Ph.D. Materials Engineering - University of Exeter, UK
B.Sc. Chemistry and Mathematics - University of Malta

Professional Qualifications:
 

Graduate Member of the Institute of Mathematics and its Application (GIMA)
Graduate Member of the Institute of Physics (Grad.Inst.P.)

Current Position:
 

Research Fellow, Materials Engineering, University of Exeter, UK

Education:
 

(1996-1999) Ph.D. Student, University of Exeter, UK. Thesis submitted in March 2000.
(1993-1996) University of Malta, Malta. B.Sc. (First Class)
(1984-1993) St Aloysius College, Malta (Jesuit School)

Selected Publications:
 

1. J.N Grima and K.E. Evans, The modelling and synthesis of auxetic materials,  Proceedings of the 3rd      Materials Chemistry conference, Exeter (UK), July 1997, P125.


2. C.W. Smith, J.N. Grima, B.D. Caddock, R.J. Wootton and K.E. Evans, Microstructures  producing negative Poisson’s ratios: Experiment and models, Proceedings of the  Spring Conference of the Society for Experimental  Mechanics, Cincinnati (USA),  June 1999, p.184-187


3. J.N Grima and K.E. Evans, Molecular auxetic materials, Proceedings of the 4th  Materials Chemistry conference, Dublin (Ireland), July 1999, B2.1.


4. J.N Grima, A. Alderson and K.E. Evans, Zeolites with negative Poisson’s ratios, Proceedings of the 4th Materials Chemistry conference, Dublin (Ireland), July 1999.  P81.


5. J.N. Grima and K.E. Evans, Networked nanostructured polymers with negative Poisson’s ratios, Abstract accepted for publication at the Materials Research Society  Spring Conference, San Francisco, California (USA), April 2000.


6. J.N. Grima and K.E. Evans, Rotating squares with negative Poisson’s ratios, Accepted  for publication in J. Mat. Sci. Lett., February 2000.