The funding will allow a second phase of the new Advanced Metal Casting Centre (AMCC) to scale-up processes and innovations that work in the laboratory, but fail to achieve their potential on the factory floor.
Prof Zhongyun Fan's proposal aims to speed up industrial implementation by providing evidence of successful transition to the demands of factory-scale production.
A Brunel University statement said: "The size of the new award underlines how important cutting edge casting technology is to the competitive position of every sector of UK manufacturing across automotive, aerospace, defence, energy and general engineering."
The funding will complete the AMCC's range of factory-level metal casting/processing facilities and establish critical supporting research facilities for developing advanced metallic materials, as well as underpin component performance testing and create a suite for process modelling and simulation.
The new centre will conduct research on nucleation, liquid metal engineering, the development of advanced materials and more efficient casting/processing technologies.
The long-term intention is to establish a National Metals Research Park on Brunel's campus.
The funding comes from the UK Research Partnership Investment Fund (UKPRIF) administered by the Higher Education Funding Council for England. UKRPIF supports large-scale projects that attract co-investment from private sources.
Phase I of the AMCC is sponsored by the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council's Great Technologies capital programme, Brunel University London and a number of industrial partners.
