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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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1. STAFF IN THE DEPARTMENT 4

2. RECENT APPOINTMENTS, PROMOTIONS, RESIGNATIONS AND RETIREMENTS 9

3. DEPARTMENT MANAGEMENT STRUCTURE 12

4. DEGREES AND DIPLOMAS AWARDED 20

5. PRIZES AND DISTINCTIONS 23

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

25 25 26 27 28 29 30 30 33 35

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

38 38 38 39 39 44

8. SHORT COURSES 54

9. THE TURNER MUSEUM 54

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

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15. PUBLICATIONS 76

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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 Visiting Lecturers: Dr E Maddrell (01.01.07-31.12.12) Dr V Royds

Associate Lecturer : Dr A W Bryant Dr J Devlin

Departmental Superintendent Dr S J Mason Teaching Administrator Mrs T V Sampson Financial Administrator Mr D M Binns Short Course Director Dr P A Kapranos Manager, Mercury Centre Dr M I Highett Marketing and Administration Officer/ Mercury Project Mrs S Hollely/Miss E Shepherd Marketing and Communication Officer for the Leonardo Centre Miss R Duthie

Senior Experimental Officer Dr P Korgul (Sorby Centre) Project Administrator, The Nanolab Mrs J Simpson Project Engineer Dr F Derguti Research Manager Mr G Brown IMMPETUS Administrator Ms M Szofer Experimental Officers Dr L Ma Dr N Reeves-McLaren Dr C Shaw Dr P Zeng

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 Mr M N Ali Dr M Audronis Dr I Barbaric Dr S Bernal Lopez Dr L E Bostan Dr J Dugan Dr A Ellis Miss S Haine Dr S Hall Dr X Jiang Miss D Kasaragod Dr J Kavanagh Mr L Kourtis

Dr H Li Dr M Li Mr C J Liang Dr I Ortega Dr N Osman Dr Y Ryabenkova Dr J Sharp Dr A Shojaei Mr T Wood Dr R Zhang Mr A Hales Dr Z Ma Mr S Venkatachalam Mr J Williams

The following Research Assistants and Students left the Department Dr E Baggaley Mr K Butler Dr E Hadzifejzovic Miss D Kasaragod Dr F Liu

Dr Z Lu Dr J Pokorny Dr D Stapleton Miss B Zalinska

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SUMMARY OF STAFF AND STUDENT NUMBERS 2011/12 2012/13

Academic Staff 37 40

Associate Academic Staff

University Teachers

Fellows

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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

PhD Students/EngD:

First Year 50 43

Second Year 42 71

Third Year 39 40

Fourth Year 29 41

Postgraduate Masters Students 65 95

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Undergraduate Students:

2011/12 2012/13

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 Aerospace Materials Year 2 BEng Biomaterial Science & Tissue Eng Year 2 BEng Mat Sci & Eng (Ind Mgt) Year 2 BEng Mat Sci & Eng with Year in Japan Year 2 BEng Mat Sci & Eng Year 2 MEng Mat Sci & Eng (Biomaterials) Year 2 MEng Bio Science & Tissue Eng Year 2 MEng Mat Sci & Eng Year 2 MEng Metallurgy Year 3 BEng Aerospace Materials Year 3 BEng Biomaterial Science & Tissue Eng Year 3 BEng Mat Sci & Eng (Ind Mgt) Year 3 BEng Mat Sci & Eng Year 3 MEng Aerospace Materials Year 3 MEng Biomaterial Science & Tissue Eng Year 3 MEng Mat Sci & Eng (Ind Mgt) Year 3 MEng Mat Sci & Eng with Year in Japan Year 3 MEng Mat Sci & Eng Year 3 MEng Metallurgy Year 4 MEng Aerospace Materials Year 4 MEng Biomaterial Science & Tissue Eng Year 4 MEng Mat Sci & Eng (Ind Mgt) Year 4 MEng Mat Sci & Eng Year 4 MEng Metallurgy 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 Sub-total Total

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 39 23 18 9 ___ 89 613

Year 1 BEng Mat Sci & Eng Year 1 MEng Mat Sci & Eng Year 1 MEng Mat Sci & Eng (Mod Lang) Year 1 MEng Mat Sci & Eng (Ind Mgt) Year 1 MEng Metallurgy Year 1 BEng Mat Sci & Eng (Ind Mgt) Year 1 BEng Aerospace Materials Year 1 BEng Mat Sci & Eng with Year in Japan Year 1 MEng Mat Sci & Eng (Biomaterials) Year 1 BEng Mat Sci & Eng (Biomaterials) Foundation Year ( Mat Sci & Eng) Year 2 BEng Mat Sci & Eng Year 2 MEng Mat Sci & Eng Year 2 MEng Mat Sci & Eng (Ind Mgt) Year 2 MEng Metallurgy Year 2 BEng Mat Sci & Eng (Ind Mgt) Year 2 BEng Aerospace Materials Year 2 MEng Mat Sci & Eng with Year in Japan Year 2 BEng Mat Sci & Eng with Year in Japan Year 2 MEng Mat Sci & Eng (Biomaterials) Year 2 BEng Mat Sci & Eng (Biomaterials) Year 3 BEng Mat Sci & Eng Year 3 MEng Mat Sci & Eng Year 3 MEng Biomaterial Science & Tissue Eng Year 3 BEng Biomaterial Science & Tissue Eng Year 3 BEng Mat Sci & Eng (Ind Mgt) Year 3 BEng Aerospace Materials Year 4 MEng Mat Sci & Eng with Year in Japan Year 3 BEng Mat Sci & Eng with Year in Japan Year 4 MEng Mat Sci & Eng Year 4 MEng Mat Sci & Eng (Ind Mgt) Year 4 MEng Metallurgy Year 4 MEng Biomaterial Science & Tissue Eng Year 4 MEng Aerospace Materials 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 Sub-total Total

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 46 40 23 9 ___ 118 731

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3. DEPARTMENT MANAGEMENT/COMMITTEE STRUCTURE 2012/13

ADMISSIONS TEAM - 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 P Tsakiropoulos

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 Hons II(ii) Mr Bo Feng Hons II(ii) Mr Yang Lan Hons II(ii) Mr Fergus William Finian McCool Hons II(ii) Mr Yen-Ju Wu Hons II(ii) Miss Mariana Levinta Hons III Mr Bing Huang Wu Hons III

