Bristol Composites Institute was well represented at the graduation ceremony on Wednesday 19 February 2020, when proud family members and academic supervisors gathered at the iconic Wills Memorial Building to watch as students were conferred their degrees.
Amongst the graduates were five PhD students from the Bristol Composites Institute and five ACCIS CDT students.
Additionally, all 11 students from the Advanced Composites MSc 2018/19 cohort successfully graduated. Prize for the best dissertation was awarded to Aisha Tanvir (Project supervisors: Professor Stephen Eichhorn and Professor Valeska Ting), and prize for the best overall performance was given to Jamil Haddad.
In alphabetical order, the full list of PhD graduates is provided below:
Jacob Best
- Thesis title: A Numerical Study of a Nacre-inspired Ballistic Armour System
- Supervisors: Professor Richard Trask and Professor Stephen Hallett
Maximillian Dixon (ACCIS CDT)
- Thesis title: Nonlinear Lattice Structures, A Numerical and Analytical Study on their Stability
- Supervisors: Dr Alberto Pirrera, Dr Isaac Chenchiah and Professor Paul Weaver
Jordan Jones
- Thesis title: Novel Interfaces in Hybrid Composite-Metal Struts
- Supervisors: Professor Stephen Hallett, Dr Luiz Kawashita and Dr Byung Chul Kim
Ashwin Kristnama (ACCIS CDT)
- Thesis title: Effect of High Velocity Oblique Impact on Carbon/epoxy Laminates
- Supervisors: Professor Michael Wisnom and Professor Stephen Hallett
Sergio Minera Rebulla
- Thesis title: Analysis and Design of Buckling Resistant Thin-Walled Structures via Computationally Efficient 3D Stress
- Supervisors: Dr Alberto Pirrera and Professor Paul Weaver
Muhammad Othman (ACCIS CDT)
- Thesis title: Aeroelastic Tailoring of Composite Aircraft Wings with Uncertainty Quantification for Robust and Reliable Design
- Supervisors: Professor Jonathan Cooper, Dr Alberto Pirrera and Professor Paul Weaver
Mayank Patni
- Thesis title: An Efficient Numerical Framework for Capturing Localised 3D Stress Fields in Laminated Composites
- Supervisors: Dr Alberto Pirrera and Professor Paul Weaver
Aakash Paul
- Thesis title: Understanding the Effecs of Environmental Conditions on the Failure of Bonded Joints
- Supervisors: Professor Michael Wisnom and Dr Xiaodong Xu
Rujie Sun (ACCIS CDT)
- Thesis title: Mechanical Metastructures with Integrated Flexible Electronics Systems
- Supervisors: Professor Fabrizio Scarpa, Professor Jonathan Rossiter and Dr Ian Farrow
Wei-Ting Wang (ACCIS CDT)
- Thesis title: Effect of Direct Deposition of Dry Particle Tougheners on the Processability and Forming Quality of Carbon
- Supervisors: Dr Byung Chul Kim, Professor Kevin Potter and Dr HaNa Yu
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