The European Ceramic Society

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UK

NCC

Design, manufacture and characterisation of full-scale ceramic matrix composites (CMCs)

Director : Dr Andrea D'Angio’

Email : Andrea.D’Angio@nccuk.com

Phone : +44 1172443973

Address : National Composites Centre, Bristol and Bath Science Park, Emersons Green, Bristol BS16 7FS

Website : https://www.nccuk.com/

Research topics :

  • Design, manufacture, functional performance investigation and verification of full-scale ox/ox components.
    Contact information:

Contact name: Dr Virtudes Rubio; Dr Andrea D'Angio’

Tel: 0117 4568 303

Email: Virtudes.Rubio@nccuk.com; Andrea.D’Angio@nccuk.com  

  • Design and manufacture of SiC-SiC based CMCs
    Contact information:

Contact name: Dr Andrea D'Angio’

Tel: +44 1172443973

Email: Andrea.D’Angio@nccuk.com 

Exceptional facilities :

  • Clean room for prepreg layup
  • Large autoclave for curing (up to 10 m)
  • Concept design, modelling and simulation tools for composite materials
  • Access to a wide network of SME’s, academic partners and Tier 1 organisations of the aerospace and energy sectors

Financial support programmes :

  • European funding: European Regional Development Fund
  • Regional funding: West of England Combined Authority
  • National funding: High Value Manufacturing Catapult Network, Innovate UK, Aerospace Technology Institute (ATI), Advanced Propulsion Centre (APC)

Latest news

New Empa fellowship program for future women science leaders

Empa has launched the Women Scientific Leadership Fellowship, a new four-year program designed to support outstanding women scientists on their path towards independent research leadership.

Oct 7, 2026
2027 ECerS International Ceramist Student Exchange Program – 1st call - ICACC 2027

In the frame of the 2027 ECerS International Student exchange program, ECerS is opening a call to allow grants to European Students to attend the 51st International Conference and Expo on Advanced Ceramics and Composites (ICACC 2027) to be held from 24th to 29th January 2027 in Daytona Beach, USA, as well as the IGNITE MSE (International Gathering and Networking for Individuals to Explore Materials Science and Engineering) event that will be held on Sunday 24th January 2027.

Oct 1, 2026

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