Biomaterials Science and Tissue Engineering Mr Sam Beckett Hons I Miss Leanne Black Hons II(i) Miss Caroline Gabbott Hons II(i) Mr Patrick Rider Hons II(i) Mr Cooraez Keshvani Hons II(ii) Miss Meng Chen Michelle Li 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 Hons II(i) Mr Munirah Abu Bakar Hons II(ii) Mr Simon Nicholls Hons II(ii) Mr Shuiloon Yip Hons II(ii) (ii) DEGREE OF MASTER OF ENGINEERING, MEng with Honours Materials Science and Engineering

Mr Daniel Joseph Biley Hons I Mr John Butterworth Hons I Mr Geoffrey Ian Foulds Hons I Mr James Robert Powell Hons I Mr James Stephen Redman Hons I Mr Graham Peter Charles Richards Hons I Miss Holly Humphries Hons II(i) Mr Zhao Yuan Leong Hons II(i) Mr James Owen Jordan Williams 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 Hons I Mr Robert David Hume Hons I Mr Thomas Paterson Hons I Mr Riccardo Innocenti Malini Hons II(i) Miss Mercy Mumbi Karanja Hons II(i) Miss Sarah Lindsay Hons II(i) Miss Dorren Naia Hons II(i) Miss Heather Amanda Shillitoe Hons II(i) Aerospace Materials Mr Ross Barrable Hons II(i) Mr Lee Foster Hons II(i) (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 SABIC UK Petrochemicals Ltd Richard Arnell Departmental Bursary Muhammad Rafie Awang Haji Zainal Brunei Government Agency Devarsh Barot Departmental Bursary Oliver Chapman Departmental Bursary Matthew Cook Departmental Bursary Tong Cui UG Automatic Sheffield Scholarship Dalang Du UG Automatic Sheffield Scholarship Xueqian Geng UG Automatic Sheffield Scholarship Thomas Gout Departmental Bursary Chen Huang UG Automatic Sheffield Scholarship Thabo John Botswana High Commission Mohal Lalbhai UG Automatic Sheffield Scholarship Tshenolo Leso Botswana High Commission Yunfan Li UG Automatic Sheffield Scholarship Hugo Lynch Departmental Bursary Seabelo Manenye Botswana High Commission Divya Mathew UG Automatic Sheffield Scholarship Daniel McStravick Departmental Bursary Prince Nakedi Botswana High Commission Jake Passarelli Departmental Bursary Ak Muhammad Nur Amin Pg Nordin Brunei Shell Petroleum Company

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Nenguba Poloko Botswana High Commission Andrew Price Departmental Bursary Nur Hazwani Puteh Brunei Government Agency Arthue Resende UG Automatic Sheffield Scholarship Calvin Rossington Departmental Bursary Yoonsung Shim UG Automatic Sheffield Scholarship Gloria Taiwo UG Merit Sheffield Scholarship and UG Automatic

Sheffield Scholarship Alise Virbule Departmental Bursary Shanglin Wu UG automatic Sheffield Scholarship Desen Zeng UG Automatic Sheffield Scholarship Ruyou Zhang UG Automatic Sheffield Scholarship 2nd Year Yousef Alusbhi SABIC UK Petrochemicals Ltd Chun Tou Chan UG Automatic Sheffield Scholarship Zhaohui Che UG Automatic Sheffield Scholarship Jiazhen Chen UG Automatic Sheffield Scholarship Yu Chen UG Automatic Sheffield Scholarship Zhiyuan Chin UG Automatic Sheffield Scholarship Adim De UG Automatic Sheffield Scholarship Cerise Edwards UG Automatic Sheffield Scholarship Yiwei Jiang UG Automatic Sheffield Scholarship Vsevolod Kachanov UG Automatic Sheffield Scholarship and

Recruitment and Admissions Sheffield Centenary Scholarship

Nor Kamaludin UG Automatic Sheffield Scholarship Raffick Mopako UG Automatic Sheffield Scholarship Shishir Mundra UG Automatic Sheffield Scholarship Haotian Nan NCUK Automatic Sheffield Scholarship Immanuel Nixon UG Automatic Sheffield Scholarship Jithendra Ratnayake UG Automatic Sheffield Scholarship Can Sayi UG Automatic Sheffield Scholarship Stanford Selalame Botswana High Commission Yunsong Shi NCUK Automatic Sheffield Scholarship Sheue Tiong UG Automatic Sheffield Scholarship Lu Xiao UG Automatic Sheffield Scholarship Jingli Xie UG Automatic Sheffield Scholarship Hairen Zhou UG Automatic Sheffield Scholarship 3rd Year Mbuso Mongwangwa Botswana High Commission Kitso Selohilwe Botswana High Commission 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 2nd 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 (IOM3), 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 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012

MEng Numbers 12 10 12 14 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 Placement

Tim Vinent Philips Applied Technologies

Chris Ladley Philips Applied Technologies

Xiao Tao Rolled Alloys

James Ashby Precision Products

Kitso Selohilwe Sheffield Forgemasters International

Andrew Patterson 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 Institute/Company Title of Presentation

Dr Nick Kirk Technical Director

GTS-Glass Technology Services

The Use of Recycled Glass for

Container Glass Manufacture

Dr Joe Lee Process Manager

Siemens VAI

The most powerful metalworking tool

on Earth

Prof Terry McGrail Visiting Professor, Composites Centre Polymer matrix Composites Take Off!

Dr Andrew Hosty Chief Executive Officer

Morgan plc

The Challenge of Running an

Advanced Materials Technology

Company

Prof A A Howe Scientific Fellow - University Liaison,

Tata Steel RD&T

Steel Research – Why, Where and

What?

Dr Daniel Cairns

Forming Development Specialist

Johnson Matthey Catalysts

Forming Catalysts

Dr Eric Palmiere Materials Science & Engineering, UoS Final Year Projects

Prof Russell Hand Materials Science & Engineering, UoS Your Project and How to Pass!

Dr Abdullah Kafi

Alfred Deakin Postdoctoral Research

Fellow, Deakin University, Australia

What is so special about carbon fibres

and composites – The Australian

view?

Paul Fennel Careers Office, UoS Your Career – taking action!

