Emile is Professor of Composite Materials in the Aeronautics Department and is Head of the Composite Centre at Imperial College London. He was worked in Composites since 1987, firstly at what is now QinetiQ (Farnborough) until moving into Academia in 2003. He has built considerable expertise in polymer composites, and has pioneered the development of structural power composites, which are mechanically load-bearing materials that have the capacity to store and deliver electrical energy.
