DEPARTMENT OF MATERIALS SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING ANNUAL REPORT 2012

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The University of Sheffield
DEPARTMENT OF MATERIALS SCIENCE
AND ENGINEERING
ANNUAL REPORT
2012
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April 2013
This report is a companion to Materials@Sheffield 2012 our record of research activity. It
summarises many of the teaching activities and results for the Department for the academic year
2012. It provides detailed lists of undergraduates and postgraduate students for the current 2012/13
session and summaries recent extra-Departmental involvement of staff and students in conferences,
lecture tours and research visits abroad.
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CONTENTS
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Number
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STAFF IN THE DEPARTMENT
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2. RECENT APPOINTMENTS, PROMOTIONS, RESIGNATIONS AND RETIREMENTS
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3. DEPARTMENT MANAGEMENT STRUCTURE
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4. DEGREES AND DIPLOMAS AWARDED
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5. PRIZES AND DISTINCTIONS
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6. UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS
6.1 Undergraduate Entry
6.2 Sources of Support for Undergraduates
6.3 Undergraduate Teaching
a) BEng/MEng in Biomaterial Science and Tissue Engineering
BEng/MEng in Biomedical Engineering
b) MEng Course in Materials Science and Engineering
c) Exchange Students
d) Contact of Undergraduates with Industry
e) Final Year Undergraduate Projects
6.4 Undergraduate Student List 2010/11
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26
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7. POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL
7.1 Postgraduate Numbers
7.2 Taught Masters Students
7.3 Research Students
7.4 Research Colloquia
7.5 Postgraduate Student List 2010
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39
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8. SHORT COURSES
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9. THE TURNER MUSEUM
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10. HATFIELD MEMORIAL LECTURE
54
11. VISITORS
55
12. VISITS ABROAD
58
13. LECTURES AND CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS IN THE UK
61
14. MEMBERSHIP OF LOCAL, NATIONAL AND
INTERNATIONAL BOARDS AND COMMITTEES
66
15. PUBLICATIONS
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30
33
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1. STAFF IN THE DEPARTMENT OF ENGINEERING MATERIALS 2012/13
Academic Staff:
Head of Department: Professor W M Rainforth
Professors:
Professor M R J Gibbs
Professor J H Harding
Professor R J Hand
Professor J W Haycock
Professor N C Hyatt
Professor B J Inkson
Professor S MacNeil
Professor A Matthews
Prof J Provis
Professor I M Reaney
Professor T Schrefl (10%)
Professor D C Sinclair
Professor I Todd
Professor P Tsakiropoulos
Professor G Ungar
Professor A R West
Readers:
Dr D Allwood
Dr S J Matcher
Dr G Moebus
Dr E J Palmiere
Dr I ur Rehman
Senior Lecturers:
Dr B Chen
Dr C K Chong
Dr F Claeyssens
Dr R Goodall
Dr M Jackson
Dr A Leyland
Dr K P Travis
Dr K Whittle
Dr B P Wynne
Lecturers:
Dr S A Hayes
Dr G Hrkac (left July 2012)
Dr C L Freeman (from Sept 2012)
Dr H Kinoshita
Dr N A Morley
Dr G Reilly
Dr C Rodenburg (from Sept 2012)
Dr R P Thackray
Dr X Zeng
Emeritus Professors:
Professor B B Argent
Professor M Cable
Professor H A Davies, FREng
Professor F G F Gibb
Professor G W Greenwood, FRS, FREng
Professor F R Jones
Professor H Jones
Professor J M Parker
Professor J H Sharp
Professor P V Wright
University Teachers
Dr J Dean
Dr J Foreman
Dr P Kapranos
Dr M C Stennett
Fellowships
Dr T Hayward – EPSRC
Dr C Holland – EPSRC
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Associate Professor:
Professor P V Hatton
Prof R van Noort
Associate Senior Lecturer:
Dr D H Kirkwood
Associate Reader:
Dr D H Warrington
Associate Lecturer :
Dr A W Bryant
Dr J Devlin
Visiting Lecturers:
Dr E Maddrell (01.01.07-31.12.12)
Dr V Royds
Departmental Superintendent
Dr S J Mason
Senior Experimental Officer
Dr P Korgul (Sorby Centre)
Teaching Administrator
Mrs T V Sampson
Project Administrator, The Nanolab
Mrs J Simpson
Financial Administrator
Mr D M Binns
Project Engineer
Dr F Derguti
Short Course Director
Dr P A Kapranos
Research Manager
Mr G Brown
Manager, Mercury Centre
Dr M I Highett
IMMPETUS Administrator
Ms M Szofer
Marketing and Administration Officer/
Mercury Project
Mrs S Hollely/Miss E Shepherd
Experimental Officers
Dr L Ma
Dr N Reeves-McLaren
Dr C Shaw
Dr P Zeng
Marketing and Communication Officer
for the Leonardo Centre
Miss R Duthie
Project Manager – Metals DTC
Dr C Hinchliffe
Learning Technologist – Metals DTC
Mrs K Thomson
E-Futures DTC Programme Manager
Dr N J Lowrie
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Visiting Academic Staff
Prof N A Chapman, Independent Consultant in Radioactive Waste Management
Prof P T Curtis, DSTL
Prof S Franklin, Philips, The Netherlands
Prof K Holmberg, Technical Research Centre of Finland (VTT)
Prof A A Howe, Tata Steel
Prof Y Iqbal, Materials Research Laboratory, Institute of Physics & Electronics, Peshawar University
Prof D Jiles, Dept of Electrical & Computer Engineering, Iowa State University
Prof P T McGrail, Composites and Polymers Consultant
Dr S Owens, National Nuclear Laboratory
Prof D Porter, Dept of Zoology, University of Oxford
Prof S Stipp, University of Copenhagen, Denmark
Prof W Smith, CCLRC Daresbury Laboratory (retired February 2011)
Prof J Talamantes Silva, Sheffield Forgemasters Ltd
Prof J Thomason, Strathclyde University
Prof B S Yilbas, King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals, Saudi Arabia
Associate Professor Qi-Long Zhang, Materials Science and Engineering, Zhejiang University
Prof dr ir Sybrand van der Zwaag, Technische Universiteit Delft, The Netherlands
Research Fellows and Research Assistants
Miss T Abbasian – DSTL (JF), 1 Jan 13-31 March 13
Mr M N Ali – IUR, (part-time) April 2012-March 2013
Dr M Audronis – EPSRC 20 Feb 12 – 31 March 2014
Dr I Barbaric – Wellcome Discipline Hopping Scheme – 1 March 13–28 Feb 14
Dr A J Beck - BBSRC (AM) 1 Apr 2006–31 Dec 13
Dr S Bernal Lopez (NCH) 1 June 2012-31 May 2014
Mr U Bhatta – EPSRC (GM) 30 April 2010- 31 March 2013
Dr L E Bostan – Marie Curie 3 July 2012-2 July 2014
Dr K Briston – EPSRC (BJI) 01 Oct 2010–30 June 13
Dr M Bryan – EPSRC (DA) 1 March 2009–25 Sept 2013
Dr A Bullock – Sheffield Teaching Hospitals Trust (SMN) 25 April 2000-28 Feb 2013
Dr B Christiansen – EPSRC (JHH) 1 Oct 2010-30 Sept 2013
Dr C Corkhill – European Union REDDUP (NCH) 1 Sept 2011-31 March 2014
Dr P Crawforth – EPSRC Fellow (BPW/MJ) – 22 Oct 12 – 21 Oct 13
Dr D Cumming – EPSRC (ARW) 1 March 2010-30 April 2013
Dr F Derguti – Rolls Royce (WMR/IT) Oct 2009-30 Sept 2013
Ms P Deshpande – Wellcome Trust (SMN) 16 July 2010-15 July 2013
Dr R Dost – Toyota (GH/DA) 1 July 2010-31 March 13
Dr J Dugan – EPSRC (FC) 7 Jan 13-6 Jan 16
Dr A Ellis – EPSRC (JF) 1 Oct 12-31 March 13
Dr M Faraji – EPSRC (PT) 1 Jan 2009-31 Dec 2012
Dr H Foxhall – EPSRC (JHH) 1 July 2010-30 June 2013
Dr A Gandy – EPSRC (NCH) – 1 Oct 11-30 Sept 13
Dr E Hadzifejzovic – EPSRC (ARW) 1 Dec 2011-31 March 2013
Miss S Haine – EPSRC (WMR) 1 June 2012 – 31 Dec 2012
Dr S Hall – EPSRC (JHH) 21 Nov 12 – 11 Nov 14
Dr T Hayward – EPSRC (Research Fellow) – 1 Jan 2012-31 Dec 2016
Dr C Huang – Mercury Project (WMR/IT) 7 Feb 2011-30 Sept 2013
Mr J Hunt – Mercury Project (WMR/IT) May 2011-Sept 2013
Dr X Jiang – EPSRC (WMR) July 2012-31 Dec 12
Miss D Kasaragod – EPSRC (SJM) 21 Feb 12-30 Sept 12
Dr J Kavanagh – TST (AL) 1 Feb 2012-30 June 2013
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Dr YN Kok – EPSRC (AL) 1 June 2010-30 June 13
Dr M Krzyzanowski – EPSRC (WMR) 1 Aug 2002-30 June 13
Mr L Kourtis – Mercury Project (WMR/IT) Sept 12 – 30 Sept 13
Dr H Li – TST (AL) 6 Feb 2012-5 Feb 2014
Dr M Li – EPSRC (SZ) 1 Jan 2012-31 March 13
Mr C J Liang – EPSRC (AM) 2 Jan 13 – 30 April 14
Dr F Liu – FP7-Nanogold (GU) – 2 Oct 2009-31 Aug 2012
Mr Y Liu – EPSRC (ARW) – 1 Nov 2009- 31 Dec 2012
Dr Z Lu – EPSRC (SJM) 16 June 2008-31 May 2012
Dr N Maso Carcases – EPSRC 1 March 2009-31 March 13
Dr S Mittar – Yorkshire Cancer Research (SMN) 1 Feb 2011-31 May 2013
Dr A Nogiwa Valdez – Mercury Project (WMR/IT) 1 March 2011-31 Sept 13
Dr I Ortega – EPSRC (SMN) 1 April 12-31 March 14
Dr N Osman – Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust (SMN) 19 Sept 11-18 Sept 13
Dr J Pokorny – EPSRC (ARW) p/t– 1 Feb 2008-31 Jan 2012
Dr A Rana – Mercury Project (WMR/IT) 1 May 2011-30 Sept 2013
Dr Y Ryabenkova – EU (GM) – 14 Jan 13-30 Nov 14
Dr J Sharp – Mercury Project (WMR & IT) 1 Oct 2012-30 Sept 13
Dr A Shojaei – EOARD – (JF) 1 Feb 13 Jan 13-28 Feb 14
Dr A Sidambe – Mercury Project (WMR & IT) 8 Sept 2010-07 Sept 2013
Mr T Simm – EPSRC (WMR) 31 Oct 2011-31 Dec 2012
Dr D Stapleton – Mercury Project (WMR/IT) 1 Oct 2011-30 Sept 2012
Dr I Sterianou – EPSRC (IMR) 1 Oct 2009-31 Dec 2012
Dr M Thomas – Mercury Project (WMR/IT) – 1 Oct 12–30 Sept 2013
Dr C Utton – EPSRC (PT) 8 June 2010-30 April 2014
Mr T Wood – EPSRC (BC) 8 Oct 12-31 March 13
Dr A Yerokhin – EPSRC (AM) Senior Research Fellow -1 July 2003-31 March 2013
Dr H Zhang – EPSRC (IMR/WMR) 12 Dec 2011-31 Aug 2014
Dr R Zhang – EPSRC (GU) 14 Jan 13-13 Jan 18
Dr Y Zhang – Mercury Project (IT/WMR) 1 Aug 2011-31 Sept 2013
Knowledge Transfer Partnerships (KTPs)
Mr A Hales – KTP William Beckett Plastics (RG) 3 Jan 13 – 1 Jan 15
Dr Zhiwei Ma – KTP Laminar Medica Ltd (JF) 2 Jan 13 – 1 Jan 15
Dr G Stevenson – KTP from JRI Ltd (JWH) 1 Nov 2011-31 Oct 2013
Mr S Venkatachalam KTP Cutting & Wear (AL) 14 Jan 13-13 Aug 13
Mr J Williams – KTP from TSB (MJ) – 01 Sept 2012 – 31 Aug 14
Miss B Zalinska – KTP from Sarantel Group plc (IMR) 1 Oct 2009-30 Sept 2012
Administrative Support Staff:
Mrs V M Dalton (PA to Head of Department)
Mrs K A Burton (p-t)
Ms W B Dutton
Miss R D Fearon (p-t)
Miss K L Heard
Ms F E Kirk
Mrs L Mason
Mrs A Newbould (p-t)
Miss L Runagle
Mrs A E Sargent
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Technical Staff:
Mr K Arnold
Dr J Bates
Mr M Bell
Miss D Bussey
Mr M Carter
Mr R Dickinson
Mr F G Fletcher
Mr P Hawksworth
Mr D Haylock
Miss Z Hill
Dr L Hollands
Miss C Johnson
Mr R Kangley
Ms B C Lane
Miss K McLaughlin
Mr A G Mould
Mr B G Palmer
Mr M J Wagner
Mr I P Watts
Coffee Bar Staff: Mrs A Marquis
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2. RECENT APPOINTMENTS, PROMOTIONS, RESIGNATIONS AND RETIREMENTS
Academic Staff
Dr Fred Claeyssens was promoted to Senior Lecturer from January 2013
Dr Colin Freeman was appointed Lecturer from September 2012
Dr Conny Rodenburg was appointed Lecturer from September 2012
Dr Joel Foreman was appointed University Teacher from September 2012
Dr Chris Holland joined the Department as EPSRC Fellow from January 2013
Dr Shaowei Zhang left the Department in July 2012
Dr Gino Hrkac left the Department in August 2012
Administrative Staff
Miss Emma Shepherd joined the Department in October 2012
Miss Rachel Duthie joined the Department in June 2012
Miss Louise Runagle joined the Department in January 2013
Miss Kate Orgill left the Department in October 2012
Technical Staff
Mr Kyle Arnold joined the Department in June 2012
Mr Robert Dickinson joined the Department in August 2012
Miss Zarah Hill joined the Department in June 2012
Dr Lisa Hollands joined the Department in February 2012
Miss Kerry McLaughlin joined the Department in June 2012
Mr Mike Cooper retired from the Department in June 2012
Mr Phil Staton left the Department in May 2012
Research Fellows, Associates and Assistants/KTP Associates appointed during the reporting period:
Miss T Abbasian
Dr H Li
Mr M N Ali
Dr M Li
Dr M Audronis
Mr C J Liang
Dr I Barbaric
Dr I Ortega
Dr S Bernal Lopez
Dr N Osman
Dr L E Bostan
Dr Y Ryabenkova
Dr J Dugan
Dr J Sharp
Dr A Ellis
Dr A Shojaei
Miss S Haine
Mr T Wood
Dr S Hall
Dr R Zhang
Dr X Jiang
Mr A Hales
Miss D Kasaragod
Dr Z Ma
Dr J Kavanagh
Mr S Venkatachalam
Mr L Kourtis
Mr J Williams
The following Research Assistants and Students left the Department
Dr E Baggaley
Dr Z Lu
Mr K Butler
Dr J Pokorny
Dr E Hadzifejzovic
Dr D Stapleton
Miss D Kasaragod
Miss B Zalinska
Dr F Liu
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SUMMARY OF STAFF AND STUDENT NUMBERS
2011/12
2012/13
Academic Staff
37
40
Associate Academic Staff
19
10
University Teachers
4
4
Fellows
1
2
Financial Administrator
1
1
Technical Manager
1
1
Teaching Administrator
1
1
Short Course Director
1
1
Manager, Mercury Centre
1
1
Project Manager – Metals DTC
1
1
Learning Technologist
1
1
E-Future DTC Programme Manager
1
1
Senior Experimental Officer
1
1
Experimental Officers
4
4
Project Administrator – The Nanolab
1
1
Research Administrator
1
1
IMMPETUS Administrator
1
1
Marketing & Admin Officer s
1
2
Technical Staff (FTE)
16
19
Admin Support Staff
11
11
Research Fellows
55
70
KTP Associates
7
6
First Year
50
43
Second Year
42
71
Third Year
39
40
Fourth Year
29
41
Postgraduate Masters Students
65
95
PhD Students/EngD:
10
Undergraduate Students:
2011/12
Year 1 BEng Aerospace Materials
Year 1 BEng Mat Sci & Eng (Biomaterials)
Year 1 BEng Mat Sci & Eng (Ind Mgt)
Year 1 BEng Mat Sci & Eng with Year in Japan
Year 1 BEng Mat Sci & Eng
Foundation Year ( Mat Sci & Eng)
Year 1 MEng Mat Sci & Eng (Biomaterials)
Year 1 MEng Mat Sci & Eng (Ind Mgt)
Year 1 MEng Mat Sci & Eng with Year in Japan
Year 1 MEng Mat Sci & Eng
Year 1 MEng Metallurgy
Year 2 BEng Biomaterial Science & Tissue Eng
Year 2 MEng Bio Science & Tissue Eng
Year 3 MEng Aerospace Materials
Year 3 MEng Biomaterial Science & Tissue Eng
Sub-Total
Aerospace Engineering
First Year Aerospace
Second Year Aerospace
Third Year Aerospace
Fourth Year Aerospace
Sub-Total
Bioengineering
First Year Bioengineering
Second Year Biomedical
Third Year Biomedical
Fourth Year Biomedical
5
1
4
3
19
3
2
1
2
12
6
2
1
2
1
16
1
6
9
2
4
7
3
7
1
8
1
1
4
2
2
9
1
10
1
___
159
117
105
92
51
___
365
Sub-total
39
23
18
9
___
89
Total
613
2012/13
Year 1 MEng Mat Sci & Eng (Mod Lang)
Foundation Year ( Mat Sci & Eng)
Sub-Total
Aerospace Engineering
First Year Aerospace
Second Year Aerospace
Third Year Aerospace
Fourth Year Aerospace
Sub-Total
Bioengineering
First Year Bioengineering
Second Year Bioengineering
Third Year Biomedical
Fourth Year Biomedical
40
10
2
4
5
13
4
1
1
7
5
16
13
1
6
4
6
2
2
2
1
20
8
3
13
1
1
1
1
3
1
1
8
1
207
112
136
104
54
___
406
Sub-total
46
40
23
9
___
118
Total
731
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3. DEPARTMENT MANAGEMENT/COMMITTEE STRUCTURE 2012/13
ADMISSIONS TEAM
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Dr D Allwood – Admissions Tutor
Dr R P Thackray – Admissions Tutor (Overseas)
Dr P Kapranos – Postgraduate Admissions Tutor
Mrs L C Mason – Admissions Secretary
Mrs K Burton – Postgraduate Admissions Secretary
Dr R Goodall
Dr M Jackson
Dr F Claeyssens
Dr C Rodenburg
The Admissions Team oversees all aspects of recruitment to undergraduate and postgraduate taught
courses offered by the department.
Louise Mason and Dan Allwood oversee the administration of undergraduate admissions. Louise
Mason is responsible for day-to-day communication with the University’s Admissions Department.
Dan Allwood is responsible for decision-making on individual offers and for setting entry grade
requirements. Dan Allwood also sits on the Recruitment and Admissions Forum, which has oversight
of all taught course admissions to the Engineering Faculty. The main focus of undergraduate
recruitment is the UCAS Open Days to which we invite all applicants. We expect a large majority of
home applicants and some overseas applicants to attend these days. Dan Allwood, Russell Goodall,
Martin Jackson and Louise Mason are responsible for organising and delivering UCAS days, while
Fred Claeyssens includes a tour and course presentation on the Materials Science and Engineering
(Biomaterials) degree. We would normally have six UCAS days in an application cycle. The days are
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very diverse, including presentations on the course and department, on aspects of materials
research (including a research laboratory tour), and one by former students on their impressions of
the department. We also include an interview with a staff member (chosen from across the
department), opportunities for applicants to meet staff and students, accommodation talks and a
tour of the Student Union and Information Commons.
Plato Kapranos oversees postgraduate taught course admissions and is assisted in administration by
Karen Burton. The process starts at the Admissions Section of the University where electronic
applications are processed within two working days and forwarded to the relevant department. At
the departmental level we have a target of processing the applications within one week, where
possible, i.e. when information is available for a decision to be made. The prospective students
should receive a decision on their application within four weeks. When cases are borderline and
require further consideration, interviews are conducted either by phone or in person, as
appropriate. Occasionally, if overseas candidates are on the borderline of their English language
requirements, offers can be made provided that the students undertake remedial English courses of
appropriate length and level as recommended by the English Language Teaching Centre of the
University.
The Admissions Team and Outreach Team liaise over University Open Days and schools activities
since these both play a role in attracting applicants to the department. The Admissions Team plays
an active role in Faculty outreach trips overseas, with Richard Thackray having travelled to India in
recent years and further visits planned, and Plato Kapranos with further visits to China and Japan
planned.
EXAMINATION BOARD
Professor I M Reaney (Chair)
External Examiners
All academic staff
Mrs L C Mason (Minutes)
Responsibility for the implementation of grading schemes and for the moderation of grades by
external Examiners. A meeting of the Board is convened to consider results from Semester 1 and 2
and also August resits. A meeting of the Special Circumstances Committee meets prior to each
Examination Board to consider any extenuating circumstances.
