Research Interests
Open to PhD applications in the fields of:
- Composite structures
- Mechanical metamaterials
- Numerical modelling
- Additive manufacturing
- Blast/impact loading
- Crashworthiness
Public outreach & key achievements
In 2018, Dr Kazancı was awarded the prestigious Royal Academy of Engineering Industrial Fellowship with Bombardier Aerospace where he was leading a programme of technology transfer to serve specific modelling and design capability needs of the industry partner.
Research students
| PhD area |
Development of lightweight composite helmets using auxetic materials |
| Name | Mr Tom Fisher |
| Years of study | 2020-2023 |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| PhD area | Ultra-lightweight smart composites aerostructures for high altitude long endurance aircraft |
| Name | Mr Christopher Sutcu |
| Years of study | 2021-2024 |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| PhD area | Towards certification by simulation of bird-strike event on composite wing leading edges |
| Name | Mr Eray Kayar |
| Years of study | 2022-2025 |
| Country | Turkey |
Alumni: Where are they now
| PhD area |
Using auxetic materials as a core for sandwich structures under severe loading conditions |
| Name | Dr Clare Burnett |
| Years of study | 2017-2022 |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Current position | Design Engineer, Camlin Group, UK |
| PhD area | Optimisation of the injection method using nano-enhanced resins for the repair of composite structures |
| Name | Dr Apostolos Parmalas |
| Years of study | 2019-2022 |
| Country | Greece |
| Current position | Project Manager, EXELISIS |
| PhD area | A deep learning approach to predict crashworthiness of mechanical meta-material |
| Name | Dr Belinda Babu Joseph |
| Years of study | 2017-2022 |
| Country | United Kingdom |