Adhesion & Adhesives Group

Ambrose Taylor

Professor of Materials Engineering, Imperial College London

Ambrose Taylor is Professor of Materials Engineering at Imperial College London and Chair of the IOM3 Adhesion & Adhesives Group (formerly the Society for Adhesion and Adhesives). He studied for a degree in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Bristol, and a PhD at Imperial College London. He then undertook post-doctoral research on high-temperature resistant adhesive and composite materials. He was awarded a prestigious Royal Academy of Engineering Post-doctoral Research Fellowship and a Royal Society Mercer Award for Innovation. He specialises in the characterisation and modelling of polymers, including for use as coatings, adhesives and fibre composites. He also works with polymer recycling and the use of bio-based resins for formulating polymers. He has a special interest in the fracture processes and toughness of these materials. Applications include the construction, aerospace and automotive industries, as well as for the conservation of cultural heritage such as paintings and furniture.

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Stephen Millington

Development Scientist, ARTIS

Steve has nearly 40 years’ experience of working with a broad range of materials, including adhesives, sealants, textiles, rubbers, paper and board, fibre reinforcements, and composite materials. He began his career with the Ministry of Defence at Woolwich Arsenal before moving to DERA at Farnborough and, eventually, to QinetiQ. Steve joined ARTIS in 2011 where he has primary responsibility for coordinating support to development projects within Avon Protection (ARTIS’ parent company), covering both product and rubber compound development. He also supplies in-service product support to Avon across a range of non-metallic materials and processes, as well as to external customers from a variety of industry sectors. In addition, Steve is responsible for ARTIS’ quality management system and its compliance to ISO 9001.

Steve is a Fellow of the Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining (FIMMM) and, as well as being a board member, and immediate past-Chair, of the IOM3 Adhesion and Adhesives Group, he is also a board member of the IOM3 Elastomers Group, and a member of the NPL Industrial Advisory Group for composites, adhesives and polymers.

Laura Hardy

Development Chemist, F. Ball and Co. Ltd.

Laura Hardy is a Development Chemist working at F. Ball and Co. Ltd. in the Staffordshire Moorlands.  Laura has nearly 19 years of experience developing products for the flooring industry, with a speciality in water-based adhesives and sealants.  This includes polymer chemistry, working with various substrates and testing of adhesive joints.

Laura obtained a master’s degree in Chemistry from the Manchester Metropolitan University in 2011 and holds a Higher National Diploma in Business and Management from the University of Derby.  In her spare time, Laura trains in Shotokan Karate and is currently working towards her 1st Dan black belt.

Tony Kinloch

Professor of Adhesion, Department of Mechanical Engineering at Imperial College London

Professor Tony Kinloch, FIMMM, FRSC, FIMechE, FCGI, FREng, FRS holds a personal chair as ‘Professor of Adhesion’ in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Imperial College London. He has published over three hundred and fifty patents and refereed papers in the areas of adhesion and adhesives, fatigue failure and repair of aircraft structures, toughened polymers and the fracture of polymers, fibre-composites and nano-composites; and written and edited seven books in these areas. Over sixty students have obtained their PhD degree under his supervision. He has been awarded the ‘Armourer’s and Braziers Prize for Materials Science’ from The Royal Society, the ‘Le Prix Dédale de la Sociéte Française d’Adhesion’ from the French Adhesion Society, the ‘Hawksley Gold Medal’ of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, ‘The Griffith Medal’ from the Institute of Materials and the US Adhesion Society 3M Award for ‘Outstanding Excellence in Adhesion Research’. He is a Visiting Professor at the University of Sydney and of New South Wales, Australia. In 2016 he was elected a ‘Fellow of the European Structural Integrity Society’ and in 2017 a ‘Fellow of the International Congress of Fracture’. In 2022 he was presented with ‘The President’s Award’ of the US Adhesion Society. In 1997 he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering (FREng) and in 2007 was elected a Fellow of The Royal Society (FRS).