Dr David Bashford Senior Applied R&D Engineer

Umeco

Expanding Opportunities for

Composite Materials

Dr Jit Patel Managing Director

International Metallurgy Ltd (UK)

Vorsprung durch Niob Technik

Dr Jesus Talamantes-

Silva

Group Research and Development

Director, Sheffield Forgemasters

International ltd

The use of simulation techniques at

Sheffield Forgemasters International

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Dr Steve Franklin Philips Applied Technologies

Tribology & Human Tissue Interaction

Tribology in Healthcare and Lifestyle

Product Design at Philips

Dr Dave Stewart Rolls-Royce Use and Abuse of Materials in

Aeroengines

Dr Steve Cater Senior Project Leader, Friction and

Forge Processes Department,

TWI Technology Centre (Yorkshire) Ltd

Overview of TWI and the

Development of Friction Stir Welding

Dr Joe Lee Process Manager

Siemens VAI

The most powerful metalworking tool

on earth

Prof Mike Gibbs Materials Science & Engineering

The University of Sheffield

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 2D and 3D structure for neural TE applications

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Fourth Year MEng Biomaterial Science and Tissue Engineering – MATU22

Atkinson Joss JWH Improve nerve cell adhesion

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 Malini

Riccardo IR Bioactive biodegradable scaffold material for bone regeneration

Karanja Mercy IR Bioactive biodegradable scaffold material for bone regeneration

Lindsay Sarah JWH Improve nerve cell adhesion

Naia Dorren IR Bioactive biodegradable scaffold material for bone regeneration

Paterson Thomas FC 2D and 3D structure for neural TE applications

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 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 MEng Metallurgy Solomon Adugna Thabo John Tshenolo Leso Seabelo Manenye Prince Nakedi Yoonsung Shim BEng Materials Science and Engineering (Biomaterials) Cele Kitenge Moke MEng Materials Science and Engineering (Biomaterials) Oliver Chapman Daniel Mcstravick Hairen Zhou

BEng Materials Science and Engineering with Industrial Management Abdullah Alotaibi Dalang Du Kristian Marcus Khalifa Nyande MEng Materials Science and Engineering with Industrial Management Divya Mathew BEng Aerospace Materials Hashmat Ali Alexander Harvey Philip O’Connor Gloria Taiwo Kai Wolff 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 Foundation Year Brianne Jason Zak Lomas Level 2: BEng Materials Science and Engineering 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

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MEng Materials Science and Engineering 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 BEng Materials Science and Engineering with Industrial Management Blagoy Angelov Zhaohui Che BEng Aerospace Materials Zakhar Lutsyshyn Haotian Nan BEng Materials Science and Engineering with a Year in Japan Cerise Edwards

Level 3: BEng Materials Science and Engineering Nick Bury Bo Feng Yang Lan Mariana Levinta Joseph Leyland Fergus McCool Mbuso Mongwangwa Bing Huang Wu Patrick Wu MEng Materials Science and Engineering James Ashby Andrew Burton Christopher Ladley Andrew Patterson MEng Metallurgy Kitso Selohilwe MEng Biomaterial Science and Tissue 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 Industrial Management Xiao Tao BEng Materials Science and Engineering with Industrial Management Junxi He Chanon Iamvasant Jieqiong Wang

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MEng Materials Science and Engineering with a Year in Japan Robyn Ward MEng Aerospace Materials Timothy Vinent BEng Aerospace Materials Munirah Abu Bakar Simon Nicholls Shuiloon Yip Ahmad Zahari Level 4: MEng Materials Science and Engineering Daniel Bailey John Butterworth Geoffrey Foulds Holly Humphries Zhao Leong James Powell James Redman Graham Richards Jamie Williams

MEng Materials Science and Engineering with Industrial Management Adam Cox MEng Metallurgy Chin Lim MEng Biomaterial Science and Tissue Engineering Joss Atkinson Piotr Geca Robert Hume Riccardo Innocenti Malini Mercy Karanja Sarah Lindsay Dorren Naia Thomas Paterson Heather Shillitoe 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:

Postgraduate Masters Students

(Start late September/early October)

Research Students†

(MPhil, PhD)

Research Assistants

and Fellows

A C S M NEST P NTEC Mat Sci N Bio/

Nano Bio/ Reg

Total Total

02 - 3 - 16 - 6 - - - - - 25 87 112 38

03 - 4 1 14* - 16‡ - - - - - 35 90 125 50

04 1 3 3 7 - 12‡ 3 - - - - 29 108 137 55

05 2 11 - 7 - 12‡ - - - - - 32 121 153 56

06 4 4 - 13 3 19‡ - - - - - 43 120 163 59

07 3 5 1 10 - 17‡ - - - - - 36 108 144 71

08 5 5 - 8 1 11 1 - - - - 31 99 130 67

09 6 5 - 8 1 11 1 - - - - 32 117* 149 64

10 3 - - 10* 3 3 - - - - - 19 155 174 70

11 10 7 - 11* 1 13 1 6 8 7 2 66 196 262 70

12 12 4 - 11 - 11 1 10 4 10 2 65 145 210 69

† 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 part-time] 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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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

University of Cambridge 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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Prof Serena Best University of Cambridge Bioactive Ceramics, Composites and Coatings for Skeletal Repair

Prof Peter Hall University of Sheffield 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 University of Cambridge Mechanically-Robust Composite Hydrogels for Tissue Engineering

Dr Pedro Rivera University of Cambridge 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

(b) Third Year Research Students gave presentations on their project work during the second

semester of the 20011/12 session as follows:

Daud, Mohammed The use of aligned polycaprolactone (PCL) microfibres as scaffold for peripheral nerve repair

Delaine-Smith, Robin The use of Electrospun Scaffolds and Mechanical Conditioning in Tissue Engineering

Elawayeb, Mohamed N-situ electrical testing and nanostrucre characterization of individual nife/ pt multilayer nanowires

Gill, Andrew Polymer Structuring via Microstereolithography

Grainger, Richard Resin Transfer Moulding of Self-healing Epoxy Resins

Haji, Hasan Friction stir welding of HSLA-65 Steel

Howarth, Jack

Recycled Carbon Fibre Composites: Optimisation Through Surface Treatment

Jiang, Xiaoqing

A Microstructure and Crystallographic Texture Investigation of Static Shoulder Friction Stir Welding of Ti-6Al-4V

