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CURRENT COHORTS
- 2023 Cohort
Student Name Project Title Lead Supervisor Industrial Partner Mostafa Salem Modelling and simulation of microstructure and defect evolution in Additive Manufacturing Hector Basoalto-Ibarra GKN Tom Cole In-Situ Tensile Compression Total Scattering Measurements Lewis Owen ISIS Dillon Frith Development of In-Process NDE Machining Force Feedback Analysis for Titanium Alloy Component Analysis Martin Jackson Rolls-Royce Jack Krohn Development of a Powder Based Manufacturing Route for Affordable Titanium Aluminide Sheet for Nacelle Engine Applications Martin Jackson Boeing Lucas Cook Development of the Conform Process to Recycle Titanium Alloy Swarf into Wire for Sustainable Additive Manufacturing Feedstock Martin Jackson DSTL Józef McGowen Understanding the Machinability of Titanium Alloy Components From a Range of Processing Routes to Inform Tooling Solutions for Next Generation Closed Loop Recycling Technologies Martin Jackson Sandvik Richard Thomson Real time optical monitoring to understand railway rail wear and its dependence on steel metallurgy David Fletcher British Steel Kate Bowers Development of new copper based wires for green energy sector from recycled feedstocks using continuous extrusion Martin Jackson Wieland Grace Fidler Retained Austenite Decomposition, and its Effect on Microstructure and Properties in Low-Alloy Steels. Ed Pickering Rolls-Royce Olivia Broadbent-Clark Improving Tolerance of Aluminium Alloys to Impurity Elements Joe Robson Novelis Matthew Williamson Environmentally Assisted Cracking of High Strength Al Alloys – Transition from Initiation to Sustainable Cracking Tim Burnett Airbus Xavier Ojeda Thermo mechanical effects on Ti deformation mechanisms in cold dwell Joao Fonseca Rolls-Royce Eamonn Lawlor Ti-64 cold dwell fatigue loading - effect of stress concentrations and fatigue crack growth rates Phil Prangnell Airbus Sydney Coates Understanding the materials performance of additive manufactured stainless steel components in high temperature water Fabio Scenini Rolls-Royce Ramzy Abou-Zeid X-ray Computer Tomography and Microstructural Characterisation of Additive Structures for Advanced Repair of Aeroengine Components John Francis Rolls-Royce Riccardo Sorrill Application of In-process monitoring to enhance the quality of alloy parts obtained by additive manufacturing Adam Boyce Yvonne Omowunmi-Kayode Laser texturing of ultrasonic probe tip for enhanced anti-fouling properties Stryker Andrea Villano Investigation of the use of 5G to enhance additive manufacturing processing performance Denis Dowling Meric Ikiz Laser processing for improved surface anti-fouling profile control Ajai Sankar Printing of novel alloy microstructures using additive manufacturing Mert Celkin - 2022 Cohort
Student Name Project Title Lead Supervisor Industrial Partner Aidan Ha A Digital Twin of abnormally coarse grain structures in critical titanium forgings for military aircraft applications Joao Fonseca DSTL Ciaran Miles High Entropy Alloy Coatings for Corrosion Protection of Automotive Stamped Steel Adrian Leyland Volkswagen Durga Tilak Eddy Current Reduction in Automotive Permanent Magnets Julian Dean Volkswagen Joseph Hopkinson Development of enhanced titanium alloys from recycled powder through the FAST processing route for next generation Martin Jackson Rolls Royce Martin Tse Alloy development for blue hydrogen steam reformer applications Katerina Christofidou Paralloy Miles Cooke Effect of Irradiation and Microsegregation on the Microstructure and Mechanical Properties on Low-Alloy Steel Welds Ed Pickering Rolls Royce Niels Schreiner High temperature total scattering studies of metallic systems Lewis Owen Diamond Light Source Philomenah Holladay Extending rail life through metallurgical understanding of modern rail steels David Fletcher Network Rail Samuel Eka Datacentric Engineering for Materials and Structures Norman Paton Rolls Royce Samuel Yeates Low-activation multicomponent alloy development for fusion armour applications Amy Gandy UKAEA Sampreet Rangaswamy Development and Validation of Thermal Models of the Additive Manufacturing of Nickel Based Alloys Dermot Brabazon ANSYS Saeid Heidarinassab Abrasive Discs Product Performance Enhancement and Benchmarking and Development of Online Quality Control Dermot Brabazon Abcon - 2021 Cohort
