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EPSRC Support by Research Area (Materials Engineering - Metals & Alloys) in Theme (Manufacturing the Future)

Research areas are used to describe EPSRC's portfolio of excellent long term research and high quality postgraduate training.

Grants are classified using one or more research areas. The number and value of grants listed below reflects how the theme portfolio is described by this research area.

Please note: some research areas will appear under multiple themes. There is no unique, absolute, relationship between a research area and a theme.

Grant TitlePrincipal
Investigator		OrganisationDepartmentTotal Grant
Value (£)
Aerospace casting for the hybrid electric futureWithey, Professor PUniversity of BirminghamMetallurgy and Materials 937,245
AFM-based nano-machining: developing and validating a novel modelling approach for effective process implementation in nanotechnology applicationsBrousseau, Dr EBCardiff UniversitySch of Engineering 692,656
An active interface for rapid structural controlMohagheghian, Dr IUniversity of SurreyMechanical Engineering Sciences 249,131
Critical Elements and Materials Network (CrEAM)Walton, Professor AUniversity of BirminghamMetallurgy and Materials 297,621
Doing More With Less: A Digital Twin of state-of-the-art and emerging high value manufacturing routes for high integrity titanium alloy componentsJackson, Professor MUniversity of SheffieldMaterials Science and Engineering 2,608,542
Future Liquid Metal Engineering HubFan, Professor ZBrunel University LondonBCAST 10,138,665
Integrated study of damage after overloads in single crystalsCastelluccio, Dr GCranfield UniversitySch of Aerospace, Transport & Manufact 231,090
Investigation on Sustainable Refractory Systems for Investment Casting Manufacturing of Titanium AlloysBlackburn, Professor SUniversity of BirminghamChemical Engineering 450,149
Invited Resource Only Strategic Equipment bid for Rapid Alloy ProcessingDavis, Professor CUniversity of WarwickWMG 63,311
LightForm: Embedding Materials Engineering in Manufacturing with Light AlloysQuinta da Fonseca, Professor JUniversity of Manchester, TheMaterials 4,827,337
Manufacture with Pulsed-Electric Mechano-Vibratory MachiningRoy, Professor ALoughborough UniversityWolfson Sch of Mech, Elec & Manufac Eng 250,463
MAPP: EPSRC Future Manufacturing Hub in Manufacture using Advanced Powder ProcessesTodd, Professor IUniversity of SheffieldMaterials Science and Engineering 10,462,143
New tool - a breakthrough in incremental sheet formingLong, Professor HUniversity of SheffieldMechanical Engineering 249,876
New Wire Additive Manufacturing (NEWAM)Williams, Professor SWCranfield UniversitySch of Aerospace, Transport & Manufact 5,886,209
Novel Active Soldering; Creating Enhanced joints Near-ambient Temperature (NASCENT)Goodall, Professor RUniversity of SheffieldMaterials Science and Engineering 212,484
Rapid Product Development through Process InnovationDavis, Professor CUniversity of WarwickWMG 900,955
Real-time In-line Microstructural Engineering (RIME)Davis, Professor CUniversity of WarwickWMG 493,728
SUSTAIN Manufacturing HubWorsley, Professor DSwansea UniversityCollege of Engineering 10,468,988
UK FIRES: Locating Resource Efficiency at the heart of Future Industrial Strategy in the UKAllwood, Professor JMUniversity of CambridgeEngineering 5,176,328
Uncovering Fundamental Mechanisms to Enable Sustainable Steel ManufacturingLi, Dr ZUniversity of WarwickWMG 1,160,080

Total Number of Grants: 20
Total Value of Grants: £55,757,000

The grant value may include the cost of access to facilities (these funds are not awarded to the grant holding organisation).