Dr Joel Foreman (he/him)

BSc, PhD

School of Chemical, Materials and Biological Engineering

University Teacher

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j.foreman@sheffield.ac.uk
+44 114 222 5920
Sir Robert Hadfield Building

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Dr Joel Foreman
School of Chemical, Materials and Biological Engineering
Sir Robert Hadfield Building
Mappin Street
Sheffield
S1 3JD
Profile

I have been working on polymers and polymer composites since joining the department in 2005. My primary research interest is in developing structure property relationships in epoxy resins and other thermosets. Previously I developed Group Interaction Modelling (GIM) to predict the thermo-mechanical properties of polymers ranging from thermoplastics to thermosets. Prior to this I worked at the University of Durham and ICI.

Qualifications

BSc Chemistry, University of York (1994)

PhD Computational Chemistry, University of Cardiff (1997)

Research interests
  • Structure property relationships in amine cured epoxy resins
  • Influence of epoxy and amine isomer structure on epoxy resin properties
  • Dynamic mechanical analysis (DMA) of polymers (low temperature transitions)
  • Cure monitoring in epoxy resins (NIR, DEA)
  • Factors influencing fracture toughness in thermosets
  • Structure property relationships in anhydride cured epoxy resins
  • Influence of flexibilizing and fortifying reactive additives on epoxy resins
  • Influence of epoxy matrix structure on composite properties and processing (VARTM)
Publications

Journal articles

  • Whittaker MB & Foreman JP (2024) . Macromolecules.
  • Hamad SF, Fei T, Hayes SA, Foreman JP & Rodenburg C (2022) . Journal of Composite Materials, 56(6), 889-897.
  • Surakarnkha J, Zhaoyuan L, Gong P, Holmes W, Desai P, Foreman J & Morley N (2021) . Composites Science and Technology, 216.
  • Farr NTH, Hamad S, Gray E, Magazzeni C, Longman F, Armstrong D, Foreman J, Claeyssens F, Green N & Rodenburg C (2021) . Polymer Chemistry, 12(2), 177-182.
  • Hamad SF, Farr N, Fei T, Shukor NF, Dean JS, Hayes SA, Foreman JP & Rodenburg C (2019) . Journal of Applied Polymer Science, 136(47).
  • Hamad SF, Stehling N, Hayes SA, Foreman JP & Rodenburg C (2019) . Materials, 12(10).
  • Amariutei OA, Ramsdale-Capper R, Correa lvarez M, Chan LKY & Foreman JP (2018) . Polymer, 156, 203-213.
  • Foreman J & Ramsdale-Capper R (2018) . Data in Brief, 19, 992-996.
  • Foreman J & Ramsdale-Capper R (2018) . Polymer, 146, 321-330.
  • Foreman JP, Behzadi S, Porter D & Jones FR (2010) . Philosophical Magazine, 90(31-32), 4227-4244.
  • Foreman JP, Porter D, Behzadi S, Curtis PT & Jones FR (2010) . Composites Part A Applied Science and Manufacturing, 41(9), 1072-1076.
  • Foreman JP, Behzadi S, Tsampas SA, Porter D, Curtis PT & Jones FR (2009) . Plastics Rubber and Composites, 38(2-4), 67-71.
  • Foreman JP, Porter D, Behzadi S, Curtis PT & Jones FR (2009) Rate dependent multiscale modelling of a fibre-reinforced composite. ICCM International Conferences on Composite Materials.
  • Foreman JP, Porter D, Behzadi S & Jones FR (2008) . Polymer, 49(25), 5588-5595.
  • Foreman JP, Behzadi S, Porter D, Curtis PT & Jones FR (2008) . Journal of Materials Science, 43(20), 6642-6650.
  • Foreman JP, Behzadi S, Porter D, Curtis PT & Jones FR (2008) Hierarchical modelling of a polymer matrix composite. Journal of Materials Science, 1-9.
  • Foreman JP, Porter D, Behzadi S, Travis KP & Jones FR (2006) . J MATER SCI, 41(20), 6631-6638.
  • Knaapila M, Kisko K, Lyons BP, Stepanyan R, Foreman JP, Seeck OH, Vainio U, P疇lsson L-O, Serimaa R, Torkkeli M & Monkman AP (2004) . The Journal of Physical Chemistry B, 108(30), 10711-10720.
  • Zaidi NA, Foreman JP, Tzamalis G, Monkman SC & Monkman AP (2004) . Advanced Functional Materials, 14(5), 479-486.
  • Knaapila M, Lyons BP, Kisko K, Foreman JP, Vainio U, Mihaylova M, Seeck OH, P疇lsson L-O, Serimaa R, Torkkeli M & Monkman AP (2003) . The Journal of Physical Chemistry B, 107(45), 12425-12430.
  • Foreman JP & Monkman AP (2003) . The Journal of Physical Chemistry A, 107(38), 7604-7610.
  • Howard ST, Foreman JP & Edwards PG (1997) . Chemical Physics Letters, 264(3-4), 454-458.
  • Howard ST, Foreman JP & Edwards PG (1997) . Canadian Journal of Chemistry, 75(1), 60-67.
  • Howard ST, Foreman JP & Edwards PG (1996) . Inorganic Chemistry, 35(20), 5805-5812.
  • Knaapila M, Stepanyan R, Torkkeli M, Lyons BP, Ikonen TP, Alm獺sy L, Foreman JP, Serimaa R, G羹ntner R, Scherf U & Monkman AP () . Physical Review E, 71(4).
  • Bedford SB, Begley MJ, Cornwall P, Foreman JP & Knight DW () . J. Chem. Soc., Perkin Trans. 1(23), 2827-2832.