Student Name Project Title Lead Supervisor Industrial Partner Elif Sen Heterogeneous case-carburised bearing steel microstructures Enrique Jimenez-Melero Timken Samuel Engel Microstructural simulation tools for fusion materials Pratheek Shanthraj UKAEA Mehreen Khan Comparing Hydrogen Transport and Trapping Mechanisms: Controlling Embrittlement as a Function of Charging Method in Steels and Nickel Alloys Brian Connolly Element Tom Hughes In-situ loading during irradiation of materials for fusion applications Ed Pickering UKAEA Sian Odell Novel Zirconium Refined Magnesium Alloys Joe Robson Luxfer Ashutosh Gupta Advancing Gear Oil Insights - tribofilm and subsurface correlation focusing on ashless versus organometallic chemistries Allan Matthews BP Alex Sloane Managing microstructure and defect populations in Engineering Alloys Iain Todd Boeing Ben Jolly Novel analytical methods for assessing local environments in multicomponent systems for nuclear applications Lewis Owen ISIS Neutron Facility Jacob Whittle Engineering performance and sustainability metrics to drive optimisation of steel in low carbon rail transport networks David Fletcher. British Steel Will Robertson Assessment of the Environmental Impact of Residual and Critical Elements in Steel:Removal, Recovery and Substitution Richard Thackray Tata Steel Kamila Nowosad Using Historic Materials Data from Assurance Testing to Optimise Future Manufacturing Processes of High Integrity Components Dan Cogswell Element Dennis Premoli In-process machining force feedback for titanium alloy digital twins Martin Jackson Rolls-Royce Joshua Taylor Development of machining digital twins that predict microstructural damage and service life for a range of titanium alloy processing routes Martin Jackson Seco Tools AB Siti Nurlisa Ahmed Environmental Impact of Alternative Blast Furnace Ironmaking Materials Richard Thackray British Steel Josephine Ryan Murphy Additive Manufacturing of MP35N alloy tubing and wire Dermot Brabazon FW Metals Theo Mossop Development of a low-notch sensitive, fatigue resistant titanium alloy
for additive manufacturing flow pathsMert Celikin STryker Neha Agarwal Additive Manufacturing of NiTi stents of various designs Dermot Brabazon FW Metals Ali Shayegh Simulating extreme metal forming deformations in high-strength steels Philip Cardiff NV Bekaert SA, Belgium Tina Hashemi Osteoinduction Augmented Magnesium Medical Implants for Skeletal Repair Nicholas Dunne PBC Biomed John Power Selective laser melting of Tool Steel 1.2709: Comparing uct with in-situ processs monitoring Data Denis Dowling STRYKER Darragh O Neill Smart sensors for plasma assisted metallic atomic layer deposition Deborah O Connell INTEL - 2020 Cohort
Student Name Project Title Lead Supervisor Industrial Partner Alex Hanson Understanding the Effect of Strain on Microstructure Properties and Environmental Degradation of AGR Fuel Cladding Dirk Engleberg NNL Callum Andrew Effect of vanadium and copper on defect structure generation during neutron irradiation of zirconium-based materials Philipp Frankel Westinghouse Cameron Grant Integrated Computational-Experimental Study of Microstructurally Short Crack Propagation in AA7xxx alloys Pratheek Shanthraj Airbus Emilios Leonidas Development of Innovative Instrumentation and Modelling for 21st Century CNC Machining Jon Wilmott AMRC Enn Veikesaar The evolution of microstructure and toughness in multipass welds that contain acicular ferrite John Francis Framatome Fran Synnott Developing high Co-containing Ni-based superalloys with improved oxidation behaviour for future jet-engine applications Kathy Christofidou Rolls Royce Henry Boyle Development of new innovative materials and CNC processing routes Martin Jackson Sandvik Jake Larkin Irradiation damage and recovery of zirconium-based alloys Chris Race Westinghouse Jamie McGregor Quantification of damage in heavy metals as investigated through X-ray CT Tim Burnett AWE Joshua Berry Material and process design for additive manufacturing of hard metals Kathy Christofidou Oerlikon Laura Gonzalez Crystal Plasticity and Microstructure Modelling