Dr Gary Foster
Advanced Manufacturing Research Centre
Technical Fellow - Composites Centre
Full contact details
Advanced Manufacturing Research Centre
Factory of the Future, Advanced Manufacturing Park
Wallis Way, Catcliffe
Rotherham
S60 5TZ
- Profile
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Gary completed his PhD in Engineering at The University of Exeter in 2005.
Over the last 18 years, he has worked in industry at Smithers Rapra and Coventive Composites. Gary has substantial experience of CR&D projects, as well as infrastructure funding and commercial work.
He has significant experience of developing new composites materials and processes. In recent years Gary has focused on developing new intermediate thermoplastic composites materials and bringing them to the market. In particular, the development of fibre reinforced thermoplastic tapes for subsequent use in the areas of Automated Fibre Placement (AFP) and Filament Winding (FW).
Gary started work at the AMRC Composite Centre in June 2022. Since he started, he has been working to expand the centre’s capabilities in the areas of thermoplastic composites and the development of new intermediate composite materials.
- Research interests
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Gary’s research interests include:
- Processing of intermediate thermoplastic composites
- Development of new thermoplastic composite materials
- Fibre reinforced thermoplastic tapes.
- Sustainable and naturally sourced composites
- Advanced processing of tapes (AFP & FW)
- Research group
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Composites
- Grants
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Over the last 30 years, Gary has been involved in many government-funded CR&D research projects, spanning various TRL’s. In the last 5 years Gary has coordinated European and UK funded projects during his time in industry.