The European Ceramic Society

Laboratory sheet

UK

QinetiQ

Ceramics and ceramic composites design, characterisation and processing for advanced applications and extreme environments

Director : Prof. Sajad Haq

Email : SHAQ@qinetiq.com

Phone : 07785 340648

Address : Cody Technology Park, Farnborough, GU14 0LX

Website : www.qinetiq.com

Research topics :

  • Electromagnetic and Functional materials characterisation including low and high Temperature Characterisation
    Contact information:

Contact name :Pete Hobson/ Shahid Hussain

Tel : 07384 879265

Email: PAHOBSON@qinetiq.com / SHUSSAIN1@qinetiq.com 

  • Extreme Environment and Functional Ceramics Design and Manufacture
    Contact information:

Contact name :Charles Footer

Tel : 07384 879265

Email: CJFOOTER@qinetiq.com 

  • Ceramic Fibres and precursor manufacture
    Contact information:

Contact name :Emma Newton/ Charles Footer

Tel : 07384 879265

Email: ENEWTON@qinetiq.com / CJFOOTER@qinwtiq.com 

Exceptional facilities :

Fibre manufacturing Rig, Plasma nanoparticle synthesis facility (including R&D and Production Rigs), unique electromagnetic design and characterisation capabilities

Financial support programmes :

  • European funding: Customer
  • Regional fundings: Customer
  • National fundings : Customer/ Government

Latest news

2026 ECerS International Ceramist Student Exchange Program – 4th call!

In the frame of the 2026 ECerS International Student exchange program, ECerS is opening a call to allow grants to European Students to attend the 11th International Congress on Ceramics – ICC 11 – that will take place from 6th to 11th September 2026 at the  Sapporo Convention Center in Sapporo, Japan.

Jun 24, 2026
New Impact factors released for the 2 ECerS Journals!

We are pleased to announce that the 2025 Impact Factors were released for the two official Journals of the European Ceramic Society:

  • Journal of ECerS: 6.3
  • Open Ceramics: 3.4
Jun 18, 2026

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ECerS coordinates and promotes the study of ceramics through the following actions :

ECerS office

Av. Gouverneur Cornez , 4

7000 Mons

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