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The University of Sheffield

DEPARTMENT OF MATERIALS SCIENCE

AND ENGINEERING

ANNUAL REPORT

2011

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April 2012

This report is a companion to Materials@Sheffield 2012 the Department’s record of research activity. It summarises many of the teaching activities and results for the Department for the academic year 2011. It provides detailed lists of undergraduates and postgraduate students for the current 2011/12 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 8

3. DEPARTMENT MANAGEMENT STRUCTURE 11

4. DEGREES AND DIPLOMAS AWARDED 19

5. PRIZES AND DISTINCTIONS 22

6. UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS 6.1 Undergraduate Entry 6.2 Sources of Support for Undergraduates 6.3 Undergraduate Teaching

a) BEng/MEng in Biomaterial Science and Tissue Engineering BEng/MEng in Biomedical Engineering

b) MEng Course in Materials Science and Engineering c) Exchange Students d) Contact of Undergraduates with Industry e) Final Year Undergraduate Projects

6.4 Undergraduate Student List 2010/11

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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 53

9. MARCUS/SUMAC 53

10. THE TURNER MUSEUM 53

11. HATFIELD MEMORIAL LECTURE 54

12. VISITORS 55

13. VISITS ABROAD 58

14. LECTURES AND CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS IN THE UK 66

15. MEMBERSHIP OF LOCAL, NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL BOARDS AND COMMITTEES

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1. STAFF IN THE DEPARTMENT OF ENGINEERING MATERIALS 2011/12

Academic Staff: Head of Department: Professor W M Rainforth

Professors: Professor M R J Gibbs Professor J 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 (from 1 June 2012) 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 Dr S Zhang (left Feb 2012)

Senior Lecturers: Dr B Chen (from 1 April 2012) Dr C K Chong Dr R Goodall Dr M Jackson Dr A Leyland Dr K P Travis Dr K Whittle (from 1 May 2012) Dr B P Wynne

Lecturers: Dr F Claeyssens Dr S A Hayes Dr G Hrkac Dr H Kinoshita Dr N A Morley Dr G Reilly 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 C M Sellars, FREng Professor J H Sharp Professor P V Wright

University Teachers Dr J Dean Dr P Kapranos Dr C Rodenburg Dr M C Stennett

Fellowship Dr T Hayward – 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

Research Manager Mr G Brown

Senior Experimental Officers Dr P Korgul (Sorby Centre) Mr A Taylor (SUMAC) Mr J M Devine (SUMAC) Experimental Officers Dr L Ma Dr N Reeves-McLaren Dr C Shaw Dr P Zeng Project Administrator, The Nanolab Mrs J Simpson Project Engineer Dr F Derguti IMMPETUS Administrator Ms M Szofer

Project Manager – Metals DTC Dr C Hinchliffe Learning Technologist – Metals DTC Mrs K Thomson

E-Futures DTC Programme Manager Dr N J Lowrie

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, University Of Peshawar 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

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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 Support Staff: Mrs V M Dalton (PA to Head of Department) Mrs K A Burton Ms W B Dutton Miss R D Fearon (p-t) Miss K L Heard Miss F E Kirk Mrs L Mason Mrs A Newbould (p-t) Mrs S Nixon (p-t) Miss K Orgill Mrs A E Sargent Technical Staff:

Mr S Bater (p-t from Sept 2011) Dr J Bates Miss D Bussey Mr M Carter Mr M G Cooper Mr F G Fletcher Mr P Hawksworth Mr D Haylock Miss C Johnson Mr R Kangley Ms B C Lane

Mr A G Mould Mr B G Palmer Mr P Staton Mr M J Wagner Mr I P Watts Coffee Bar Staff: Mrs A Marquis