Kalantari, Kambiz Co-doped BiFeO3 ceramics

Kamath, Deepa

Polarisation sensitive optical coherence tomography of articular cartilage

Lafferty, Austin Carbon Nanotube in Polymer Foams

Liang, Chen-Jui

In-situ impedance spectroscopy studies into effects of electrolyte characteristics on the process of plasma oxidation of Al

Mang, Xiaobin Self-assembled Liquid Crystal Nanostructures

Nnamchi, Paul

Metastable constitution of quenched Ti-Nb-(Zr, Ta, Zr+Ta and Zr+Sn) alloys system by electron concentration

Pegoraro, Carla Polymersome macromolecule delivery across intact human skin

Plummer, John 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)

Swift, Pau Development of an alternative cement for radioactive waste encapsulation

Tadjiev, Timur Crystalline structure of conjugated polymers

Walker, Nathan Investigating MSCs in model wound beds

Way, Louise

The use of a novel stretching device to study the effect of tensile strain to tendon cells in-vitro

Xiao, Bin Multi-pass simulation of heavy plate rolling including intermediate forced cooling

Yu, Hu High Permittivity Oxides

Zaragoza, Gael Aluminium Foams for heat transfer applications

Zhang, Ruibin

Hierachical self-assembled structures of liquid crystals in nanotemplates

(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 X-ray 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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surfaces on cells

Hussein, Oday Encapsulation of radioactive waste from oil industry: The effect of BaSO4

waste loading on OPC paste

Karagianni, Eleftheria Development of bond coat alloys for Ni based superalloys for low emission gas turbine technology for H2 rich syngas

Khangkhamano, Matthana Fabrication of graphene nanoplatelets (GNPs) using NMP solvent and ultrasonication

McCallum, John Tetragonal Tungsten Bronzes - A Potential New Family of Microwave Dielectrics'

McGann, Owen The Effects of Gamma Irradiation of Vitreous Wasteforms

Nanpazi, Amir Design and development of Cr-Si Based Intermetallic alloys

Negoita, Madalina Tailored domain wall velocities in ring-shaped ferromagnetic nanowires

Nurbansari, Meilinda The microstructure evolution of hot work tungsten tool steel during conventional heat treatment and thermomechanical processing

Pearson, Russell Characterisation of poly - 2- (methacryloyoxy) ethyl phosphorycholine - 2 - (diisopropyl amino) ethly methacrylate Polymersomes

Saharan, Lalita Simplified micromagnetic model of recording media at finite temperature

Shabuddin, Munira The potential use of konjac glucomannan for wound healing and cell transportation

Shaeri, Mohsen Mechanical Stimulation of Mesenchymal Stem Cells in 3D Scaffolds Using Oscillating Fluid Flow

Shaw, Robert The Effects of Lithium Nitrate on Highly Active Liquor in the Calciner

Shirkhan, Leila Effect of Al2O3 and La2O3 Additions on Hydrothermal Degradation of Tetragonal Zirconia Polycrystals

Spiliotis, Alexios Processing and characterisation of iron oxide materials for ammonia production

Squire, Jonathan Developing a plutonium ceramic disposal option

Taylor, Mark Novel methods for the production of high melting temperature metallic foams

Tran, Anh Tu Studies on the solidification of pipeline steels

Wen, Yan Synthesis and characterisation of WS2 fullerene-like nanoparticles/nanotubes reinforced ceramic composites"

White, Alexander Bioreactor System to Study Endothelial Response to Fluid Forces

Williams, Andrew A Microstructural Investigation into Novel Alloys Based on the Mg-Y-Nd System

Ye, Jianke 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 Cadmium substitution coatings for aerospace applications

Bye, Frazer Developing a tissue engineering approach to treating cleft palate

Chavda, Mehul

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 Grazing incidence small angle X-ray scattering of hollow nanoparticles

Crean, Daniel Evaluating Remediation Options for Depleted Uranium at a UK Firing Range

Drake, Jenny Ceramic Materials For Very Small Dielectric Loaded Antennas

Gao, Yonghao AC plasma electrolytic oxidation of magnesium alloys

Gashier, Wail Electrochemical Ageing of Nuclear Waste Cements

Gonzalez Rodriquez, Jesus

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

Ho, Candy Development of 3D MND model by use of aligned polymer scaffolds

Hodges, Matthew

Investigations into the magnetic field effect of organic semiconductor photoluminescence

Hsiao, Kuang Che

High voltage lithium pyrophosphate Li2MP2O7 cathode materials for lithium-ion batteries

James, Kris An investigation into the design and performance of a small nuclear reactor capable of extended operating cycles for civil marine applications

Kourtis, Lampros Additive Layer Manufacture Processing of TiAl Aerospace Components: Process Development and Material Properties

Lin, Liangxu

Synthesis and Characterisation of Graphene and Graphene-Based Materials

Manai, Navid Processing and Characterisation of Bulk Metallic Glasses

Marshall, Luke

The Effect of Aluminium on the Deformation During High Speed Machining on Titanium Alloys

Middlemiss, John Dwell Fatigue in Titanium Alloys

Miller, James Glass Modeling For Nuclear Waste Immobilisation

Pateman, Chris Development of an engineered nerve guidance conduit for peripheral nerve repair

Puwanun, Sasima Optimizing cell source and scaffold materials for cleft palate repair

Qian, Feng Development of new advanced high strength steels based on nanoprecipitation

Richardson, Mark Process-Microstructure-Property Relationships in Ti-5Al-5Mo-5V-3Cr'

Roman, Sabiniano Developing an autologous engineered connective tissue using a biodegradable scaffold for the treatment of stress urinary incontinence and pelvic organ prolapse

Stevens, James Understanding the effect of refractory spinel phases on HLW glass processing and durability

van Grunsven, William Porous metal implants for enhanced bone ingrowth and stability

Watkins, Geraint The effect of silicon on titanium alloys

Wheelwright, James Stress controlled motion of magnetic domain walls

Wilson, Peter Smart composite systems

Xu, Zhen

Phase equilibrium studies and development of Nb-Silicide based alloys

Zhao, Wen Stability of nano-energy materials in nano-battery circuits

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7.4 Postgraduate Student List Post Graduates

Title Initials Surname Country Sponsor Supervisor(s)