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
Prof W M Rainforth (Head)
Prof J W Haycock (Director of the Centre for Biomaterials and Tissue Engineering)
Prof N C Hyatt (Director of Research)
Prof I M Reaney (Deputy Head and Director of Undergraduate Studies and Chair of Learning and
Teaching Committee)
Prof D C Sinclair (Director of Taught Masters)
Dr D A Allwood (Undergraduate Admissions)
Dr S Mason (Technical Manager)
Mr D Binns (Financial Administrator & Minutes)
Mrs V M Dalton (Administrator)
The Executive Committee is responsible, through its representatives, for the day-to-day running of
the Department. It meets regularly, every four weeks during term-time, less frequently during
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vacations. Minutes are circulated to all Academic Staff to serve both as a record and as a news
sheet.
DEPARTMENTAL REVIEW PANEL (DRP)
Prof W M Rainforth (HoD)
Prof I M Reaney
Prof M R J Gibbs
Prof J H Harding
Prof S MacNeil
Prof A Matthews
Prof D C Sinclair
Ms E Robinson (HR)
Mr D Binns (Finance Administrator)
Mrs V M Dalton (Departmental HR Administrator)
The role of the Departmental DRP Committee is to support the HOD in overseeing the SRDS process
within the Department and ensuring that it is implemented.
Providing guidance on the timetable, departmental objectives, priorities, any generic objectives
and the assessment of contribution levels within the department and agreeing when to tell staff
they are recommended for an ECA and making this known to all staff.
Considering the summary of assessment ratings across the department and identifying any
relevant trends and or individual cases that need to be looked at in more detail.
Following up on staff who have not had an SRDS review to ensure that a meeting is held.
Considering those cases where a reviewee is dissatisfied with the assessment given.
Considering those cases recommended for ECAs by reviewers and deciding which to endorse.
Providing feedback to reviewers where an assessment of contribution should be changed.
LEARNING AND TEACHING COMMITTEE
Prof I M Reaney (Chair)
Dr R P Thackray
Dr C K Chong
Dr P A Kapranos
Dr H Kinoshita
Dr A Leyland
Dr R Goodall
Mrs T V Sampson (Admin Support & Minutes)
The TCC (Taught Courses Committee) and DTQC (Departmental Teaching Quality Committee) has
merged to become the Learning and Teaching Committee, responsible for all aspects of teaching and
learning within the Department and reports to Staff Meetings and Head of Department (HOD). This
includes overseeing programme specifications, regulations, timetabling, assessment and course
booklets, developing teaching and learning strategies and responding to new Faculty and University
policies, external examiners reports and issues raised by the Departmental Teaching Quality,
Departmental Post-Graduate Taught Courses and Staff-Student Committees. Typically 4 meetings
are scheduled in the academic year (September, January, March & July) with additional meetings as
necessary. An annual Teaching Away-Day is also held in June, where development issues are
discussed and also to monitor the quality of all aspects of teaching in the Department of Materials
Science and Engineering and to provide an interface with the Faculty and University on matters of
teaching quality.
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In executing its function of monitoring teaching quality, the former DTQC introduced a number of
measures including module questionnaires, module reviews and year reviews, which have been
recognised by both the University and the Faculty of Engineering as examples of good practice.
OUTREACH AND SCHOOLS TEAM
Dr R Goodall (Chair)
Dr D Allwood
Dr F Claeyssens
Dr C Rodenburg
Dr C Freeman
Dr M Stennett
This committee coordinates the public outreach and schools liaison activities in the department.
This includes all interaction with the public and in particular schools (at pre-application stages), and
as a result can take many forms, from schools visiting the department for open days, to members of
the department going out to schools to present to classes on many different aspects of materials
science and engineering and the research that we do.
Throughout the year the committee organises a number of regular events, including the Headstart
Summer School, IoM3 Open Days and Science and Engineering Taster Days, and also represents the
department at the University Open Days throughout the summer. Other one-off events are
arranged in response to specific requests from schools or where members of the department wish to
undertake them.
In carrying out its work the committee is supported by a group of undergraduate, postgraduate and
research assistant volunteers (including representatives of the Science and Engineering Champions
and STEM Ambassador Network), who assist in all aspects of engaging with schools and the public
and delivering the activities.
POSTGRADUATE RESEARCH COMMITTEE
Dr N A Morley (Chair)
Prof R J Hand
Mr J Miller (Student Representative)
Mr G Patterson (Student Representative)
Dr S J Matcher
Prof W M Rainforth
Dr B P Wynne
Dr K P Travis
Mrs A Newbould (Minutes)
The Postgraduate Committee oversees procedures for monitoring progress of MPhil and PhD
students. A Postgraduate Supervision and Assessment document listing milestones and key
procedures is regularly updated to ensure students and supervisors are aware of current
requirements. This document is circulated to staff and students through the Department Handbook.
A spreadsheet of the progress of all current PhD’s is continually updated by Ann Newbould including
details of the Research Training Programme (RTP)/Doctoral Development Programme (DDP) courses
completed, first year report, seminar and upgrade status, second year poster and report, final year
seminars, theses and viva results. The committee is also responsible for liaising with the Engineering
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Faculty Research Office and the University Graduate Research Office and for organising the
departmental research seminar series.
To assist incoming students, a Departmental tour is arranged in the first week of the autumn
semester as part of the 2-day Introduction to Research Techniques course. A second tour and
introductory course is arranged in February for late arrivals. The committee also recommends the
award of postgraduate prizes.
Brunton Medal and Premium (Metallurgy)
Foster Research Prize in Glass Technology
DSTL Physical Sciences Prize
Departmental Ceramics Prize
Siderurgica NS Aparecida SA Medal and Prize
POSTGRADUATE TEACHING COMMITTEE
Prof D C Sinclair (Chair)
Prof A R West
Dr G Moebus
Dr B P Wynne
Dr X Zeng
Mrs K A Burton (Minutes)
The Postgraduate Teaching Committee was established to manage the taught course modules and to
deal with enquiries and applications. Furthermore, the newly established New Route Doctorate in
Advanced Materials, which combines a taught MSc with a research PhD, needs additional courses for
the Doctoral Development Programme. Additional MSc courses are planned for the future, so the
membership will be continuously under review.
The main remit is to monitor course delivery and student progression. Dr Zhang represents the
Postgraduate Taught Courses Committee on the Departmental Learning and Teaching Committee.
The committee has dedicated much of its time to evaluating the impact of our new Centres for
Doctoral Training on PG teaching. This is all very positive, and has given us the opportunity to
consider new modules, and some other restructuring. All PG delivery will be using block teaching
from next session. This is to ensure the best interface to the CDTs.
PROMOTION COMMITTEE
Prof W M Rainforth (HoD)
Prof M R J Gibbs
Prof J H Harding
Prof J W Haycock
Prof N C Hyatt
Prof B J Inkson
Prof S MacNeil
Prof A Matthews
Prof J Provis
Prof I M Reaney
Prof D C Sinclair
Prof I Todd
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Prof P Tsakiropoulos
Prof G Ungar
Mr D Binns (Finance Administrator)
Mrs V Dalton (Departmental HR Administrator)
Faculty HR Representative
The Promotion Committee consults and considers all staff in the Department to determine whether
their jobs have grown sufficiently to be considered for promotion. This should be done with
reference to the Grade Profiles which give the main factors differentiating one grade from another
and may be informed by SRDS discussions to identify if it is the right time for promotion. The
Promotion committee meet to consider which staff the Department recommend go forward to the
University promotion panel.
RESEARCH & INNOVATION COMMITTEE
Prof N C Hyatt (Chair)
Prof W M Rainforth
Prof I M Reaney
Prof J H Harding
Prof J W Haycock
Prof B J Inkson
Prof A Matthews
Prof D C Sinclair
Prof I Todd
Dr D Allwood
Mr G Brown (Admin support)
To invigorate improvements in research quality, research grant income and research student
numbers in the Department.
The committee recommends the research strategies adopted by the Department, including issues
relating to all forms of research output, external partnerships, internal collaborations, investment in
the research base, and research quality. It acts to pool relevant information and intelligence and to
disseminate research opportunities. It monitors PhD and DTC admissions, scholarships, fee waivers
etc, and overviews PhD and DTC progression. It also monitors industrial relations and industrial
income (e.g. KTPs). It feeds back into the Faculty Graduate Research Committee. Finally, the
committee will oversee the approach to future RAE/REF assessment processes.
STAFF MEETINGS
Meetings of all academic staff are held at the beginning of each Semester. A third meeting is held
mid-May. Reports are received from Management Committee members. Discussions are held on
issues of concern or possible new developments.
Special, single-issue staff meetings are arranged throughout the year, as appropriate.
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STAFF-STUDENT Forum
Departmental Staff:
Prof J H Harding
Dr R Goodall
Dr R P Thackray
Mrs L C Mason (Admin Representative & Minutes)
Student Representatives:
Emma Caille
Sarah Haine
James Powell
Jithendra Ratnayake
Lex Rigby
The Departmental Staff-Student Forum is convened by Prof John Harding. The convenor is
responsible for establishing the membership of the committee and organising 4 meetings per year.
All members of the committee are sought on a voluntary basis. Student members act as
representatives of their fellow students, while there is also appropriate representation from
academic, technical and administrative staff. Chairmanship of the committee is rotated between Dr
Goodall and a Student Representative.
The Committee aims to meet in weeks 3 and 9 of each semester. The atmosphere of the SSC
meeting is always cordial and constructive. Staff and students have the opportunity to raise and
discuss a number of items centred on improving services in the Department for undergraduates and
postgraduates. Minutes (confirmed) are available to all staff and students via the Staff-Student
Committee web page on MUSE
http://www.sheffield.ac.uk/materials/staff/committees/staffstudent.html.
The information on SSC activities and recommendations are also passed on to the Students’ Union,
as appropriate. Ms. Helen Moore (Librarian for Faculty of Engineering) has been working with the
Departmental Coordinator to ensure that all relevant material is available at the St Georges’ Library.
STRATEGY GROUP
Prof W M Rainforth (Chair)
Prof M R J Gibbs
Prof R J Hand
Prof J H Harding
Prof J Haycock
Prof N C Hyatt
Prof B J Inkson
Prof S MacNeil
Prof A Matthews
Prof J Provis
Prof I M Reaney
Prof D C Sinclair
Prof I Todd
Prof A R West
Prof G Ungar
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This group meets on an ad-hoc basis to discuss issues of strategic importance for the Department, to
advise and support the Head of Department, especially on matters of a confidential nature, to “test
the water” for new initiatives and to provide a collective and often rapid response to new
opportunities. Minutes are not kept.
TASK AND FINISH GROUP
Dr J Dean (Chair)
Dr H Kinoshita
Mr M Hodges
Mrs V M Dalton
Ms M S Szofer
Miss L Runagle
Mrs K Thomson
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4. DEGREES AND DIPLOMAS AWARDED DURING 2012
(i) DEGREE OF BACHELOR OF ENGINEERING, BEng with Honours
Materials Science and Engineering
Mr Nick Bury
Mr Bo Feng
Mr Yang Lan
Mr Fergus William Finian McCool
Mr Yen-Ju Wu
Miss Mariana Levinta
Mr Bing Huang Wu
Hons II(ii)
Hons II(ii)
Hons II(ii)
Hons II(ii)
Hons II(ii)
Hons III
Hons III
Biomaterials Science and Tissue Engineering
Mr Sam Beckett
Miss Leanne Black
Miss Caroline Gabbott
Mr Patrick Rider
Mr Cooraez Keshvani
Miss Meng Chen Michelle Li
Hons I
Hons II(i)
Hons II(i)
Hons II(i)
Hons II(ii)
Hons II(ii)
Materials Science and Engineering with Industrial Management
Mr Chanon Iamvasant
Hons II(i)
Mr Junxi He
Hons II(ii)
Miss Jieqiong Wang
Hons II(ii)
Aerospace Materials
Mr Ahmad Khairulikram Bin Zahari
Mr Munirah Abu Bakar
Mr Simon Nicholls
Mr Shuiloon Yip
Hons II(i)
Hons II(ii)
Hons II(ii)
Hons II(ii)
(ii) DEGREE OF MASTER OF ENGINEERING, MEng with Honours
Materials Science and Engineering
Mr Daniel Joseph Biley
Mr John Butterworth
Mr Geoffrey Ian Foulds
Mr James Robert Powell
Mr James Stephen Redman
Mr Graham Peter Charles Richards
Miss Holly Humphries
Mr Zhao Yuan Leong
Mr James Owen Jordan Williams
Hons I
Hons I
Hons I
Hons I
Hons I
Hons I
Hons II(i)
Hons II(i)
Hons II(i)
Materials Science and Engineering with Industrial Management
Mr Adam Cox
Hons I
Metallurgy
Mr Chin Ruenn Benjamin Lim
Hons II(i)
Biomaterials Science and Tissue Engineering
Mr Joss Kirkwood Atkinson
Hons I
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Mr Piotr Geca
Mr Robert David Hume
Mr Thomas Paterson
Mr Riccardo Innocenti Malini
Miss Mercy Mumbi Karanja
Miss Sarah Lindsay
Miss Dorren Naia
Miss Heather Amanda Shillitoe
Hons I
Hons I
Hons I
Hons II(i)
Hons II(i)
Hons II(i)
Hons II(i)
Hons II(i)
Mr Ross Barrable
Mr Lee Foster
Hons II(i)
Hons II(i)
Aerospace Materials
(iii) ERASMUS VISITING STUDENTS
Miss Lorene Heraud – Lyon, France
Miss Irene Lopez de Vicuna – University of Navarra, Spain
Miss Flavia Mele – Polytechnic of Torino, Italy
Mr Quentin Paviotti – Lyon, France
Miss Lucyna Sztembergy, Jagiellonsky University, Poland
Miss Yunze Tian – Drexel University, USA
Mr Joao Veherinho Cardoso – University of Aveiro, Portugal
All continuing studies at home University.
Master of Philosophy (M Phil) 2012
NAME
DISSERTATION/THESIS TITLE
SUPERVISOR
Adulyasirikul, Akrachai
The development of constitutive relationships
on ferrite and austenite deformed at elevated
temperatures
EJP
Tellechea Lopez, Ana
Bioactive dressings for preventing complications
in healing paediatric scalds
SMcN/SLM
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) 2012
Ali, Murtaza
Development of Auxetic Polumeric Stent-graft
for the palliative treatment for oesophageal
cancer
IUR/SmcN
Haji, Hasan
An analysis of microstructure and
crystallographic texture in friction stir welded
high strength low alloy steel
BPW/EJP
Hayes, Craig
Manufacture of glass/rubber cord with
improved durability
FRJ
Ismail, Muhammad
Porous NiTi alloy by metal injection moulding
(mim) using partly water soluble binder system
IT/HAD
Jiang, Xiaoqing
Microstructure and crystallographic texture
evolution in stationary shoulder friction stir
welded Ti-6Al-4V
BPW
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Kalantari, Kambiz
Ti doped Bil-xNdXFeo3 ceramics
IMR/DCS
Kanakis, Konstantinos
Development of electron-beam PVD Cr-N based
coatings
AL/AM
Kasaragod, Deepa
Enhanced contrast in OCT imaging of tissues
using birefringence, scattering and speckle
signatures.
SJM
Latinwo, Olubaya
The effects of process route variations on
closed-die waspalloy forgings
BPW/WMR
Li, Zifu
The effects of germanium addition in
microstructures and properties of Nb silicide in
situ composites
PT
McQueen, Andrew
Structure-property relationships in hexagonal
perovskites for microwave dielectric applications
DCS
Mohd Saiden, Norlaily
Properties of nanocomposite rare earth-iron
boron alloys with addition of tantalum
TS/HAD
Pegoraro, Carla
Flexible polymersome delivery of
macromolecules across human skin
SMCN/GB
Plummer, John
On the physical aspects that control mechanical
deformation in bulk metallic glasses
IT
Reid, Daniel
Structure and radiation behaviour of pyrochlore
related ceramics for actinide immobilisation
NCH
Sun, Lin
The effects of strain path reversal on austenite
grain subdivision, recrystallisation and phase
transformations in microalloyed steel
EJP/BPW
Talamantes-Silva, Moises
Finite element modelling and microstructure
evolution of high integrity forgings.
WMR/BPW
Thomas, Meurig
On the characterisation of subsurface
deformation microstructures in aerostructural
titanium alloys
MJ
Way, Louise
The development of a novel miniature strain
device and the response of tendon cells to in
vitro tensile strain
AMS/GR
Zhang, Ruibin
Complex liquid crystal phases in cylindrical
confinement
GU/XZ
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5. PRIZES AND DISTINCTIONS 2012
The ARMOURERS AND BRASIERS’ MEDAL AND PREMIUM for distinction by a Final Year Student –
4th Year MEng Student Mr Adam Cox.
The DANIEL DONCASER PRIZE IN ENGINEERING MATERIALS AND DESIGN for best performance by
an Undergraduate or Postgraduate Student – 3rd Year MEng Student Mr Andrew Patterson.
The DE BELIN PRIZE IN METALLOGRAPHY for MEng/BEng Metals or Materials Science and
Engineering Students – 3rd Year MEng Student Mr James Powell.
The FRESHGATE TRUST FOUNDATION PRIZE for academic and personal promise – 1st Year MEng
Student Mr Jake Passarelli.
The GUY SIMPSON PRIZE IN GLASS TECHNOLOGY for performance in level 2 Examinations – 2nd Year
MEng Student Mr Alexander Mathers and 2nd Year BEng Student Mr Lu Xiao.
The JESSIE ELLIS PRIZE for best essay on metallurgical subject selected by the Dean of Engineering –
4th Year MEng Student Mr Adam Cox.
The INSTITUTE OF MATERIALS, MINERALS AND MINING PRIZE for performance over the entire
period of the course – 4th Year MEng Student Mr Joss Atkinson.
The INTERNATIONAL NICKEL PRIZE for examination performance – 2nd Year BEng Student Mr
Vsevolod Kachanov.
The LEWIS CHAPMAN PRIZE for work related to process metallurgy - 3rd Year MEng Student Mr
Graham Richards.
The MAPPIN MEDAL AND PREMIUM for greatest distinction shown by candidates in the final year of
studying for BEng or MEng Degree – 4th Year MEng Student Mr Alexander Kirkpatrick.
The SHEFFIELD METALLURGICAL AND ENGINEERING ASSOCIATION HATFIELD MEMORIAL PRIZE IN
METALLURGY for performance in 2nd year examinations. 2nd Year MEng Student Mr James Williams.
The SHEFFIELD METALLURGICAL AND ENGINEERING ASSOCIATION HATFIELD MEMORIAL PRIZE IN
ENGINEERING for performance in 2nd year examinations. 2nd Year BEng Student Mr Vsevolod
Kachanov.
Sir HAROLD WEST AWARD for academic and personal promise. 1st year MEng Student Mr Richard
Arnell
The WORSHIPFUL COMPANY OF IRONMONGERS’ PRIZES IN METALLURGY for progress during
courses in metallurgy. 3rd Year MEng Students Miss Hannah Murray and Mr Dharaminder Singh.
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CONGRATULATIONS TO:
Prof Allan Matthews who has been elected a Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering. This
prestigious award is only given to limited numbers of academics and recognises Allan’s outstanding
contribution to the subjects of ‘Coatings and Surface Engineering’.
Wail Gashier, PhD student with Dr Hajime Kinoshita and Prof Russell Hand, was awarded best
student presentation prize at the Cement and Concrete Science Conference 2012 for his work titled
‘Long term leaching of cementitious nuclear waste’.
Richard Kangley has attended and passed his ‘PRINCE2 certificate’, a recognised project
management qualification. The prince method is the de-facto standard for project management in
the UK and is practiced worldwide.
Robert Jacob Myers, PhD student with Prof John Provis and Dr Susan Bernal, was awarded best
student poster prize at the Cement and Concrete Science 2012’ for his work titled ‘ A sublattice
thermodynamic model for C-(N)-A-S-H’.
Undergraduate Prize Winners:
Joss Atkinson, Daniel Bailey, Adam Cox, Geoffrey Foulds, James Powell, Graham Richards, Hannah
Murray and Dharaminder Singh.
2nd Year PhD Poster Prize:
Metals: Boniface Anazodo, Niobium-silicate based alloys for high temperature gas turbines.
Non-metals: James Stevens, Investigating refractory spinel phases in high level nuclear waste
vitrification.
Non-metals biomaterials: Enas Hasan, Mimicking the natural regeneration of the cornea by tissue
engineering.
Image Competition winners 2012:
Metals: Sprawling Lines, Matt Hodges, Non-metals: Liquid Crystal Carpet, Ruibin Zhang,
Biomaterials: Fire Flies, Pallavi Deshpande, Life in the Department: I’m taking the lift, Faye
Thompson
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6. UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS
6.1 Undergraduate Entry
Personnel
The departmental Undergraduate Admissions team for 2011/12 consisted of Dr Dan Allwood
(Principal Admissions Tutor), Dr Richard Thackray (Overseas Admissions Tutor), Louise Mason
(administrative support) Dr Russell Goodall, Dr Martin Jackson and Dr Conny Rodenburg.
