The University of Cambridge is a world class university involved in both teaching and research over all subjects in the Sciences and the Humanities. The Department of Materials Science and Metallurgy, has been consistently ranked top of materials departments in the UK. The department has approximately 20 staff members and about 140 postgraduates. It has extensive mechanical testing, numerical modelling and characterisation facilities.

The department involved in the project is the research group in ceramics and ceramic processing with experience working in the deformation, fracture and processing of ceramics and composites.

Contact person: Dr. William Clegg
Website: http://www.cam.ac.uk/