Professor Paul Hogg

Paul Hogg graduated in Chemistry with Materials Science from the university of Liverpool in 1978 and obtained his PhD for his thesis entitled "stress corrosion of GRP in acidic environments" from the same university in 1981.After a brief period as a post-doc and temporary lecturer at Liverpool in the department of Metallurgy and Materials Science, he moved as a "new blood lecturer" to Queen Mary college in London in 1983. Paul then spent the next 24 years at Queen Mary moving up through the ranks. He obtained his Chair in 1999 when he also became Head of the Department of Materials, a position he held until Jan 2007. In March 2007 he moved to become Chief Executive Officer of Queen Mary's spin-out nanotechnology company, Nanoforce Technology Limited and in January 2008 moved to Manchester to take up the position of Professor of Composite Materials and Executive Director of the Northwest Composites Centre.

Paul's research has always been focused on aspects of fibre reinforced composites and has included work on durability, impact resistance and damage tolerance. He has an ongoing interest on material developments to improve toughness and damage resistance which includes the use of novel fibre forms, hybrid fabrics and 3D textiles. Recent projects have included projects on recycling of polymer foams, ballistic impact and fatigue of composites for wind turbine applications.

Professor Hogg is currently Chairman of the British Composites Society, Research Director of the trade association, Composites-UK, a board member of the National Composites Network

• New materials developments for wind turbines
• Toughening of structural composites using thermoplastic fibre additives
• Ballistic properties of textiles composites
• Recycling of thermosetting polymer foams
• Energy absorption of composite panels
• Joining and repair of structural composites

• The Influence of Surface Morphology on the Interfacial Adhesion and Fracture Behaviour of Vacuum Infused CFRP Repairs D.Tzetzis and P.J. Hogg, Polymer Composites Volume 29, no 1, 2008, pp: 92-108
• Impact response of composites after long-term water immersion K.Berketis and P.J. Hogg, J Mater Sci, vol 42 no 16, 2007, pp 6642-6650
• Composites in Armor P.J. Hogg, Science, 17th November 2006, vol 314, pp 100-1101
• Effect of fracture toughness properties on the crushing of flat composite plates S. Cauchi-Savona and P.J. Hogg, Composites Science and Technology, 66(13), 2006, pp 2317-2328.
• Energy, Materials and Transition Paths to Sustainable Economies M. Tezcakar, S.R. Peters, P.J. Hogg, L. Kaounides and N. Mansouri, Materials Technology, 2006, vol 21-4, pp 210-220
• Fire testing of concrete beams with fibre reinforced plastic rebar A. Abbasi and P.J. Hogg, Composites Part A, 2006, 37, pp1142-1150
• Bondline Toughening of Vacuum Infused Composite Repairs D.Tzetzis and P.J. Hogg, Composites Part A: 37, 2006, pp 1239-1251
• Prediction of the failure time of glass fiber reinforced plastic reinforced concrete beams under fire conditions A. Abbassi and P.J. Hogg, Journal of Composites for Construction, October 2005, vol 9 no 5, pp450-457