Research Fellows and Research Assistants Dr M Audronis – EPSRC and Technology Strategy Board (AL) 20 Feb 2012-19 Feb 2013 Dr A J Beck - BBSRC (AM) 1 Apr 2006–31 March 2012 Mr U Bhatta – EPSRC (GM) 30 April 2010-14 March 2013 Dr P Bingham – KTA (RJH) 1 Aug 2010–31 Dec 2011 Dr K Briston – EPSRC (BJI) 01 Oct 2010–30 Sept 2012 Dr M Bryan – EPSRC (DA) 1 March 2009–31 March 2012 Dr A Bullock – Sheffield Teaching Hospitals Trust (SMN) 25 April 2000-22 April 2011 Mr K Butler – European Union (JHH) 1 Dec 2009–31 May 2012 Dr B Christiansen – EPSRC (JHH) 1 Oct 2010-30 Sept 2013 Dr C Corkhill – EU REDDUP (NCH) 1 Sept 2011-31 March 2014 Dr D Cumming – EPSRC (IMR) 1 March 2010-31 Oct 2012 Mr R Delaine-Smith – P/T (SMN) 1 Oct 2011-27 April 2012 Ms P Deshpande – Wellcome Trust (SMN) 16 July 2010-15 July 2013 Dr R Dost – EPSRC (DA) 1 Dec 2011-20 July 2012 Dr M Faraji – EPSRC (PT) 1 Jan 2009-31 Dec 2012 Dr M Ferrarelli – Feb 2009-Feb 2012

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Dr H Foxhall – EPSRC (JHH) 1 July 2010-30June 2013 Dr J Foreman – Defence Science Technology Lab (FRJ) 1 Jun 2009-31 March 2012 Dr A Gandy – EPSRC (NCH) – 1 Oct 2011-30 Sept 2013 Mr J Ghatak – EPSRC (GM) 10 Jan 2011-31 Dec 2011 Dr W Guan - EPSRC (BJI) 1 July 2009-15 Jan 2012 Dr E Hadzifejzovic – EPSRC (ARW) 1 Dec 2011-30 Sept 2012 Dr J S Hinton EPSRC (WMR) 1 April 2009-31 March 2012 Dr C Huang – Mercury Project (WMR/IT) 7 Feb 2011-30 Sept 2013 Mr J Hunt – Mercury Project (WMR/IT) May 2011-Swept 2013 Dr YN Kok – EPSRC (AL & AM) 1 June 2010-30 Nov 2011 Dr M Krzyzanowski – EPSRC (WMR) 1 Aug 2002-31.12.2012 Dr H Li TST (AL) 6 Feb 2012-5 Feb 2014 Dr M Li – EPSRC (DCS) 1 April 2010-1 Sept 2012 Dr F Liu – FP7-Nanogold (GU) – 2 Oct 2009-31 Aug 2012 Mr Y Liu – EPSRC (ARW) – 1 Nov 2009-31 May 2012 Mr Z Liu – Mandeville of London (FRJ) 1 Dec 2010-31 May 2011 Dr A Lockwood – EPSRC (BJI) 1 Oct 2010-30 Sept 2012 Dr Z Lu – EPSRC (SJM) 16 June 2008-31 May 2012 Dr N Maso Carcases – EPSRC (ARW) 1 March 2009-30 Sept 2012 Dr S Mittar - EU Cascade (SMN) 1 Feb 2011-31 Dec 2011 Dr A Nogiwa Valdez – Mercury Project (WMR/IT) 1 March 2011-31 Sept 2013 Dr I Ortega – Wellcome Trust (SMN) 10 Jan 2011-9 Jan 2012 Dr J Pokorny – EPSRC (IMR) p/t– 1 Feb 2008-31 Jan 2012 Mr A Rana – Mercury Project (WMR/IT) 1 May 2011-30 Sept 2013 Mr T Sebastian – KTA (IMR) 1 April 2011-31 May 2012 Dr F Sefat – Wellcome Trust (SMN) 5 Jan 2011–4 Jan 2014 Dr J Sharp – EPSRC (WMR) 1 Dec 2010–30 Sept 2012 Dr W Shen – EPSRC (IMR) 20 March 2010-19 March 2012 Dr A Sidambe – ERDF (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 2009-30 Sept 2012 Dr T Swait – Airbus (SAH) 1 Feb 2010-27 July 2012 Dr M Thomas – EPSRC/UoS Doctoral Prize Fellowship – 1 Oct 2011-30 Sept 2012 Dr C Utton – EPSRC (PT) 8 June 2010-30 April 2014 Dr A Yerokhin – EPSRC (AM) 1 July 2003-31 March 2013 Dr H Zhang – (IMR/WMR) 12 Dec 2011-31 Aug 2014 Dr Y Zhang – Mercury Project (IT/WMR) 1 Aug 2011-31 Sept 2013