UG Admissions
The department offered the following undergraduate programmes in 2011/12
MEng/BEng Materials Science and Engineering (J500/JH51)
MEng/BEng Materials Science and Engineering (Industrial Management) (FH21/FHF1)
MEng Materials Science and Engineering (Modern Language) (J5R9)
MEng Metallurgy (J200)
Materials Science and Engineering with a Foundation Year (J501)
MEng/BEng Aerospace Materials (H403/H401)
MEng/BEng Materials Science and Engineering (Biomaterials) (JH5P/JH56)
MEng Materials Science with Nuclear Engineering (F2H8)
The 2011/12 admissions cycle saw applications from home students fall from 156 in 2010/11 to 153
in 2011/12. The number of overseas applications rose from 113 applications in 2010/11 to 128 in
2011/12.
Our total first year intake in October 2012 was 37 Home/EU students, and 40 overseas students.
With 67 starting on Materials Science and Engineering & related courses, 6 on Materials Science and
Engineering (Biomaterials), and 4 on Aerospace Materials.
A number of students were recruited, as in previous years, from the Sheffield International College,
and the Department again benefited from faculty overseas recruitment activities in India, China and
South East Asia.
Dr Dan Allwood’s statement:
The word that best characterises the 2011/12 UG applications cycle is ‘change’. This period saw
many government-led changes relating to UG students, most notably: the introduction of £9,000 p.a.
home student fees; the institutional limits to numbers of home/EU students with A-level grades of
ABB and below; and a tightening of visa restrictions for overseas students. Many of these changes
were made mid-cycle lending considerable uncertainty to any predictions of student arrivals. We
nevertheless decided to continue with our entry grade changes and raised the A-level requirements
to AAB for MEng degrees and BBB/ABC for BEng degrees. This large swathe of changes saw home/EU
applications fall only slightly, while overseas applications rose by over 10 %. We made only minor
changes to our UCAS Open Day, which seemed very popular with applicants. We saw our ‘strike rate’
of home/EU UG offer holders choosing us as first choice maintained at 35 %, which is excellent in the
face of stiff UK competition. This underpinned the increase in home/EU UG starters, which was at
the same level as two years ago, when the numbers also included Biomaterials Science & Tissue
Engineering and Biomedical Engineering courses. We introduced new procedures for handling
overseas applicants. We made offers immediately upon receiving an application and then arranged
for the applicant to speak with either Dr Allwood or Dr Thackray by telephone as soon thereafter.
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Furthermore, Dr Goodall gave a presentation at Sheffield International College, which increased the
interest in studying for a Materials degree. These factors appear to be responsible for the significant
increase in overseas students arriving in September 2012. As ever, my deep thanks go to all staff and
students who assisted in Open Day arrangements.
Forward Look for 2012/13
The strong UG recruitment for Sept 2012 gives us great encouragement for the 2012/13 cycle. There
have been slight changes to the government Student Numbers Control (SNC) for 2013 entry, with
students gaining ABB or above at A-level not subject to these limits. The high average entry tariff of
the University of Sheffield means that we will have very few SNC places as an institution. In response
to this, we have increased our BEng entry requirements to ABB (at A-level) while maintaining our
AAB requirement for MEng degrees. The Undergraduate Admissions Team welcomes Dr Conny
Rodenburg as a new member, who joins the previous team of Dr Dan Allwood (Director of
Undergraduate Admissions), Dr Richard Thackray (Overseas Admissions Tutor), Mrs Louise Mason
(administration), Dr Russell Goodall and Dr Martin Jackson. A large number of other staff assist in
interviewing students at Open Days.
Our UG recruitment targets for the coming cycle reflect the SNC changes and uncertainty in the
sector in general. Maintaining home/EU entry will be incredibly difficult and a small reduction is
most likely. However, we aim to see numbers of overseas students continue to grow but at a more
modest level than last cycle.
6.2 Sources of Support for Undergraduates
The following students have received bursaries, scholarships or sponsorship to support them in their
studies during 2011/12. We wish to thank all the companies/institutes who are providing financial
support for our students.
1st Year
Abdullah Alotaibi
Richard Arnell
Muhammad Rafie Awang Haji Zainal
Devarsh Barot
Oliver Chapman
Matthew Cook
Tong Cui
Dalang Du
Xueqian Geng
Thomas Gout
Chen Huang
Thabo John
Mohal Lalbhai
Tshenolo Leso
Yunfan Li
Hugo Lynch
Seabelo Manenye
Divya Mathew
Daniel McStravick
Prince Nakedi
Jake Passarelli
Ak Muhammad Nur Amin Pg Nordin
SABIC UK Petrochemicals Ltd
Departmental Bursary
Brunei Government Agency
UG Automatic Sheffield Scholarship
Botswana High Commission
Brunei Shell Petroleum Company
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Nenguba Poloko
Andrew Price
Nur Hazwani Puteh
Arthue Resende
Calvin Rossington
Yoonsung Shim
Gloria Taiwo
Alise Virbule
Shanglin Wu
Desen Zeng
Ruyou Zhang
2nd Year
Yousef Alusbhi
Chun Tou Chan
Zhaohui Che
Jiazhen Chen
Yu Chen
Zhiyuan Chin
Adim De
Cerise Edwards
Yiwei Jiang
Vsevolod Kachanov
Brunei Government Agency
UG Merit Sheffield Scholarship and UG Automatic
Sheffield Scholarship
UG automatic Sheffield Scholarship
Nor Kamaludin
Raffick Mopako
Shishir Mundra
Haotian Nan
Immanuel Nixon
Jithendra Ratnayake
Can Sayi
Stanford Selalame
Yunsong Shi
Sheue Tiong
Lu Xiao
Jingli Xie
Hairen Zhou
SABIC UK Petrochemicals Ltd
UG Automatic Sheffield Scholarship and
Recruitment and Admissions Sheffield Centenary
Scholarship
NCUK Automatic Sheffield Scholarship
NCUK Automatic Sheffield Scholarship
3rd Year
Mbuso Mongwangwa
Kitso Selohilwe
Xiao Tao
UG Automatic Sheffield Scholarship `
6.3 Undergraduate Teaching
The Departmental Learning and Teaching Committee was active in a number of areas in 2012.
Discussions continued about a strategy to improve teaching efficiency through curriculum redesign
at both final year UG and PGT level, with the plan being to implement these changes from 2014.
Running alongside this, a proposal to revamp the MEng Materials Science programme was also
produced, again with an implementation date of 2014. This new programme would contain much
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more direct industrial input and real-life problem solving activities, as well as new modules on
manufacturing for example, with the principal aim to produce graduate students with all the
necessary skills needed for careers in modern industry or R&D.
2012 also saw the second year of delivery of cross faculty courses to Mechanical , Aerospace and
Civil Engineering students. The success of these courses has meant that much of the module content
has been incorporated into our departmental programmes, and this process will continue over the
next academic year. Major changes were also made to our first year practical content and delivery –
early feedback suggests that these changes have been well received by the first year cohort.
December saw the publication of our annual NSS results. We were rightly proud of these,
particularly the results relating to overall course satisfaction. One area that was identified for
improvement was feedback, and so the department implemented a number of initiatives designed
to improve the feedback process for all of our students. Project diaries and immediate online
feedback from practicals are just two examples of these, and we are confident that these measures
will result in an improvement in our feedback response and scores over the next few years.
As part of the departmental strategy of implementing best practice with regard to the student
experience, the staff student committee was relaunched under the chairmanship of Professor John
Harding as the Staff Student Forum (SSF). It is hoped that this relaunch will make the committee
more responsive to the needs of our student population.
We continue to be concerned with the issues of ensuring competence in English for all new
undergraduate students. The procedure of requiring all arriving students – whether home or
overseas - to take a diagnostic test (arranged by the English Language Teaching Centre) is now well
embedded. We use these tests to identify students with particular problems and direct them to the
help available from the University Centre. We also support the University-wide Mathematics and
Statistics Help (MASH) initiative and our students are among the major users of this facility.
Undergraduate Taught Courses Descriptions
A) Bioengineering
Biomaterial Science and Tissue Engineering (BEng/MEng)
Biomedical Engineering (BEng/MEng)
The bioengineering courses (BSTE and BME) are aimed at training students for careers in hospitals,
the healthcare industry and in research. They also develop strong multidisciplinary skills in students
required by industry and in applied research. 2012 saw a continued development of the
undergraduate Bioengineering courses, associated with major changes in the organisation the
degrees. While BME was organised out of the Faculty of Engineering Interdisciplinary Programmes in
2010, BSTE remains within the department. However, both programmes stopped enrolment from
2011, being replaced by a faculty-wide common first year entry Bioengineering programme, which
this department continues to play a significant role, with BME and BSTE forming two of the four
specialism streams. This programme, headed by Professor Sheila MacNeil of this department, was
successfully launched and enrolled its first intake of 38 students in September 2011. This increased
to 46 in September 2012. In 2011, the department launched and enrolled its first batch of 4 students
onto its Materials Science and Engineering (Biomaterials) programme, which most closely match
BSTE, which increased to 6 in 2012.
The BME programme is concerned with the application of engineering principles and skills to analyse
and solve problems in medicine and biology for enhancing healthcare. The programme is accredited
by the Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) and remains one of the few accredited BME
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degree programmes in the country. To strengthen cohesion, depth and choice of specialisations and
to adapt to the dynamic biomedical engineering industries, the course structure has been greatly
enhanced in the past two years. For example, in 2009/10 a much-revised MAT191 Introduction to
Biomedical Engineering at Level 1 and MAT3410 Design of Medical Devices and Implants at Level 3/4
were offered, while MAS248 Mathematics III (Chemical) replaced MAS244 (Control). ENG302 Robot
Technology, ACS408 Optimisation and Search, ACS416 Non-linear Systems, CPE412 Engineering
Biotechnology, and MEC421 Sports Engineering were added to give students a broader choice of
modules suitable for BME at Levels 3/4. MEC430 Solid Biomechanics was added in 2010/11.
Students on the BME programme are not only supported by dedicated staffs at the Interdisciplinary
Programmes Office, but also by a personal tutorial system involving academic staff members to
provide better small group pastoral support, along with a proactive Staff-Student Committee. The
Faculty Library resources have also been enhanced to provide BME/Bioengineering better support.
2012 continued to be a year of excellent achievements. A BME Undergraduate Research Day was
held and attended by students, academic staff, and also the Bioengineering Industrial Advisory
Board. Students in their final year of study presented their research projects on the podium as well
as in posters. A panel of judges consisting of members from academic staff and industry, chose the 3
best poster presentations which were awarded prizes by Professor Sheila MacNeil. In 2012, the BME
programme produced 15 graduates. At the MEng level, 5 graduates received 1st Class degrees while
the others received Upper 2nd Class degree. At the BEng level, 3 graduates each received Upper 2 nd
Class degrees and 1 graduate received a Lower 2nd Class degree. Chris Noble was awarded the JRI
Prize in Bioengineering and Aashka Patel was awarded a Sheffield Graduate Award..
The BSTE course is concerned with the use of synthetic and natural materials for medical and
biological applications, and provides an excellent basis for working at the life science – physical
science interface. It is accredited by the Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining (IOM 3), in
parallel with the MSE degree. The 2011/12 academic year saw 15 students graduating, of which 5
achieved 1st Class degrees from either the MEng programme. 9 students achieved upper second
class degrees, with 2 attaining lower second class. Joss Atkinson was awarded the Institute of
Materials, Minerals & Mining Prize, with Sheffield Graduate Awards going to Sarah Lindsey and
Thomas Patterson.
While our graduates are doing very well either pursuing graduate studies or working in various
sectors, our students continuing their studies on these courses have always been (and continued to
be) very interested in opportunities for career development and for further applying their learned
knowledge. For example, a number of BME students took part in the SURE (Sheffield Undergraduate
Research Experience) scheme during summer vacation while some are involved in voluntary works
and others are active working on projects associated with Engineers Without Borders.
B) MEng Course in Materials Science and Engineering
This 4-year course continues to attract high quality students who are hoping to pursue a career in
either industry or research and who have exhibited a satisfactory level of academic achievement in
years 1 and 2. The MEng course differs from the BEng course in many ways, and the main
differences are discussed below.
In year 3 the students are expected to undertake a 5-month placement at home or abroad, where
they can gain invaluable experience in industry or a research environment. On return from their
placement, at the beginning of year 4, the students participate in a semester-long group industrial
project in collaboration with industry. They are presented with real industrial problems, and have to
work in groups in order to propose a workable solution. Both the industrial partners and the student
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cohort understand the importance of this project, which has been running in various forms for 10
years.
In 2012, there were 6 students registered on the MEng course – placement destinations included
Philips Applied Research, Precision Products, Rolled Alloys, Sheffield Forgemasters, and Firth
Rixson. Again the students benefited from links with visiting professors, the assistance of Steve
Franklin at Philips and Jesus Talamantes Silva at Sheffield Forgemasters provided the opportunity for
2 students to undertake their placement in Holland, and 1 to carry out research at Forgemasters.
Also, four of our industrial supervisors involved in the placements were alumnis of the department
and the MEng course. It is hope that these placement partnerships will continue well into the
future, and that others can be created so that our students are able to take their placements in a
wide range of materials–related disciplines.
Feedback of student performance from employers and industrial sponsors for both placements and
projects, has as in previous years been excellent.
Year
MEng Numbers
2008
12
2009
10
2010
12
2011
14
2012
13
C) Exchange Students
In 2011/12 the Department hosted total of 9 exchange students from several overseas institutions.
Through the Erasmus exchange scheme, 6 students studied in our department: João Veleirinho
Cardoso (University of Aveiro, Portogal); Lorène Heraud and Quentin Paviotti (Institut National des
Sciences Appliquées de Lyon, France); Flavia Angela Mele (Turin Polytecnic); Irene Marta Lopez de
Vicuna (Tecnun University of Navarra). Through the exchange programme with Alfred University
New York exclusive to our department, Kathryn Ersham, Eric Teller and Artemas Gordon Steere
(Alfred University New York, USA) studied in our department.
D) Contact of Undergraduates with Industry
The four year MEng course is designed primarily for those who wish to pursue careers in the
materials producing and using industries as process technologists, managers or researchers. A
distinctive and important feature of the course is an industrial placement undertaken towards the
end of year 3 (between May and September).
The objectives of the placement are to provide an insight into the work of a professional engineer in
industry and enable the student to put into context the material taught within the University-based
part of the course.
To meet these objectives the placement involves the following:Induction Period: Health and Safety, Management Structure, Company Products, Processing
Sequence.
Project Work: Ideally one or two substantive projects which would have the aim of achieving an
improvement in processing route, product quality or materials selection.
Works Organisation and Business Appreciation: During their period of employment it is hoped that
students would be given the opportunity to gain an awareness of some of the following aspects of
the company’s activities: Product Development and Design; Quality Assurance Control; Industrial
Relations; Cost Control; Marketing; Customer Liaison; Use of Business and Industrial Software;
Project Management.
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SKILLS WEEK: 5-9 NOVEMBER 2012
The departmental Skills Week under the leadership of Dr Plato Kapranos ran as planned between the
5th and 9th of November 2012.
A total of 74 students were involved in the various activities that included ‘Talks on Careers’, ‘IOM3
Membership’, Talk & exercises on plagiarism, Talks and activities on Communication & Team Work,
and English Support class & practical exercises. An additional talk has been the introduction to the
Departmental Research activities as well as one on the history of the Department; both received
with great interest by the students as they felt more connected with what they are embarking on as
well as deriving a sense of the history of the department they have joined.
Two alumni currently working in UK industry (Sheffield Forgemasters Engineering & Siemens VAI
respectively) gave presentations on their personal transitions from University to responsible
positions in industry.
In addition to the above, the students tackled a group project throughout the week that involved
them generating their own fracture specimens using different grades of chocolate and a number of
possible strengthening additions such as raisins, spaghetti, nuts, etc., all associated with different
costs. The task was to produce the highest fracture toughness specimens at the lowest cost. The
groups manufactured their fracture bars and had them tested at the end of the week, competing for
prizes as well as peer assessing their performances.
The group exercise proved particularly
successful both from the educational point of view but more on the student engagement side. This
is currently being written up in the form of a paper to be published in the educational literature.
There were two industrial visits organised and successfully carried out and well received by the
students (Forgemasters & Firth Rixson).
Destination of MEng 3rd Year Placement Students April – Sept 2012
Student
Tim Vinent
Chris Ladley
Xiao Tao
James Ashby
Kitso Selohilwe
Andrew Patterson
Placement
Philips Applied Technologies
Rolled Alloys
Precision Products
Sheffield Forgemasters International
Firth Rixson
Below are brief notes on the experiences of four of the students who were given placements:
James Ashby, Precision Products
“My industrial placement at Precision Products completed as a compulsory part of the M.Eng
Materials Science and Engineering course has given me the opportunity to apply the knowledge and
skills learned in lectures/labs to a real industrial setting. The role involved assisting the senior
technical manager alongside running my own projects that would both teach me the underlying
science behind the company's products and be beneficial to the company in the long term. One
specific project involved the development of an "intelligent system" that would inform the user of
the correct design of casting to use based on a number of dimensions and material properties.
By completing this placement I have greatly increased in confidence in terms of both my academic
and industrial competencies.”
Xiao Tao, Rolled Alloys
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“My main R&D project during my five month placement at Rolled Alloys was quality assurance of
corrosion resistance duplex stainless steels. The project enabled me to gain a wide amount of
experience in industrial analytical techniques, including optical microscopy and corrosion testing. In
addition, working with experienced material engineers in the technical group enabled me to
broadened my knowledge and apply material science in an industrial environment. I know have
developed strong interest in corrosion and its management for the oil and gas industry. The
placement experience improved my communication skills and self-confidence for working in industry
when I graduate.”
Andrew Patterson, Firth Rixson
“My five month industrial placement at Firth Rixson Darley Dale gave me a true understanding of the
processes required to turn raw titanium and nickel superalloy billets into final aerospace products
such compressor disks, along with all of the technical metallurgical challenges that can arise during
processing. I learnt how to critically analyse the raw data collected during processing and use it to
find information that could point to the root cause of a technical problem.”
Final Year Industrial Seminars
The following talks were given to final year students during the 2012/13 session. These seminars are
also open to postgraduate students.
Speaker
Dr Nick Kirk
Dr Joe Lee
Prof Terry McGrail
Dr Andrew Hosty
Prof A A Howe
Dr Daniel Cairns
Dr Eric Palmiere
Prof Russell Hand
Dr Abdullah Kafi
Paul Fennel
Dr David Bashford
Dr Jit Patel
Dr Jesus TalamantesSilva
Institute/Company
Technical Director
GTS-Glass Technology Services
Process Manager
Siemens VAI
Visiting Professor, Composites Centre
Chief Executive Officer
Morgan plc
Scientific Fellow - University Liaison,
Tata Steel RD&T
Forming Development Specialist
Johnson Matthey Catalysts
Materials Science & Engineering, UoS
Materials Science & Engineering, UoS
Alfred Deakin Postdoctoral Research
Fellow, Deakin University, Australia
Careers Office, UoS
Senior Applied R&D Engineer
Umeco
Managing Director
International Metallurgy Ltd (UK)
Group Research and Development
Director, Sheffield Forgemasters
International ltd
Title of Presentation
The Use of Recycled Glass for
Container Glass Manufacture
The most powerful metalworking tool
on Earth
Polymer matrix Composites Take Off!
The Challenge of Running an
Advanced Materials Technology
Company
Steel Research – Why, Where and
What?
Forming Catalysts
Final Year Projects
Your Project and How to Pass!
What is so special about carbon fibres
and composites – The Australian
view?
Your Career – taking action!
Expanding Opportunities for
Composite Materials
Vorsprung durch Niob Technik
The use of simulation techniques at
Sheffield Forgemasters International
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Dr Steve Franklin
Dr Dave Stewart
Dr Steve Cater
Dr Joe Lee
Prof Mike Gibbs
Tribology & Human Tissue Interaction
Rolls-Royce
Senior Project Leader, Friction and
Forge Processes Department,
TWI Technology Centre (Yorkshire) Ltd
Process Manager
Siemens VAI
Materials Science & Engineering
The University of Sheffield
Tribology in Healthcare and Lifestyle
Product Design at Philips
Use and Abuse of Materials in
Aeroengines
Overview of TWI and the
Development of Friction Stir Welding
The most powerful metalworking tool
on earth
Research Opportunities in MSE
(E) Final Year Undergraduate Projects 2012
Third Year BEng Materials Science and Engineering – MATU05
Bury
Nick
RJH/SAH
Transient thermography for the assessment of damage in
composite panels and sandwich structures.
Feng
Bo
IMR
Electrochemical capacitors.
Lan
Yang
GU/XZ
Hollow nanoparticles and nanofibres.
Leyland
Joseph
BPW
Thermomechanical processing and microstructure analysis of
light alloys.
Wu
Bing Huang XZ
Guided self-assembly of liquid crystal coated gold
nanoparticles
Wu
Yen-Ju
SZ
Low temperature molten salt synthesis of carbide
nanotubes/nanorods.
Levinta
Mariana
GH
Magnetic Foams
Fourth Year MEng Materials Science and Engineering – MATU06
Bailey
Daniel
NCH
Dissolution of spent nuclear fuel in synthetic groundwater
Butterworth John
BJI
Quantifying the behaviour of nanodiamond particles
Foulds
Geoffrey
DA
Pockels effect measurements of electroceramic grains
Humphries Holly
RPT
Steelmaking and casting aspects of sustainable plate
manufacturing
Leong
Zhao
IT
Tough metallic glasses: better than steel?