Mr Z Y Leong Malaysia Dept FW/Alumni/ Grant RG/IT

RG/IT

Mr M K H Uddin Pakistan Dept FW/Self IUR

Mr J Zhou China Dept/FW/Self PT

1st Year Students (October, 2012 cohort)

Mr M Afzal UK Metallics DTC RPT/IT

Mr D Backhouse UK Nuclear DTC RJH/NCH

Mrs M Balboa Garcia Mexico CONACYT PT

Mr J Boadi UK DTA SJM/SMN

Mr J Clarke UK DTA FC

Miss L Dew UK DTC Term CKC/SMN

Mr H Dong China DFW/Self GU/XZ

Mr L Edney UK DTC Term FC/SMN

Miss L Eleftheriou Cyprus DTA (Nuclear 1st ringfenced)

JHH/MRomG

Miss G Gigliobianco UK DTC Term SMN/CKC

Mr M Hand UK Metallics DTC IT/BPW

Mr C Iamvasant Thailand DFW/Self AL/AM

Mr R Innocenti Malini Itlay EPSRC Grant JHH/CF

Mr A Khesro Pakistan Abdul Wali Khan Uni IMR/DCS

Mr L Li China DFW/Self DCS/ARW

Mr J Lloyd UK DTC E Futures RJH/NCH

Mr P Mahoney UK Metallics DTC RG/IT

Mr I Moore UK Nuclear DTC EJP/MGBurke

Mr S Nicholls UK EPSRC Grant IMR/

Mr T Paterson UK DTA FC

Mr G Patterson USA DFW/ARW ARW

Mr R Peel UK Nuclear DTC KW

Mrs Z Pishgahi Fard Iran DFW/Self WMR/IMR

Mr X Su China MAT Fee Waiver, Alumni Reward, Self

BC/XZ

Mr M Sun China - AM/AL

Miss G Tetteh Ghana Ghana Education Trust Fund

GR/IUR

Ms A Thompson UK Nuclear 1st DTC

Mr M Todd UK Metallics DTC WMR/EJP

Mr I Violatos Greece Metallics DTC BPW/RT

Mr N Weston UK Metallics DTC MJ/FD

Mr W Yang China RIS 12/13 ENGINEERING FEES

WMR/MRJG

Mr H Zhao China DFW/Dept funding - EJP EJP/

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1st Year Cross Sessional Students (January 2012-September 2012 cohort)

Mr A A Al Shoaibi Saudi Arabia

King Faisal Uni ARW/Lidzey (Phy)

Ms L Asensio Dominquez Spain EPSRC Grant RG/IT

Mr M Mohammed Sabri Iraq Kurdistan Regional Government/Self

GM

Mr R Myers Australia Fee Waiver/JP JP

Mr K Omari Jordon EPSRC Grant/DFW/Self TH/DA

Dr S S Qasim Pakistan Self Sponsored IR

Mr G Richards UK Jessie Ellis/Dept MJ

Mr C Talari India/Home DTA IUR/RE Coleman

2nd Year Students (October, 2011 cohort)

Mr K A Aljonubi Saudi Arabia

AFW/Saudi Gov IMR

Mr N-A Armah Ghana DFW/Alumni/Self CKC

Mr T Blackwell UK Nuclear DTC/Physics VA Kudryavtsev

Mr S Bostanchi Iran Postgraduate Taught Scholarship/Self

WMR

Miss R Bradley UK DTA MRJG/DA

Miss L Casey UK NNL NCH

Mr J Cooper UK EngD AM/AL

Mr Z Cui China FW/Alumni Award/Self EJP/WMR

Mr E Elizondo Luna Mexico DTC E-futures RG/Rwooley (Mech)

Mr S Fakpiam Thailand Gov Schol SAH

Mr M Frydrych Germany EPSRC - MAT - Maintenance & Fees

BC

Mr J Gao China DFW/Self WMR/IMR

Miss L Gardner UK DTA NCH

Mr M Ghadyani Iran DFW/Self PT

Miss P Gong China DFW/Self WMR/EJP

Mr D Guan China China Schol WMR/IT

Mr P Heath UK Nuclear DTC NCH/RJH/E Madrell

Mr F Hussain Pakistan DFW/Self IMR

Mr A Jarvis UK DTA AY/AM

Mr R Justin Ireland Dept BC

Ms R Karolia UK Unilever case award BJI/RD-J/A Ashcroft (Unilever)

Mr O Khalid UK DTA RPT/EJP

Mr E Kilinc Turkey Self RJH

Mr J Lemmens UK DTA JWH

Mr G Lewin UK DTA DCS/NCH

Mr C Liu China DFW/Self AL/AM

Mr C Liu China DFW/Self/Alumni RPT

Mr L Liu China DFW/Self/Alumni AL/AM

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Mr X Liu China CSC/DFW/Dept/Self AL/AM

Mr Z Lu China DFW/Dept/Self IMR/DCS

Ms S Madeddu Italy Dept HK

Miss M Z H Mayzan Malaysia Malaysian Scholarship RJH/MCS

Mr C McCaughey UK Metallics DTC PT/RG

Mr S A Mian Pakistan DFW/Self IUR

Miss N Mobasher UK Nuclear DTC HK/C Sharrad

Mr E Obasohan UK DTA RPT/EJP

Mr I Papadimitriou EU EU Grant PT

Mr Y Piao China Dept BC

Ms R Pyle UK Metallics DTC KPT/BPW

Mr A Raza UK DTC/Medical JWH/SMN

Mr C Sherborne UK DTA FC

Miss C Smith UK DTA/top up SMN/SJM

Mr C Smith UK Metallics DTC IT/P Prangnell (Man)

Mr D Sparks UK EPSRC Grant JHH/C Freeman

Mr S Tan China Nroute PhD RJH/NCH

Mr B Thomas UK Metallics DTC MJ/BPW/IT

Miss F Thompson UK Metallics DTC RG/M Preuss (Man)

Mr S Walling UK Nuclear DTC HK/N Bryan

Miss J Wang China DFW DCS/IMR

Mr R Waudby UK VTT Technical Research Centre Finland

AM/AL

Mr C Williams UK Nuclear DTC KPT/JHH

Mr M-H Yen China DFW/Self GU/XZ

Miss W K Yeung UK DTA AY/GR

Miss C Yorucu UK DTC Term SMN/SJM

2nd Year Cross Sessional Students (January 2011 - September, 2011)

