Dr Negar Gilani carrying out experiments at the MetalJet lab in the Centre for Additive Manufacturing at University of Nottingham.
EPSRC Programme Grant Enabling Next Generation Additive Manufacturing
This EPSRC Programme Grant has the ambitious goal of developing next generation additive manufacturing (AM) for the in situ production of multi-functional devices.
We aim to control the co-deposition of functional and structural materials to generate whole systems, as opposed to single material component parts.
Delivering this goal challenges us to establish compatibility at the interfaces where differences in the physical and chemical properties of various materials meet.
The Programme’s multi-institution and multidisciplinary team is using state-of-the-art equipment and approaches to analyse such interfaces, thereby accurately modelling and simulating multi-material AM – from constituent materials to multi-functional components – and developing novel materials to manufacture working electronic and bio/pharmaceutical devices.
Entering the final part of this 5-year Programme, we are now focussing on maximising impact from the research through high impact academic journal publications, protecting IP and creating relevant demonstrators that show the potential of next-generation multi-material, multifunctional AM.
Professor Richard Hague
Research Challenges (RCs)
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