McCool
Fergus
SZ
Preparation and characterisation of grapheme based materials
Powell
James
PT
Characterisation of Superalloy Chemistry for the optimisation
of cast product properties
Redman
James
SAH/RJH
Mechanical properties of aligned nanocomposites
Richards
Graham
MJ
Exploitation of the FFC process for innovative processing and
products
Wiiliams
Jamie
DA
Fabrication of graphene for spintronic applications
Third Year BEng Biomaterial Science and Tissue Engineering – MATU23
Beckett
Sam
SMN
Development of biodegradable scaffolds for transplantation of
human corneal endothelial cells
Black
Leanne
SMN
Cleft Palate
Gabbott
Caroline
FC
2D and 3D structure for neural TE applications
Keshvani
Cooraez
JWH
Improve nerve cell adhesion
Li
Meng
CKC
Development and assessment of a cell seeding device
Rider
Patrick
FC
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Fourth Year MEng Biomaterial Science and Tissue Engineering – MATU22
Atkinson
Joss
JWH
Geca
Piotr
SJM
Laser direct white fabrication of OCT tissue phantoms
Hume
Robert
SMN
Development of biodegradable scaffolds for transplantation of
human corneal endothelial cells
Innocenti
Riccardo
IR
Bioactive biodegradable scaffold material for bone
Malini
regeneration
Karanja
Mercy
IR
regeneration
Lindsay
Sarah
JWH
Naia
Dorren
IR
regeneration
Paterson
Thomas
FC
Shillitoe
Heather
FC
Artificial tissue engineered oesophagus
Third Year BEng Aerospace Materials – MATU29
Abu Bakar
Munirah
HK
Negative thermal expansion oxides for nuclear applications
Nicholls
Simon
IMR
Glass Ceramics for GPS Antennas
Zahari
Ahmad
HK
Negative thermal expansion oxides for nuclear applications
Fourth Year MEng Aerospace Materials – MATU28
Barrable
Ross
RPT
Surface quality of automotive gear steel
Foster
Lee
MJ
High performance machining of aerospace titanium and/or
zirconium alloys
Fourth Year MEng Metallurgy –MATU21
Lim
Chin
EJP
Microstructural development during the intercritical rolling of
microalloyed plate steels
Third Year BEng Materials Science and Engineering with Industrial Management – MATU27
He
Junxi
RG
Extraction of creep data from nanoindentation tests
Iamvasant
Chanon
AL
Impact wear resistance of PVD metallic nanocomposite
coatings
Wang
Jieqiong
AL
Investigation of the influence of carbide grain size and shape
on mechanical properties of WC-Co
Fourth Year MEng Materials Science and Engineering with a Industrial Management – MATU16
Cox
Adam
MJ
Direct particle rolling of titanium particulate
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6.4 Undergraduate Student List 2011/12
Level 1:
BEng Materials Science and Engineering
Muhammad Rafie Awang Haji Zainal
Devarsh Barot
Tong Cui
Xueqian Geng
Sean Kempa
Mohal Labhai
Yunfan Li
Bradley Perry
Ak Muhammad Nur Amin Pg Nordin
Nur Hazwani Puteh
Hayley Rathbone
Joshua Ravindran
Arthur Resende
Calvin Rossington
Shanglin Wu
Ruoyu Zhang
BEng Materials Science and Engineering with
Industrial Management
Abdullah Alotaibi
Dalang Du
Kristian Marcus
Khalifa Nyande
MEng Materials Science and Engineering
Richard Arnell
Matthew Cook
Richard Dawidek
Hamish Ellis
Christopher Gaunt
Chen Huang
Jake Passarelli
Nenguba Poloko
Andrew Price
Sean Taylor
Alise Virbule
Thomas Williamson
BEng Materials Science and Engineering with a
Year in Japan
David Brown
Hugo Lynch
Carmen Makepeace
MEng Materials Science and Engineering with a
Year in Japan
Thomas Gout
Desen Zeng
MEng Metallurgy
Solomon Adugna
Thabo John
Tshenolo Leso
Seabelo Manenye
Prince Nakedi
Yoonsung Shim
Level 2:
Yousef Alsubhi
Richard Atkinson
Emma Caille
Chun Tou Chan
Jiazhen Chen
Yu Chen
Abdulelah Hakami
James Heath
Yiwei Jiang
Nor Kamaludin
Graham Maxfield
Gareth Moore
Pavan Prakash
Yunsong Shi
Jingli Xie
(Biomaterials)
Cele Kitenge Moke
(Biomaterials)
Oliver Chapman
Daniel Mcstravick
Hairen Zhou
MEng Materials Science and Engineering with
Divya Mathew
BEng Aerospace Materials
Hashmat Ali
Alexander Harvey
Philip O’Connor
Gloria Taiwo
Kai Wolff
Foundation Year
Brianne Jason
Zak Lomas
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Emma Calvert
Paul Gregory
Alexander Mathers
Shishir Mundra
Can Sayi
Stephanie Thornber
Sheue Tiong
James Williams
MEng Metallurgy
Raffick Mopako
Stanford Selalame
MEng Biomaterial Science and Tissue
Engineering
Adim De
Gracy De Souza
Catriona Inverarity
Olivia Manfredi
Christopher Norman
Robert Owen
BEng Biomaterial Science and Tissue
Engineering
Holly Askew
Jaspreet Bassi
Nathalie Cohen
James Gunn
Vsevolod Kachanov
Byunggon Kang
Immanuel Nixon
Jithendra Ratnayake
Willaim Savage
Daniel Smith
Lu Xiao
Blagoy Angelov
Zhaohui Che
Zakhar Lutsyshyn
Haotian Nan
BEng Materials Science and Engineering with a
Year in Japan
Cerise Edwards
Level 3:
Nick Bury
Bo Feng
Yang Lan
Mariana Levinta
Joseph Leyland
Fergus McCool
Mbuso Mongwangwa
Bing Huang Wu
Patrick Wu
James Ashby
Andrew Burton
Christopher Ladley
Andrew Patterson
MEng Metallurgy
Kitso Selohilwe
Engineering
Alys Davies
Elizabeth Kapasa
Adam Kelly
Hannah Murray
Toby Ogunsiji
Benjamin Sandford
Dharaminder Singh
John Smith
BEng Biomaterial Science and Tissue Engineering
Sam Beckett
Leanne Black
Caroline Gabbot
Jordan Hukin
Cooraez Keshvani
Meng Li
Patrick Rider
MEng Materials Science and Engineering with
Xiao Tao
Junxi He
Chanon Iamvasant
Jieqiong Wang
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MEng Materials Science and Engineering with a
Year in Japan
Robyn Ward
with Industrial Management
Adam Cox
MEng Aerospace Materials
Timothy Vinent
MEng Metallurgy
Chin Lim
Munirah Abu Bakar
Simon Nicholls
Shuiloon Yip
Ahmad Zahari
Engineering
Joss Atkinson
Piotr Geca
Robert Hume
Riccardo Innocenti Malini
Mercy Karanja
Sarah Lindsay
Dorren Naia
Thomas Paterson
Heather Shillitoe
Level 4:
Daniel Bailey
John Butterworth
Geoffrey Foulds
Holly Humphries
Zhao Leong
James Powell
James Redman
Graham Richards
Jamie Williams
MEng Aerospace Materials
Ross Barable
Lee Foster
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7. POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL
7.1 Postgraduate Numbers
The following table summarises the information for the past ten years:
02
03
04
05
06
07
08
09
10
11
12
Research
Research
Students†
Postgraduate Masters Students
(Start late September/early October)
Assistants
and
Fellows
(MPhil, PhD)
A
C
S
M
NEST
P
NTEC
Mat Sci
N
Bio/
Nano
Bio/
Reg
Total
1
2
4
3
5
6
3
10
12
3
4
3
11
4
5
5
5
7
4
1
3
1
-
16
14*
7
7
13
10
8
8
10*
11*
11
3
1
1
3
1
-
6
16‡
12‡
12‡
19‡
17‡
11
11
3
13
11
3
1
1
1
1
6
10
8
4
7
10
2
2
25
35
29
32
43
36
31
32
19
66
65
Total
87
90
108
121
120
108
99
117*
155
196
145
112
125
137
153
163
144
130
149
174
262
210
† Does not include those writing up.
A = Aerospace Materials; C = Ceramics; S = Solid State Chemistry Met = Metals; NEST = Nuclear
Environmental Science and Technology; P = Polymers and Polymer Composites; NTEC Nuclear
Science and Technology; Mat Sci = Materials Science & Engineering; N = Nanomaterials for
Nanoengineering; Bio = Bionanotechnology * including 1 part-time student and 1 Joint Location. ‡
total for interfaculty Polymer Centre course.
7.2 Taught Masters [MMet and MSc(Eng)] and Postgraduate Diploma Students
The modular taught Masters courses [MMet and MSc(Eng) 12 months full-time or 24 months parttime] and corresponding Postgraduate Diploma (9 months full-time or 21 months part-time) courses
have continued to attract students, with applications at a high level. Admissions for session 2011/12
ran at MSc (Eng) MSc Polymers and Polymer Composite Science and Engineering 11 students, MMet
Advanced Metallurgy 11 students, MSc Aerospace Materials 12 students, MSc Nuclear Science &
Technology 1 student, MSc Ceramics & Science Engineering 7 students, MSc Materials Science &
Engineering 10 students. MSc Nanomaterials for Nanoengineering
4 students, MSc
Bionanotechnology 10 students, MSc Biomaterials & Regenerative Medicine 2 students, a grand
total entry of 57 students.
The Department is deeply involved in the ‘Nanofolio’ portfolio (http://www.nanofolio.org/) of MSc
courses in the area of nanotechnology, run jointly between the University of Sheffield and the
University of Leeds. The economies of scale and appropriate multi-use of modules makes this a very
attractive route for the development of new MSc programmes.
We are already making use of the New Route Doctoral degrees, offering Integrated PhD study with
one of our MSc courses as a front-end. Interest from applicants in this route is growing.
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38
50
55
56
59
71
67
64
70
70
69
The success of the Department in attracting funding for three Centres for Doctoral Training and a
new Engineering Doctorate scheme, will give us the opportunity to consider new and enhanced
courses in the near future.
7.3 Research Students
This year the total intake of research students for the academic year 2011-12 was 62. This compares
with 57 and 42 in each of the previous two years. The 30 UK entrants were all funded through
EPSRC/BBSRC/DTC. Of the 32 overseas entrants, 5 were funded by their government, 3 were funded
through EPSRC , 15 with Department fee waivers, 2 China/UK Scholarship award, 1 through overseas
University scholarships, 1 through EU grant and 5 self funded. The research topics of these students
were distributed as 8 in biomaterials and tissue engineering, 8 in Ceramics, 11 in Glasses, Cements
and Waste Immobilisation, 25 in Metallurgy, 5 in polymers and Composites, 2 in Modelling and 2 in
Magnetics. 20 students were awarded a PhD, 2 MPhil qualification in 2012.
7.4 Research Colloquia
(a) These invited presentations are spread as evenly as possible over all activities of the
Department and the aim is to provide talks of a general nature to ensure high level of
departmental interest. The Department is greatly indebted to the following speakers for
providing talks during the Session.
Dr. Pat Lawford
University of Sheffield
Impact of Virtual Physiological Human on Medical
Device Development
Prof Angus Kirkland
University of Oxford
Mapping phase diagrams for nanoscale metal and
metal oxide particles
Prof Steve Morgan
University of Nottingham
Acousto-optic imaging of tissue
Dr Hidekazu
Kurebayashi
Cavendish Laboratory,
University of Cambridge
Spintronics using rotationally asymmetric
interactions and magnetic dynamics
Prof Andrew Kennedy
University of Nottingham
Porous metals and metal foams, state-of the-art
and future directions
Dr Finlay Morrison
University of St Andrews
Dielectrics by design: chemical control of dipolar
behaviour
Prof Pam Thomas
University of Warwick
Prof Anthony
Cheetham
Properties and potential applications of
inorganic-organic framework materials
Dr Tiehan Shen
University of Salford
Stokes polarimetry and magneto optical
characteristics of nanostructured materials
Prof Alison Noble
University of Oxford
Prof Robert Dorey
Cranfield University
Green synthesis and manufacture of functional
microdevices
Prof. Neil Cameron
University of Durham
Porous Polymeric Materials by Emulsion
Templating
Dr Amparo Galindo
Imperial College London
Prof Rodrigo Moreno
Institute of Ceramics and
Glass, Spain
Better ceramics through rheology
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Bioactive Ceramics, Composites and Coatings for
Skeletal Repair
Prof Peter Hall
Materials Challenges for Advanced
Electrochemical Energy Storage: Li Air Batteries
and Ionic Liquid Based Supercapacitors
Dr Gavin Bell
University of Warwick
Adventures in Epitaxy
Dr Michelle Oyen
Mechanically-Robust Composite Hydrogels for
Tissue Engineering
Dr Pedro Rivera
Designing ultra-strong steels combining rolling
contact fatigue and hydrogen resistance
Dr Dan Read
University of Cardiff
Small magnets, big ideas : magnetic
nanostructures for information storage and
processing
Prof John Irvine
University of St Andrews
Fuelling the Future, Developing Energy Materials
Prof Pogorelov
Ukraine
Chitosan-based materials for medical application
(literature review and our research)
Dr Cathy Holt
University of Cardiff
Understanding osteoarthritis of the knee via a
combined analysis of functional, musculoskeletal
and biological response to mechanical loading
Prof Serena Best
(b) Third Year Research Students gave presentations on their project work during the second
semester of the 20011/12 session as follows:
Daud, Mohammed
Delaine-Smith, Robin
Elawayeb, Mohamed
Gill, Andrew
Grainger, Richard
Haji, Hasan
Howarth, Jack
Jiang, Xiaoqing
Kalantari, Kambiz
Kamath, Deepa
Lafferty, Austin
Liang, Chen-Jui
Mang, Xiaobin
Nnamchi, Paul
Pegoraro, Carla
Plummer, John
The use of aligned polycaprolactone (PCL) microfibres as scaffold for
peripheral nerve repair
The use of Electrospun Scaffolds and Mechanical Conditioning in Tissue
Engineering
N-situ electrical testing and nanostrucre characterization of individual nife/
pt multilayer nanowires
Polymer Structuring via Microstereolithography
Resin Transfer Moulding of Self-healing Epoxy Resins
Friction stir welding of HSLA-65 Steel
Recycled Carbon Fibre Composites: Optimisation Through Surface
Treatment
A Microstructure and Crystallographic Texture Investigation of Static
Shoulder Friction Stir Welding of Ti-6Al-4V
Co-doped BiFeO3 ceramics
Polarisation sensitive optical coherence tomography of articular cartilage
Carbon Nanotube in Polymer Foams
In-situ impedance spectroscopy studies into effects of electrolyte
characteristics on the process of plasma oxidation of Al
Self-assembled Liquid Crystal Nanostructures
Metastable constitution of quenched Ti-Nb-(Zr, Ta, Zr+Ta and Zr+Sn) alloys
system by electron concentration
Polymersome macromolecule delivery across intact human skin
An investigation of deformation response in bulk metallic glass
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Robertson, Jennifer
Mechanical Stimulation in the Development of a 3D Human Bone Model
Stepanov, Igor
Modelling Material Failure Using Smooth Particle Applied Mechanics
(SPAM)
Development of an alternative cement for radioactive waste encapsulation
Crystalline structure of conjugated polymers
Investigating MSCs in model wound beds
The use of a novel stretching device to study the effect of tensile strain to
tendon cells in-vitro
Multi-pass simulation of heavy plate rolling including intermediate forced
cooling
High Permittivity Oxides
Aluminium Foams for heat transfer applications
Hierachical self-assembled structures of liquid crystals in nanotemplates
Swift, Pau
Tadjiev, Timur
Walker, Nathan
Way, Louise
Xiao, Bin
Yu, Hu
Zaragoza, Gael
Zhang, Ruibin
(c) Second Year Research Students Poster Presentations
Abdulla, Taha
Effect of Plasma Electrolytic Oxidation Coating on the Uniaxial Mechanical
Behaviour of Open-cell Aluminium Foams
Ahmadi, Daryoush
Oxide Scale Behaviour During Descaling and Hot Rolling
Ali, Murtaza
Development of auxetic stent-graft for the palliative treatment of
oesophageal cancer
Ali, Nasar
Thermomechanical processing of 4340 steel for large scale forging
Alotaibi, Nouf
Anode Materials for Li-ion Battery based on Rutile-TiO2
Bell, Juliet
The Effect of Plasma Polymerised Maleic Anhydride and Acrylic Acid on
Primary Schwann and NG108-15 Neuronal cells
Cassingham, Nathan
The structural role of Zn in model UK nuclear waste glasses studied by Xray absorption spectroscopy
Cedillo Saucedo, Lizzet
Effect of Ba/Ti ratios on microstructure and dielectric properties of barium
titanate
Che Ros, Fadhlina
Electrical studies of CaTa4O11 and analogues
Chen, Hung Ru
Charge disporportionation in LiNiO2
Chen, Shuang
Phase separation induced plasticity in a Zr-based bulk metallic glass with
micro Nb addition
Clifton, Annika
Peptide Hydrogels to promote cell adhesion and angiogenesis
Corteen, Jacob
Transformation Toughening in Bulk Metallic Glass Composites
Crawforth, Peter
High performance machining of Ti-834:Mechanisms of microstructural
damage
Cunliffe, Andrew
First Observation of Glass Formability in a High Entropy Alloy
Daud, Mohammed
Directing neuronal cell outgrowth with aligned polycaprolactone (PCL)
microfibre scaffolds
Dawson, James
Computational Modelling of Sr-BaTiO3 and Ca-BaTiO3 Solid Solutions
Elarbi, Abdlaziz
Recrystallisation of the α+β Timet Ti-6246 titanium Alloy followed by
Thermomechanical Processing
Fasuba, Omoniyi
Galvanic Corrosion of Al-based Coatings for Cadmium Replacement in the
Aerospace Industry
Fleet, Elliot
Thermal repair of polymers using Diels-Alder chemistry
Haine, Sarah
Sustainable Plate Manufacturing - Plane Strain Compression Testing of API
X70 Pipeline Steel
Hopper, Andrew
Proliferative and morphological influence of functionalised diamond
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Hussein, Oday
Karagianni, Eleftheria
Khangkhamano, Matthana
McCallum, John
McGann, Owen
Nanpazi, Amir
Negoita, Madalina
Nurbansari, Meilinda
Pearson, Russell
Saharan, Lalita
Shabuddin, Munira
Shaeri, Mohsen
Shaw, Robert
Shirkhan, Leila
Spiliotis, Alexios
Squire, Jonathan
Taylor, Mark
Tran, Anh Tu
Wen, Yan
White, Alexander
Williams, Andrew
Ye, Jianke
surfaces on cells
Encapsulation of radioactive waste from oil industry: The effect of BaSO4
waste loading on OPC paste
Development of bond coat alloys for Ni based superalloys for low emission
gas turbine technology for H2 rich syngas
Fabrication of graphene nanoplatelets (GNPs) using NMP solvent and
ultrasonication
Tetragonal Tungsten Bronzes - A Potential New Family of Microwave
Dielectrics'
The Effects of Gamma Irradiation of Vitreous Wasteforms
