Helen Crudgington
Helen has a life-long passion for science and a keen interest in all things food. She gained her undergraduate biology degree as a mature student at the University of Sussex.
Jane Wright
Research Institute Manager at the Materials and Engineering Research Institute.
Tony Cowell
Tony is the Course Leader for the PGCE Design and Technology and PGCE Engineering courses. He is Professional Year Coordinator and a lecturer on both undergraduate and postgraduate courses in Design and Technology Education.
Coating characterisation
We carry out comprehensive analysis of coating structure on flat and complex-shaped parts with a variety of characterisation methods.
Plasma Diagnostics
Adapt and expand the capability of existing of plasma diagnostic techniques to the environment of the HIPIMS discharge
Sustainability and process simulation
Sustainable technologies require significant investments of time and money. These investments must pay back within reasonable time scales
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
The REINS Project
The REINS Project aims to develop a semi-autonomous mobile robot with sensory capabilities that can be shared with humans
Dr Torsten Schenkel
Dr Torsten Schenkel specialises in numerical modelling of complex flows using commercial CFD solvers and in-house codes in a wide range of applications.
Dr Daniel Loch
Daniel graduated from the Jade University of Applied Sciences in Wilhelmshaven, Germany, as Dipl.-Ing. (FH) in Mechatronics in 2009. After writing his diploma thesis on modulated pulse plasma technology at the Fraunhofer Institute for Surface Technology (IST) in Braunschweig, Germany, he joined Sheffield Hallam University to work on the development of a novel pulsed plasma source. He was awarded the Joint SHU-Fraunhofer IST Research Centre Award in 2016.