Centre for Engineering Materials
The Centre for Engineering Materials has a mission to drive the development of sustainable engineering systems and practices by bridging the gap between physical sciences, where understanding of atomic and molecular phenomena help to explain fundamental behaviour, and engineering application, where real-world impact is realised.
The Centre’s activities encompass all material classes and their interfaces and surfaces, it addresses structural, functional and energy applications, and is supported through leading characterisation and testing capabilities.
Our application areas
Engineering materials are an essential and integral part of modern life and all sectors. We work across all sectors, with specialisms in the key and emerging strategic application areas of environmental engineering, emergency and disaster response, energy systems, off-world engineering, and manufacturing technologies.
Our research
Our work is conducted through three interconnected research challenge areas; materials and systems ageing and behaviour in extreme environments, materials and manufacturing design for sustainability and smart and adaptive structures and devices.
Meet the team
Professor Robert Dorey
Centre Director
