New Staff Member

Dr Michael Barwood PhD will be joining Bowles and Walker Ltd plastic injection moulding as our new Technical and Quality manager. Michael gained his undergraduate and doctorate at Sheffield Hallam University (SHU). Followed by working at the SHU Material and Engineering Research Institute (MERI) as a postdoctoral researcher.

During his time at SHU Michael investigated Shape Memory Polymers, SMP, which are of considerable interest in research and industry due to their novel properties and vast potential. SMP belong to an emerging class of materials known as 'smart polymers'.

Following this, Michael has been working as a research associate leading a group at Loughborough University within the Centre for Sustainable Manufacturing and Recycling Technologies (SMART), he has