Chris Rudd
Mechanical, Materials and Manufacturing Engineering
The University of Nottingham
United Kingdom
Biography
Dr. Chris Rudd is currently working as a PROFESSOR OF MACHANICAL ENGINEERING in the Department of Mechanical, Materials and Manufacturing Engineering , University of Nottingham , United Kingdom.
Research Interest
Current research concerns composite materials - their structure, processing and performance. We are particulary interested in textile forms and in the modelling of the fabric structure. This leads into downstream modelling of a range of different performance aspects - permeability, stiffness, damage, environmental degradation etc. We have strong links with automotive companies and have focussed on low investment manufacturing and energy absorbing structures. My main area of emerging interest lies in using polymer composites as synthetic bone replacement and fracture fixation. We focus expecially on the use of resorpable fibres in a range of biocompatible polymers to explore the possibility of making medical devices that are stiffness-matched to bone with controlled resoprtion characteristics.
Publications
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HOSSAIN KMZ, HASAN MS, BOYD D, RUDD CD, AHMED I, THIELEMANS W. Effect of Cellulose Nanowhiskers on Surface Morphology, Mechanical Properties, and Cell Adhesion of Melt-Drawn Poly lactic Acid Fibers Biomacromolecules. (2014).
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HOSSAIN KMZ, PARSONS AJ, RUDD CD, AHMED I, THIELEMANS W. Mechanical, crystallisation and moisture absorption properties of melt drawn polylactic acid fibres EUROPEAN POLYMER JOURNAL. (2014).
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FELFEL RM, HOSSAIN KMZ, PARSONS AJ, RUDD CD, AHMED I. Accelerated in vitro degradation properties of polylactic acid/phosphate glass fibre composites Materials Science. (In Press.) (2015).
