Professor of Multiphase Flow and Mechanics, Faculty of Engineering
Ricky Wildman is a Professor in Chemical Engineering at the University of Nottingham. He has a rich and diverse background in understanding flow and its physico-chemical interactions with solid mechanics. Recently he has embarked on a programme to widen the portfolio of materials available for additive manufacturing. This has been stimulated by his research in additive manufacturing for healthcare, where the lack of useable materials is a real challenge to progress in this area. He is particularly enthusiastic about developing scientific methodologies in order to make sense, and ultimately control, the rich phenomena inherent in creating functionality in dimensions.
Ricky is part of the Additive Manufacturing and 3D Printing Research Group.
Ricky has expertise in:
3D Printing & Additive Manufacturing
Ink Jet Printing
Materials Development for Additive Manufacturing
Heat and Mass Transport
Topological Optimisation
Computational Methods
Microfluidics
Ricky teaches on Multiphase system, using his diverse research interests to inform and excite an understanding how the intersection of multiple types of materials can be used to provide specific… read more
Ricky's current research is focused on the use and development of 3D printing as a way of inducing precise function or behaviour. He collaborates widely on the subjects of 3D printing / additive… read more
Ricky teaches on Multiphase system, using his diverse research interests to inform and excite an understanding how the intersection of multiple types of materials can be used to provide specific function.
Ricky's current research is focused on the use and development of 3D printing as a way of inducing precise function or behaviour. He collaborates widely on the subjects of 3D printing / additive manufacturing and
Drug delivery (tablets / implants)
New materials and new formulations for 3D printing
Use of multiphoton methods to create objects at scales less than 100 nm
Mathematical and algorithmic methods for design for additive manufacturing & topological optimisation
Using 3D printing to understand and control bacterial surface attachment behaviour
I welcome enquiries from potential PhD candidates from Home, EU and International countries who are interested in the following research areas: 3D printing, additive manufacturing, microfluidics, materials, biomaterials.
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