Current research projects in this area include:

• Sustainable composite materials for structural marine applications
• Structural damage assessment for steel ships
• Effect of topographic features in heavy cloth composite performance
• Paint coating characterisation for thermoelastic stress analysis
• The implementation of a life cycle assessment methodology for alternative material selection
• Optical techniques to assess the performance of polymer composite materials under high velocity deformations
• Analysis of adhesively-bonded joints subject to high-speed loading
• Thermal degradation of sandwich structures
• Strength assessment of damaged ship structures
• Assessing the feasibility of monitoring strain in historical tapestries using Digital Image Correlation
• The effect of high strain rate on composite patch repairs
• The use of fibre reinforced polymer composites for military containers
• Structural applications of sustainable materials for large scale manufacture of composite boats
• Methodology for assessing life extension of high performance marine craft