for Rolled Aluminium Sheet Joe Robson Novelis Molly Cao Understanding the interaction of galling and oxidation in hard facing materials Fabio Scenini Rolls Royce Natasha Sweeney Fort Powder Metallurgical Processing For Graded Alloy Microstructures Richard Thackray Johnson Matthey Oluwawunmi Olukoya Understanding the interaction between automative silver tracks and lead-free solders Russell Goodall Johnson Matthey Patrick Curran Understanding micro-texture heterogeneity effects on the micromechanical behaviour of Ti aerospace forgings Joao Fonseca Airbus Sulayman Khan Development of Advanced High Modulus Steels for Automotive Applications Eric Palmiere VW Alison Clarke 3D printing of continuous stainless steel wire composite parts Denis Dowling Bekaret Mark Swayne Anticorrosive and anti-fouling surface modification of Pulsed Electric Field electrodes using laser processing Demot Brabazon Pro Stainless Federico Mazzanti Development of novel numerical methods for analysing metal forming of high-strength steels Philip Cardiff Bekaret
PAST COHORTS
- 2019 Cohort
Student Name Project Title Lead Supervisor Industrial Partner Guy Bowker Modelling the microstructure evolution during hot working of Ti alloys Pratheek Santhraj Airbus Mike White Developing a "microstructural fingerprint" of titanium alloys - metallurgy in the information age Chris Race Rolls Royce Huda Al-Jurani Surface Modification of Metallic Reaction Vessels to Resist Scaling by Calcium Salts David Lewis BP Sakina Rehman Modelling environmentally assisted cracking in Ni-based superalloys Pratheek Santhraj Rolls Royce Josh Collins A Comparison of Steels for Nuclear Bolting Applications Ed Pickering Rolls Royce Ashley Scarlett Small Scale Laboratory to Large Scale Component Manufacture - Scaling of Heat Treatment Behaviour of Low Alloy Steels Eric Palmiere Rolls Royce Elizabeth Davis-Fowell Development of novel permanent magnet designs for electric vehicle motors Russell Goodall VW Frances Livera Brazing for Additive Manufacture and Additive Manufacture for Brazing Russell Goodall UKAEA Lucy Farquhar Development of Laser Powder Bed Fusion process for Complex Concentrated Alloys Russell Goodall Boeing Sam Lister Development of hybrid advanced manufacturing FAST-forge route for next generation aerospace components Martin Jackson Rolls Royce Xavier Morrel Development of Novel Nickel Brazing Filler Metals Based on High Entropy Alloys Russell Goodall VBC Group Kavi Sharma Cladding behaviour of high enrichment and high burn-up nuclear fuel: determining the impact of radiation damage on storage and corrosion Amy Gandy NNL Anesu Nyabadza Development of high concentration magnesium composite and elemental production, for process quality control and targeted application Mercedes Vazques Oriel Bryan Naab Fatigue Performance of Additively Manufactured Ti-6Al-4V Material Denis Dowling Stryker Josiah Chekotu Additive Manufacturing (AM) and characterisation of heat exchange component Dermot Brabazon Exergyn Nikoletta Sargioti 3D Printed Medical-Grade Metal-based Microneedles as a Modular Platform for Minimally Invasive Therapeutic Delivery Nicholas Dunne pHion - 2018 Cohort
Student Name Project Title Lead Supervisor Industrial Partner Kirstie Bruce Heat Treatment Optimisation of Electron Beam Welded Reactor Pressure Vessel Steels Ed Pickering Rolls Royce Elliot Cooksey-Nash Tailored Properties in Aluminium Automotive Body Sheet Phil Prangnell Primetals Ryan Euesden The EAC initiation behavior of 7xxx series aluminium alloys Tim Burnett Airbus Francesco Guarracino The Effect of Accelerated Ageing of Hybrid-Hot Formed Aluminium Automotive Panels on Corrosion Resistance Joe Robson Impression Technologies Wayne Heatman The effects of microstructure on the ductility of aerospace titanium alloys Joao Fonseca Rolls Royce Niall Hughes Novel Aluminium Alloys for Defence Applications Joe Robson DSTL Daniel Jensen Microstructural Engineering for Ultra High Strength Wire Mark Rainforth British Steel Omer Koc Irradiation damage in Zr alloys Michael Preuss Elaine Livera Defect Identification and Characterization in Blown Powder Additively Manufactured Parts Iain Todd GKN Aerospace Ziyu Ma Dynamic Precipitation of Aluminum Alloy during Warm Forming Joe Robson