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Dr Mihalis Kazilas
Reader & Director of BCC

Summary

Dr Mihalis Kazilas is the Director of the Â鶹¹û¶³´«Ã½Composites Centre. He has more than 20 years of experience in the composites processing area. He received his PhD in Advanced Materials from Cranfield University back in 2003. His main field of expertise are polymers characterisation and polymer composites manufacturing and joining processes. He is author of several refereed scientific publications in the area of advanced composites manufacturing and process optimisation. Mihalis is a creative thinker who enjoys problem solving and able to work with different stakeholders to achieve the optimum results in both technical and managerial environments.

Work experience:

  • Sep 2019 – present: Business Group Manager, Polymer and Composite Technologies, TWI, UK
  • June 2019 – present: Director of the Non-Metallics Innovation Centre, a joint initiative between TWI, Saudi Aramco and ADNOC
  • Oct 2016 – present: Centre Director, Â鶹¹û¶³´«Ã½Composites Innovation Centre, Â鶹¹û¶³´«Ã½University London, UK
  • Feb 2012 – 2019: Section Manager, Adhesives, Composites and Sealants (ACS) section within the Joining Process Group at TWI, UK
  • May 2006 – Jan 2012: R&D Consultant, Project Engineer, Collaborative Projects Operations Manager at INASCO, Greece

Qualifications

PhD in advanced materials

Responsibility

Director of the Â鶹¹û¶³´«Ã½Composites Centre (BCC)

Centre Description: Innovation Centre established in September 2016 by TWI and Â鶹¹û¶³´«Ã½University.

Centre vision: Become an internationally renowned centre for composites joining and interfacial phenomena involving composites

Centre mission and technology remit:

  • Study physicochemical phenomena that take place at the interface of composite materials
  • Create solutions for better processing and joining of composites
  • De-risk innovation in composites for quick industrial application

Newest selected publications

Omairey, S., Sampethai, S., Hans, L., Worrall, C., Lewis, S., Negro, D., et al. (2021) ''. International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology, 117 (5-6). pp. 1721 - 1738. ISSN: 0178-0026

Journal article

Omairey, S., Jayasree, N. and Kazilas, M. (2021) ''. SN Applied Sciences, 3 (9). ISSN: 2523-3963

Journal article

Jayasree, N., Omairey, S. and Kazilas, M. (2020) ''. Science and Engineering of Composite Materials, 27 (1). pp. 325 - 334. ISSN: 0792-1233

Journal article

Loukodimou, V., Kazilas, MC. and Skordos, AA. (2019) 'Simulation of damage on carbon fibre laminates using the Ladevèze material model'.18th European Conference on Composite Materials (ECCM-18). Athens, Greece. 1 - 28 June. Proceedings of the 18th European Conference on Composite Materials (ECCM-18). pp. 1 - 7.

Conference paper

Pouchias, A., Kazilas, M., Cunningham, P. and Stein, J. (2019) ''. Sensors, 19 (23). pp. 5292 - 5292. ISSN: 1424-8220

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