Design and development of Cr-Si Based Intermetallic alloys
Tailored domain wall velocities in ring-shaped ferromagnetic nanowires
The microstructure evolution of hot work tungsten tool steel during
conventional heat treatment and thermomechanical processing
Characterisation of poly - 2- (methacryloyoxy) ethyl phosphorycholine - 2 (diisopropyl amino) ethly methacrylate Polymersomes
Simplified micromagnetic model of recording media at finite temperature
The potential use of konjac glucomannan for wound healing and cell
transportation
Mechanical Stimulation of Mesenchymal Stem Cells in 3D Scaffolds Using
Oscillating Fluid Flow
The Effects of Lithium Nitrate on Highly Active Liquor in the Calciner
Effect of Al2O3 and La2O3 Additions on Hydrothermal Degradation of
Tetragonal Zirconia Polycrystals
Processing and characterisation of iron oxide materials for ammonia
production
Developing a plutonium ceramic disposal option
Novel methods for the production of high melting temperature metallic
foams
Studies on the solidification of pipeline steels
Synthesis
and
characterisation
of
WS2
fullerene-like
nanoparticles/nanotubes reinforced ceramic composites"
Bioreactor System to Study Endothelial Response to Fluid Forces
A Microstructural Investigation into Novel Alloys Based on the Mg-Y-Nd
System
Molten Salt Synthesis of Silicon Carbide Coating on Carbon Black for
Carbon-containing Castable Application
(d) First Year Research Student Seminars
Students gave talks on their work as follows:
Abbasi, Erfan
Processing and structure of high strength steels
Ahmadi, Daryoush
Oxide scale Behaviour During Descaling and Rolling
Anazoda, Boniface
Development of Niobium Silicide Based Alloys
Ayilaran, Ajayi
Effects of Composition on the Mechanical Properties of Silicate Glasses'
Banfield, Sarah
Bye, Frazer
Chavda, Mehul
Cadmium substitution coatings for aerospace applications
Developing a tissue engineering approach to treating cleft palate
Conversion of cement waste forms into ceramic waste forms :(i) Development
of a suitable phosphate modified CAC system for Al containing ILW
immobilisation
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Chen, Zhihong
Crean, Daniel
Drake, Jenny
Gao, Yonghao
Gashier, Wail
Gonzalez Rodriquez,
Jesus
Grazing incidence small angle X-ray scattering of hollow nanoparticles
Evaluating Remediation Options for Depleted Uranium at a UK Firing Range
Ceramic Materials For Very Small Dielectric Loaded Antennas
AC plasma electrolytic oxidation of magnesium alloys
Electrochemical Ageing of Nuclear Waste Cements
Influence of materials in contact with the glass surface during the
thermo-forming of automotive windscreens
Hasan, Enas
Mimicking the natural regeneration of the cornea by tissue engineering
Hernandez Nava, Everth
Ti-6Al-4V lattice structures with auxetic behaviour fabricated by electron
beam melting
Development of 3D MND model by use of aligned polymer scaffolds
Investigations into the magnetic field effect of organic semiconductor
photoluminescence
High voltage lithium pyrophosphate Li2MP2O7 cathode materials for lithiumion batteries
An investigation into the design and performance of a small nuclear reactor
capable of extended operating cycles for civil marine applications
Additive Layer Manufacture Processing of TiAl Aerospace Components:
Process Development and Material Properties
Synthesis and Characterisation of Graphene and Graphene-Based Materials
Ho, Candy
Hodges, Matthew
Hsiao, Kuang Che
James, Kris
Kourtis, Lampros
Lin, Liangxu
Manai, Navid
Marshall, Luke
van Grunsven, William
Watkins, Geraint
Wheelwright, James
Wilson, Peter
Xu, Zhen
Processing and Characterisation of Bulk Metallic Glasses
The Effect of Aluminium on the Deformation During High Speed Machining on
Titanium Alloys
Dwell Fatigue in Titanium Alloys
Glass Modeling For Nuclear Waste Immobilisation
Development of an engineered nerve guidance conduit for peripheral nerve
repair
Optimizing cell source and scaffold materials for cleft palate repair
Development of new advanced high strength steels based on
nanoprecipitation
Process-Microstructure-Property Relationships in Ti-5Al-5Mo-5V-3Cr'
Developing an autologous engineered connective tissue using a biodegradable
scaffold for the treatment of stress urinary incontinence and pelvic organ
prolapse
Understanding the effect of refractory spinel phases on HLW glass processing
and durability
Porous metal implants for enhanced bone ingrowth and stability
The effect of silicon on titanium alloys
Stress controlled motion of magnetic domain walls
Smart composite systems
Phase equilibrium studies and development of Nb-Silicide based alloys
Zhao, Wen
Stability of nano-energy materials in nano-battery circuits
Middlemiss, John
Miller, James
Pateman, Chris
Puwanun, Sasima
Qian, Feng
Richardson, Mark
Roman, Sabiniano
Stevens, James
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7.4 Postgraduate Student List
Post Graduates
Title
Mr
Initials
ZY
Surname
Leong
Country
Malaysia
Sponsor
Dept FW/Alumni/
Grant RG/IT
Supervisor(s)
RG/IT
Mr
MKH
Uddin
Pakistan
Mr
J
Zhou
China
1st Year Students (October, 2012 cohort)
Mr
M
Afzal
UK
Mr
D
Backhouse
UK
Mrs M
Balboa Garcia
Mexico
Mr
J
Boadi
UK
Mr
J
Clarke
UK
Miss L
Dew
UK
Mr
H
Dong
China
Mr
L
Edney
UK
Miss L
Eleftheriou
Cyprus
Dept FW/Self
Dept/FW/Self
IUR
PT
Metallics DTC
Nuclear DTC
CONACYT
DTA
DTA
DTC Term
DFW/Self
DTC Term
DTA (Nuclear 1st
ringfenced)
RPT/IT
RJH/NCH
PT
SJM/SMN
FC
CKC/SMN
GU/XZ
FC/SMN
JHH/MRomG
Miss
Mr
Mr
Mr
Mr
Mr
Mr
Mr
Mr
Mr
Mr
Mr
Mr
Mrs
Mr
G
M
C
R
A
L
J
P
I
S
T
G
R
Z
X
Gigliobianco
Hand
Iamvasant
Innocenti Malini
Khesro
Li
Lloyd
Mahoney
Moore
Nicholls
Paterson
Patterson
Peel
Pishgahi Fard
Su
UK
UK
Thailand
Itlay
Pakistan
China
UK
UK
UK
UK
UK
USA
UK
Iran
China
DTC Term
Metallics DTC
DFW/Self
EPSRC Grant
Abdul Wali Khan Uni
DFW/Self
DTC E Futures
Metallics DTC
Nuclear DTC
EPSRC Grant
DTA
DFW/ARW
Nuclear DTC
DFW/Self
MAT Fee Waiver, Alumni
Reward, Self
SMN/CKC
IT/BPW
AL/AM
JHH/CF
IMR/DCS
DCS/ARW
RJH/NCH
RG/IT
EJP/MGBurke
IMR/
FC
ARW
KW
WMR/IMR
BC/XZ
Mr
Miss
M
G
Sun
Tetteh
China
Ghana
Ghana Education Trust
Fund
AM/AL
GR/IUR
Ms
Mr
Mr
Mr
Mr
A
M
I
N
W
Thompson
Todd
Violatos
Weston
Yang
UK
UK
Greece
UK
China
Nuclear 1st DTC
Metallics DTC
Metallics DTC
Metallics DTC
RIS 12/13 ENGINEERING
FEES
WMR/EJP
BPW/RT
MJ/FD
WMR/MRJG
Mr
H
Zhao
China
DFW/Dept funding - EJP
EJP/
44
1st Year Cross Sessional Students (January 2012-September 2012 cohort)
Mr
AA
Al Shoaibi
Saudi
King Faisal Uni
Arabia
Ms
L
Asensio Dominquez
Spain
EPSRC Grant
Mr
M
Mohammed Sabri
Iraq
ARW/Lidzey (Phy)
RG/IT
Kurdistan Regional
Government/Self
GM
Mr
R
Myers
Australia
Mr
K
Omari
Jordon
Dr
SS
Qasim
Pakistan
Mr
G
Richards
UK
Mr
C
Talari
India/Home
2nd Year Students (October, 2011 cohort)
Mr
KA
Aljonubi
Saudi
Arabia
Mr
N-A
Armah
Ghana
Mr
T
Blackwell
UK
Mr
S
Bostanchi
Iran
Fee Waiver/JP
EPSRC Grant/DFW/Self
Self Sponsored
Jessie Ellis/Dept
DTA
JP
TH/DA
IR
MJ
IUR/RE Coleman
AFW/Saudi Gov
IMR
DFW/Alumni/Self
Nuclear DTC/Physics
Postgraduate Taught
Scholarship/Self
CKC
VA Kudryavtsev
WMR
Miss
Miss
Mr
Mr
Mr
R
L
J
Z
E
Bradley
Casey
Cooper
Cui
Elizondo Luna
UK
UK
UK
China
Mexico
DTA
NNL
EngD
FW/Alumni Award/Self
DTC E-futures
MRJG/DA
NCH
AM/AL
EJP/WMR
RG/Rwooley (Mech)
Mr
Mr
S
M
Fakpiam
Frydrych
Thailand
Germany
Gov Schol
EPSRC - MAT Maintenance & Fees
SAH
BC
Mr
Miss
Mr
Miss
Mr
Mr
Mr
Mr
Mr
Ms
J
L
M
P
D
P
F
A
R
R
Gao
Gardner
Ghadyani
Gong
Guan
Heath
Hussain
Jarvis
Justin
Karolia
China
UK
Iran
China
China
UK
Pakistan
UK
Ireland
UK
DFW/Self
DTA
DFW/Self
DFW/Self
China Schol
Nuclear DTC
DFW/Self
DTA
Dept
Unilever case award
WMR/IMR
NCH
PT
WMR/EJP
WMR/IT
NCH/RJH/E Madrell
IMR
AY/AM
BC
BJI/RD-J/A Ashcroft
(Unilever)
Mr
Mr
Mr
Mr
Mr
Mr
Mr
O
E
J
G
C
C
L
Khalid
Kilinc
Lemmens
Lewin
Liu
Liu
Liu
UK
Turkey
UK
UK
China
China
China
DTA
Self
DTA
DTA
DFW/Self
DFW/Self/Alumni
DFW/Self/Alumni
RPT/EJP
RJH
JWH
DCS/NCH
AL/AM
RPT
AL/AM
45
Mr
Mr
Ms
Miss
Mr
Mr
Miss
Mr
Mr
Mr
Ms
Mr
Mr
Miss
Mr
X
Z
S
MZH
C
SA
N
E
I
Y
R
A
C
C
C
Liu
Lu
Madeddu
Mayzan
McCaughey
Mian
Mobasher
Obasohan
Papadimitriou
Piao
Pyle
Raza
Sherborne
Smith
Smith
China
China
Italy
Malaysia
UK
Pakistan
UK
UK
EU
China
UK
UK
UK
UK
UK
CSC/DFW/Dept/Self
DFW/Dept/Self
Dept
Malaysian Scholarship
Metallics DTC
DFW/Self
Nuclear DTC
DTA
EU Grant
Dept
Metallics DTC
DTC/Medical
DTA
DTA/top up
Metallics DTC
AL/AM
IMR/DCS
HK
RJH/MCS
PT/RG
IUR
HK/C Sharrad
RPT/EJP
PT
BC
KPT/BPW
JWH/SMN
FC
SMN/SJM
IT/P Prangnell (Man)
Mr
Mr
Mr
Miss
D
S
B
F
Sparks
Tan
Thomas
Thompson
UK
China
UK
UK
EPSRC Grant
Nroute PhD
Metallics DTC
Metallics DTC
JHH/C Freeman
RJH/NCH
MJ/BPW/IT
RG/M Preuss (Man)
Mr
Miss
Mr
S
J
R
Walling
Wang
Waudby
UK
China
UK
Nuclear DTC
DFW
VTT Technical Research
Centre Finland
HK/N Bryan
DCS/IMR
AM/AL
Mr
C
Williams
UK
Nuclear DTC
Mr
M-H
Yen
China
DFW/Self
Miss W K
Yeung
UK
DTA
Miss C
Yorucu
UK
DTC Term
2nd Year Cross Sessional Students (January 2011 - September, 2011)
Mr
E
Abbasi
Iran
Self/1Dept FW
Mr
B
Anazodo
Nigeria
Self/1Dept FW
Mr
A
Ayilaran
Nigeria
Self
Mrs J
Lawal
Nigeria
Self
Mr
M
Richardson
UK
DTA
Mr
S
Roman Regueros
Spain
Central Sheffield
University Hospitals
KPT/JHH
GU/XZ
AY/GR
SMN/SJM
Miss W
Zhao
China
3rd Year Students (October, 2010 cohort)
Mr
F
Bye
UK
China Scholarship
BJI/ARW
BBSRC (DTG)
SMN/A.Ryan/K
Moharamzadeh
Mr
Mr
Mr
Mr
Mr
Mr
DTC Metallics
DTC Metallics
DTA
2 Fee waivers/GU
DTC Nuclear 1st
CSC/UK Schol
PT/AL
WMR/EJP
HK/NCH
GU/XZ
NCH
AY/AM
G
A
M
Z
D
Y
Bywater
Chamisa
Chavda
Chen
Crean
Gao
UK
UK
UK
China
UK
China
WMR/EJP
PT
RJH/DCS
AL/AM
MJ/BPW
SMN
46
Mr
S
Gascoyne
UK
DTC Metallics
BPW/P Prangnell (Man)
Mr
Mr
W
JA
Gashier
Gonzalez Rodriquez
UK
Mexico
DTA
Conacyt
HK
RJH
Miss
E
Hassan
UK
EPSRC/DTC(Sheff/Leeds)
SMN/S Rimmer
Mr
E
Hernandez Nava
Mexico
Roberto Rocco/Fee waiver
RG/IT
Miss
Mr
Mr
Miss
Mr
Miss
C
M
KC
F
K
L
Ho
Hodges
Hsiao
Indeir
James
Johnson
UK
UK
China
Libya
UK
UK
BBSRC (DTG)
DTA
ERW Grant
Self funded
DTC Nuclear 1st
DTC Metallics
Mr
Mr
L
L
Kourtis
Lin
Greece
China
EDRF/Grant
Fee waivers/
Self/CSC/Dept
JWH/ P Shaw
DA/NAM
ARW
AL/AM
NCH/T Abrams
EJP/I Burgess/ BD
(Civ)/RPT
IT/WMR
DA
Mr
Mr
Mr
Mr
Mr
Miss
Miss
Mr
Mr
Mr
Mr
Mr
Mr
Mr
Miss
N
L
J
J
C
S
F
J
A
W
G
J
P
A
Z
Manai
Marshall
Middlemiss
Miller
Pateman
Puwanun
Qian
Stevens
Tweddle
Van Grunsven
Watkins
Wheelwright
Wilson
Winder (Mphil)
Xu
UK
UK
UK
UK
UK
Thailand
China
UK
UK
Netherlands
UK
UK
UK
UK
China
EPSRC Grant
DTA
DTA
NNL
EPSRC/DTC(Sheff/Leeds)
Self
CSC/UK Schol
EPSRC Grant
DTC Metallics
EPSRC Grant
DTA
DTA
DTA
KTP
Dorothy Hodgkin/Rolls
Royce
3rd Year Cross Sessional Students (January 2010 - September, 2010)
Mr
D
Ahmadi
UK
EPSRC Case award/Corus
Mr
O
Fasuba
Nigeria
Self sponsored
Mr
P
Fundi
France
MPhil
Mr
R
Jarkaneh
Iran
Self sponsored
Miss M B
Shahbuddin
Malaysia
Malaysian Schol
4th Year Students (October 2009 Cohort) as at 15th October, 2009
Mr
T
Abdulla
Libya
Gov Schol
Mr
M
Ali
Pakistan
Pakistan Scholarship
Ms
NM
Alotaibi
Saudi
Gov Schol
Arabia
Ms
J
Bell
UK
DTA
Ms
EL
Cedillo Saucedo
Mexico
Conacyt
WMR/IT
MJ/BPW
BPW/MJ
KPT/RJH
JWH
GR/SMN
WMR
NCH/PAB
PT/HK
GR/RG
BPW/MJ
DA/MRJG
SAH/RJH
MJ/IT
PT
WMR
AY/AL
MRJG/DAA/SD
ARW
SMN/S Rimmer
RG/AY
IR/SMcN
ARW
JWH
WMR/IMR
47
Ms
F
Che Ros
Malaysia
Ministry of Ed, Malaysia
Mr
HR
Chen
Taiwan
EPSRC Grant
Mr
SS
Chen
China
China/UK scol/2 FW's
Mr
J
Corteen
UK
DTA
Mr
P
Crawforth
UK
DTA
Mr
A
Cunliffe
UK
DTA
Mr
J
Dawson
UK
DTA
Mr
A
Elarbi
Libya
Gov Schol
Mr
E
Fleet
UK
DTA
Ms
SS
Haine
UK
DTA
Ms
A
Helyer (was Clifton)
UK
BBSRC
Ms
O
Hernandez-Negrete
Mexico
Conacyt
Mr
A
Hopper
UK
DTA
Mr
O
Hussein (MPhil)
Iraq
Gov Schol
Ms
E
Karagianni
Greece
DTA fees/EPSRC Grant
Mr
J
McCallum
UK
EPSRC Grant
Mr
O
McGann
UK
EPSRC Case
Ms
M
Negoita
Indonesia
EPSRC Grant/DA
Mr
J
Nelson
UK
EPSRC Case/Rolls Royce
Ms
M
Nurbanasari
Indonesia
Gov Schol
Mr
R
Pearson
UK
DTA
Ms
L
Saharan
Indian
EPSRC Grant/2 FW
Mr
M
Shaeri
UK
DTA
Mrs L
Shirkhan
Iran
DTA
Mr
A
Spiliotis
Greece
EPSRC Grant/DTA fees
Mr
M
Taylor
UK
DTA
Mr
AT
Tran
Vietnam
EPSRC Grant/2fwDTC
Mr
A
White
UK
DTA
Mr
J
Ye
Chinese
EPSRC/Imp Coll/1 fw
4th Year Cross Sessional Students (January 2009 - September 2009)
Mr
N
Ali
Libya
Libyan Gov
Ms
SA
Banfield (P/T)
UK
TecVac Ltd
Mr
N
Cassingham
USA
EPSRC/2 Fee waivers
Mr
M
Daud
Malaysia
Malaysian Gov
Mr
A
Nanpazi
Iran
Self sponsored
(MPhil only)
ARW
JHH/ARW
IT
IT/WMR
MJ/BPW
IT
JHH/DCS
BPW/MJ
SAH
RPT/BPW
SMN/S Rimmer
PT
FC
MIO/HK
PT
ARW
NCH/PAB
DA/MRJG
PT
PT/EJP
GR/GB/FC
GH/DA
GR/CKC
WMR
PT
RG/RPT
RPT
CKC
RPT
Mr
R
Shaw (EngD)
UK
EngD/NNL
Mr
J
Squire (EngD)
UK
EngD/NNL
5th Year Students (October 2008 Cohort) as at 1st October 2008
Mr
R
Delaine-Smith
UK
DTA
Mr
M
Elawayeb
Libya
Libyan Peoples Rep
(1.11.08)
NCH
NCH
Miss
B
Fatemi
UK
DTA
GR/GB/RJH
Mr
A
Gill
UK
DTA
FC
BPW/RPT
AM/AL
NCH/BAH
JWH
PT
GR/SMN
BJI/JHH
48
Mr
R
Grainger
UK
DTA (starting
01/11/2008)
SAH/RJH
Mr
J
Howarth
UK
Technical Fibre
Products Ltd
FRJ/SAH/A Hodzic
Miss
Mr
Mr
Ms
Mr
Mr
Y
C-J
P
J
I
P
Hu
Liang
Nnamchi
Robertson (DTC)
Stepanov
Swift
China
China
Nigeria
UK
Latvia
UK
EPSRC/FAME
Feng Chiu University
Self funded
DTC
IDS
EPSRC/
National Nuclear Lab
DCS/ARW
AM/AY
IT/WMR
GR/SJM
KPT
HK
Mr
N
Walker
UK
DTA
Mr
A
Williams
UK
DTA
Mr
B
Xiao
China
Corus/2 Fee Waivers
Mr
GR
Zaragoza
Mexico
Conacyt
5th Year Cross Sessional Students (January 2008-September 2008)
Mr
S
Cater (Part-time)
UK
TWI
Mr
H
Haji
Libya
Libyan Embassy
Mrs A
Alagdl
Libya
Libyan Embassy
Mr
M
Hussain Ismail
Malaysia
Gov Schol
Mr
R
Milne
UK
DTA
Mr
L
Sun
China
2FWU's/EJP
Mr
M
Talamantes Silva
Mexico
CONACYT
Mr
PJ
Chu
Taiwan
IDS/Self funded
Mr
A
Rana
UK
DTA
Mr
E
Zacharis
Greece
DS/(Surrey Jan06/Shef
Sept 06)
Mr
AD
Lafferty
UK
DTA/EPSRC
Mr
S
Rigby
UK
DTA
Ms
V
Salas
Mexico
Conacyt
Miss N E
Mateen
Pakistan
Self Funded
Staff Candidates
Mr
T
Pilkington
UK
GR/SMN
WMR/BPW
EJP
RG/RPT
EJP/BPW
BPW/EJP
ARW
IT/HAD
BJI
EJP/BPW
WMR/BPW
AM/WMR/AY
WMR/BJI
PT
SAH/RJH
NAM/MRJG
SAH/RJH
WMR
AM/AY
49
Post Graduate Taught Masters Students
Title
Initials Surname
Country
Supervisor(s)
MATT01 - MSc Ceramic Science and Engineering
Mr
A
Bengaluru
India
Narasimhamurthy
MCS
Mr
Mr
Mr
Miss
DCS
RJH
IMR
ARW
B
AS
S
J
Feng
Khatry
Li
Wang
China
India
China
China
Mr
Y-J
Wu
Taiwan
DCS
Mr
Y
Zhou
China
JH
MATT03 - MSc Polymers and Polymer Composite Science and Engineering
Mr
C-W
Chen
Taiwan
CR
Mr
X
Cui
China
XZ
Mr
Y
Du
China
GU/XZ
Mr
J
He
China
BC
Mr
B
Huang
China
GU/XZ
Mr
M
Khan
Pakistan
JF
Mr
C-H
Ko
Taiwan
BC
Mr
B
Li
China
BC/GU
Mr
Y
Liu
China
XZ
Miss
Y
Su
China
BC
Mr
Q
Wan
China
CR
Mr
L
Wang
China
XZ
Mr
W-T
Wang
Taiwan
JF
Mr
Y
Wang
China
BC/XZ
Miss
Y
Wen
China
BC/XZ
Miss
J
Wong
Singapore JF
Miss
T
Xu
China
GU/XZ
Mr
Z
Zheng
China
CR
MATT04 - MSc Advanced Solid State Chemistry and Its Applications
Miss
O
Ogunsolu
Nigeria
ARW
MATT07 - MSc Nuclear Environmental Science and Technology
Mr
F
Hu
China
KW
Mr
A
Zahari
Malaysia
HK
MATT42 - MSc Nuclear Science & Technology (NTEC)
Mr
B
Carter
UK
KW
MATT10 - MMet Advanced Metallurgy
Mr
B
Fagge
PK
PT
Mr
L
Jin
BPW
MJ
Mr
B
Koshanov
RPT
BPW
Mr
M
Sanchez
RPT
EJP
Mr
M
Seyrek
RPT
EJP
Mr
R
Snell
RG
IT
Mr
E
Yavuz
EJP
RPT
50
Mr
H
Zengin
EJP
MATT11 - Part-time MMet Advanced Metallurgy
Mr
N
Bagshaw (1st Yr)
N/A
Mr
K
Rostum (1st Yr)
N/A
Mr
J
Webb (1st Yr)
N/A
Mr
M
Cox (2nd Yr)
AL
MATT16 - MSc Aerospace Materials
Mr
Z
Chen
PK
Mr
T
Feng
PT
Miss
S
Han
BPW
Miss
M
Keni
PK
PT
Miss
M
Li
AM/AY
AL
Mr
Miss
Y
CYS
Li
Lim
AM/AY
IT
AL
RG
Mr
Y
Liu
BPW
Mr
JM
Naranjo Espinosa
IT
Mr
N
Raphael
RG
Mr
K
Raszka
BPW
Miss
L
Squillaci
MJ
Miss
H
Wang
IT
Mr
J
Wu
KPT/BPW
Mr
Y
Zhang
RG
MATT18 - PG Cert Aerospace Materials
Mr
M
Stark
N/A
MATT51 - Part Time MSc Aerospace Materials
Mr
S
Mohamed
N/A
MATT52 - MSc Materials Science and Engineering
Mr
A
Ainabayev
MJ
Mr
J-I
Chen
RJH
Mr
B
Dong
DA
Miss
I
Farina
CR
AM
PT
PK
MJ
PT
MJ
BPW
IT
MJ
BPW
RG
EJP
EJP
-
Mr
H
Fu
KW
Mr
A
Malioglou
HK
Mr
S
Marasinghe
RJH
Miss
PD
Nadig
AY
Mr
M
Nyabam
JP
Mr
R
Qi
FC
Mr
Y
Ren
IMR
Mr
X
Shi
MRJG
Mr
S
Sleman
BJI
MATT64 - MSc Biomaterials and Regenerative Medicine
Ms
J
Bruce
CKC
IUH
Ms
R
Ekrami
IUH
JWH
Mr
Y
Fu
JWH
IUH
Miss
R
Kalvenes
IUH
JWH
51
Ms
Mr
Mr
Miss
N
D
N
Z
Nic Eochagain
Pownell
Ramesh
Salehi Moghaddam
SMN
JWH
IUH
SMN
IUH
IUH
CKC
IUH
Miss
N
Zhang
BC
IUH
Mr
W
Zhang
CKC
IUH
MATT36 - MSc Nanomaterials for Nanoengineering
Mr
W
Ge
Mr
Q
Huang
Mr
D
Simionesie
Miss
ZJ
Tian
Mr
Y
Zheng
Mr
Y
Zhou
MATT37 - PG Dip Nanomaterials for Nanoengineering
Mr
A
Raza
MATT39 - MSc Part-time Nanomaterials for Nanoengineering
Mr
S
Pardesi (2nd Yr)
MATT44 - Bionanotechnology
Mr
A
Avery
Miss
C
Elonu
Ms
M
Goswami
Mr
T
Laftsoglou
Mr
X
Liu
Mr
A
Wahab
-
Doctoral Training Centre Students
DTMT04 - Yr1 Adv Metallic Systems (Sheffield DTC)
Miss
CA
Ainsworth
Mr
MD
Chambers
Mr
LA
Farren
Mr
AJ
Mackie
Mr
KH
Miah
Mr
JD
Pollard
DTMT99 - Yr 1 Adv Metallic Systems (Manchester DTC)
Mr
DJ
Bowden
Mr
MJ
Brown
Mr
TR
Brownsmith
Miss
K
Cooper
Mr
H
Dawson
Mr
V
Demetriou
Mr
MA
Mcdonagh
Mr
ML
Topping
52
DTNT01 - Yr 1 Nuclear FIRST (Sheffield DTC)
Mr
DJ
Mr
DJ
Mr
CA
Mr
AJ
Mr
M
DTNT99 - Yr 1 Nuclear FIRST (Manchester DTC)
Mr
J
Mr
A
Miss
R
Miss
DL
Mr
JA
Mr
S
Bailey
Hussain
Jantzen
MacArthur
Miekina
Buckley
Formanuik
Hibberd
Jones
Ryan
Warren
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Course
Dates
No. of
Delegates
Income
The Metallurgy of Iron & Steel – for
non-experts
The Fundamentals of Metallurgy –
Science & Practice
7th to 11th January 2013
15
£18,000
25th-29th June 2012
13
£20,100
The Metallurgy of Iron & Steel – for non-experts short course will run again between
6 -10 January, 2014.