Constellium James Pepper Computational investigation into SPS for Ti and additional complex alloys for potential use in the aerospace and biomedical sector Martin Jackson DSTL Paul Stavroulakis Investigation of the elastic properties of Cu-Ni and β-Ti systems using DFT Russell Goodall Volkswagen Mark Taylor The Performance of Novel Ultra-High-Strength Steels for Future Aerospace Applications Tim Burnett Rolls Royce Paul Twine The Stability of Triple Junctions Chris Race Tongyu Wang Modelling for Advanced Steel Manufacture Eric Palmiere Sheffield Forgemasters Adam Wilby Predictive Rail Investigation for Damage Evaluation David Fletcher British Steel Yichao Yao The modelling of alloy element diffusion between oxides layer and matrix in 7xxx al alloys Pratheek Shanthraj Airbus - 2017 Cohort
Student Name Project Title Lead Supervisor Industrial Partner Florian Buschek Tailoring of Material Properties via Microstructure control during Metallic Additive Manufacturing Iain Todd GKN Aerospace Louise Chan Processing Beta Titanium Alloys in Powder-Based Additive Manufacturing Iain Todd GKN Aerospace Simon Graham Ore-to-More: Creating new markets for novel low-cost titanium alloys from synthetic rutile Martin Jackson Metalysis Athanasios Gredis Environmental effect on the integrity of 316 stainless steel in AGR coolant Fabio Scenini EDF Callum Hunt Chromium-coated Zirconium alloys for Accident Tolerant Fuel Cladding Michael Preuss Westinghouse Philip Kearns An investigation on the degradation mechanism and optimization design of high temperature abradable coatings Xiaorong Zhou Beijing Institute of Aeronautical Materials Oliver Levano Blanch Development of a hybrid solid state joining process – FAST-weld – for next generation aerospace components using dissimilar titanium alloy powders Martin Jackson Rolls Royce Pablo Rodriguez Lago Evaluation of weld deposited novel iron based hard facings Mark Rainforth Rolls Royce Pawel Stuglik Developing novel iron-based hard-facing alloys for nuclear applications Michael Preuss Rolls Royce Alex Wilson Environmentally assisted cracking (EAC) of Ultra-High Strength Steels Fabio Scenini Airbus Ben Wilson Understanding the Role of Hy Joe Robson Airbus - 2016 Cohort
Student Name Project Title Lead Supervisor Industrial Partner Sam Armson The importance of grain nucleation versus growth in the evolution of oxides in Zr alloys Philipp Frankel Rolls Royce Ioannis Bellos Understanding the Effects of Banded Microstructures in Material Addition Repairs for Aerospace Components Phil Prangnell Rolls Royce Beatriz Fernandez Silva Investigating the effect of thermomechanical processing on microtexture in Ti834 compressor disc alloy Martin Jackson Rolls Royce Alex Garrett Simulation of precipitate formation under irradiation in low-alloy pressure vessel steels via novel manufacturing Chris Race Rolls Royce Liam Hardwick Development of Novel Nickel Brazing Alloys Russell Goodall VBC Group Alistair Lyle Printability Maps for Additive Manufacture of Nickel Aerospace Component Iain Todd GKN Aerospace Chris Martin The Effect of Thermomechanical Processing on the Microstructural Evolution of Ni-Based Alloys Grace Burke Rolls Royce Dhinisa Patel High entropy alloys for fusion: Exploration of novel processing routes and HEA stability in extreme environments Amy Gandy CCFE Daniel Suarez Fernandez Effect of variation in machining-induced damage in aeroengine high performance materials Martin Jackson Rolls Royce - 2015 Cohort
Student Name Project Title Lead Supervisor Industrial Partner Alessandro Cattivelli Mechanisms of underclad intergranular cracking in a reactor pressure vessel steel after post-weld heat treatment John Francis Areva Claudius Dichtl The role of microstructure on strain localization in near-alpha titanium alloy Michael Preuss Rolls Royce and Timet Shaun Earl Surface degradation mechanisms in rail steels Mark Rainforth British Steel Robert Howell Tantalum-based alloys for high heat flux environments Brad Wynne Metalysis Benjamin Jones The influence of composition and wire drawing on the microstructure and properties of high strength wire rod steels Mark Rainforth British Steel Marta Muniz Mangas Welding of bainitic rail steels Eric Palmiere British Steel Zaheen Shah Characterising and modelling precipitation in zirconium alloys Joe Robson Westinghouse and Sandvik Sarah Smyth Low cost titanium wire for additive manufacturing of defence equipment Martin Jackson DSTL Emmanouil Stavroulakis Functionally graded components for nuclear applications Michael Preuss Rolls Royce Thomas Woodward Understanding environment-induced degradation of steels using novel in-situ analytical transmission electron microscopy techniques Grace Burke BP - 2014 Cohort
