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

Material Discovery

Thermal & Cold Spraying

Materials Testing
Members

Dr Acacio Rincón Romero
TBC Discovery

Dr Kah L. Leng
Multi-layered TBCs for CMAS Resistance

Dr Buhao Zhang
EBC Discovery

Dr Siddharth Lokachari
Rolls-Royce Research Fellow - REINSTATE
Dr Luca Paolozzi
Research Fellow in Cold Spray

Dr Vikram Hastak
Research Fellow in TBC

Akisin Cletus John
CSAM of High Entropy Alloys

Alex Lynam
Suspension Plasma Spray Ceramics for Extreme Environments

Amiya Choudhary
New TBC Materials Discovery

Abdussamed Agir
Cold Spray Additive Manufacturing
Ebenezar Owusu
New EBC Materials Discovery

Joseph Counte
Thermal Memory Coatings for Advanced Gas Turbines

Amina Hussain
High-Throughput Cold Spray Additive Manufacturing

Parcelino Sudigdo
Laser Assisted Cold Spray

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.