Dr. Martyn Wakeman is a creative professional in sustainability strategies and advanced composites with a proven record of 25 yrs, spanning academia and global corporations. He has worked in M&A deep dive projects in the Advanced Composites Space and has a proven publication (80 ) and patent (30) history in the development of continuous fibre thermoplastic composites from formulation, processing, to applications.
He is currently attached at 60% to the Laboratory for Processing of Advanced Composites at the EPFL focused on 3D printing and sustainability strategies for advanced composites and 40% to the Department of Mechanical Engineering as a lecturer. He is also available as an independent consultant.
Current lecture courses include:
MSE-440





Composites technology (co-lead)
ME-203






Sustainable products and supply chains (co-lead)
MSE-463





Towards sustainable materials (co-lead)
MGT-555





Innovation and entrepreneurship in engineering (guest lecturer, cost modelling and circular economy)
Prior to this role he worked at DuPont from 2007-2016 in Geneva, Switzerland where he worked to drive the development strategy and led research of the DuPont Vizilon thermoplastic composites offer including continuous carbon and glass reinforced composites.
From 1997 to 2007 he was a Scientific Collaborator at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, EPFL, in which he was Head of the Composite and Polymer Laboratory industrial implementation group located in the EPFL science park.