Book chapters

  • Jones FR & Foreman JP (2020) , Polymer Composites in the Aerospace Industry (pp. 253-287). Elsevier
  • Archer E, Bossi RH, Brunner AJ, Butler R, Cantwell WJ, David M, Davies G, Foreman JP, Giurgiutiu V, Irving P , Ivanov DS et al (2015) , Polymer Composites in the Aerospace Industry (pp. xi-xi). Elsevier
  • Jones FR & Foreman JP (2015) , Polymer Composites in the Aerospace Industry (pp. 335-369).
  • Jones FR & Foreman JP (2015) , Polymer Composites in the Aerospace Industry (pp. 335-369). Elsevier

Conference proceedings

  • Hamad SF, Stehling N, Holland C, Foreman JP & Rodenburg C (2017) . Procedia Engineering, Vol. 200. Braga, Portugal, 21 June 2017 - 21 June 2017.
  • Wilson PR, Cinar AF, Mostafavi M, Foreman JP & Meredith J (2015) Observation and quantification of damage evolution in crossply carbon fibre composites at low temperature using digtal image correlation. Iccm International Conferences on Composite Materials, Vol. 2015-July
  • Abed GMH, Pinna C, Foreman JP & Hayes SA (2014) Characterisation of the tensile and fracture properties of filament wound carbon fibre rings. 16th European Conference on Composite Materials Eccm 2014
  • Foreman JP, Porter D, Pope D & Jones FR (2012) Predicting the material properties of a polyurethane matrix (a composite within a composite). Eccm 2012 Composites at Venice Proceedings of the 15th European Conference on Composite Materials
  • Foreman JP, Porter D, Behzadi S, Curtis PT & Jones FR (2009) Rate dependent multiscale modelling of a fibre-reinforced composite. Iccm International Conferences on Composite Materials
  • Knaapila M, Lyons BP, Kisko K, Seeck OH, Foreman JP, Vainio U, Serimaa R, Torkkeli M & Monkman AP (2004) . SPIE Proceedings, Vol. 5519 (pp 226-226)
  • Foreman JP & Monkman AP (2003) . Synthetic Metals, Vol. 135-136 (pp 375-376)
Teaching activities
  • MAT2310 Industrial Materials Processing
  • MAT306/MAT6430 Composite Materials & Micromechanics
  • MAT6103 Polymer Materials Science and Engineering
  • MAT6104/AER476 Design and Manufacture of Composites
  • MAT6106 Polymer Processing
  • MAT6664 Science of Materials
  • MAT6665 Materials Processing and Characterisation
  • MEC207 Materials Processing