RI-IWEAR Research Seminar XV

Professor Young studied Natural Sciences at the University of Cambridge and gained his PhD in 1973. He became Professor of Polymer Science and Technology in Manchester in 1986, and the founding Head of the School of Materials in the newly-formed University of Manchester in 2004. Professor Young is a Fellow of Royal Society (2013), Royal Academy of Engineering (2006) and Academy of Europe (2015). He has introduced of a number of revolutionary techniques that have given a completely new insight into the micromechanics of deformation in fibres and composites. Over recent years he has extended this approach to the mechanics of deformation of graphene and other 2D materials in nanocomposites. His contribution in research has been recognised through the awards of the Griffith Medal (2002), Leslie Holliday Prize (2011), Swinburne Medal and Prize (2012) and Platinum Medal (2019) from the UK Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining.