Dear Peter,
I shall be delighted to collaborate with you on the grant application you
suggest. We have done work on similar ideas in the recent past and we are
involved in an EU project with which has related objectives.
Let me know.
All the best,
George
At 09:57 26/02/2003 +0000, you wrote:
>Dear All,
>
>I am currently structuring a grant application aiming to establish
>non-linear optimal solutions to laminated composite problems with a
>significant biomimetic input.
>
>The idea stems from my own research on non-linear shell optimisation.
>The intention is to incorporate biomimetics in selecting the design
>variables. The paper by Chen et al on the microstructure of an insect
>cuticle and the strength of a preformed hole composite (Micron, v.33,
>571-574) is forming the initial impetus. Reliability concepts will also
>be incorporated through fuzzy logic.
>
>The purpose of this email is to act as a partner search for a
>co-investigator on the grant application. I would ask that if anyone is
>interested in potentially contributing to the project (I appreciate that
>detail is sketchy at best at the moment) with research in the
>biomimetics of composites to contact me by email.
>
>Many thanks, Peter Gosling.
>
>
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Professor George Jeronimidis
Composite Materials Engineering
Director of the Centre for Biomimetics
School of Construction Management and Engineering
Reading University, Whiteknights, Reading RG6 2AY
Tel: +44 - 118 - 931 8582
Fax: +44 - 118 - 931 3327
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