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John Summerscales

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Professor John Summerscales

 https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3557-0404

    Overview

    Profile summary

    Contents
    • Service as External Examiner (including research degrees): see Teaching
    • Hobbies and interests: see Personal\Additional Information
    Role

    Affiliations

    Profiles

    Professional memberships

    Committees

    • IOM3 Composites Leadership Team
      (website and social media coordinator)
    • SAMPE UK and Ireland Chapter Committee
    • SAMPE Technical Committee 4: Recycling of Composites

    Awards

    Roles on external bodies

    Research Funding Bodies
    • European Commission Seventh Framework Programme (FP7), 2012-2014. 
    • European Commission Sixth Framework Programme (FP6), 2006-2008. 
    • Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC): 
      • Structural Materials College/Peer Review College, 1997-2009.
    • Faraday Plastics Research and Training Board, 2003-2005.
    • LINK Competitive Industrial Materials from Non-Food Crops "CIMNFC" (BBSRC/DEFRA + others), 2002-2007. 
      • Programme Steering Committee. 
      • Project steering committees: BioMat .. FibStruct .. NovComps .. TexFlax. 
    • LINK Renewable Materials (Defra/BBSRC) - reviewer, 2006.
    • Department for Trade and Industry (DTI): Technology Programme -assessor/speaker, 2004-2006.
    • Enterprise Ireland: Government Advanced Technologies Research Programme Panel, 2001. 
    • National Research Foundation - South Africa: Grant Application - reviewer, 2003. 
    • Technologiestichting STW - The Netherlands: Grant Application - reviewer, 2005. 
    • Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada - reviewer, 2007. 
    • Enterprise Ireland: Composites Competence Centres - evaluator, 2009. 
    • Romanian National Council for Research and Development - evaluator, 2011-12. 
    • Enterprise Ireland: Commercialisation Fund - reviewer, 2012.
    • Enterprise Ireland: Irish Centre for Composites Research (IComp) Business Plan - reviewer, 2014.
    • Kazakhstan: National Center of Science and Technology Evaluation -independent expert, 2014.
    • Belgium: Industrieel Onderzoeksfonds (IOF) - reviewer, 2015.
    • Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF) - reviewer, 2016.
    • Canada: Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC) - reviewer, 2016.
    • Romania: Executive Agency for Higher Education, Research, Development and Innovation Funding - evaluator/rapporteur, 2016.
    • Invest Northern Ireland (INI)/Cogent Management Consulting LLP - international expert, 2016.
    • Enterprise Ireland: H2020 Marie Sklodowska Curie Career-FIT assessment board, 2017.
    • Enterprise Ireland: Irish Centre for Composites Research (IComp) mid-term reviewer, 2018.
    • Sultanate of Oman: Sultan Qaboos University Towards New Industrial Applications in Oman - evaluator, 2019
    • Sultanate of Oman: RIMS reviewer, 2019.
    • Austria: Research Promotion Agency (FFG) Competence Centers for Excellent Technologies (COMET) - reviewer, 2020.
    Professional Institutes
    • Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining - IOM3 Composites Leadership Team (CLT, formerly British Composites Society Executive/Composites Division Board) 
      • Inaugural Chairman of Committee 02:
        Education, Professional Development and Recognition
        (EPDAR) 2009-2014 
      • CLT secretary, 2021-2024
      • CLT website and social media coordinator, 2025 ongoing.
    • Society for the Advancement of Materials and Process Engineering - UK and Ireland Chapter Committee 
      • Student Co-ordinator 2003-2009
      • SAMPE Europe 2024 Belfast Conference 2023-2024
    Publications
    Membership of Thematic Networks
    • Auxetic Materials Network. 
    • Biomimetics Network for Industrial Sustainability (BioNIS) 
    • Sustainable Composites Network (SusCompNet) 
    • Vegetable Oil Polymers Network (VOPnet)

    Editor

    Supervised research degrees

    Teaching interests

    Modules taught 
     
    Web-pages to support student learning are available via the appropriate links below.

