Transforming Foundation Industries Network+ has allocated £1.4million to 34 small projects of up to 6 months duration. These projects seek innovative solutions to support Foundation Industries, and to assist them in adopting new ideas and working practises, boosting sustainability and manufacturing capabilities.
Many small projects are now close to completion and summaries of their results will be published shortly.
A brochure including projects from Calls 1 – 4 is available here, with Call 5 projects to be included upon completion. Videos presenting some projects are also available on YouTube.
Energy Efficiency Themed Projects
THERMCAST: Valorisation of foundry sands as medium-high temperature waste heat recovery materials
Dr Argyrios Anangostopoulos
Research Fellow at University of Birmingham
Investigation of a Flat Heat Pipe for high temperature waste heat recovery from metal slabs
Prof. Hussam Jouhara
Professor at Brunel University London
Dr Saurav Goel
Associate Professor at London South Bank University
Improved Energy Efficiency of Float Glass Production
Dr Peter Green
Senior Lecturer at University of Liverpool
Prof. Zushu Li
Reader at University of Warwick
Resource Efficiency and Circular Economy Themed Projects
Sustainable Investment Assurance Model: SIAM
Dr Stephen Spooner
Senior Research Officer at Swansea University
Valorisation of Metallurgical Wastes through Chemically Bonded Ceramics (VMW-CBC)
Dr Sam Adu-Amankwah
Lecturer at University of Leeds
Dr Argyrios Anagnostopoulos
Research Fellow at University of Birmingham
Sustainable Replacements for Coal Tar Pitch Binders
Dr Cristina Valles
Academic Research Fellow at University of Manchester
Dr Silvia Tedesco
Senior Lecturer at Manchester Metropolitan University
Dr Xinyuan Ke
Lecturer at University of Bath
Digitalisation Themed Projects
Dr Zhiming Yan
University of Warwick
High temperature optical fibre coatings for next generation gas emission monitoring
Dr Ronak Janani
Sheffield Hallam University
Accurate emissivity characterisation of metals from near infrared to long wave infrared
Dr Matthew Hobbs
University of Sheffield
Introducing high-temperature hyperspectral electronics to the foundation industries
Prof. Jon Willmott
University of Sheffield
Dr. Alessandra Parisio
University of Manchester
Micromachined based Multi-Sensing Solution toward Digitalisation of Foundation Industries
Dr. Amal Hajjaj
Loughborough University
Physics-informed digital twins for industrial heating processes (twin4heat)
Dr Yukun Hu
University College London
Sustainable advanced manufacturing via ML-assisted exploitation of sensing and data infrastructure
Dr. Iñaki Esnaola
University of Sheffield
Early Career Researcher Funding Call
Low-temperature densification of Al2O3 through a modified cold-sintering process
Dr. Edoardo Mantheakis
University of Sheffield
Developing biocomposite materials as low-carbon alternatives to ceramic tiles
Dr. Alessia Andrews
University of Manchester
Element-based mapping of waste and by-product material flows for industrial symbiosis
Dr. Alastair Marsh and Dr. Michal Drewniok
University of Leeds
Improving surface interactions of waste plastics as grain substitutes within concrete
Dr James Railton
Northumbria University
Ensuring a sustainable future for recycling in the paper value chain (SRPV)
Dr Hassan Ahmad
Brunel University London
Sustainable asphalt pavements with recycled concrete aggregate and waste glass
Dr Haopeng Wang
University of Nottingham
Circularising the Pressure Moulding of Ceramics
Dr Ahu Gumrah Dumanli-Parry
University of Manchester
Enablers of Transformation
Overcoming Adoption Barriers of Next Generation Processing Technologies in Ceramic/Glass Industries
Dr Taofeeq Ibn-Mohammed &
Dr. Claire Dancer
University of Warwick
Enabling business models innovation for sustainability in the UK glass sector
Dr Luis Torres
University of Nottingham
Circular business model innovation in the UK cement, glass, and ceramics industries
Dr Maria Karafyllia
University of Nottingham
Co-designing a goal interdependency method for deciding corporate sustainability strategy
Dr Rebecca Pieniazek
University of Leeds
Can workforce diversity stimulate transformation towards a more sustainable future?
Prof. Jennifer Tomlinson
University of Leeds
