Prof. Wesley Cantwell Associate Dean of Research, Professor of Aerospace Engineering, Khalifa University, United Arab Emirates

Professor Wesley Cantwell is a Professor of Aerospace Engineering at Khalifa University.  He received his BSc in Aeronautical and Astronautical Engineering from the University of Southampton and MSc and PhD degrees in Aeronautical Engineering from Imperial College, United Kingdom.  He then worked as a Research Scientist in the Department of Materials at the Ecole Polytechnique Federal de Lausanne for nine years and as a Lecturer/Reader/Professor at the University of Liverpool for eighteen years.  During this time, he directed a research team focusing on the impact behaviour of lightweight structures.  He joined Khalifa University in 2012.  His research interests are in composite materials, additive manufacturing, the impact response of structures and smart materials.  He has presented a number of keynote addresses at leading international conferences since joining Khalifa University, including at the 2014 European Conference on Composite Materials, the 2017 International Conference on Composite Structures and the 25th International Conference on Composite Materials.  He is a member of the advisory board of the Advanced Materials Centre at the Technology Innovation Institute (TII) in Abu Dhabi and has been a member of the Research Grant Council in Hong Kong for ten years.