Sustainability and process simulation
Sustainable technologies require significant investments of time and money. These investments must pay back within reasonable time scales
ALTICUT
This project is concerned with development of coating systems, steels and tool geometries with particular suitability for the machining of titanium and aluminium based alloys
Plasma Diagnostics
Adapt and expand the capability of existing of plasma diagnostic techniques to the environment of the HIPIMS discharge
Lightweight ceramic technology gets heavyweight investment
A spin-out business called XeraCarb created by Sheffield Hallam University to commercialise novel high performance and low cost ceramic materials is benefiting from significant new investment to take its technology into production
Metals analysis
We offer a full service for the analysis and characterisation of metallic materials and components. Our unique combination of materials characterisation and analysis equipment, together with our team of expert and experienced staff in materials research, allows us to deliver the results you require.
Environmentally friendly catalysts for the conversion of renewable limonene feedstocks
Paula Castilho and Cesar Fernandes from the Chemistry Department at the University of Madeira identified and collected a useful, high surface area clay from Serra de Dentro which had a high structural iron content
Matt Kitchen
Research Assistant at Sheffield Hallam University's Materials and Engineering Research Institute
New ceramic material can help protect our troops
Funded by the Ministry of Defence (MOD), we were tasked with creating a high performance ceramic material with potential for use in for body armour. The project was undertaken by Hywel Jones, one of our materials engineering experts, and Anthony Pick, a ceramic consultant
Long-term collaboration with an industrial partner
This case study looks at how an Innovation Voucher from Innovate UK led to a long-term collaboration with an industrial partner
Arunprabhu Arunachalam Sugumaran
Dr Arunprahbu Arunchalam Sugurmaran is a researcher with the National HIPIMS Technology centre. He is part of a strong research group at Materials and Engineering Research Institute (MERI).