Team Members
Professor Steve Jerrams
Principal Investigator
t: + 353 1 402 2951
e: stephen.jerrams@dit.ie
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Dr Niall Murphy
Team Leader/ Projects Coordinator
t: +353 01 402 3849
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Dr Hassan Ali
Supervisor and Group Advisor
t: +353 01 402 2878
e: ali.hassan@dit.ie
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Dr John Hanley
Postdoctoral Researcher/ Advisor, CER Research
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Postgraduates
CER boasts a strong team of doctoral students at the forefront of elastomer technology currently working with leading partners worldwide
Dave Gorman
Dave is designing and testing complex electromagnet arrays to provide high density, uniform magnetic fields for analysing the dynamic physical properties of magnetorheological elastomers (MREs)
Jenny McIntyre
Jenny is fabricating and testing MREs with the ultimate aim of carrying out fatigue analyses of these exciting new materials. Research partner: The German Institute of Rubber Technology
Conor Briody
Conor is investigating the long-term physical properties of advanced foams for wheelchair seating applications. Research partner: Enable Ireland
Mark Johnson
Mark is carrying out a large range of dynamic equi-biaxial physical tests on rubber samples using CER’s unique ‘bubble inflation’ system
Yanfen Zhou
Yanfen is fabricating MREs designed to have a range of interfacial layer properties between the ferromagnetic particles and the rubber matrix material. Yanfen is an IRCSET Embark scholarship holder
Simon Wachter
Simon is optimising the continuous mixing of rubber compounds using a machine incorporating a unique single screw extruder and gear pump combination. Research partner: VMI AZ