President
Prof. Maria Charalambides, PhD DIC CEng FIMecheE, Imperial College London
Professor Maria Charalambides PhD DIC CEng FIMecheE
Professor in Mechanics of Materials, Head of Mechanics of Materials Research Division, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Imperial College London, London SW7 2AZ, UK
Amongst Maria’s research interests is soft solids Rheology: rheological characterisation and modelling of soft solids used in various composite materials such as in foods, binders in explosives, paints and adhesives. Numerical modelling for quantifying flow and damage in soft solids, including food manufacturing and human (oral and gastric) processing.