Dr Wei Tan
BEng, PhD, FIMMM, FHEA
Research Group Members
Research Assistants
![]() LIU, Yang | ![]() GUO, Hongye | ![]() KUMAR, Devender |
Current PhD Projects
| Thesis Title |
|---|
| Associate Engineering--visiting PhD student |
| Developing crashworthy and thermally conductive graphene related composite materials for electrical car battery assembly |
| Developing new self-sensing and self-healing composite materials for offshore infrastructures |
| Developing Next Generation Sustainable Tyres utilising 3D Microstructural Simulations of Filler Reinforcement |
| Development of Sustainable Packaging Materials from Agricultural Waste |
| Failure mechanisms of wind turbine blade materials |
| Modelling the high-velocity liquid-solid impact damage mechanisms of composite materials in leading edge erosion. |
| Multiphysics Evolution and Regulation Strategies of Advanced Energy Storage Electrodes: From Particle Mechanical Behaviours to Porous-Electrode Kinetic-Transport Processes |
| Multiphysics phase-field modelling of fracture in composite materials |
| Numerical simulations of asymmetric bubble dynamics |
| Self-healing Polyurethane Composites as Coating Materials for Wind Turbine Blades |
| Spider silk bio-inspired composites for high thermal and mechanical properties |
| Understanding the failure mechanisms of wind turbine blade c |
Completed PhD Projects
| Thesis Title | Year |
|---|---|
| Inverse Design of Architected Materials via Analytical and Data-Driven Approaches | 2026 |
| The Effect of Loading and Environmental Conditions on the Mechanical Behaviours of Composite Materials. | 2026 |
| The Finite Integration Method:Algorithm and its Applications in Solid Mechanics | 2025 |


