Professor Julie Yeomans
Member | Strategic Advisory Board
Professor Julie Yeomans is the Associate Dean, Research and Innovation, for the Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences at the University of Surrey. Prior to this , she undertook a two-year secondment as the first academic Director of Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI), having been Head of the Department of Mechanical Engineering Sciences and Director of the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) Centre for Doctoral Training in Micro- and NanoMaterials and Technologies.
She is a materials engineer specialising in ceramics and for the last thirty five years has worked on a wide variety of ceramic and ceramic matrix composite systems, always with an interest in the microstructural characterisation of materials before and after fracture as a result of exposure to demanding environments such as those experienced in wear, thermal shock, joining and most recently ballistic and nuclear applications. In 2008, in recognition of her contribution to ceramics, she was awarded the Veralum Medal and Prize from the Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining.
Currently, Julie is a member of the EPSRC Strategic Advisory Network. Previously, she was the academic leader of the Materials and Manufacturing theme within the Advanced Materials Leadership Council, which ran from 2014-2016. She has also served as an elected member of the Council of the Institute of Materials and an editor of the Journal of Materials Science.
