This is the web page of the Advanced Manufacturing and Materials track of the ABCP Annual Conference, to be held on 28-29th August 2026.
Programme
Friday 28th August 2026
| 13:45-13:50 | Opening remarks |
| 13:50-15:15 | Part 1 (Session Chair: Professor Tan Sui, University of Surrey) |
| 13:50-14:05 | Materials engineering for healthy living Professor Junjie Wu, Deputy Pro-Vice Chancellor, Aston University |
| 14:05-14:15 | Hydrogen production from wastewater media: materials and electrode design Professor Guanjie He, Vice-Dean (International), Faculty of Mathematical and Physical Sciences, UCL; ERC Starting Grant Awardee |
| 14:15-14:25 | Revisiting the fundamental assumptions in shear-driven transformations in hexagonal close-packed metals Professor Yang He, Vice-Dean (International), School of Materials Science and Technology, University of Science and Technology Beijing |
| 14:25-14:35 | Nanofluidic Energy Absorption of Metal-Organic Frameworks Dr Yueting Sun, Associate Professor, University of Birmingham; UKRI Future Leaders Fellow |
| 14:35-14:45 | Anti-smudge coating materials with orientational structures Professor Xu Wu, Professor, Guangzhou University |
| 14:45-14:55 | Tailoring the cryogenic mechanical performance of 3D printed Al alloy for liquid hydrogen storage and transportation systems Dr Dikai Guan, Associate Professor, University of Southampton; UKRI Future Leaders Fellow |
| 14:55-15:05 | Lead-free Ceramics for Electrostatic Energy Storage Dr Zhilun Lu, Assistant Professor, University of Leeds |
| 15:05-15:15 | High-Quality Materials Data for AI and Accelerated Materials Development Dr Jianan Hu, Senior Materials Scientist, Sente Software Ltd |
| 15:15-15:30 | Refreshment (Venue: Atrium) |
| 15:30-17:05 | Part 2 (Session Chair: Professor Biao Cai, University of Birmingham) |
| 15:30-15:45 | Direct Acoustic Manufacturing: Concepts, Mechanisms, and Key Technologies Professor Chengyong Wang, Professor, Guangdong University of Technology |
| 15:45-16:00 | Operando study of multiple spatiotemporal scale dynamics in sonoprocessing of advanced materials Professor Jiawei Mi, Professor, Advanced Materials and Manufacturing, University of Hull |
| 16:00-16:15 | Development and Opportunities of Zero Emission Combustion Engines Professor Xinyan Wang, Professor, Brunel University of London; UKRI Future Leaders Fellow |
| 16:15-16:25 | Fretting-corrosion behaviors of artificial hip replacements Professor Yu Yan, Deputy director of international affairs office, School of Materials Science, University of Science and Technology Beijing |
| 16:25-16:35 | From empirical inheritance to predictive confidence: a disciplinary bridge for high temperature manufacturing and life assessment Dr Qiang Xu, Senior Lecturer in Mechanical Engineering, University of Huddersfield |
| 16:35-16:45 | Towards Sustainable and Smart Laser Manufacturing through Process Modelling, Optimisation and Monitoring Dr Yuze Huang, Assistant Professor, University of Manchester |
| 16:45-16:55 | Advancing High-Performance and Defect-Lean Manufacturing Dr Kai Zhang, Lecturer, University of Bristol |
| 16:55-17:05 | Ultramicrotome-Based Nanocutting: Methods and Applications Dr Zihan Li, Postdoctoral fellow, University of Nottingham |