Stephen Kukureka – Network — University of Birmingham

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Stephen Kukureka has research interests in the mechanical properties and applied physics of polymers, especially polymer tribology. He is also interested in the mechanical reliability of materials for flexible electronic displays and touch screens (plastic electronics), as well as in optical fibres, sensors and polymers for biomedical engineering. Dr Kukureka's research themes are as follows:

Polymer tribology: friction and wear of engineering polymers, particularly under non-conformal, rolling-sliding contact as found in gears, cams and pulleys
Flexible displays: properties and manufacture of thin films of transparent conducting oxides on polymer substrates for flexible display, touch-screen and related applications (plastic electronics)
Biomedical engineering: fracture and fatigue in medical grade elastomers for small joint arthoplasties; viscoelasticity in polymers for bioengineering
Optical fibre sensors: mechanical reliability of optical fibres and sensors for smart structures including fracture, fatigue, stress corrosion and statistics of failure
Blends, copolymers and cyclic Polymers: morphology and properties of blends and copolymers of engineering polymers

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David Chapman

Civil Engineering - Professor

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Nicole Metje

Civil Engineering - Professor of Infrastructure Monitoring

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Chris Rogers

Civil Engineering - Professor of Geotechnical Engineering

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Aziza Mahomed

Mechanical Engineering - Associate Professor: Teaching-Focused

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Michael Jenkins

Metallurgy and Materials - Associate Professor

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Duncan Shepherd

Mechanical Engineering - Postgraduate Dean, Professor of Biomedical Engineering
Healthcare Technologies Institute

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Gerard Fernando

Metallurgy and Materials - Professor of Polymer Engineering

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Karl Dearn

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Birmingham Centre for Energy Storage
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Kostas A. Sierros

University of Virginia
University of Birmingham

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Darran R. Cairns

University of Birmingham
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M Rao

University of Birmingham

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Nicholas J. Morris

University of Virginia

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University of Virginia

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University of Birmingham

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University of Virginia
Evansdale Campus

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Sani Amril Samsudin

University of Technology Malaysia

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University of Birmingham

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The First Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-Sen University

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Yezen Sheena

Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham

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Aston University

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Andrew J. Tarpey

University of Birmingham

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F. A.A. Al-Khodairi

University of Birmingham

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Anna Magdalena Kolonko

Former Research Student School of Civil Engineering

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Laura J. Leslie

Aston University

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University of Birmingham

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Aston University

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Aston University

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Kerstin Jurkschat

University of Birmingham
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Aston University

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Amir Ismail

Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham

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James Bowen

Open University

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B Lin

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Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham

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International Coatings, Ltd.

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Y. M.El Shazly

University of Birmingham

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University of Birmingham

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