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1. Fracture and contact mechanics

   The Fracture and Contact Mechanics specialises in the development and use of finite element structural and multi-physics packages.

2. Materials development and processing

   MEMARC's members conduct research into materials development, as well as biological systems and sports engineering. Learn more about this research, the researchers who work in this area and the materials development and processing projects members have completed.

3. Wave propagation in lattices and microstructures

   Wave propagation in lattices and microstructures is one of MEMARC's key research specialisms. Researchers working in this area concentrate on invisibility, focusing and shielding.

4. Communication and blended-learning: Language and social cues in different learning contexts across educational stages

   The COVID-19 pandemic exacerbated the pace at which educational institutions moved towards a blended approach of online and in-person learning (Jisc, 2020). While embracing this change, the challenges it brings for learner experience, engagement and learning must be carefully considered.

5. Forensic Psychology Research Theme

   Within the subject of forensic psychology, our areas of expertise include criminal behaviour, suicide risk, child abuse and harassment. Take a look at our current projects, people working in the group, and publications.

6. Health and Wellbeing Research Theme

   Research interests within the Health and Wellbeing Research Theme focuses on the psychological aspects of illness, health and healthcare delivery. We're interested in preventative health and behavioural medicine. Find out more about our work by viewing our current projects, collaborations, learning programmes and publications.

7. Neuroscience Research Theme

   The Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience Research Group is concerned with the mechanisms underlying cognitive and emotional behaviour and the disruption of these processes by drugs, ageing, atypical development or disease. Find out about our expertise, collaborations, facilities, publications and learning opportunities within the group.

8. Experimental Technologies Lab

   Read more about the Experimental Technologies Lab, an enhancement upon four years of research pursued at our pioneering workshop and research space, FACTLab, a collaboration with Liverpool’s FACT, the Foundation for Art and Creative Technologies, the UK’s leading new technologies arts organisation.

9. The Heterosis Projects

   Embracing hybridity and promoting heterosis across and between the Labs, cultures, disciplines and forms of knowledge within ART LABS.

10. Drone Technologies and Sensing

    The Drone Technologies and Sensing (DTS) research area combines some of the latest research from the General Engineering Research Institute (GERI) in the field of state-of-the-art drone technology, alongside well established research streams in optical measurement and sensing that have a long history of sustained research excellence.