In the future, fundamental discoveries in metamaterial science will enable technologies impossible to achieve using commonly available materials. Many of these innovations are already coming to market, from flat lenses to running-shoe soles, but most metamaterial science remains to be exploited.
The Horizon Scanning Forum works to identify emerging concepts and disruptive opportunities in metamaterial science and engineering. It bridges all domains of metamaterials design, from electromagnetics to mechanics and acoustics, providing a cross-disciplinary ground for metamaterial innovation.
The Forum focuses on finding challenges for developing new metamaterial technology that can be addressed though suitable UK Metamaterials Network activities. These activities include the development of new Special Interest Groups, and workshops focused on translating fundamental science into technological innovation and on bringing researchers together from across different subdomains.
Lead(s)
Nina Meinzer
Nature Physics
Anton Souslov
University of Bath
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WaveOptics (Snap Inc.)
AHMAD ALMAMO
Zhejiang University
Frazer Anderson
OIPT
Milo Baraclough
DSTL
mr THOMAS BASSETT
MBDA UK
Celia Butler
Synopsys
Qiong Cai
University of Surrey
Toby Campbell
BAE Systems
Fernando Castro
National Physical Laboratory
Xianzhong Chen
Heriot-Watt University
Andrew Comley
AWE
Enrique Cuan-Urquizo
Tecnologico de Monterrey
Bryn Davies
Imperial College London
Alex Dell
University of Sheffield
Viktor Doychinov
University of Leeds
ANKUR DWIVEDI
Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, India
Otman El mrabet
Abdelmalek Essaâdi university
Aluna Everitt
University of Oxford
Vassili Fedotov
University of Southampton
Alexandros FERESIDIS
University of Birmingham
dr William Ferguson
DHSC - JBC
Willem Jellema
SRON and Delft University of Technology
James Johnstone
Advanced Material Development
dr Zafer Kazanci
Queen's University Belfast, UK
Rosa Letizia
Lancaster University
Stefan Maier
Imperial College London
John Marsh
University of Glasgow
Nina Meinzer
Nature Physics
Susmita Naskar
University of Southampton
dr Miguel Navarro-Cía
University of Birmingham
Timothy O'Farrell
University of Sheffield
Victor Pacheco-Peña
School of Mathematics Statistics and Physics, Newcastle University
Timothy Pelham
University of Bristol
Eric Plum
University of Southampton
Simon Pope
University of Sheffield
Joseph Riley
Newcastle university
Francisco Rodriguez-Fortuno
King's College London
Alf Smith
Centre for Process Innovation
Ravi Sundaram
Oxford Instruments Plasma Technology
Masood Ur Rehman
University of Glasgow
Benjamin Vial
Queen Mary University of London
Silvia Vignolini
University of Cambrdige
Han Wang
University of Nottingham
Bernard Watts
Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche
Laura Wynne
University of St Andrews