Exeter Defence, Security and Resilience Network

Technology Advantage

Technology Advantage

Our expertise covers the following areas:

  • Advanced Materials & Manufacturing   
  • Metamaterials  
  • Graphene and quantum computing  
  • Composite systems  
  • Smart manufacturing  
  • HP Polymers  
  • Additive Layer Manufacturing   
  • Cyber infrastructure/security  
  • Technologies (implications/con-sequences)  
  • Autonomous Systems and Robotics  
  • Forensics 

In a fast-paced world, our research teams across Physics, Computer Science, Engineering and Mathematics provide emerging and disruptive technology advantage and provide high-standard innovative solutions for challenges that require cutting-edge expertise, facilities, and out-of-the-box thinking. 

Our projects and collaborations harness expertise from across cyber, quantum technology, autonomous systems, advanced materials and manufacturing, including metamaterials, graphene, high performance polymers and composites.

We provide impactful solutions relevant to an enormous range of sectors, including computing, imaging and sensing, acoustic and RF signature reduction, energy (including solar, offshore, geothermal and sustainably produced electricity), control systems, communication, and technologies for both space and marine. 

Our experts can work with you to enable simulation, optimisation, measurement, and fabrication of novel materials, systems and devices. We can help you combine materials science and manufacturing processes to develop new knowledge about these interactions and develop improved materials and processes for industrial applications.

In cyber, our work focuses on all aspects of building secure, safe, privacy-preserving, reliable, and trustworthy systems; specifically on building systems that are secure and safe “by design” as well as in approaches for analysing the security or safety of advanced systems.

In autonomous systems, we develop robust and adaptive control and monitoring schemes, embedding autonomous behaviours and mission planning of unmanned systems in land, air, and water. Our research enhances the operational performance and resilience of conventional and autonomous mobile assets in the presence of uncertainties, disturbances, and failures. 

We are pioneers in two-dimensional materials, being the creators of GraphExeter – the world’s best carbon based transparent electrical conductor.  We host the EPSRC and Dstl-funded UK Metamaterials Network; we are home to leading modelling specialists in areas such electromagnetism, acoustics, bioengineering, vibration engineering, control & robotics, structural management.  Working with our colleagues across the University, we explore the sociology, economic, ethical considerations of developing new technology.