The School of Metallurgy and Materials at the University of Birmingham has a proven track record of securing funding and delivering high quality research projects for Industrial Partners and funding bodies including EPSRC and European Commission. At any one time we will have over 100 active research grants. A selection of these can be found below, along with links to project websites (where available).
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Smart by Design and Intelligent by Architecture for turbine blade fan and structural components systems
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European Commission
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Prof. Hanshan Dong
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SMARTFAN
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Next Generation Ceramic Composites for Combustion Harsh Environments and Space
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European Commission
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Prof. Jon Binner
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C3HARME
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Modified Cost Effective Fibre Based Structures with Improved Multi-Functionality and Performance
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European Commission
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Prof. Hanshan Dong
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MODCOMP
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NEOdymium-Iron-Boron base materials, fabrication techniques and recycling solutions to HIghly REduce the consumption of Rare Earths in Permanent Magnets for Wind Energy Application
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European Commission
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Prof. Allan Walton
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NEOHIRE
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Novel ALL-IN-ONE machines, robots and systems for affordable, worldwide and lifetime Distributed 3D hybrid manufacturing and repair operations
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European Commission
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Prof. Moataz Attallah
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4D-HYBRID
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Robotic Manipulation for Nuclear Sort and Segregation
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European Commission
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Prof. Rustam Stolkin
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ROMANS
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Development Of Ceramics 3D printing & Additive manufacturing
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European Commission
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Dr. Artemis Stamboulis
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DOC-3D CERAM
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National Centre for Nuclear Robotics
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EPSRC
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Prof. Rustam Stolkin
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NCNR
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Critical Elements and Materials Network (CrEAM)
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EPSRC
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Prof. Allan Walton
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In Development
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Recycling of Lithium Ion Batteries (ReLib)
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Faraday Fast-Start / EPSRC
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Dr. Paul Anderson
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ReLib
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As well as attracting significant levels of research funding from the European Commission, UK Research Councils and Funding bodies, we also collaborate extensively with Industrial Partners such as Rolls Royce, Honda, BAE Systems and EDF.