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Research interests
My research interests focus on improving efficiency in composites manufacturing. This includes energy efficient cure, improving our understanding of defect and feature evolution during cure, human-robot collaborative manufacturing and knowledge management. My work includes the NextCOMP programme, intended to deliver improved composite performance under compression with a bio-inspired, hierarchical approach, and a collaboration with CERN in composites for high energy physics.
Keywords
- Composite Manufacturing
- energy efficiency
- cobotics
- electromagnetic induction
- Biomimetics
- Hierarchical composites
- compression
- fibre-reinforced composites
- knowledge management
- knowledge transfer
- design for manufacture
- X-Ray computed tomography
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Projects
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Development of novel electromagnetic induction based manufacturing process for uniform and energy efficient composite cure
Pickard, L. R., Ivanov, D. & Uzzell, J.
1/09/23 → 31/08/24
Project: Research
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Research output
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A physicist engineers bio-inspired composites: Astrophysics to Advanced Composites
Pickard, L. R., 12 Feb 2024, Fusion Newsletter, 22, 2, p. 17-22 6 p.Research output: Contribution to specialist publication › Article (Specialist Publication)
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Characterisation of Highly-Aligned, Discontinuous, Fibre Composites for Compressive Performance
Lee, I. R., Longana, M. L., Pickard, L. R., Hamerton, I. & Allegri, G., 13 Feb 2024, Proceedings of the Twenty-Third International Conference on Composite Materials. 9 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference Contribution (Conference Proceeding)
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Evaluation of manufacturing methods for pultruded rod based hierarchical composite structural members with minimal porosity
Pickard, L. R., Crinson, J., Darras, N. S. T., Allegri, G. & Wisnom, M. R., 12 Mar 2024, In: Plastics, Rubber and Composites. 53, 1, p. 25-35 11 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article (Academic Journal) › peer-review
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Prizes
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Career Development Fellowship
Pickard, Laura Rhian (Recipient), 26 Jan 2023
Prize: Prizes, Medals, Awards and Grants
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Engineering Professors' Council 20th Anniversary Award Essay Competition
Pickard, Laura Rhian (Recipient), 2014
Prize: Prizes, Medals, Awards and Grants
Activities
- 1 Participation in workshop, seminar, course
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Workshop: Composites For High Energy Physics
Laura Rhian Pickard (Participant)
15 Nov 2023Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Participation in workshop, seminar, course
Thesis
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Towards Efficient Composites Manufacture Through In-Process Monitoring and Knowledge Management
Author: Pickard, L. R., 25 Jun 2019Supervisor: Partridge, I. (Supervisor), Potter, K. (Supervisor), Kells, D. (External person) (Supervisor) & Shakspeare, P. (External person) (Supervisor)
Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis › Engineering Doctorate (EngD)
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