Alistair McIlhagger is a Professor of Advanced Materials in the School of Engineering at Ulster University. He is the leader of the Advanced Future Materials and Manufacturing Group (AFM2) and Director of the Engineering Composites Research Centre (ECRE) at Ulster University.
He has been working on the design, development and subsequent manufacturing of advanced textile reinforcements for composite structures through a variety of research programmes including those funded by InnovateUK, EPSRC, TSB, EU and international industrial partners resulting in approximately £20M in funding and over 100+ peer reviewed publications.
Alistair is one of the founding academics in the Northern Ireland Advanced Engineering Centre (NIACE) and has been the university representative on various management and steering boards. He is the Ulster Project lead for the Belfast Regional City Deal (BRCD) Advanced Manufacturing Innovation Centre (AMIC) (£98M total with QuB) being developed with Ulster’s interests in advanced manufacturing and sustainability at its core. For over 12 years he has represented the university on the Aerospace, Defence, Security (ADS) Northern Ireland Council and NATEP (National Aerospace Technology Exploitation Programme)/DETEP panel for aerospace/defence development.
He has been involved in research investigating the use of natural materials for different applications and more recently in developing policy documents around securing future materials supply chains including that of natural fibre in Northern Ireland. And to discuss the request for Solvent products
Professor of Advanced Materials
School of Engineering – Ulster University