Mr E Abbasi Iran Self/1Dept FW WMR/EJP

Mr B Anazodo Nigeria Self/1Dept FW PT

Mr A Ayilaran Nigeria Self RJH/DCS

Mrs J Lawal Nigeria Self AL/AM

Mr M Richardson UK DTA MJ/BPW

Mr S Roman Regueros Spain Central Sheffield University Hospitals

SMN

Miss W Zhao China China Scholarship BJI/ARW

3rd Year Students (October, 2010 cohort)

Mr F Bye UK BBSRC (DTG) SMN/A.Ryan/K Moharamzadeh

Mr G Bywater UK DTC Metallics PT/AL

Mr A Chamisa UK DTC Metallics WMR/EJP

Mr M Chavda UK DTA HK/NCH

Mr Z Chen China 2 Fee waivers/GU GU/XZ

Mr D Crean UK DTC Nuclear 1st NCH

Mr Y Gao China CSC/UK Schol AY/AM

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Mr S Gascoyne UK DTC Metallics BPW/P Prangnell (Man)

Mr W Gashier UK DTA HK

Mr J A Gonzalez Rodriquez Mexico Conacyt RJH

Miss E Hassan UK EPSRC/DTC(Sheff/Leeds) SMN/S Rimmer

Mr E Hernandez Nava Mexico Roberto Rocco/Fee waiver RG/IT

Miss C Ho UK BBSRC (DTG) JWH/ P Shaw

Mr M Hodges UK DTA DA/NAM

Mr K C Hsiao China ERW Grant ARW

Miss F Indeir Libya Self funded AL/AM

Mr K James UK DTC Nuclear 1st NCH/T Abrams

Miss L Johnson UK DTC Metallics EJP/I Burgess/ BD (Civ)/RPT

Mr L Kourtis Greece EDRF/Grant IT/WMR

Mr L Lin China Fee waivers/ Self/CSC/Dept

DA

Mr N Manai UK EPSRC Grant WMR/IT

Mr L Marshall UK DTA MJ/BPW

Mr J Middlemiss UK DTA BPW/MJ

Mr J Miller UK NNL KPT/RJH

Mr C Pateman UK EPSRC/DTC(Sheff/Leeds) JWH

Miss S Puwanun Thailand Self GR/SMN

Miss F Qian China CSC/UK Schol WMR

Mr J Stevens UK EPSRC Grant NCH/PAB

Mr A Tweddle UK DTC Metallics PT/HK

Mr W Van Grunsven Netherlands EPSRC Grant GR/RG

Mr G Watkins UK DTA BPW/MJ

Mr J Wheelwright UK DTA DA/MRJG

Mr P Wilson UK DTA SAH/RJH

Mr A Winder (Mphil) UK KTP MJ/IT

Miss Z Xu China Dorothy Hodgkin/Rolls Royce

PT

3rd Year Cross Sessional Students (January 2010 - September, 2010)

Mr D Ahmadi UK EPSRC Case award/Corus WMR

Mr O Fasuba Nigeria Self sponsored AY/AL

Mr P Fundi France MPhil MRJG/DAA/SD

Mr R Jarkaneh Iran Self sponsored ARW

Miss M B Shahbuddin Malaysia Malaysian Schol SMN/S Rimmer

4th Year Students (October 2009 Cohort) as at 15th October, 2009

Mr T Abdulla Libya Gov Schol RG/AY

Mr M Ali Pakistan Pakistan Scholarship IR/SMcN

Ms N M Alotaibi Saudi Arabia

Gov Schol ARW

Ms J Bell UK DTA JWH

Ms E L Cedillo Saucedo Mexico Conacyt WMR/IMR

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Ms F Che Ros Malaysia Ministry of Ed, Malaysia ARW

Mr H R Chen Taiwan EPSRC Grant JHH/ARW

Mr S S Chen China China/UK scol/2 FW's IT

Mr J Corteen UK DTA IT/WMR

Mr P Crawforth UK DTA MJ/BPW

Mr A Cunliffe UK DTA IT

Mr J Dawson UK DTA JHH/DCS

Mr A Elarbi Libya Gov Schol BPW/MJ

Mr E Fleet UK DTA SAH

Ms S S Haine UK DTA RPT/BPW

Ms A Helyer (was Clifton) UK BBSRC SMN/S Rimmer

Ms O Hernandez-Negrete Mexico Conacyt PT

Mr A Hopper UK DTA FC

Mr O Hussein (MPhil) Iraq Gov Schol MIO/HK

Ms E Karagianni Greece DTA fees/EPSRC Grant PT

Mr J McCallum UK EPSRC Grant ARW

Mr O McGann UK EPSRC Case NCH/PAB

Ms M Negoita Indonesia EPSRC Grant/DA DA/MRJG

Mr J Nelson UK EPSRC Case/Rolls Royce PT

Ms M Nurbanasari Indonesia Gov Schol PT/EJP

Mr R Pearson UK DTA GR/GB/FC

Ms L Saharan Indian EPSRC Grant/2 FW GH/DA

Mr M Shaeri UK DTA GR/CKC

Mrs L Shirkhan Iran DTA WMR

Mr A Spiliotis Greece EPSRC Grant/DTA fees PT

Mr M Taylor UK DTA RG/RPT

Mr A T Tran Vietnam EPSRC Grant/2fwDTC RPT

Mr A White UK DTA CKC

Mr J Ye Chinese EPSRC/Imp Coll/1 fw RPT

4th Year Cross Sessional Students (January 2009 - September 2009)

Mr N Ali Libya Libyan Gov BPW/RPT

Ms S A Banfield (P/T) UK TecVac Ltd AM/AL

Mr N Cassingham USA EPSRC/2 Fee waivers NCH/BAH

Mr M Daud Malaysia Malaysian Gov JWH

Mr A Nanpazi Iran Self sponsored (MPhil only)

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Mr R Shaw (EngD) UK EngD/NNL NCH

Mr J Squire (EngD) UK EngD/NNL NCH

5th Year Students (October 2008 Cohort) as at 1st October 2008

Mr R Delaine-Smith UK DTA GR/SMN

Mr M Elawayeb Libya Libyan Peoples Rep (1.11.08)

BJI/JHH

Miss B Fatemi UK DTA GR/GB/RJH

Mr A Gill UK DTA FC

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Mr R Grainger UK DTA (starting 01/11/2008)

