Contact Dr David Ayre
- Tel: +44 (0) 1234 752947
- Email: d.s.ayre@cranfield.ac.uk
Areas of expertise
- Composites
- Lightweighting & Crashworthiness
- Aerospace Materials
- Nanotechnology
Background
Dr Ayre has 10 years experience of working in industry as a chemist in the nuclear power generation industry, where he worked on operating and commissioning AGR Power Stations
Current activities
Dr Ayre is a Senior Lecturer in Composites and Polymers in the Composites and Advanced Materials Centre at ÂãÁÄÖ±²¥. He is the course director for the Advanced Materials MSc and has research interests in polymer and composite toughening, composite manufacturing cost modelling, joining of composite structures, failure of polymeric coatings and recycling of polymeric materials.
Other research interests include mechanical, thermal and visual characterisation of materials.