    For all current modules, the pages are under continuing development.

    Current courses:
    • MEng/BEng 3 MATS 347 (20 credits - module leader)
      Composites Design and Manufacture.
    • MEng/BEng 3 MATS 348 (20 credits - module leader)
      Composites Engineering (coursework module which complements MATS 347). 
    • MATS500 Advanced Composites Technology
    • ... plus student project supervision.
     ... discontinued modules:
    • MSc MECH 512 Design for Structural Integrity
       ... specifically Condition Monitoring (CM) - Structural Health Monitoring (SHM) 
    • MSc MECH 513 Smart Materials and Intelligent Structural Systems. 
    • MSc MECH 524 Composite Engineering Systems
    • MEng 4 Advanced Composites Technology
    • BEng 3 STAD322 Civil and Structural Engineering - Construction and Design Project 
    • BSc 3 MST 326 Quality Management and Safety Engineering.
    • BSc 2 MATS 232 Marine Composites and Vessel Surveying. 

    Additional information

    Hobbies and interests

     

    Academic qualifications

    Physical sciences, Other, Chartered Environmentalist, Society for the Environment

    Award Date: 30 Sept 2009

    Engineering and technology, Other, Chartered Engineer, Engineering Council

    Award Date: 31 Jan 2008

    Physical sciences, Other, Chartered Scientist, Science Council

    Award Date: 30 Jun 2004

    Education and teaching, Other postgraduate qualification (e.g. PGCE, Postgraduate Certificate, Postgraduate Diploma), Post-Graduate Diploma in Education [Adult Education], University of Plymouth

    Award Date: 31 Jul 1998

    Engineering and technology, Doctorate, Ph.D. Carbon fibre with glass fibre hybrid reinforced plastics, CNAA/University of Plymouth (as Plymouth Polytechnic)

    Award Date: 29 Feb 1984

    Physical sciences, Other higher degree (e.g. Masters degree), M.Sc. Molecular Science of Materials, CNAA/University of Greenwich (as Thames Polytechnic)

    Award Date: 31 Jul 1976

    Physical sciences, First Degree, B.Sc. Applied Sciences (joint honours: Pure and Applied Chemistry/Polymer Science and Technology), Cardiff University (as University of Wales Institute of Science & Technology)

    Award Date: 31 Jul 1974

    External positions

    Secretary: Composites Leadership Team, Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining (IOM3)

    Apr 2021 → Mar 2025

    Member: United Kingdom and Ireland Chapter Committee, Society for the Advancement of Materials and Process Engineering (SAMPE)

    Jul 1989 → …

    Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals

    In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):

    1. SDG 2 - Zero Hunger
      SDG 2 Zero Hunger
    2. SDG 3 - Good Health and Well-being
      SDG 3 Good Health and Well-being
    3. SDG 4 - Quality Education
      SDG 4 Quality Education
    4. SDG 6 - Clean Water and Sanitation
      SDG 6 Clean Water and Sanitation
    5. SDG 7 - Affordable and Clean Energy
      SDG 7 Affordable and Clean Energy
    6. SDG 9 - Industry, Innovation, and Infrastructure
      SDG 9 Industry, Innovation, and Infrastructure
    7. SDG 10 - Reduced Inequalities
      SDG 10 Reduced Inequalities
    8. SDG 11 - Sustainable Cities and Communities
      SDG 11 Sustainable Cities and Communities
    9. SDG 12 - Responsible Consumption and Production
      SDG 12 Responsible Consumption and Production
    10. SDG 13 - Climate Action
      SDG 13 Climate Action
    11. SDG 14 - Life Below Water
      SDG 14 Life Below Water
    12. SDG 15 - Life on Land
      SDG 15 Life on Land
    13. SDG 17 - Partnerships for the Goals
      SDG 17 Partnerships for the Goals

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