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Dr Zafer Kazancı

School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Zafer KAZANCI

Dr Zafer Kazancı

School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

Dr Kazanci is a Senior Lecturer at Queen’s University Belfast and director of the Advanced Composites Research Group. He is a recognised expert on the behaviour of composite structures under extreme loads and specialises in impact and blast loading. His research expertise encompasses auxetics, crash and crush analysis, bird-strike certification, ballistic impact and improving crush force efficiency.

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  • z.kazanci@qub.ac.uk
  • +44 (0) 2890974178

Research Interests

Open to PhD applications in:

  • Composite structures
  • Mechanical metamaterials
  • Numerical modelling
  • Additive manufacturing
  • Blast/impact loading
  • Crashworthiness

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Public outreach & key achievements

  • Royal Academy of Engineering Industrial Fellowship with Bombardier

Research students

PhD area Development of lightweight composite helmets using auxetic materials
Name Mr Tom Fisher
Years of study 2020-2023
Country UK

PhD Area Ultra-lightweight smart composites aerostructures for high altitude long endurance aircraft
Name Mr Christopher Sutcu
Years of study 2021-2024
Country Northern Ireland

PhD Area Towards certification by simulation of bird-strike event on composite wing leading edges
Name Mr Eray Kayar
Years of study 2022-2025
Country Turkey


Alumni: Where are they now

PhD area Using auxetic materials as a core for sandwich structures under severe loading conditions
Name Ms Clare Burnett
Years of study 2017-2022
Country Northern Ireland

PhD Area Optimisation of the injection method using nano-enhanced resins for the repair of composite structures
Name Mr Apostolos Parmalas
Years of study 2019-2022
Country Greece

PhD Area A deep learning approach to predict crashworthiness of mechanical metamaterial
Name Ms Belinda Joseph
Years of study 2017-2022
Country Northern Ireland


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  • Advanced Composites Research Group

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