Mr Andrew Mills
Principal Research Fellow in Composites Manufacture
Location: Building 88, Cranfield campus
E: a.r.mills@cranfield.ac.uk
T: +44 (0)1234 750111 x2405
Manufacturing and Materials
Current activities
Mr Andrew Mills currently leads the airframe structure, materials and manufacturing research activities at Cranfield University, Imperial College, Warwick and Liverpool Universities for the BAE SYSTEMS / EPSRC Grand Challenge for future unmanned aircraft technology.
He also leads the carbon fibre composites performing research activity within the EU Framework 6 Precarbi project with Airbus Germany and Spain and Eurocopter.
Clients
- Airbus France
- Airbus UK
- BAE Systems
- Bombardier Shorts
- Dowty Propellers
- Ford Motor Company
- GKN Aerospace
- Hexcel Composites
- Huntsman Advanced Materials
- Jaguar Racing
- Lola Composites
- Lotus Engineering
- MBDA Missile Systems
- St Gobain.
Research funding from DTI CARAD and Foresight Vehicle, EPSRC IMI and IMRC, EU Framework 6.
Background
Mr Andrew Mills leads the Composites Manufacturing Research Group, which develops technology for the cost effective manufacturing of lightweight composite structures in partnership with industry. He has 22 years experience investigating and developing advanced composite materials and process technology for aerospace and niche automotive applications, initially with BAE Systems, then PERA and Courtaulds. He joined Cranfield in 1991 to lead the Airbus UK / Cranfield project AMCAPS which conceived and investigated novel materials and process technology for large composite wing manufacture, which has now been qualified for the Airbus A380. He is a committee member of the Society for the Advancement of Materials and Process Engineering, UK.
