper Graham-Jones - P
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Dr Jasper Graham-Jones
(in collaboration with Acciona Windpower/Nordex and University of Zargoza)
Dayang Habibah binti Abang Ismawi Hassim (PhD, 2019)
Supervisors: Frank Abraham and
Professor John Summerscales - P
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Professor John Summerscales
(Malaysian Rubber Board funding)
Mohammed Al-Bahrani (PhD, 2019)
Supervisors:
Dr Alistair Cree - P
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Dr Alistair Cree
,
Dr Jasper Graham-Jones - P
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Dr Jasper Graham-Jones
and Sourajyoti Basu (Iraqi Ministry of Oil funding)
Sahar Sahib Elaiwi (PhD, 2019, ETHOS 791794)
Supervisors:
Professor Long-yuan Li - P
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Professor Long-yuan Li
and
Dr Boksun Kim - P
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Dr Boksun Kim
Matthias Wimmer (PhD, UoP Munich Node, 2019)
Supervisors: Christoph Maurer and Frank Abraham
Venkat Bakthavatchaalam (PhD, 2019)
Supervisors:
Mike Miles
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Mike Miles
, Dr Joachim Gingele and Andrew Fox
Aissa Bouaissi (PhD, 2020)
Supervisors:
Professor Long-yuan Li - P
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Professor Long-yuan Li
and Dave Easterbrook
Kunjie Fan (PhD, 2020)
Supervisors:
Professor Long-yuan Li - P
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Professor Long-yuan Li
and Dave Easterbrook (Chinese Scholarship)
Nanting Yu (PhD, 2022)
Supervisor:
Dr Boksun Kim - P
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Dr Boksun Kim
James Butler (PhD, 2022)
Supervisors:
Dr Alexander Besinis - P
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Dr Alexander Besinis
,
Professor Mathew Upton - P
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Professor Mathew Upton
(Biomedical Sciences), Peter Jenks (Plymouth Hospital NHS Trust (Derriford)) and Garry Farnham (PUPSMD)
Benjamin O'Driscoll (PhD, 2022)
Supervisor: Toby Whitley, Paul Davey and
Dr Shakil Awan - P
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Dr Shakil Awan
Jie Ji (PhD, 2023)
Supervisor:
Dr Shanshan Cheng - P
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Dr Shanshan Cheng
Lixuan Mao (PhD, 2023)
Supervisors:
Professor Long-yuan Li - P
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Professor Long-yuan Li
and
Dr Boksun Kim - P
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Dr Boksun Kim
Nirvan Razaghi-Kashani (PhD, 2023)
Supervisors: Andrew Fox, Dave Easterbrook and
Dr Boksun Kim - P
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Dr Boksun Kim
Qi Ye (PhD, 2023)
Supervisors:
Dr Shanshan Cheng - P
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Dr Shanshan Cheng
,
Dr Boksun Kim - P
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Dr Boksun Kim
,
Dr Keri Collins - P
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Dr Keri Collins
and Gregorio Iglesias (University College Cork)
Adam Kyte (PhD, 2024)
Supervisors:
Dr Richard Pemberton - U
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Dr Richard Pemberton
, Professor Rory Rickard,
Dr Alistair Cree - P
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Dr Alistair Cree
and
Dr Yeaw Chu Lee - P
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Dr Yeaw Chu Lee
Feiyu Shi (PhD, 2025)
Supervisors:
Professor Long-yuan Li - P
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Professor Long-yuan Li
and
Dr Shanshan Cheng - P
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Dr Shanshan Cheng