About your company
We are a ceramics processing research group based at the University of Birmingham focused on the production of advanced ceramics, including oxide and non-oxide ceramic matrix composites. With collaborations on notable projects such as ExCITE (Rolls Royce) and Strength in Places, our group possesses a wide range of knowledge and skills.
Current projects are focused on novel processing routes, including next generation low energy routes, polymer derived CMCs, functionalising ox-ox CMCs, fabrication of metamaterials and other heterogeneous structures, production of UHTCMCs, and additive manufacturing. We explore a wide range of ceramic processing routes, have experience in a wide range of characterisation techniques, and continue to grow as a group.
Your work with MICG
Two key work packages in SIPF are being completed at the University of Birmingham: Materials Reformulation, and the Joining and Repair of Advanced Ceramics.
Materials reformulation looks into improving ceramic processes as a whole, be that making them more sustainable, reducing material and energy waste, creating more reliable processes, or reducing development time.
Joining and repair explores advanced joining methods of ceramics to enable the production of next generation components. These can then be expanded into repair to improve yields, and reduce both the environmental and financial impact of waste material.
We also contribute to MICG activities by promoting MICG to other organisations (such as the EPSRC UK Metamaterials Network) and attending events.
Aims for the future under the MICG programme
Our partnership with the MICG aims to propel innovation of advanced ceramics, strengthen key industry-academic collaboration, and assist cutting-edge research. Through scale-up of academic level research to higher TRLs, we aim to accelerate the commercialisation of our developments and contribute to regional economic growth.
Contact details
Prof. Jon Binner, j.binner@bham.ac.uk
Dr Claire Dancer, c.e.j.dancer@bham.ac.uk