SAH/RJH

Mr J Howarth UK Technical Fibre Products Ltd

FRJ/SAH/A Hodzic

Miss Y Hu China EPSRC/FAME DCS/ARW

Mr C-J Liang China Feng Chiu University AM/AY

Mr P Nnamchi Nigeria Self funded IT/WMR

Ms J Robertson (DTC) UK DTC GR/SJM

Mr I Stepanov Latvia IDS KPT

Mr P Swift UK EPSRC/ National Nuclear Lab

HK

Mr N Walker UK DTA GR/SMN

Mr A Williams UK DTA WMR/BPW

Mr B Xiao China Corus/2 Fee Waivers EJP

Mr G R Zaragoza Mexico Conacyt RG/RPT

5th Year Cross Sessional Students (January 2008-September 2008)

Mr S Cater (Part-time) UK TWI EJP/BPW

Mr H Haji Libya Libyan Embassy BPW/EJP

6th Year Students (October 2007 Cohort) as at 1st October 2007

Mrs A Alagdl Libya Libyan Embassy ARW

Mr M Hussain Ismail Malaysia Gov Schol IT/HAD

Mr R Milne UK DTA BJI

Mr L Sun China 2FWU's/EJP EJP/BPW

Mr M Talamantes Silva Mexico CONACYT WMR/BPW

6th Year Cross Sessional Students (January 2007-September 2007)

Mr P J Chu Taiwan IDS/Self funded AM/WMR/AY

7th Year Students (October 2006 Cohort) as at 1st October 2006

Mr A Rana UK DTA WMR/BJI

Mr E Zacharis Greece DS/(Surrey Jan06/Shef Sept 06)

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8th Year Students (October 2005 Cohort) as at 1st October 2005

Mr A D Lafferty UK DTA/EPSRC SAH/RJH

8th Year Cross Sessional Students (January 2005-September 2005)

Mr S Rigby UK DTA NAM/MRJG

Ms V Salas Mexico Conacyt SAH/RJH

9th Year Students (October 2004 Cohort) as at 1st October 2004

Miss N E Mateen Pakistan Self Funded WMR

Staff Candidates

Mr T Pilkington UK AM/AY

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Post Graduate Taught Masters Students

Title Initials Surname Country Supervisor(s)

MATT01 - MSc Ceramic Science and Engineering

Mr A Bengaluru Narasimhamurthy

India MCS

Mr B Feng China DCS

Mr A S Khatry India RJH

Mr S Li China IMR

Miss J Wang China ARW

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

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Mr H Zengin EJP PT

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 AM

MATT16 - MSc Aerospace Materials

Mr Z Chen PK PT

Mr T Feng PT PK

Miss S Han BPW MJ

Miss M Keni PK PT

Miss M Li AM/AY AL

Mr Y Li AM/AY AL

Miss C Y S Lim IT RG

Mr Y Liu BPW MJ

Mr J M Naranjo Espinosa IT BPW

Mr N Raphael RG IT

Mr K Raszka BPW MJ

Miss L Squillaci MJ BPW

Miss H Wang IT RG

Mr J Wu KPT/BPW EJP

Mr Y Zhang RG EJP

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 -

Mr H Fu KW -

Mr A Malioglou HK -

Mr S Marasinghe RJH -

Miss P D 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

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Ms N Nic Eochagain SMN IUH

Mr D Pownell JWH IUH

Mr N Ramesh IUH CKC

Miss Z Salehi Moghaddam SMN 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 Z J 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 C A Ainsworth

Mr M D Chambers

Mr L A Farren

Mr A J Mackie

Mr K H Miah

Mr J D Pollard

DTMT99 - Yr 1 Adv Metallic Systems (Manchester DTC)

Mr D J Bowden

Mr M J Brown

Mr T R Brownsmith

Miss K Cooper

Mr H Dawson

Mr V Demetriou

Mr M A Mcdonagh

Mr M L Topping

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DTNT01 - Yr 1 Nuclear FIRST (Sheffield DTC)

Mr D J Bailey

Mr D J Hussain

Mr C A Jantzen

Mr A J MacArthur

Mr M Miekina

DTNT99 - Yr 1 Nuclear FIRST (Manchester DTC)

Mr J Buckley

Mr A Formanuik

Miss R Hibberd

Miss D L Jones

Mr J A Ryan

Mr S Warren

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8. SHORT COURSES 2012

Course Dates No. of Delegates

Income

The Metallurgy of Iron & Steel – for non-experts

7th to 11th January 2013 15 £18,000

The Fundamentals of Metallurgy – Science & Practice

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)

Istanbul Technical University Spark plasma sintering of electro- ceramics

DCS

Dr E Barker (Nov 11-Nov12)

Kirkstall Ltd Sheffield Bincubator

Tissue Engineering SMN/JWH

Dr S Bonchev (Sept 12-Dec 12)

Sumy State University, Ukraine

Bioactivity of chitosan-hydroxyapatite biomaterials

GR

Ms I Castillo-Muller (April 12 – July 12)

Tribological analysis in the stamping process

WMR

Ms C L Canon (April 12-Sept 12)

National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM)

Fabrication of lattices by Electron Beam Melting

RG/GR

Dr B Christiansen (1 Oct 10-31 Sept 13)

Associate Researcher University of Copenhagen

Hard-soft matter interfaces: from understandings to engineering

JHH

Dr N C Collier (Dec 12-Dec 15)

National Nuclear Laboratory (NNL)

Nuclear waste cementation JP

Dr A De Souza State University of Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil

Nb alloys and Zr alloys in the nuclear industry

PT

Professor H Fan (Jan 13-March 13)

Northwestern Polytechnical University, China

Ceramic processing ARW

Dr A Feteira (Aug 11-July 13)

University of Birmingham Creation of a new generation of supercapacitors

IMR

Prof S Franklin (Nov 08-Oct 14)

Chief Technologist in Tribology, Philips Research, The Netherlands

Visiting Professor to Leonardo Centre AM

Mr P Gordon (Feb 11-Jan 12)

Kirkstall Ltd Cell Culture SMN

Ms Mei Guo (July 10-June 12)

Dept of Electronic Science and Technology, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, China

Structure property relations of microwave dielectric ceramics

ARW

Dr K Hashimoto (July 12-Sept 13)