The Fundamentals of Metallurgy course will run again between 1–5 July, 2013.
9. THE TURNER MUSEUM
The space in the Turner Museum continues to act as the social heart of the Department and the
venue for UCAS recruitment days. Parents and prospective students alike compliment the museum
and its collection as a welcoming location for their important visit. It is also recognized as an
important part of the heritage of both the University and the City.
To maintain and develop this asset we are building on our existing links with the Arts Fund, creating
links to other related bodies and take every opportunity to advertise our existence such as the
Sheffield Tourist Information and Museums Association web sites. As an aid to this process a
committee of interested people from inside and outside of the University is being assembled. In
Spring 2012 the Museum was used for the preparation of one minute film clip, as part of a collection
of 23 other clips each representing one hour in the life of the city of Sheffield. This can now be
viewed at www.cityoneminutes.com in the time slot 3-4 pm. The story of the glass fibre wedding
dress on display here has also generated interest, with one writer linking it to Cinderella. Another
expression of interest concerns the possibility of making of an educational film along the same
theme. Preparations have already started to celebrate the centenary of Prof Turner’s appointment
to the University. These include both a history of his achievements, for which a publisher has been
identified and also an International Conference on Glass.
Until recently the Turner Museum hosted the Sheffield University Fine Art Society (SUFAS).
Unfortunately this group has now ceased to operate but is intending to celebrate the link via the
purchase of an appropriate glass item for permanent display. A new link though has been the use of
the museum by a group of students studying Fine Arts at Sheffield Hallam University.
10. THE HATFIELD MEMORIAL LECTURE
The 60th Hatfield Memorial Lecture was held at The University of Sheffield on Tuesday 4 December
2012. The Speaker was Professor Philip Withers FREng, FIMMM, FRAeS of Manchester University,
who illustrated the use of 3D imaging in materials science with a number of examples, many of
which were projected for the audience of 500 to enjoy with 3D glasses provided for the occasion.
With comments about how microstructural observations of this type can allow a more detailed
understanding of the fracture of materials, his talk, How things fail; An inside view, provided
important insights for the mechanical behaviour of materials in many applications.
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11. VISITING ACADEMICS & STUDENTS 2012
Name
Institute
Research Area
Host
Dr I Akin
(Aug 12-Feb 13)
Dr E Barker
(Nov 11-Nov12)
Dr S Bonchev
(Sept 12-Dec 12)
Ms I Castillo-Muller
(April 12 – July 12)
Ms C L Canon
(April 12-Sept 12)
Istanbul Technical University
Spark plasma sintering of electroceramics
Tissue Engineering
DCS
Bioactivity of chitosan-hydroxyapatite
biomaterials
Tribological analysis in the stamping
process
Fabrication of lattices by Electron Beam
Melting
GR
Hard-soft matter interfaces: from
understandings to engineering
Nuclear waste cementation
JHH
Nb alloys and Zr alloys in the nuclear
industry
Ceramic processing
PT
Creation of a new generation of
supercapacitors
Visiting Professor to Leonardo Centre
IMR
Cell Culture
SMN
Structure property relations of
microwave dielectric ceramics
ARW
Investigating the long-term behaviour of
simulated cementitious nuclear
wasteforms containing Cs and Sr under
exposure to water
Microstructure wear behaviour of
aluminium composites for automotive
applications
HK
Metallurgical processes
WMR
Plasma polymerisation coating on
reinforcement fibres, characterisation of
prepared coatings for mechanical
properties
Electroceramics compositions
IUR
Biomagnetics, functional magnetic
MRJG
Dr B Christiansen
(1 Oct 10-31 Sept 13)
Dr N C Collier
(Dec 12-Dec 15)
Dr A De Souza
Professor H Fan
(Jan 13-March 13)
Dr A Feteira
(Aug 11-July 13)
Prof S Franklin
(Nov 08-Oct 14)
Mr P Gordon
(Feb 11-Jan 12)
Ms Mei Guo
(July 10-June 12)
Dr K Hashimoto
(July 12-Sept 13)
Dr L S Hassan
(Sept 11-Aug 12)
Kirkstall Ltd
Sheffield Bincubator
Sumy State University,
Ukraine
National Autonomous
University of Mexico
(UNAM)
Associate Researcher
University of Copenhagen
National Nuclear Laboratory
(NNL)
State University of Mato
Grosso do Sul, Brazil
Northwestern Polytechnical
University, China
University of Birmingham
Chief Technologist in
Tribology, Philips Research,
The Netherlands
Kirkstall Ltd
Dept of Electronic Science
and Technology, Huazhong
University of Science and
Technology, China
Hakkaido University, Japan
Dr J S Hinton
(Nov 11-Sept 12)
Mr S Hussain
(Jan 13-July 13)
School of Metallurgy and
Materials Engineering,
Iran University of Science
and Technology
Siemens VAI Technologies
Ltd
Public Sector R&D
Organisation, Pakistan
Dr Y Iqbal
(June 12-Sept 15)
Prof D Jiles
Higher Education
Commission of Pakistan
Dept of Electrical and
SMN/JWH
WMR
RG/GR
JP
ARW
AM
WMR
IMR
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(Jan 11-Dec 13)
Prof A R Jones
(Jan 12-Dec 14)
Dr H Larijani
(Sept 11-Aug 12)
Mr D Lazarev
(July 12-July 12)
Dr A Leszczyńska
(June 12-Aug 12)
Dr J Mo
(April –April 12)
Ms V Mukaeva
(July 12-July 12)
Dr K Muszka
(Sept 11-Dec 15)
Dr M Ojovan
(Aug 11-Aug 14)
Dr E Parfenov
(July 12-Aug 12)
Dr J K Patel
(Sept 12-Aug 15)
Mr I Marco Pelegrin
(Oct 11-June 12)
Prof C Poinssot
(Sept 11-Aug 14)
Prof M Pogorelov
(Sept 12-Dec 12)
Dr M Răileanu
(July 12-July 12)
Mr P Ren
(Oct 11-Oct 13)
Mr G Schileo
(Aug 12- Jan 14)
Dr I Sterianou
(Jan 13-Dec 13)
Prof S L Stipp
(Oct 10-Aug 15)
Computer Engineering
Iowa State University, USA
E.ON UK
materials
E-Futures Visiting Professor
ARW
Iran University of Science
and Technology
Microstructure and wear behaviour of
aluminium composites for automotive
applications
Modelling and diagnostics of plasma
electrolytic surface engineering processes
Polymeric nanocomposites
WMR
Tribological evaluation and
characterisation of CrAIN-based coatings,
deposited by electron beam PVD
Strain path effects on microstructure in
hot working regime using microalloyed
steel and Fe-30wt% Ni model systems
AM
Immobilisation Science Laboratory
related research projects
Metallurgy
NCH
Porous metals as biological implants
RG
External advisor in development of
portfolio of nuclear activities
NCH
Biomaterials synthesis
GR
Oxidation states of uranium in various
geological matrices of Romania
New fabrication Processing and Structural
defects of dielectric ceramics
HK
Fabrication of magnetoelectric properties
of sol gel nanocomposites
Functional Materials
IMR
Hard/soft interfaces: from understanding
to engineering
JHH
Modelling solidification and hot
deformation of large-scale structures
Synthesis, structure and electrical
properties of pyrochlore phases in
bismuth oxide-based systems
Biocompatibility studies on the use of
WMR
Ufa State Aviation Technical
University, Russia
Cracow University of
Technology, Poland
Mechanical Engineering,
Southwest Jiaotong
University, China
University, Russia
Faculty of Metals
Engineering and Industrial
Computer Science, AGH
University, Poland
International Atomic Energy
Agency, Vienna, Austria
University, Russia
International Metallurgy Ltd
(UK)
University of Mondragon
Spain
Dept of Radio Chemistry &
Processes, Commissariat á
l’Energie Atomique, France
Sumy State University,
Ukraine
University of Iasi, Romania
State Key Laboratory of
Solidification Processing,
China
Sheffield Hallam University
Nano Science Centre, Ørsted
Institute Universitetsparken,
Denmark
Prof J Talamantes-Silva Sheffield Forgemasters Ltd
(Jan 11-Dec 13)
Ms P Y Tan
University Putra Malaysia
(April 12-July 12)
Mr J Trinidad Naranjo
University of Mondragon,
AY
BC
AY
WMR
AY
EJP
ARW
IMR
ARW
RG/GR
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(May 12-Aug 12)
Spain
Dr T Wu
(June 12-Nov 13)
Dr M Uzair
(Oct 12-April 13)
Prof N Xueyuan
(Oct 11-Sept 14)
Trinity College Dublin
Prof B S Yilbas
(Jan 10-Dec 14)
Miss H Zhang
(Nov 11-Nov 12)
Miss J Zhang
(Jan 12-Dec 12)
Dr H Zhang
(Sept 11-Aug 12)
Peshawar University of
Pakistan
Dept of Mechanical
Automotive & Materials
Engineering, University of
Windsor, Canada
King Fahd University of
Petroleum and Minerals,
Saudi Arabia
Dept of Materials Science
and Engineering, Beijing
University of Aeronautics
and Astronautics, China
Donghua University, China
China Institute of Atomic
Energy
biodegradeable magnesium alloys as hard
tissue implants
Novel biomimetic stimulus-responsive
nanocomposites
Fabrication of low sintering temperature
BaTiO3-based ceramics
Plasma electrolysis
BC
IMR
AM
Laser-based surface treatment and
processing
AM
Investigation on functional gradient Y203based ceramics
SZ
Structure and properties of
biodegradable polymers
Enhancing the capabilities of national
institutions supporting nuclear power
development
GU
NCH/RJH
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12. VISITS ABROAD
Emeritus Prof Mike Cable
Attended the 86th Annual Meeting of the German Society of Glass technology in Maastricht,
3-6 June; the 11th European Society of Glass Technology was held in conjunction with that
meeting and Prof Cable gave an invited talk “Sixty years of Glass technology” to the ESG
meeting.
Dr Joel Foreman
Gave talk 'Predicting the Material Properties of a Polyurethane Matrix (A Composite within a
Composite)' at 15th 'European Conference on Composite Materials' in Venice, June 2012.
Dr Russell Goodall
Attended and presented at the 1st Plenary meeting for the Accelerated Metallurgy EU FP7
project, DTU, Riso, Denmark, April 2012
Prof John Harding
Gave seminar “Simulation on the edge; the trials and tribulations of modelling interfaces”,
Copenhagen, 30th Jan 2012
Invited talks:
o “Hard-soft interfaces and the simulation of biomineralization”, Materials Research
Society; Spring Meeting, San Francisco, April 2012
o “The interaction of biomolecules with calcium carbonate - which side is in control?”
at CECAM Workshop "Structure-property relationships in hierarchical
biocomposites"
Contributed talks:
o “Density functional theory studies of point defects in Li(Ni,Co, Mn, Al)O2, Materials
Research Society; Spring Meeting, San Francisco, April 2012
o “The role of extra-cellular DNA in cellular adhesion to silica”, Materials Research
Society; Fall Meeting, Boston, November 2012
o “Property effects with rare-earth doping in BaTiO3” Materials Research Society; Fall
Meeting, Boston, November 2012
o “Understanding the Metamict State in Titanate Ceramics for Nuclear Waste
Immobilisation Using Molecular Dynamics and Connectivity Topology Analysis”,
Materials Research Society; Fall Meeting, Boston, November 2012
Prof Russell Hand
Gave 2 talks titled "Stresses and stress measurement" and "Fracture statistics" at the ICG
Advanced Course on Glass Strength held in Offenbach-am-Main, Germany, 11-12th June
2012
Gave 2 talks titled "Nanoindentation, surface hydration and glass composition" and
"Improving glass strength - flaws and how we can overcome them" at the ICG Summer
School 2012 held in Montpellier, France, 2nd-6th July 2012
Gave an invited talk entitled "Mechanical properties of glasses, waste glass composition
development and characterisation" at the Glass Summit, Wuhan, China, 15-16th September
2012
Gave an invited talk entitled "Nanoindentation and the hydration of glass co-authored with
Damir Tadjiev and Jesus Gonzalez Rodriguez at Physics of Non-Crystalline Solids XIII held at
Yichang Three Gorges, China, 16th-20th September 2012. RJH also gave a second talk at the
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same meeting entitled "Improving the mechanical properties of glass through compositional
variation" co-authored with Erhan Kilinc and Damir Tadjiev
Gave an invited seminar entitled "Research into nuclear waste vitrification at the University
of Sheffield" at Xiamen University, China, 21st September 2012.
Dr Chris Holland
Silk: On the stressful road to fibre formation Georgetown University, Washington DC, USA
18th June 2012
Silk: Making the best of a bad situation Harvard University, Boston MA, USA, 7th June 2012
Silk as a nanomaterial for regenerative medicine NanoRegen Trade Mission, Fraunhofer IZI
and BioCity Leipzig, BCRT and BioTOP British Embassy Berlin, UKTI and LISA Vienna 5-8th
September 2012
Dr Plato Kapranos
‘Thixoforming, Keynote invited Speaker, A201 aluminium alloy – is there a future in
aerospace applications?’ High Tech Die Casting Conference, Vicenza, Italy, 9-10th February,
2012
Keynote Invited Speaker, ‘Teaching and Learning in Engineering Education - Are we moving
with the times?’, 6th International Forum on Engineering Education (IFEE 2012), 20th - 22nd
November 2012, Hotel Grand Season Kuala Lumpur
Invited Speaker, Prince of Songhla University, Hat Yai, Thailand, ‘Current state of
Thixoforming in Europe’, 27th November 2012
Dr Adrian Leyland
39th International Conference on Metallurgical Coatings and Thin Films (ICMCTF 2012), 23rd
- 27th April 2012, San Diego, USA. Invited presentation: "Design and plasma synthesis of
tribological surfaces for titanium"
TWC International Wear Seminar; 6th November 2012, Tampere University of Technology,
Finland. Invited talk 1: "Plasma surface treatments for titanium" Invited talk 2: "The
Leonardo Centre for Tribology & Surface Technology"
Prof Allan Matthews
“Progress in Duplex Plasma Processing in Surface Engineering”. Plenary Lecture at the 20th
Congress of the International Federation for Heat Treatment and Surface Engineering,
Beijing, China, 23rd-25th November, 2012.
Emeritus Prof John M Parker
Gave talks ‘Optical absorption spectroscopy of glass’ and ‘Ion exchange processing of glass’
to a Masters Course at Vicarte, Lisbon, Portugal, March 2012
The Labino Lecture. ‘Glass in its true colours’, at Glass Art Society, Toledo, Ohio, USA, June
2012.
Ran a Summer School for research students in Montpellier, France. Gave lectures entitled
‘Glass forming ability’, Glass colour and redox chemistry’ and ‘Ion exchange’, July 2012
Gave two talks entitled ‘ICG and the Montpellier Summer School’ and ‘Controlling glass
colour’ at 2nd International Conference on Competitive Materials and Technology Processes,
Lillafüred, Hungary, September 2012.
Prof John Provis
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Invited talks:
o “Geopolymers and other alkali-activated binders – An overview of progress and
remaining obstacles” – Workshop on Geopolymers, Present and Future, Milan, Italy
November 2012.
o “Progress and future of alkali-activated materials with low carbon emissions”, 3rd
Cross Strait High-performance Concrete International Seminar, Wuhan, China,
November 2012.
o “Etude de l’interface granulats/liant dans des mortiers au laitier activé par des
alcalins”, Colloque International Francophone Nomad 2012, Toulouse, France,
November 2012.
o “Gold preg-robbing by silicates” – Precious Metals ’12, Cape Town, South Africa,
November 2012.
o “The reactivity of fly ash in geopolymer synthesis: A qualification study by FTIR”, 8th
Asian-Australian Conference on Composite Materials, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia,
November 2012.
o “Interfacial transition zone in alkali-activated slag concrete”, Twelfth International
Conference on Recent Advances in Concrete Technology and Sustainability Issues,
Prague, Czech Republic, November 2012.
o “Effects of different polycarboxylate ether structures on the rheology of alkali
activated slag binders” - Tenth International Conference on Superplasticizers and
Other Chemical Admixtures in Concrete (American Concrete Institute Special
Publication SP-288), Prague, Czech Republic, October 2012.
o “Characterisation and description of the structure of metakaolin by total scattering,
density functional theory, and X-ray spectroscopy” - 3rd International Conference on
Concrete Repair, Rehabilitation and Retrofitting, Cape Town, South Africa,
September 2012.
o "Supplementary cementitious materials for concrete: Characterization needs," 2012 IMRC Meeting, Symposium 7B, Concrete with Smart Additives and
Supplementary Cementitious Materials, Cancun, Mexico, August 2012.
o “Development, standardization and applications of alkali-activated concretes”,
ASTM International Symposium on Geopolymer Binder Systems, San Diego, CA, June
2012.
o “Alkali-activated binders and concretes: The path to standardization” – ASTM
International Symposium on Geopolymer Binder Systems, San Diego, CA, June 2012
o “Durability of alkali-activated binders – The importance of the three-dimensional
pore network structure”, International Congress on the Durability of Concrete
(ICDC), Trondheim, Norway, June 2012.
o “Carbonation of alkali-activated GBFS/MK concretes” – International Congress on
the Durability of Concrete (ICDC), Trondheim, Norway, June 2012.
