Professor Ian Bond

Summary

Prof. Bond is currently the Head of the Department of Aerospace Engineering.

His research interests are to develop, characterise and optimise a variety of innovative and ingenious approaches which provide functionality to fibre reinforced polymer composite materials and take them beyond their structural role. This includes bio-inspired and biomimetic approaches.

Functionalities such as self-healing, electromagnetic response, and shape change (morphing) within fibre reinforced composites are currently being developed, alongside research into creating novel hierarchical architectures and improving damage tolerance via innovative means. 

His teaching includes various aspects of structures and materials, aircraft operations and supervision of a group design and individual research projects. He also has extensive teaching and PhD supervision duties.

Please see Advanced Composites Centre for Innovation and Science

Biography

Prof. Ian P. Bond, (1995, Ph.D. in Materials Science; 1991, B.Sc. in Materials Science) is a recognised expert on multifunctional composites; including self-healing, adaptive materials, damage tolerance and bioinspiration/biomimetics. Since 1997, he has published more than 100 peer-reviewed papers on these subjects, given over 30 keynote, plenary or invited lectures, and has graduated 14 Ph.D. and M.Sc. students.

Keywords

• Aerospace
• Materials
• Biomimetics

Memberships

Organisations

Department of Aerospace Engineering

Other sites

• Aerospace

Research Groups

• Advanced Composites Centre for Innovation and Science (ACCIS)
• Advanced Composites Centre for Innovation and Science (ACCIS) - Core

Selected publications

• Thill, C, Etches, J, Bond, I, Potter, K & Weaver, P 2008, ‘Morphing skins’. The Aeronautical Journal, vol 112 (1129)., pp. 117 - 139
• Williams, G, Bond, I & Trask, R 2009, ‘Compression after impact assessment of self-healing CFRP’. Composites Part A, vol 40 (9)., pp. 1399 - 1406
• Bond, I, Trask, R, Williams, G & Williams, H 2008, ‘Self-healing fiber-reinforced polymer composites’. MRS Bulletin, vol 33., pp. 770 - 774
• Williams, H, Trask, R, Weaver, P & Bond, I 2008, ‘Minimum mass vascular networks in multifunctional materials’. Journal of the Royal Society Interface, vol 5, (18)., pp. 55 - 65

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Recent publications

• Malkin, R, Trask, RS & Bond, IP 2013, ‘Control of unstable crack propagation through bio-inspired interface modification’. Composites Part A: Applied Science and Manufacturing, vol 46., pp. 122-130
• Norris, CJ, Bond, IP & Trask, RS 2013, ‘Healing Of Low-Velocity Impact Damage In Vascularised Composites’. Composites: Part A, vol 44., pp. 78-85
• Czel, G, Etches, JA, Bond, IP & Wisnom, MR 2012, ‘Development and Characterisation of Pseudo-Ductile Hybrid Carbon/Glass-Epoxy Composites Made of Thin Spread Carbon Tows’. in: ECCM15 - 15TH EUROPEAN CONFERENCE ON COMPOSITE MATERIALS, : Venice, Italy, 24-28 June 2012.
• Norris, CJ, White, JAP, McCombe, G, Chatterjee, P, Bond, IP & Trask, RS 2012, ‘Autonomous stimulus triggered self-healing in smart structural composites’. Smart Materials and Structures, vol 21., pp. -
• Knipprath, C, McCombe, G, Trask, R & Bond, I 2012, ‘Predicting self-healing strength recovery using a multi-objective genetic algorithm’. Composites Science and Technology, vol 72., pp. 752 - 759
• Yasaee, M, Bond, I, Trask, R & Greenhalgh, E 2012, ‘Damage control using discrete thermoplastic film inserts’. Composites Part A: Applied Science and Manufacturing, vol 43(6)., pp. 978 - 989

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Courses

Professor Bond currently teaches 4 courses: