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SUMMARY:IMX Seminar Series - Boats vs Waves\, and Other Ways to Break Comp
 osite Materials
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DESCRIPTION:Prof. Mark Battley\, University of Auckland\, NZ\nDue to their
  light weight\, high strength\, stiffness and durability\, fibre reinforce
 d polymer composite materials are often the materials of choice for high p
 erformance and efficient land\, sea\, air and space vehicles. Mark will gi
 ve an overview of the University of Auckland’s Centre for Advanced Mater
 ials Manufacturing and Design and discuss research projects related to mec
 hanics of composite materials and structures. This will include experiment
 al testing and numerical modelling of water impact of high-performance boa
 ts\, effects of dynamic and fatigue loads on failure mechanics of laminate
 s\, core materials and sandwich structures\, and understanding how the way
  that we manufacture composite materials influences their performance. Mar
 k will also discuss how the techniques developed from this work have led t
 o new areas of research including assessing demisability and re-useability
  of composite spacecraft\, improving recycling and re-use of polymers and 
 composites\, using fluid-structure coupling to enhance comfort of additive
 ly manufactured foot orthotics\, and improving how we mitigate the effects
  of waves on coastlines and coastal structures.\n\nBio: Professor Mark Bat
 tley\, Department of Engineering Science and Biomedical Engineering and Ce
 ntre for Advanced Materials Manufacturing and Design\, The University of A
 uckland\, New Zealand.\n \nMark did his undergraduate and postgraduate tr
 aining at the University of Auckland\, obtaining a BE (Hons) in Mechanical
  Engineering and a PhD on the off-axis stiffness characterisation of fibre
  reinforced plastics. He then worked for 13 years as a Research Engineer a
 t a NZ Government Research Institute (Industrial Research Limited) in Auck
 land\, continuing to have a focus on mechanics of composite materials. Dur
 ing this time\, he also spent a year doing teaching and research at the Li
 ghtweight Structures Group\, KTH Stockholm\, Sweden. Mark then worked for 
 the University of Auckland’s Centre for Advanced Composite Materials\, w
 hile running his own consultancy company. In 2015 he was employed by the U
 niversity of Auckland in the Department of Engineering Science and Biomedi
 cal Engineering. From 2019 to 2024 Mark was the Associate Dean (Research) 
 for the Faculty of Engineering and is also the Deputy Director at the Cent
 re for Advanced Materials Manufacturing and Design.\n 
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