News in 2012

"£28M funding approved for National Composites Centre Phase II"

6 December 2012

"£28M funding approved for National Composites Centre Phase II"

Michael Wisnom receiving the Holliday Prize from IoM3 President Jan Lewis.

27 November 2012

Michael Wisnom receiving the Holliday Prize from IoM3 President Jan Lewis.

Self healing materials article on BBC website

30 October 2012

The BBC website has posted an article on self healing materials which includes a demonstration by Dr Richard Trask.

Bio-inspired Highly Ordered Hierarchical Architecture by Innovative Manufacture

2 October 2012

A feasibility study seeking to exploit the mechanisms found in naturally occurring fibrous composite materials by combining diverse technologies such as ultrasonic manipulation, self-assembly with an adaptation of additive layer manufacturing has just been awarded to ACCIS by DSTL.

5th Annual ACCIS Conference

20 September 2012

5th Annual ACCIS conference held on 7th September 2012

ACCIS postgraduates complete their PhD studies

30 July 2012

Congratulations to ACCIS graduates who recently celebrated the completion of their PhD studies.

Radio 4 broadcast on future aircraft morphing concepts

5 July 2012

Professor Paul Weaver, ACCIS DTC Director, featured on last night's BBC Radio 4 Frontiers programme about the future of civil air travel

EngD Centre in Composites Manufacture

18 May 2012

We are delighted to announce that £3.8M funding has been awarded by EPSRC to establish an EngD Industrial Doctorate Centre in Composites Manufacture linked to the National Composites Centre

ACCIS research strongly represented at AIAA 2012

1 May 2012

Members of ACCIS were out in force at this year's AIAA Structures, Structural Dynamics and Materials Conference held in Honolulu, Hawaii. Several composites-focussed papers were presented and two Doctoral Training Centre students were placed as finalists in the student paper competition.

ACCIS DTC student runner-up at Natural Systems and Processes poster session

23 April 2012

Congratulations to ACCIS Doctoral Training Centre (DTC) student, Broderick Coburn, who came runner-up in the category of Best Oral Presentation at the University of Bristol Natural Systems and Processes Poster Session.