Series of 5 invited lectures on graduate study skills, materials characterisation, and
geopolymer technology, School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Huazhong
University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China, 29-30 October 2012.
Prof Mark Rainforth
Invited: "Ceramics under Hip Joint Loading Conditions – Nothing stays the Same"
Gordon Tribology Conference, USA July, 2012.
Prof Ian M Reaney
Zing conference on Solid State Chemistry, Lanzarote, February 2012, “Phase transitions and
Planar defects in RE-doped BiFeO3”
Electroceramics XII, Twente, Holland, “Phase transitions and Planar defects in RE-doped
BiFeO3”, June 2012
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International Symposium on Applied Ferroelectrics, Aveiro, Portugal, “High Throughput
Synthesis of Pb Niobate Tunable Dielectrics”, July 2012
International Ceramics Conference, Functional Materials and Devices, December 2012,
Bikaner, India
Study visits to:
o Universityof Aveiro, 2nd to 6th April 2012, host Paula Vilarinho
o Pennsylvania State University, State College USA, 11-13th August 2012
o National Institute of Standards and Tehnology, Wahington, USA 13th -15th August
2012
o Oregon State University, Corvallis, USA 15th to 16th August 2012
International examiner on PhD defense, University of Twente, 20th April 2012
Member of International Advisory Boards for:
o International Conference of Ceramics, Bikaneer india, December 2012
o International Symposium on Applied Ferroelectrics, Poster Chair, July 2012
Dr Ihtesham ur Rehman
Role of Spectroscopy in Biomedical materials – as step towards commercialisation, 3rd
International Symposium on Biomedical Materials: Recent Advances and Challenges; 18-20
December (2012)
Prof Derek Sinclair
Invited talk: 'Slicing through Perovskite space: structure-property relationships in hexagonal
perovskites'. Zing Conference on Solid State Chemistry, Lanzarote, Canary Islands, February
2012.
Dr Karl Whittle
Conference organiser: Scientific Basis for Nuclear Waste Management XXXVI, at the Fall MRS
2012, November 26th – 30th 2012. Invited talk: Damage and Recovery in Ceramics - Is it
Predictable?
Invited talk: “Damage and Recovery in Ceramics - Chemistry and Bonding”, NuMat 2012: The
Nuclear Materials Conference, Osaka, Japan, 2012
Workshop Organiser: Radiation Effects at the Nanoscale, held at the Australian Nuclear
Science and Technology Organisation (ANSTO), Sydney, Feb 28/29th 2012.
Dr Aleksey Yerokhin
39th International Conference on Metallurgical coatings and Thin Films, ICMCTF 2012, 23-27
April, 2012, San Diego, USA
o ‘Insight into Plasma Discharge in PEO: In-Situ Impedance Spectroscopy Study’, by A.
Yerokhin, C.-J. Liang, E.V. Parfenov, A. Matthews – Oral presentation by A Yerokhin
o ‘In Vitro Biological Response of Plasma Electrolytically Oxidised ond Sprayed
Hydroxyapatite Coatings on Ti6Al4V Alloy’, by W Yeung, A Yerokhin, G Reilly and A
Matthews – Oral presentation by W Yeung
o ‘Characterization of Plasma Electrolytic Oxidation (PEO) Coatings on 6082 Aluminium
Alloy’, by A Jarvis, A Yerokhin, P Shashkov, A Matthews – Oral presentation by A
Jarvis
o ‘Optimisation of Pulsed Bipolar Plasma Electrolytic Oxidation of Magnesium Alloy for
Biological Applications’, by Y Gao, A Yerokhin and A Matthews – Oral presentation
be Y Gao
o ‘Evaluation of Galvanic and Corrosion Behaviour of Some Commercial AluminiumBased Coatings Deposited by Various Methods’, by O. A. Fasuba, A. Yerokhin, A.
Matthews, A. Leyland – Poster presented by O A Fasuba
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VI International Symposium on Aluminium Surface Science and Technology, May, 27-31,
2012, Sorrento, Italy
o ‘Impedance Characteristics of Plasma Discharge in Plasma Electrolytic Oxidation’, by
A Yerokhin, C-J Liang, EV Parfenov, A Matthews – Oral presentation by A Yerokhin
o ‘Anodic Deposition under Galvanostatic PEO Conditions’, by L. Snizhko, A. Yerokhin,
N. Gurevina, A. Matthews – Poster presented by A Yerokhin
13th International Conference on Plasma Surface Engineering, Garmisch-Partenkirchen,
Germany, 10-14 September, 2012
o ‘Ultra-High Speed Imaging of Individual Breakdown Events during Plasma Electrolytic
Oxidation of Aluminium’ – Keynote lecture presented by A Yerokhin
o ‘Variation of Residual Strain and Structure With Depth in Alumina Coatings Produced
by Plasma Electrolytic Oxidation (PEO)’, by A Jarvis, A Yerokhin, Y Gao, A Matthews,
D Asquith – Oral presentation by A Jarvis
o ‘Plasma Electrolytic Treatment Process Control Based on Spectral Methods Of
Diagnostics’, by E Parfenov, A Yerokhin, S Gorbatkov, A Matthews – Poster
presented by A Yerokhin
o ‘Pulsed Bipolar Plasma Electrolytic Oxidation of Replicated Open-Cell Aluminium
Foams’, by A Yerokhin, T Abdulla, R Goodall – Poster presented by A Yerokhin
Departmental seminar at the Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University
of Naples Frederico II, Italy, 1 June, 2012
o ‘Plasma-Assisted Electrolytic Surface Treatments for Sustainable Manufacturing’ –
Invited lecture presented by A Yerokhin
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13. LECTURES AND CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS IN THE UK
Dr Russell Goodall
Invited talk, “More with Less” the Surprising behaviour of Metal Foam, Sponges and
Lattices” – Sheffield Metallurgical and Engineering Association (SMEA) Conference, Sheffield,
June 2012.
Invited talk "Using the Surface in Open Cell Foams", at Functional Metallic Foams, Materials
KTN networking meeting, The MTC, Coventry, December 2012.
Prof Russell Hand
Prof Russell Hand gave an invited talk entitled "Self sensing using glass fibres in polymer
composites" co-authored with Peter bailey, Abdul Rauf, Peter Wilson and Simon Hayes at
the Society of Glass Technology Annual Meeting held in Cambridge 5th-7th September 2012.
At the same meeting Prof Hand gave a invited paper in the History & Heritage section
entitled "Glass durability in water: A challenge for archaeology, museum conservation and
nuclear waste immobilisation"
Dr Chris Holland
Putting a New Spin on Silk, Soft Matter Physics Research Group, Leeds University, 26th
October 2012
Secrets of Silk. BioSoc, Oxford University, 15th October 2012
Spider Silk. Superhuman Collection, Wellcome Trust, London, 28th September 2012
Natural Solutions RAPS: Recent Appointees in Polymer Science Meeting, Aston University,
Birmingham, 15th September 2012
Rediscovering Life’s Best Ideas: A Users Guide to Biomimetics, Oxbridge Teachers Seminars,
Mansfield College, Oxford, 26th July 2012
Spider silk and novel bio-inspired synthetic polymers Nanotechnology Programme
Nanoparticles, Nanostructures and Biomimetics, Ewert House, Summertown, Oxford, UK 5th
July 2012
Coupling Rheology with IR Spectroscopy, Malvern Instruments, Malvern, UK 19th April 2012
Admiral: a user's perspective, Dataflow launch workshop, Said Business School, Oxford, UK,
2nd March 2012
Rheology for Biology GTS Seminar, Department of Zoology, Oxford University 26th January
2012
Dr Plato Kapranos
‘Developing a postgraduate diploma in personal and professional skills’, The University of
Sheffield Sixth Annual Learning and Teaching Conference, “Teaching Differently: New
Programmes, New Delivery”, Monday 9th January 2012, Richard Roberts Building, University
of Sheffield
‘Supporting learning differently: multi-sensory strategies for lectures’, The University of
Sheffield Sixth Annual Learning and Teaching Conference, “Teaching Differently: New
Programmes, New Delivery”, Monday 9th January 2012, Richard Roberts Building, University
of Sheffield.
‘Diploma in Personal and Professional Skills for Centres of Doctoral Training - Managing by
Instructional Objectives’, Proceedings of 4th International Symposium for Engineering
Education, Ed. Kapranos & Brabazon, 2012, The University of Sheffield, July 2012, UK, pp
307-315.
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Dr Adrian Leyland
IMechE (Aerospace Division) Seminar - Emerging Manufacturing Technologies for Metallic
Structures - 14th March 2013, AMRC, Rotherham
Invited presentation: "Plasma-based surface engineering processes for titanium alloys"
Prof Allan Matthews
“Reducing Wear Using Plasma Based Surface Engineering Processes”. Talk presented at
the3rd Vacuum Symposium UK, Vacuum Expo, Coventry, 17-18 October 2012. IoP
2012 SMEA Conference & Exhibition - Optimising the Design and Performance of
Engineering Components - 19th / 20th June 2012, the Edge, Endcliffe Village, Sheffield
University
Invited paper: "Plasma processing of wear-resistant surfaces for titanium"
Dr Nicola Morley
Presented two posters at the SpinOS 2012 conference in London (9th-13th September 2012)
entitled “Spinterface studies of Polymeric Devices” and “Characterisation of Electronic
transport in P3HT”
Prof John M Parker
Gave a talk entitled ‘Why you should visit the Turner Museum of Glass’ at SGT History and
Heritage Conference, Cambridge, UK, September 2012.
Prof John Provis
Keynote presentations:
o “Geopolymers in the 21st century construction materials landscape”, Materials KTN
Workshop on Applications of Geopolymers, Stoke-on-Trent, December 2012.
o “Green concrete or red herring? – the future of alkali-activated materials”, 32nd
Cement and Concrete Science Conference, Belfast, Northern Ireland, September
2012.
o “Geopolymers and other alkali–activated binders – research to drive standardisation
and uptake”, LimesNet Research Conference 2012, Bath, UK, July 2012.
Other talks:
o “Modification of a calcium aluminate cement system to prevent conversion to cubic
hydrates and minimise corrosion of encapsulated aluminium metal”, 32nd Cement
and Concrete Science Conference, Belfast, September 2012.
o “A sublattice thermodynamic model for C-(N)-A-S-H gel”, 32nd Cement and Concrete
Science Conference, Belfast, September 2012.
o “Accelerated carbonation testing of alkali-activated binders: effect of the slag
composition”, 32nd Cement and Concrete Science Conference, Belfast, September
2012.
o “Characterisation of alkali-activated co-fired fly ash geopolymers”, 8th International
Conference: Concrete in the Low Carbon Era, Dundee, July 2012.
o “Green concrete or red herring? Designing and characterising the cements and
concretes of the 21st century”, departmental seminar, MERI, Sheffield Hallam
University, November 2012.
Prof Ian M Reaney
Organiser and Speaker, Joint meeting of the Dutch and UK piezoelectric group, Sheffield,
30th March 2012, “Phase transitions and Planar defects in RE-doped BiFeO3”
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Dr Ihtesham ur Rehman
Gave invited lectures:
o Spectroscopic Analysis of Tissue Engineered Normal & Cancerous Oral Mucosa, 8th
NCRI Cancer Conference, Liverpool (UK) 4th to 7th November (2012)
o Raman Spectroscopic Analysis of Different Subtypes of Breast Cancer Cell Lines, 8th
NCRI Cancer Conference, Liverpool (UK) 4th to 7th November (2012)
o Role of Spectroscopy in Biomaterials, International Conference on Nanotechnology
in Medicine (NanoMED), University College London (UCL), UK 7-9 November (2012)
o Analysing cancer tissues and cells using infrared and Raman spectroscopy, Thermo
Scientific Spectroscopy User Meeting - Holiday Inn, Stratford upon Avon, 19th &
20th September (2012)
o Spectroscopy of Biomaterials: Natural and synthetic bones – A journey through lab
to commercialisation, Thermo Scientific Spectroscopy Workshop, Characterisation of
Advanced Materials Made Simple. Warwick (UK) 7th March (2012)
Prof Mark Rainforth
“Dynamic surface microstructural changes during tribological contact that determine the
wear behaviour of hip prostheses; metals and ceramics”, Mark Rainforth, Peng Zeng, Le Ma,
Akemi Nogiwa Valdez and Todd Stewart, Faraday Discussion 156: Tribology, UK April (2012).
“EELS fine structure analysis of phases formed by LiNiCoO4 battery cathode material on heat
treatment”, J. Sharp, N. Reeves, A.R.West, W.M. Rainforth, European Microscopy Congress,
EMC 2012, Manchester, September 2012.
“Sub-surface analysis of degraded zirconia ceramics using FIB-SEM” AA Nogiwa-Valdez, P
Zeng and WM Rainforth European Microscopy Congress, EMC 2012, Manchester,
September 2012.
“High resolution transmission electron microscopy study of a nanocrystalline layer on the
surface of biomedical CoCrMo” P Zeng, A Rana, R Thompson and WM Rainforth, European
Microscopy Congress, EMC 2012, Manchester, September 2012.
“Electron energy loss spectroscopy of a retrieved alumina femoral head” P Zeng, WM
Rainforth and TD Stewart, European Microscopy Congress, EMC 2012, Manchester,
September 2012.
Dr Corneila Rodenburg
gave a talk at the Royal Society Seminar on Science and Technology of silica nanowires,8-9
November 2012, Kavli Royal Society International Centre, Chicheley Hall UK entitled
"Scanning Electron / Helium Ion microscopes & silica nanowires"
Prof Derek Sinclair
Invited talks:
o 'Defect Chemistry of RE-doped BaTiO3 and the influence of non-stoichiometry on
the electrical properties of Na1/2Bi1/2TiO3. Smartpie, Sheffield, March 2012.
o 'Defect chemistry of ATiO3 perovskites by a combination of atomistic simulations
and experimentation. International Workshop on Advanced Ceramics (IWAC5),
Imperial College, London. September 2012.
o 'Advanced Functional Oxides' International Summer School on Ceramics, Imperial
College, September 2012.
'Functional Oxides at Sheffield' , R2i-Connecting Research to Industry (iMAPS),
Loughborough University, September 2012. This talk won the best presentation
award from iMAPs.
o 'The A, B and vacanCy of polar ABO3 perovskites: controlling electrical properties by
chemical doping' Annual Polar Solids UK Meeting (The Royal Society of Chemistry, St
Andrews University). December 2012.
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14. MEMBERSHIP OF LOCAL, NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL BOARDS AND COMMITTEES
Dr D Allwood
Member of EPSRC Materials Peer Review College
Chair of the UK & RI Chapter of the IEEE Magnetics Society
Committee member of the Institute of Physics Magnetism Group
Editorial Board - Journal of Physics D
Emeritus Prof M Cable
Member of Turner Memorial Lecture Committee
Trustee of the K D Bardhan Research and Education Trust
Adviser to the Oxford Dictionary on the Vocabulary of Glass
Technology
Dr B Chen
Member of the American Chemical Society
Associate Editor of Journal of Biomaterials and Tissue Engineering
Dr F Claeyssens
Member of the Materials Research Society
Member of the Royal Society of Chemistry
Member of the Scientific Editorial Board for “The Open Materials
Science Journal” (Bentham Science)
Emeritus Prof H A Davies
Member of International Advisory Scientific Committees for:
10th International Workshop on Non-Crystalline Solids, Barcelona,
Spain, April 2010
International Workshop on Magnetic Wires 2010, Bodrum, Turkey,
July 2010
21st International Workshop on Rare Earth-Transition Metal
Magnets and their Applications, Lake Bled, Slovenia, Sept 2010
International Adviser for National Key Laboratory for Rapidly
Solidified and Metastable Alloys, Chinese Academy of Sciences,
Institute of Metal Research, Shenyang
Research Adviser on Metallic Glasses, National Key Laboratory for
Advanced Materials, University of Science and Technology, Beijing,
China
Member of the Editorial Boards for: International Journal of NonEquilibrium Processing: Journal of Materials Science and Technology
(China)
Honorary Consulting Professor, South China University of
Technology, Guangzhou, China.
Dr C L Freeman
Member of the Executive Committee for Computational
Collaboration Project No 5
Emeritus Prof F G F Gibb
Member of UK Government’s advisory Committee on Radioactive
Waste Management (CoRWM) (until October 2012)
Prof M R J Gibbs
EPSRC College Member
Editorial Board of Nanomaterials
Dr R Goodall
Deputy Chair of the IoM3 Education Committee
Secretary to the Hatfield Memorial Lecture Committee
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Emeritus Prof G W
Greenwood
Member of the Editorial Panel for “Materials Science and
Technology” of the IOM3
Member of the Interviewing Panel for CEng Elections through the
Institute of Physics
Member of the Hatfield Memorial Lecture Committee
Prof R J Hand
Senior Editor of “Glass Technology: The European Journal of Glass
Science and Technology Part A” and “Physics and Chemistry of
Glasses: The European Journal of Glass Science and Technology Part
B”.
Chair of TC6 “Mechanical Properties of Glass” and member of TC5
“Nuclear and hazardous waste vitrification” of the International
Commission on Glass
Member of the International Advisory Board, Physics of NonCrystalline Solids held at Yichang Three Gorges, China, 16-20
September 2012
Member of the Interviewing Panel for CEng elections through the
Institute of Physics
Vice-President of the Society of Glass Technology
Prof J H Harding
Member of EPSRC Peer Review College
Organiser, annual Summer School in Molecular Simulation
supported by CCP5 and CECAM
Fellow of the Institute of Physics
Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry
External examiner for Physics and Astronomy Dept, University
College London
Member, HECToR Scientific Advisory Committee
Organiser; symposium NN(Nucleation and Growth of Biological and
Biomimetic Materials) MRS Fall Meeting 2011
Prof J W Haycock
Director of the Centre for Biomaterials & Tissue Engineering
Associate Director of the Kroto Research Institute
Member of BBSRC Pool of Experts
Elected to TERMIS-EU Council (Tissue Engineering and Regenerative
Medicine International Society - European Chapter)
Elected as Executive Board Member of UK Tissue & Cell Engineering
Society (TCES)
External Examiner at the Medical School, University of Newcastle
External Examiner at the Materials Department, University of
Manchester
Dr S A Hayes
Sheffield University representative on the Association of Aerospace
Universities
Member of both the organising committee and technical committee
for the conference “Deformation and Fracture of Composites” to be
held at the University of Sheffield, 15-17 April 2009
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Dr C Holland
Committee member of Recent Appointees in Polymer Science
Member of the Scientific Advisory board of Oxford Biomaterials Ltd
Member of the British Society of Rheology, The Institute of Physics,
Society for Experimental Biologists, British Arachnological Society
and Nanotechnology KTN and BIOKON
Organiser - Biofibres session for the World Conference on
Regenerative Medicine , Leipzig, 2013
Visiting Prof A A Howe
Scientific Fellow - University Liaison, Tata Steel
Organiser of the Tata Steel - Academia Symposium
Member of the CBI's Inter-Company Academic Relations Group
Expert member of the European Union's TGS6 (physical metallurgy
of rolling and finishing) committee, for approval and monitoring of
RFCS collaborative projects
Prof N C Hyatt
Member of the ISIS Facility Access Panel for Neutron Diffraction
Member of and Secretary to the Steering Committee of the RSC
Solid State Chemistry Group
Member of the Steering Committee of the EPSRC Radioactive Waste
Immobilisation Network
Member of the RSC Materials Forum Committee
Chair of MRS Symposium XXXII on the Scientific Basis for Nuclear
Waste Management, Boston 2008
Member of Scientific Advisory Panel for Economic and Social
Research Council “Waste of the World” project
Prof B J Inkson
Director of the RCUK Basic Technology Research Programme in
Nanorobotics
Chair of the EPSRC UK NanoFIB Network: Nanoprocessing and
nanoanalysis of materials using Focused Ion Beams
Deputy-Chair of the Nanomaterials and Nanotechnology Committee
of the IOMMM
Member of the EPSRC Peer Review College
Member of the Editorial Advisory Board of the Elsevier Journal
Materials Characterisation
Member of Scientific Programme Committee for the European
Microscopy Congress (EMC 2012) and Chair of the Advances in Ion
Microscopy Symposium
Assessor for the German Research Foundation (DFG) and
Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO)
Dr M Jackson
Member of the IOM3 Light Metals Committee
Council Member of the Sheffield Metallurgical and Engineering
Association
Member of the IOM3 Sheet Forming Committee
Emeritus Prof F R Jones
Visiting Professor, Deakin University, Geelong, Australia.
Visiting Professor, University of Bristol, UK.
Collaborative Research , University of Delft, The Netherlands.
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Freeman of the Cutlers Company.
Member of the Editorial Boards for: Composites Pt A; Composites
Science and Technology; Japanese Composite Materials; Adhesion
Science and Technology; Journal of the Wuhan University of
Technology.
Co-Chairman of the International Conference on Interfaces and
Interphases in Multicomponent Materials, Interface 21.
Guest Professor, Wuhan University of Technology, China.
