Since starting in mid 2008, the Centre has received a number of visitors - some of whom have given seminars:

  • Hejun Li (Northwestern Polytechnical University, China)
  • Abdolreza Simchi (Sharif University of Technology, Iran)
  • Hyung Mi Lim (Korea Institute of Ceramic Engineering and Technology)
  • Thaweesak Koanantakool and Sirirurg Songsivilai (NSTDA, Thailand)
  • Liz Holt and Daniel Cairns (Johnson Matthey)
  • Arthur Heuer (Case Western Reserve University, Ohio) - Slip and twinning dislocations in sapphire and Para-equilibrium carburization of austenitic stainless steels
  • Martin Harmer (Lehigh University) - Interfacial kinetic engineering
  • Farhad Golestani Fard and Hamid Reza Rezaei (Iran University of Science and Technology)
  • Frank Abdi (AlphaSTAR) - Modelling ceramics and the US perspective and Computational approach toward composite material A-B base qualification and structural certification
  • Edgar Lara-Curzio (ORNL)
  • John Halloran (University of Michigan) - Oxidation and properties of zirconium diboride - silicon carbide ultra-high temperature ceramic composites
  • John Liddle (CERAM)
  • Tony Evans (UCSB)
  • Prof. Helmuth Cölfen, University of Konstanz, Germany - Bio-Inspired Organic-InorganicHybrid Materials
  • Prof. Wayne Kaplan, Israel Institute of Technology Haifa, Israel - Interfacial Complexions &Thermodynamic Transitions at Interfaces
  • Dr. Nicholas Dunne, Queens University, Belfast, UK -Potential of fibre reinforced calciumphosphate cements for load bearing orthopaedic applications
  • Prof. Paolo Colombo, Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Padova, Italy -Porous Ceramics and Advanced Ceramic Components from Preceramic Polymers
  • Prof. Andreas Mortensen, Éccole Polytechnice Fédérale de Lausanne, Switzerland-Capillarity in infiltration
  • Prof Vadim V. Silberschmidt, Loughborough University, Loughborough - Damage and fracture evolution in ceramic coatings under thermal shock  
  • Prof Van P Thompson, King’s College London Dental Institute, UK- Dental Enamel: Lessons from a Hierarchical Composite  Biomaterials,Biomimetics and Biophotonics
  • Rebecca J Nicholls, Department of Materials, University of Oxford - Probing the local chemistry of 2D materials and oxides  
  • Prof Ganpati Ramanath, Materials Science and Engineering Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, NY, USA - Molecularly-tailored nanomaterials and interfaces: untangling andenhancing unfavorably coupled properties
  • Dr E. Zapata-Solvas, Materials Science Institute of Seville, CSIC-University of Seville, Seville, Spain - Ultra-fast and energy-efficient sintering of ceramics by electric current concentration
  • Prof Darryl P. Butt, Dept. of Materials Science and Engineering, Boise State University, Boise, ID USA - Thermochemical Stability of Lanthanum Orthoferrite, Oxygen Ion Conducting Membranes
  • Prof W.G. Fahrenholtz, Missouri University of Science and Technology, Rolla, MO 65409 - Reactive Hot Pressing of Zirconium Diboride: Densification Behavior and Thermal Properties
  • Prof Prof. Michel W. Barsoum, Distinguished Professor in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering at Drexel University is now with us at Materials Department, Imperial College London on his sabbatical visit supported by Leverhume grant. He is giving 5 Leverhume Lecture Series and 1 special lecture on Physical Properties of the MAX Phases, Mechanical Properties of the MAX Phases I: Ambient Temperatures, Mechanical Properties of the MAX Phases II: High Temperatures, Thermal Properties and Oxidation Resistance of the MAX Phases, MAX Phases for the Nuclear Industry: A Preliminary Assessment and A Possible, Partial Solution to the Mystery of the Great Pyramids of Egypt.
  • Dr. Cristina Botas (CIC energiGUNE) delivered the talk: Graphene-based materials for energy storage.
  • Dr. Pedro Ivo Batistel Galiote Pelissari (ETH, Zurich) delivered the talk: Bio-inspired refractory.