Who are we?
We are a multi-disciplinary research team at the forefront of aerospace innovation, high-temperature characterisation, and advanced materials discovery.
Some of the cutting-edge areas we are currently exploring will shape the future of the aerospace industry. These areas include, but not limited to:
- Thermal Barrier Coatings
- Environmental Barrier Coatings
- Wear resistant coatings
- Groundbreaking Material discoveries with Machine- and Active-learning technqiues
- High Throughput Materials Discovery
![About us 3](/Coatings/Images/About-us-3-Cropped-350x317.png)
Material Discovery
![About us 2-2](/Coatings/Images/About-us-2-2491x319.png)
Thermal & Cold Spraying
![About us 1](/Coatings/Images/About-us-1-Cropped-331x319.png)
Materials Testing
Members
![Acacio-Rincon2](/Research/Groups/CSE/Images/Team-members/Acacio-Rincon2120x180.jpg)
Dr. Acacio Rincón Romero
TBC Discovery
![Buhao Zhang](/Research/Groups/CSE/Images/Buhao-Zhang-Cropped-194x179.jpg)
Dr Buhao Zhang
EBC Discovery
![KL-Leng](/Research/Groups/CSE/Images/Team-members/KL-Leng-Cropped-135x179.png)
Dr. Kah L. Leng
Multi-layered TBCs for CMAS Resistance
![SId-3](/Research/Groups/CSE/Images/Team-members/SId-3-Cropped-180x180.jpg)
Dr Siddharth Lokachari
Rolls-Royce Research Fellow - REINSTATE
![Irim-Fiaz](/Research/Groups/CSE/Images/Team-members/Irim-Fiaz-Cropped-143x180.jpg)
Irim Fiaz
Surface coatings for High-temperature Boiler Plant Applications
![Akisin-CJ](/Research/Groups/CSE/Images/Team-members/Akisin-CJ-Cropped-149x179.png)
Akisin Cletus John
CSAM of High Entropy Alloys
![Alex-Lynam](/Research/Groups/CSE/Images/Team-members/Alex-Lynam-Cropped-115x179.png)
Alex Lynam
Suspension Plasma Spray Ceramics for Extreme Environments
![amiya](/Research/Groups/CSE/Images/Team-members/amiya-Cropped-134x180.jpg)
Amiya Choudhary
New TBC Materials Discovery
![samed](/Research/Groups/CSE/Images/Team-members/samed-Cropped-101x180.jpg)
Abdussamed Agir
Cold Spray Additive Manufacturing
Ebenezar Owusu
New EBC Materials Discovery
![Joe Counte](/Research/Groups/CSE/Images/Joe-Counte-FoE-CSE-Cropped-147x180.jpg)
Joseph Counte
Thermal Memory Coatings for Advanced Gas Turbines
![Amina Hussain](/Research/Groups/CSE/Images/Team-members/Amina-Hussain-Cropped-119x180.jpg)
Amina Hussain
High-Throughput Cold Spray Additive Manufacturing
![Parcelino Sudigo PP](/Research/Groups/CSE/Images/Team-members/Parcelino-Sudigo-PP-Cropped-152x179.jpg)
Parcelino Sudigdo
Laser Assisted Cold Spray
![John Kirk](/Research/Groups/CSE/Images/Team-members/John-Kirk-Cropped-135x180.jpg)
John Kirk
Specialist Thermal Spray Technician
Collaboration is key
We are thrilled to join forces with industry leaders and universities alike. We tackle projects across all Technology Readiness Levels (TRLs), delivering tailor-made solutions for advanced manufacturing. Let’s push the boundaries together.