Student Name Project Title Lead Supervisor Industrial Partner Michael Atkinson Reverse loading in aero-engine relevant alloys João Quinta da Fonseca Rolls Royce Charlotte Boig Selective laser melting of nickel-base superalloys for turbocharger applications Iain Todd Cummins Turbo Technologies Emily Davison Processing of material addition repairs for aerospace components Iain Todd Rolls Royce Joseph Fixter Aluminium alloy development for large scale additive manufacturing of aerospace components Phil Prangnell Constellium Rebecca Jones The effect of niobium on the microstructural evolution of Zr alloys during proton irradiation Philipp Frankel Rolls Royce Michael Kenyon Effect of chromium containing dispersoids on microstructure evolution of Al-Mg-Si alloys Joe Robson Novelis Jacob Pop Investigation into the HOLLOFORM hybrid manufacturing process to produce cylindrical components from dissimilar titanium alloys Martin Jackson Bhushan Rakshe Precipitation and recrystallisation behaviour in microalloyed steels containing dilute Nb additions Eric Palmiere CBMM Nicolas Tankov Processing of Nb-silicide based alloys Panos Tsakiropoulos Rolls Royce Rhys Thomas Delayed hydride cracking of Zr LWR cladding with proton irradiation Philipp Frankel Rolls Royce Petit Wiringgalih The role of oxygen in mitigating pellet-cladding interaction in zirconium alloys Philipp Frankel - 2013 Cohort
Project Title Industrial Partner Wear forensics BP Castrol Corrosion fatigue cracking in CO2/H2S environments under biaxial stress loading BP The effect of proton irradiation on the corrosion of Zr LWR cladding Rolls Royce Ore-to-More: Creating new markets for novel low-cost titanium alloys from natural and synthetic rutile Metalysis Hydrogen embrittlement in next generation nuclear reactor steels under irradiation High performance magnesium alloys for aerospace applications Magnesium Elektron Processing of Nb-silicide based alloys Rolls Royce Control of cosmetic corrosion in aluminium automotive alloys AkzoNobel Heat treatment aspects in the production of large forgings Sheffield Forgemasters and Rolls Royce Modelling the interaction of alloying elements with irradiation in zirconium nuclear fuel cladding Rolls Royce Modelling for high quality heat treatment of large forgings Sheffield Forgemasters Predicting damage in corrosion resistant alloys (CRAs) under combined effects of stress and corrosion BP Rapid prototyping of new materials and heat treatments for large scale forgings by undertaking microstructure/mechanical property assessment at the correct length scale Sheffield Forgemasters Manufacture testing and validation of hybrid ALM components GKN Aerospace Direct observation of the movement of the austenite-ferrite interface in steels The effect of hot working and heat treatment parameters on the microstructure and properties of ZERON 100 super duplex stainless steel forgings NeoNickel Understanding the oxidation of zirconium alloys with atomistic simulation - 2012 Cohort
Project Title Industrial Partner Metallic nanostructures for printed electronics applications Cobalt free hard facing materials for nuclear applications Rolls Royce Performance characterisation of a new generation nickel-base alloy for oil & gas well environment applications Special Metals Thermomechanical Processing of Magnesium Alloy Elektron 43 Magnesium Elektron Elucidating sour corrosion scales BP Radiation-induced microstructural evolution of ODS steel welds for next generation nuclear reactors TWI The effect of microstructure on the performance of nickel-based alloys for use in oil and gas applications BP Organic finishes on coil-coated steel: surface treatments and cut edges AkzoNobel Development of new magnetic materials using high throughput approaches European Space Agency Industrial symbiosis within the steel industry Tata Steel Modelling of hot titanium extrusions for enhanced shape, microstructure and crystallographic texture control Alcoa Breakaway growth in neutron and proton irradiated Zr alloys National Nuclear Laboratory - 2011 Cohort