Emeritus Prof H Jones
Member of the International Advisory Committees for International
Conferences on:
Rapidly Quenched and Metastable Materials,
22nd RISO Symposium on Science of Metastable and Nanocrystalline
Alloys )9/01)
Solidification and Gravity
Journal Advisory Committee Memberships:
International Journal of Non Equilibrium Processing (Founding
Editor)
Metals and Materials
Member of the Magnesium Forum (Foresight) and of the Board of
the Casting Division of the Institute of Materials
Dr P Kapranos
Assessor for the Australian Research Council (ARC) and the Austrian
Science Fund (FWF)
Referee for: International Journal of Cast Metals Research, Materials
Science and Technology, Metallurgical & Materials Transactions and
Composites Part A: applied science and manufacturing, Acta
Materialia, Scripta Materialia, Journal of Materials Science, Journal
of Alloys and Compounds
Member of the Advisory Committee for the International
Symposium on Advanced Forming and Die Manufacturing
Technology - AFDM
Member of the International Advisory Board for the International
Conference and Exhibition on Aluminium-Based Materials for the
Automotive Industry
Member of the International Organizing Committee for the series of
International Conferences on ‘Semi-Solid Processing of Alloys and
Composites’
Member of the Organizing Committee of the Int. Conf. in High Tech.
Die Casting, HTDC
Member of the International Organizing Committee for the M&P
JSME/ASME International Conference on Materials and Processing
Member of the Inclusive Learning and Teaching consultancy group,
Member of the International Advisory Panel for the series of
International Symposia for Engineering Education, ISEE, Educating
Engineers in a Changing World
Organiser & Chair of the Local & International Committees for
ISEE2012
Member of the Faculty of Engineering Advisory Board
Member of Engineers without Borders Faculty Board
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Faculty Representative on the University’s Research Ethics
Committee (UREC)
Member of the Enterprise Education Steering Committee
Dr H Kinoshita
Member of Materials Chemistry Committee at IoM3
Dr A Leyland
Member of the Editorial Advisory Board for the Elsevier Journal:
Vacuum
Member of the Organising Committee for Symposium G (Coating
Applications, Manufacturing and Equipment) of the International
Conference on Metallurgical Coatings and Thin Films (ICMCTF),
American Vacuum Society (AVS)
Prof S MacNeil
Director of the Interdisciplinary Programmes Office, University of
Sheffield (from February 2010)
Director of Cross-Faculty Bioengineering Degree from 2010
Sheffield Academic Lead for the DTC in Tissue Engineering and
Regenerative Medicine (Leeds, Sheffield and York from 2008 to
2012)
Member of the Swiss National Science Foundation NRP63 Stem Cell
Member of the Steering Group for N8 Regenerative Medicine
Member, EPSRC College of Peer Review
Member of Cell and Tissue Engineering Society Committee 20102012
Dr S J Matcher
External Examiner to Masters Programme at University College
London.
Prof A Matthews
Elected Director and Board Member, Society for Vacuum Coating
Editor, Surface and Coatings Technology (Elsevier Science)
EU Expert Evaluator
Assessor TSB Technology Programme
Member, EPSRC College of Peer Review
Member, International Scientific Committee, International
Conference on Plasma Surface Engineering
Member, Programme Committee, International Conference on Thin
Films
Member, Organising Committee, International Vacuum Congress
Member, Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining, Surface
Engineering Division Board
Member, Operations Committee, UK Tribology
Editorial Board, Journal of Friction and Wear
External Examiner, University of Manchester Undergraduate MEng
and BSc Materials Science
Dr G Moebus
Member of the Royal Microscopy Society EM Committee
Member of the IoP-EMAG committee
Dr N A Morley
Member of the UK Magnetics Society Committee
Member of the WUN Spintronics Steering Committee
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Member of the International advisory committee for WUN-SPIN 11
Member of the Organising Committee for SpinOS 2012
Member of the ISIS facility access panel for muons
Dr M I Ojovan
International Atomic Energy Agency Technical Expert since 1993
Russian Academy of Natural Sciences, Fellow since 1996
Materials Research Society
Society of Glass Technology Member.
International Commission on Glass, Nuclear Waste Vitrification
Technical Committee (TC05)
Association for the History of Glass Member
International Conference on Waste Management WM, International
Advisory Committee
International Conference on Radioactive Waste Management and
Environment Remediation, ICEM, International Advisory Committee
International Conference on Thermal Treatment Technologies IT3,
International Programme Committee
International Conference and Exhibition “AtomEco”, International
Programme Committee
IAEA CRP "Behaviours of Cementitious Materials in Multipurpose
Packaging for Transportation, Long Term Storage and Disposal", CoChairman
Nuclear Technology Education Consortium, Module Director
The Open Mineral Processing Journal, Editorial Board Member
Recent Patents on Corrosion Science, Editorial Board Member
Journal of The Pakistan Materials Society, International Review
Board Member
Dr E J Palmiere
Member of the Advisory Board for the journal Metallurgical and
Materials Transactions A
Member of the International Advisory Committee for
Recrystallisation and Grain Growth (REX & GG)
Guest editor of Materials Science and Technology special issue on
Microalloyed Steels, Vol 25, 2009
Member of Industrial Advisory Group on Mechanical Testing to the
National Physical Laboratory
Member of the Australian Research Council College of Peers
Member of IOM3 Bulk Metalforming Committee
Distinguished Alumnus Award, School of Engineering, University of
Pittsburgh
International Advisory Committee, THERMEC, Las Vegas, USA, 2013
Member, International Advisory Committee, SimPro, Ranchi, India,
2012
Member, International Scientific Committee, Organising Committee,
Intl. Conf. on Physical and Numerical Simulation, Oulu, Finland, 2013
Member of Scientific Committee of Thermomechanical Processing of
Steels
Emeritus Prof J M Parker
Member of SGT: Steering Committee; Basic Science Committee;
Conference Organising Committee
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Abstracts Editor and Book Review Editor for Physics and Chemistry
of Glasses and for Glass Technology (SGT journals)
For the International Commission on Glass: Secretary to the Coordinating Technical Committee, Invited Member of the
Management Board and Steering Committee, Member of Council,
Chairman of Technical Committee 1 on “Communications” and
Member of TC23 “Education and Training”
Chair: Turner Memorial Lecture Committee
Member of the IOM3 Accreditation and Professional Development
Committee
IOM3 interviewing panel for undergraduate competitive awards
Prof J Provis
Senior member of RILEM
Chair of RILEM Technical Committee “DTA” (Durability Testing of
Alkali-activated materials)
Secretary of RILEM Technical Committee “224-AAM” (Alkali
Activated Materials)
Member of RILEM Technical Committee “238-SCM” (Supplementary
Cementitious Materials)
Member of the Institution of Chemical Engineering, Chartered
Engineer
Member of the Peer Review Advisory Board, Center for Nanoscale
Materials, Argonne National Laboratory
Editorial Advisory Board - Materials and Structures (RILEM/Springer)
Editorial Board - ISRN Materials Science
Prof W M Rainforth
Vice President and International Secretary of the Royal
Microscopical Society
Fellow of the Institute of Physics, Materials, Minerals and Mining
and Royal Microscopical Society
Member of EPSRC Technical Opportunities Panel (TOP)
Member of EPSRC College of Peers and Equipment Review
Member of the Editorial Boards of: Material Science Technology,
Advances in Applied Ceramics
Editor, Journal of Microscopy
Associate Editor, Journal American Ceramic Society
Member of the Board of Review of Metallurgical and Materials
Transactions A
Wear of Materials 2009, 2011 Conference Steering Committee (Las
Vegas and Philadelphia, USA)
Conference Vice-Chair, European Microscopy Congress, Manchester,
2012
External examiner, University of Oxford
Visiting Professor, Technical University of Graz, Austria
Visiting Professor, Juan Reyes University, Madrid, Spain
Prof I M Reaney
Adjunct Professor at Pennsylvania State University, USA
Visiting Professor at University of Aveiro, Portugal
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Member of the International Advisory Board for SMARTPIE, Holland
Programme Chair for International Symposium on Applications of
Ferroelectric (ISAF), Edinburgh 2010
Member of CiCECO Advisory Board for appointment of Research
Fellows
Member of EPSRC Materials Characterisation Facilities
Advisory Group Member of the Editorial Advisory Board for the
Journal “Materials Characterisation”
Dr I Rehman
Dr G Reilly
Executive Director, IRC in Biomedical Materials, COMSATS, Pakistan
Organiser and Programme Chair, 3rd International Symposium on
Biomedical Materials: Recent Advances and Challenges, IRCBM. CIIT,
Lahore, Pakistan, December 2012
Member of Editorial board of Applied Spectroscopic Reviews
Member of External Reviewer Panel, Research Grants Council Hong
Kong, 2012
Assessor, Czech Science Foundation
Secretary General of the European Society for Biomechanics
International Editorial Review Board - European Cells and Materials
Editorial Board - Scientifica
Expert review panel for European Research Executive Agency FP7
Marie Curie Fellowships
Member of the White Rose Biomaterials and Tissue Engineering
group steering committee
Prof D C Sinclair
Member of the Functional Materials College of EPSRC
Member of the Materials Chemistry Committee of the IOM3
Member of the Structural Materials Committee of the IOM3
Editorial Board, Japanese Journal of Ceramics
Advisory panel member for overseas travel grants for the Royal
Society
Dr R P Thackray
Chairman of the Iron and Steel Society of the IOM3
Member of the Sustainable Development Group of the IOM3
Member of the Association for Iron and Steel Technology
Member of the World Steel “Steel University” Working Group and
Education and Training Committee
Editorial Board, Ironmaking and Steelmaking
Scientific Committee Member for ERC5
Secretary of the European Steel Institutes Confederation and
International Society of Steel Institutes Committees
Prof I Todd
Research Director of the ERDF and Yorkshire Forward Innovative
Metals Processing Centre
Chair of the BSi standards committee on additive manufacturing /
3D Printing
Dr K P Travis
Member of the Royal Society of Chemistry
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Member of the Statistical Mechanics and Thermodynamics
committee of the Royal Society of Chemistry
Member of the international organising committee for
Thermodynamics 2013.
Member, NSF College of Advisers for Materials Special and
International programmes, USA
Member of Titanium Committee of the Structural Materials Division,
TMS, USA
Member of the Academy of Finland College of Peer Review
Member of Science and Engineering Peer Review College, Hellenic
Ministry of Education
Adviser to Foundation for Research & Technology – Hellas (FORTHHELLAS)
Adviser and assessor of research, National Research and Development
Support Agency of Slovakia
Assessor of research, The International Copper Association (ICA)
Chile
International peer review committee member for Science &
Technology College, University Technology MARA (UiTM), MALAYSIA
Assessor of NSF programmes
External Examiner, Materials programmes, University of Leeds
Member of International Evaluation Panel for Mechanical Engineering
Research 2000-2007
Member of ETN (European Turbines Network)
Member of the Aerospace Materials and Structures Technical
Activity Committee (AMSTAC) of the Aerospace Industries Division
of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, UK
Invited by Academy of Sciences in Finland to assist in the selection of
Centres of Excellence in Finland
Invited to join EPSRC – RR Strategic Research Partnership on
Materials
Prof G Ungar
Member of the Beam Allocation Panel of the UK Synchrotron
Radiation Source
Member of the Committee of the British Liquid Crystal Society
Member of Management Committee of the Self-Organised
Nanostructures (SONS) Programme of the European Science
Foundation
Member of the Advisory Board of Polymer Journal
Prof A R West
Member of Editorial Board of: The Chemical Record, Solid State
Sciences, Materials Research Bulletin and Journal of Electroceramics
EPSRC Peer Review College
Organiser, Zing Solid State Chemistry Conference, Lanzarote,
February 2012
Member of International Advisory Committee European Conference
Series on Solid State Chemistry
Membership of committees: Institute of Physics, Dielectrics group
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Dr K Whittle
Organiser, Scientific Basis for Nuclear Waste Management XXXVI, at
the Fall MRS, November 2012
Organiser, Radiation Effects at the Nanoscale, held at the Australian
Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation (ANSTO), Sydney,
February, 2012
Dr B P Wynne
Member of the Structure of Materials Committee of the Institute of
Materials, Minerals and Mining (IOM3)
Member of the Sheffield Welding and Joining Society Committee
Dr S Zhang
Member of the Editorial Board of Advances in Applied Ceramics:
Structural, Functional and Bioceramics
Member of the Editorial Board of International Ceramic Review
(Interceram)
Editor of Refractory Manual
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1.
15. PUBLICATIONS
M. M. Z. Ahmed and B. P. Wynne, “Post weld heat treatment of friction stir welded AA2017”.
TMS Light Metals, 509-513 (2012).
2.
M. M. Z. Ahmed, B. P. Wynne, W. M. Rainforth and P. L. Threadgill, “Microstructure,
crystallographic texture and mechanical properties of friction stir welded AA2017A”. Materials
Characterization, 64, 107-117 (2012).
3.
K. Anantheshwara, A. J. Lockwood, R. K. Mishra, B. J. Inkson and M. S. Bobji, “Dynamical
Evolution of Wear Particles in Nanocontacts”. Tribology Letters, 45(2), 229-235 (2012).
4.
H. J. Askew and S. J. Matcher, “Investigation of the wavelength dependence of SHG from
various tissues”. Progress in Biomed Optics and Imaging - Proc of SPIE, 8226 (2012).
doi:10.1117/12.911436
5.
J. C. Avelar-Batista Wilson, S. Banfield, J. Housden, J. Eichler, A. Leyland and A. Matthews,
“An investigation into the tribological performance of Physical Vapour Deposition (PVD)
coatings on high thermal conductivity Cu-alloy substrates and the effect of an intermediate
electroless Ni-P layer prior to PVD treatment”. Thin Solid Films, 520(7), 2922-2931 (2012).
6.
N. Barbi, F. Diologent, R. Goodall, R and A. Mortensen, “Fracture of convoluted and lamellar
α2 + γ TiAl alloys”. Intermetallics, 22, 176-188 (2012).
7.
M. A. Bashir, T. Schrefl, J. Dean, A. Goncharov, G. Hrkac, D. A. Allwood, and D. Suess, D.
“Head and bit patterned media optimization at areal densities of 2.5 Tbit/in 2 and beyond”. J
Magn Magn Mats, 324(3), 269-275 (2012).
8.
J. H. A. Bell and J. W. Haycock, “Investigating maleic anhydride and acrylic acid plasma
polymers as coatings for peripheral nerve guide conduits”. J Tissue Eng and Regen Med, 6, 76
(2012).
9.
S. A. Bernal, R. Mejía De Gutiérrez and J. L. Provis, “Engineering and durability properties of
concretes based on alkali-activated granulated blast furnace slag/metakaolin blends”.
Construction and Building Materials, 33, 99-108 (2012).
10.
S. A. Bernal, R. Mejía de Gutiérrez, F. Ruiz, H. Quiñones and J. L. Provis, “Desempeño a
temperaturas altas de morteros y hormigones basados en mezclas de escoria/metacaolín
activadas alcalinamente”. Materiales de Construccion, 62(308), 471-488 (2012).
11.
S. A. Bernal, R. Mejía de Gutiérrez, F. Ruiz, H. Quiñones and J. L. Provis, “High-temperature
performance of mortars and concretes based on alkali-activated slag/metakaolin blends”.
Materiales de Construccion, 308(62), 471-488 (2012).
12.
S. A. Bernal, J. L. Provis, D. G. Brice, A. Kilcullen, P. Duxson, P and J. S. J. van Deventer,
“Accelerated carbonation testing of alkali activated binders significantly underestimates
service life: The role of pore solution chemistry”. Cem Con Res, 42(10), 1317-1326 (2012).
13.
S. A. Bernal, E. D. Rodríguez, R. Mejia De Gutiérrez, S. Delvasto and J. L. Provis, “Activation of
metakaolin/slag blends using alkaline solutions based on chemically modified silica fume and
rice husk ash”. Waste and Biomass Valorization, 3(1), 99-108 (2012).
14.
S. Bhakta, C. A. Miller, R. Van Noort, I. M. Brook, P. V. Hatton, P. E. Faira, L. Salata, P. J. De
Oilveiraneto and I. M. Reaney, “Determination of relative in vivo osteoconductivity of
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modified potassium fluorrichterite glass-ceramics compared with 45S5 bioglass”. J Mat Sci:
Materials in Medicine, 23(10), 2521-2529 (2012).
15.
U. M. Bhatta, G. Möbus, I. M. Ross, D. Sayle, T. X. T. Sayle, A. Karakoti, D. Reid and S. Seal,
“Electron beam induced surface morphology changes of CeO nanocrystals: An in-situ
aberration corrected TEM study”. Proc of the IEEE Conference on Nanotechnology (2012).
doi:10.1109/NANO.2012.6322226
16.
U. M. Bhatta, I. M. Ross, Z. Saghi, A. Stringfellow, D. Sayle, A. Karakoti, D. Reid, S. Seal and
G. Möbus, “Atomic motion on various surfaces of ceria nanoparticles in comparison”. In J Phys:
Conference Series, 371(1), 012007 (2012).
17.
R. Bhattacharya, B. P. Wynne and W. M. Rainforth, “Flow softening behavior during dynamic
recrystallization in Mg-3Al-1Zn magnesium alloy”. Scripta Mat, 67(3), 277-280 (2012).
18.
J. J. Biendicho and A. R. West “Impedance characterisation of LiFePO ceramics”. Solid State
Ionics, 226, 41-52 (2012).
19.
P. A. Bingham, N. C. Hyatt and R. J. Hand, “Vitrification of UK intermediate level radioactive
wastes arising from site decommissioning: Property modelling and selection of candidate host
glass compositions”. Glass Tech: European Journal of Glass Science and Technology Part A,
53(3), 83-100 (2012).
20.
C. Braga and K. P. Travis, “Computer simulation of the role of torsional flexibility on mass and
momentum transport for a series of linear alkanes”. J Chem Phys, 137(6), 064116 (2012).
21.
K. J. Briston, J. M. Martin, C. Héau, M. Martin and B. J. Inkson, “Fabrication of nanoporous
carbon by electrical transformation of amorphous carbon nanospheres”. Nanotechnology,
23(48), 485602 (2012).
22.
M. T. Bryan, S. Bance, J. Dean, T. Schrefl and D. A. Allwood, “Transverse and vortex domain
wall structure in magnetic nanowires with uniaxial in-plane anisotropy”. J Phys Condens
Matter, 24(2), 024205 (2012).
23.
M. T. Bryan, J. Dean and D. A. Allwood, “Dynamics of stress-induced domain wall motion”.
Phys Rev B, 85(14), 144411 (2012).
24.
K. T. Butler and J. H. Harding, “Atomistic simulation of doping effects on growth and charge
transport in Si/Ag interfaces in high-performance solar cells”. Physical Review B - Condens
Matter and Mat Phys, 86(24), 245319 (2012).
25.
K. T. Butler, J. H. Harding, M. P. W. E. Lamers and A. W. Weeber, “Stoichiometrically graded
SiN for improved surface passivation in high performance solar cells”. J Applied Phys, 112(9),
094303 (2012).
26.
F. J. Bye, L. Wang, A. J. Bullock, K. A. Blackwood, A. J. Ryan and S. Macneil, “Postproduction
processing of electrospun fibres for tissue engineering”. J Visualized Experiments, (66), e4172
(2012).
27.
F. Bye, A. Bullock and S. MacNeil, “Electrospun biaxially distensible bilayer membranes to
treat cleft palate”. J Tissue Eng and Regen Med, 6, 340 (2012).
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28.
G. Cassar, S. Banfield, A. Matthews, A. Leyland, J. C. Avelar-Batista Wilson and J. Housden,
“Impact wear resistance of plasma diffusion treated and duplex treated/PVD-coated Ti-6Al-4V
alloy”. Surf Coat Technol, 206(10), 2645-2654 (2012).
29.
“Micro-abrasion wear testing of triode plasma diffusion and duplex treated Ti-6Al-4V alloy”.
Wear, 274-275, 377-387 (2012).
30.
“Surface modification of Ti-6Al-4V alloys using triode plasma oxidation treatments”. Surf Coat
Technol, 206(22), 4553-4561 (2012).
31.
G. Cassar, A. Matthews and A. Leyland, “Triode plasma diffusion treatment of titanium
alloys”. Surf Coat Technol, 212, 20-31 (2012).
32.
L. E. Chai, M. S. Mohamad, S. Deris, C. K. Chong, Y. W. Choon, Z. Ibrahim and S. Omatu,
“Inferring Gene Regulatory Networks from Gene Expression Data by a Dynamic Bayesian
Network-Based Model”. In S. Omatu, J. F. D. P. Santana, S. Rodríguez-González, J. M. Molina,
A. M. Bernardos, and J. M. C. Rodríguez (Eds.), DCAI 151, 379-386 (2012).. Springer.
33.
C. R. Chapple and S. MacNeil, “Tissue engineered oral mucosa for urethroplasty: Past
experience and future directions”. J Urology, 187(5), 1533-1534 (2012).
34.
C. Chapple, N. Osman and S. MacNeil, “Developing Tissue-Engineered Solutions for the
Treatment
of
Extensive
Urethral
Strictures”.
Eur
Urol,
(2012).
doi:10.1016/j.eururo.2012.09.046
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A. A. Chaudhry, J. C. Knowles, I. Rehman and J. A. Darr, “Rapid hydrothermal flow synthesis
and characterisation of carbonate- and silicate-substituted calcium phosphates”. J Biomater
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