Biography
Prof. Michael Wisnom, from Aerospace Engineering Department of Bristol University, gave a talk on the Center for Smart Materials and Structures (CSMS).
Prof. Michael Wisnom is Director of the Advanced Composites Centre for Innovation and Science. He is a leading expert on the mechanics of fibre reinforced composites, failure mechanisms and finite element analysis, with over 250 published papers. He is Director of the Rolls-Royce Composites University Technology Centre. He is Editor in Chief and European Editor for Applied Science and Manufacturing of the international journal Composites Part A, a Fellow of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers and of the American Society for Composites and a holder of a Royal Society Wolfson Research Merit Award. Professor Wisnom is also President of the International Committee on Composite Materials.
The general focus area of Prof. Michael Wisnom are Failure mechanisms in composites, Finite element analysis.