Project Title Industrial Partner The supply and recovery of strategically important steel alloying elements Tata Development of the mechanistic understanding of pond corrosion of AGR cladding NNL Advanced Aluminium Alloy 2139 for Armour Applications DSTL Understanding the pit-crack transition in offshore structural materials BP Deposition and properties of nickel-based superalloys by electron beam additive layer manufacture A comparison of neutron, ion and proton irradiation on the microstructure evolution of zirconium alloys Rolls Royce Processing and Testing for the Rapid Discovery of New Alloys ESA Microstructural and fractographic characterisation of air and environmentally-assisted fatigue (corrosion fatigue) in 304SS (Serco) Serco Assurance Characterising dental implant osseointegration: Surface modification and properties Application of Taper-Rolling to the Near-Net Shape Production of Aluminium Wing Skins Siemens Irradiation induced growth in Zr alloys Controlled martensite phase transformation for ultrahigh strength press hardened steel design for automotive structural components ArcelorMittal Integration of Computational Materials Engineering with Aerospace Structures Boeing Excessive grain coarsening in IN718 engine disc forgings Otto-Fuchs Deformation mechanisms in nanostructured materials Direct particle rolling of novel titanium alloy feedstocks and chemistries for the next generation of armour and defence applications DSTL Microstructure evolution and mechanical properties evalaution in stationary shoulder friction stir welding of high strength aluminium alloy Microstructure Simulation and In-situ Measurement of ALM Processes EADS - 2010 Cohort
Project Title Industrial Partner Novel Shape Memory Alloys The development of aluminium foams with tailored mesostructure for enhanced heat transfer Alcan Microstructure modelling and property prediction of nickel based superalloys for aerospace applications Firth Rixson Solid state processing of novel metastable beta titanium alloys Boei/ Metalysis Solidification Processing of Nb Silicide Based Alloys For Next Generation Gas Turbines Rolls Royce Environmentally friendly novel coatings for aerospace alloys Airbus Understanding Texture Weakening in Magnesium Rare Earth Alloys Magnesium Elektron Elucidating sweet and sour corrosion scales BP Development of material deposition strategies and lifting models for structural aerospace metallic components Rolls Royce Microstructure formability relationships in new generation high strength aluminium automotive alloys Alcan The effect of macrozones on crack initiation and propagation in titanium alloys Rolls Royce Particle Effects on Local Deformation, Recovery, and Stored Energy in Aluminium Alloys by Measurement and Simulation Novelis Structural optimisation of components for additive manufacture Investigating the effect of oxide texture on the corrosion performance of Zirconium alloys Rolls Royce - 2009 Cohort
Project Title Industrial Partner Development of oxidation resistant coatings for Niobium-Silicide based alloys Rolls Royce Development of ultra high strength steels for reduced carbon emissions in automotive vehicles Corus Deformation mechanisms in nickel-based superalloys Rolls Royce Assessment of the stationary shoulder FSW technique for producing T-joints TWI Microstructural Characterisation and Performance of Steels used in Structural Bolting Assemblies in Fire Development of new alloys for next generation gas turbines Rolls Royce Probing metal oxide-electrolyte interfaces at the nanoscale: Enabling science for corrosion control In-situ studies of Corrosion Fatigue of High Strength Steel for Offshore Oil and Gas Applications Capcis The relationship between processing, recrystallization and texture in Zr-alloys Westinghouse Controlling corrosion and hydrogen evolution in magnesium alloys for biomedical applications Performance of Lean 7000 Alloys Alcan
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