Staff profile

I am a PhD student at Durham University. My PhD is funded through the Aura CDT, which specialises in research related to the Offshore Wind industry. As part of the CDT I completed a Postgraduate Diploma in Offshore Wind Energy and the Environment at the University of Hull. Before that, I completed an MPhys in Experimental Physics at the University of York.

Research Project

My project aims to design a novel biomimetic 3D woven composite for wind turbine blades.

Conference Paper

• Modelling Fracture Behaviour in Fibre-Hybrid 3D Woven Composites
  
  Weatherburn, A., Reinarz, A., Giani, S., & Szyniszewski, S. (2024). Modelling Fracture Behaviour in Fibre-Hybrid 3D Woven Composites. In W. M. Coombs (Ed.), UKACM Proceedings 2024 (pp. 162-166). UK Association for Computational Mechanics. https://doi.org/10.62512/conf.ukacm2024.002

Journal Article

• Biomimetic polypropylene-carbon intra-ply hybrid 3d woven composite with enhanced impact resistance
  
  Weatherburn, A., Montgomery, C., Scott, G., Ralph, C., Girkin, J., McGarrigle, C., McIlhagger, A., Archer, E., & Szyniszewski, S. (2025). Biomimetic polypropylene-carbon intra-ply hybrid 3d woven composite with enhanced impact resistance. Composite Structures, 366, 119177. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compstruct.2025.119177