The 5 projects will be supervised by a team of 8 academics in SEMS and are in "Soft actuators and energy-responsive systems based on 2D materials"; "The design and manufacture of graphene related materials for high strength and super hydrophobic materials"; "Developing crashworthy and thermally conductive graphene related composite materials for electrical car battery assembly"; "Graphene based transparent electrodes for tuneable optical devices" and "Multifunctional composite filaments with integrated sensing and easy repairing capabilities".