Category: Expert Interviews

What advanced materials do you specialise in? We offer access to state-of-the-art equipment and world-leading expertise to support industry clients with research and development challenges. We provide a wide-range of cutting-edge techniques for materials characterisation and analysis, including specialist facilities for X-Ray Diffraction, Photoemission Spectroscopy, Electron Microscopy, Polymer Characterisation and more. We can help clients… Continue

  Here at The Advanced Materials Show, our Conference Director Olivia Ryan-Hill was interviewed by AZoM on her career, and what attendees can expect to see at the upcoming show. Olivia is the Event Partners Conference Director for the NEC shows and has many years of experience as a research, conference, and content producer delivering… Continue

Henry Royce Institute supports world-recognised excellence in UK materials research, accelerating commercial exploitation of innovations and delivering positive economic and societal impact for the UK. The Royce coordinates over 900 academics and over £300 million of facilities, providing a joined-up framework that can deliver beyond the current capabilities of individual partners or research teams.

We sat down with James Baker to discuss the advent of graphene, the groundbreaking new applications of the 2D material and what he is most looking forward to at the July show. Watch the interview below.

1. What’s your role and responsibility with your current organisation and how does it fit in with the wider industry? My current role is within the UK Innovations Team with a remit for looking affordable weight reductions for our Commercial Vehicles. Commercial Vehicles are the lifeblood of our industry and in an electrified world, the… Continue

Tom Wasley is the Lead engineer in Ceramic Additive Manufacturing within the National Centre for AM at the MTC. He is speaking at The Advanced Materials Show 2019. 1. Tom, you are responsible for the proposal, technical delivery and management of Ceramic AM related projects. What are you working on currently? Unfortunately, the confidential nature… Continue

Thomas Swan & Co. Ltd. is an independent chemical manufacturing company. With offices and warehousing in the UK, USA, and China, the growing company exports to over 80 countries worldwide. Thomas Swan’s Advanced Materials division is a global leader in the development and supply of carbon nanomaterials and other 2D materials for new and emerging… Continue

1. At the start of the year, the Graphene Engineering and Innovation Centre (GEIC) became operational with the vision of seeing ‘industry-led development in graphene applications in partnership with academics’. How has the response been so far from industry? The GEIC was officially opened in Dec 2018 and we had over 600 visitors including c250 from… Continue