Mike Jenkins Author & Editor

Nigel Mills was a Reader in Polymer Engineering in the School of Metallurgy and Materials at the University of Birmingham, UK. He was the author of the first three editions of Plastics: Microstructure and Engineering Applications, as well as the Polymer Foams Handbook, published in 2007. Mike Jenkins is a Senior Lecturer in the School of Metallurgy and Materials at the University of Birmingham, UK. Dr. Jenkins has researched and published widely in the field of polymer science and has edited three books on the use of polymers in sport and biomaterials. Stephen Kukureka is a Senior Lecturer in the School of Metallurgy and Materials at the University of Birmingham, UK. Dr. Kukureka has collaborated and published widely in the mechanical properties and applied physics of polymers.