Hakkaido University, Japan Investigating the long-term behaviour of simulated cementitious nuclear wasteforms containing Cs and Sr under exposure to water

HK

Dr L S Hassan (Sept 11-Aug 12)

School of Metallurgy and Materials Engineering, Iran University of Science and Technology

Microstructure wear behaviour of aluminium composites for automotive applications

WMR

Dr J S Hinton (Nov 11-Sept 12)

Siemens VAI Technologies Ltd

Metallurgical processes WMR

Mr S Hussain (Jan 13-July 13)

Public Sector R&D Organisation, Pakistan

Plasma polymerisation coating on reinforcement fibres, characterisation of prepared coatings for mechanical properties

IUR

Dr Y Iqbal (June 12-Sept 15)

Higher Education Commission of Pakistan

Electroceramics compositions IMR

Prof D Jiles Dept of Electrical and Biomagnetics, functional magnetic MRJG

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(Jan 11-Dec 13) Computer Engineering Iowa State University, USA

materials

Prof A R Jones (Jan 12-Dec 14)

E.ON UK E-Futures Visiting Professor ARW

Dr H Larijani (Sept 11-Aug 12)

Iran University of Science and Technology

Microstructure and wear behaviour of aluminium composites for automotive applications

WMR

Mr D Lazarev (July 12-July 12)

Ufa State Aviation Technical University, Russia

Modelling and diagnostics of plasma electrolytic surface engineering processes

AY

Dr A Leszczyńska (June 12-Aug 12)

Cracow University of Technology, Poland

Polymeric nanocomposites BC

Dr J Mo (April –April 12)

Mechanical Engineering, Southwest Jiaotong University, China

Tribological evaluation and characterisation of CrAIN-based coatings, deposited by electron beam PVD

AM

Ms V Mukaeva (July 12-July 12)

Ufa State Aviation Technical University, Russia

Modelling and diagnostics of plasma electrolytic surface engineering processes

AY

Dr K Muszka (Sept 11-Dec 15)

Faculty of Metals Engineering and Industrial Computer Science, AGH University, Poland

Strain path effects on microstructure in hot working regime using microalloyed steel and Fe-30wt% Ni model systems

WMR

Dr M Ojovan (Aug 11-Aug 14)

International Atomic Energy Agency, Vienna, Austria

Immobilisation Science Laboratory related research projects

NCH

Dr E Parfenov (July 12-Aug 12)

Ufa State Aviation Technical University, Russia

Modelling and diagnostics of plasma electrolytic surface engineering processes

AY

Dr J K Patel (Sept 12-Aug 15)

International Metallurgy Ltd (UK)

Metallurgy EJP

Mr I Marco Pelegrin (Oct 11-June 12)

University of Mondragon Spain

Porous metals as biological implants RG

Prof C Poinssot (Sept 11-Aug 14)

Dept of Radio Chemistry & Processes, Commissariat á l’Energie Atomique, France

External advisor in development of portfolio of nuclear activities

NCH

Prof M Pogorelov (Sept 12-Dec 12)

Sumy State University, Ukraine

Biomaterials synthesis GR

Dr M Răileanu (July 12-July 12)

University of Iasi, Romania Oxidation states of uranium in various geological matrices of Romania

HK

Mr P Ren (Oct 11-Oct 13)

State Key Laboratory of Solidification Processing, China

New fabrication Processing and Structural defects of dielectric ceramics

ARW

Mr G Schileo (Aug 12- Jan 14)

Sheffield Hallam University Fabrication of magnetoelectric properties of sol gel nanocomposites

IMR

Dr I Sterianou (Jan 13-Dec 13)

Functional Materials IMR

Prof S L Stipp (Oct 10-Aug 15)

Nano Science Centre, Ørsted Institute Universitetsparken, Denmark

Hard/soft interfaces: from understanding to engineering

JHH

Prof J Talamantes-Silva (Jan 11-Dec 13)

Sheffield Forgemasters Ltd Modelling solidification and hot deformation of large-scale structures

WMR

Ms P Y Tan (April 12-July 12)

University Putra Malaysia Synthesis, structure and electrical properties of pyrochlore phases in bismuth oxide-based systems

ARW

Mr J Trinidad Naranjo University of Mondragon, Biocompatibility studies on the use of RG/GR

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(May 12-Aug 12) Spain biodegradeable magnesium alloys as hard tissue implants

Dr T Wu (June 12-Nov 13)

Trinity College Dublin Novel biomimetic stimulus-responsive nanocomposites

BC

Dr M Uzair (Oct 12-April 13)

Peshawar University of Pakistan

Fabrication of low sintering temperature BaTiO3-based ceramics

IMR

Prof N Xueyuan (Oct 11-Sept 14)

Dept of Mechanical Automotive & Materials Engineering, University of Windsor, Canada

Plasma electrolysis AM

Prof B S Yilbas (Jan 10-Dec 14)

King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals, Saudi Arabia

Laser-based surface treatment and processing

AM

Miss H Zhang (Nov 11-Nov 12)

Dept of Materials Science and Engineering, Beijing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, China

Investigation on functional gradient Y203-based ceramics

SZ

Miss J Zhang (Jan 12-Dec 12)

Donghua University, China Structure and properties of biodegradable polymers

GU

Dr H Zhang (Sept 11-Aug 12)

China Institute of Atomic Energy

Enhancing the capabilities of national institutions supporting nuclear power development

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 Aluminium-Based 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 Non-Equilibrium 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 Materials Research Society

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 Non-Crystalline 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

Member of the Materials Research Society

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 EPSRC Peer Review College

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

Member of EPSRC Peer Review College

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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, University of Sheffield

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 2010-2012

Dr S J Matcher Member of EPSRC Peer Review College

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", Co-Chairman

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

Member of the EPSRC Peer Review College

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 Co-ordinating 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 Member of the EPSRC Peer Review College

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

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 Dr G Reilly 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

Member of EPSRC Peer Review College

Dr K P Travis Member of the EPSRC Peer Review College

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.

Prof P Tsakiropoulos Member of the EPSRC Peer Review College

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 (FORTH-HELLAS)

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 EPSRC Peer Review College

Member of the Sheffield Welding and Joining Society Committee

Dr S Zhang Member of the EPSRC Peer Review College

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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15. PUBLICATIONS 1. 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/in2 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).

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