Dr Andy Bushby BSc, PhD

Position:	Reader in Materials
Tel:	+44 (0)20 7882 5276 / 7418
Location:	Mile End, Eng, E402
Email:	a.j.bushby@qmul.ac.uk
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Research Keywords:	Nanoindentation, Micro-mechanics, Biological materials Director of The NanoVision Centre for microscopy

Dr Andy Bushby gained his PhD at QMUL on the fracture mechanics of fibre cement composites. This was followed by post-doctoral work on the mechanical behaviour of structural ceramics including fatigue and creep at 1400ºC. Further post-doctoral work at the University of Sydney focused on the deformation and fracture behaviour of ceramics using advanced microscopy techniques and introduced him to the emerging technology of nanoindentation testing. Returning to QMUL in 1995 he established the nano-mechanics laboratory and became involved with the development of international standards for nanoindentation. His research in recent years has concentrated on the deformation behaviour of materials at small length scales and ranges from the fundamental physics of deformation to the micro-mechanics of biological tissue. In 2007 he created The NanoVision Centre at QMUL for advanced microscopy introducing the latest in scanning electron microscopy techniques and is now director of the Centre.