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Tampere University
mikko.kanerva [at] tuni.fi (mikko[dot]kanerva[at]tuni[dot]fi)
phone number+358 / 407188819

About me

Research group: Plastic and Elastomer Technology 

More academic details here: research portal 

Publications: ORCID (000 0-0002-5172-3992)

Instagram: @kanerva_compo

Main positions of trust

Positions of trust in academic-industrial societies:

The Composites Group of Finnish Plastics Industries Federation FIPIF (board member) 

SAMPE NORDIC  (president) 

International Council of the Aeronautical Sciences (PC) icas.org   

Finnish Society of Aeronautical Engineers FSAE (board member, ICAS Programme Committee)  

Mission statement

The world needs new multi-materials that are mechanically strong and tough in the practical continuum framework. These materials must be sustainable - even programmable to decompose to continue their circulation in nature. These materials are researched via synthesis, experimental characterization, and numerical simulation. I target to progress the research of load carrying composite materials, focusing on i) scalability of thermo-mechanical features from micro to macro length scales, and ii) fracture, environmental degradation, thermo-mechanical deformation, and the durability of any bio-organism response. I love multi-disciplinary studies that combine various characterization methods, quantitative experiments, and numerical modelling.

Research fields

Computational materials science, biocomposites, advanced composites, functional polymer materials

Research career

Visiting professor at:

AGH University, Krakow, Poland

Faculty of Space Technologies, Materials and Technologies for Space, link:

Research Team: Materials and Technologies for Space -- Faculty of Space Technologies -- AGH University of Krakow

 

Visiting teacher at:

SAMK - Satakunnan ammattikorkeakoulu

(Design of plastic products)