Elena SitnikovaElena Sitnikova is currently a Research Fellow at the Faculty of Engineering, the University of Nottingham. She received her MSc degree in Applied Mathematics, Mechanics from Saint Petersburg State University in 2004 and PhD in Engineering from the Uiversity of Aberdeen in 2010. Prior to joining the University of Nottingham in 2013, she took a position of Research Associate at the University of Liverpool. Dr Sitnikova authored a number of research papers in several fields of engineering. Her current interests are in the field of textile composites, with particular emphasis on problems of damage, material characterisation and high strain rate response of these materials. Read More Read Less