KTP Associates Dr T Biggs – KTP Rolls Royce (RG) Dr M Darby – KTP from Ilika Technologies Ltd (IMR) 1 Feb 2009-31 Jan 2012 Dr R Deffley – KTP from LPW Technology Ltd (IT) 1 Aug 2010-31 July 2012 Mr L Jiranek – KTP from William Beckett Plastics (IT & RG) 1 Nov 2010-30 Oct 2012 Mr S Saeidi – KTP from Cutting & Wear Ltd (AL) 17.01.2011-16.04.2013 Dr P Travaglia – KTP from DPG Ltd (SAH) 1 March 2010-29 Feb 2012 Miss B Zalinska – KTP from Sarantel Group plc (IMR) 1 Oct 2009-30 Sept 2012

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2. RECENT APPOINTMENTS, PROMOTIONS, RESIGNATIONS AND RETIREMENTS Academic Staff Dr Russell Hand was appointed Chair from January 2012 Dr Iain Todd was appointed Chair from January 2012 Dr Steve Matcher was appointed to Reader from January 2012 Dr Russell Goodall was promoted to Senior Lecturer from December 2011 Dr Martin Jackson was promoted to Senior Lecturer from December 2011 Dr Plato Kapranos was appointed Senior University Teacher from January 2012 Dr Michael Ojovan left the Department in August 2011 Dr Patrick Theato left the Department in July 2011 Administrative Staff Dr Steve Mason joined the Department in September 2011 Mr Jim Smedley retired from the Department in August 2011 Miss Rachel Fearon was promoted to Grade 4 in December 2011 Mrs Sharon Nixon joined the Department in Sept 2011 Miss Katharine Orgill joined the Department in January 2012 Technical Staff Dr Cheryl Shaw joined the Department in April 2011 Dr Joanne Bates joined the Department in January 2012 Research Fellows, Associates and Assistants/KTP Associates appointed during the reporting period: Dr L Ben Dr T Biggs Dr C Corkhill Mr R Delaine-Smith Dr R Dost Dr A Gandy Mr J Ghatak Dr E Hadzifejzovic Dr C Huang Mr J Hunt Dr S Mittar Dr A Nogiwa Valdez Dr I Ortega Mr A Rana Mr S Saeidi Mr T Sebastian Dr F Sefat Mr T Simm Dr D Stapleton Dr M Thomas Dr H Zhang Dr Y Zhang The following Research Assistants and Students left the Department Mr A Ahmed Mr T Burnett

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Dr P Bingham Dr M Blackmore Dr J Eichler Dr M Ferrarelli Mr J Ghatak Mr T Ghnanavel Dr J S Hinton Mr O Latinwo Mr Z Liu Dr Z Mirza Dr K Muszka Mr K Pawar Dr L Smith Dr H Uppal

SUMMARY OF STAFF AND STUDENT NUMBERS 2010/11 2011/12 Academic Staff 35.5 37 Associate Academic Staff University Teachers Fellow

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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 Project Administrator – The Nanolab 1 1 Research Administrator 1 1 IMMPETUS Administrator 1 1 Marketing & Admin Officer – Mercury Centre 1 1 Technical Staff (FTE) 19 16 Admin Support Staff 8.95 11 Research Fellows 57 55 KTP Associates 12 7 PhD Students/EngD: First Year 88 117 Second Year 52 42 Third Year 26 39 Fourth Year 24 29 Postgraduate Masters Students 67 65

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Undergraduate Students: 2010/11 2011/12

Year 1 BEng Aerospace Materials Year 1 BEng Bio Science & Tissue Eng Year 1 BEng Mat Sci & Eng with Ind Mgt Year 1 BEng Mat Sci & Eng with Yr Japan Year 1 BEng Mat Sci & Eng Foundation Year (Mat Sci & Eng) Year 1 MEng Aerospace Materials Year 1 MEng Bio Science & Tissue Eng Year 1 MEng Mat Sci & Eng/Ind Mgt Year 1 MEng Materials Sci & Eng Year 1 MEng Metallurgy Year 1 BEng Aerospace Materials Year 2 BEng Bio Science & Tissue Eng Year 2 BEng Mat Sci & Eng/Ind Mgt Year 2 BEng Mat Sci & Eng Year 2 MEng Aerospace Materials Year 2 MEng Biomaterial Science & Tissue Eng Year 2 MEng Mat Sci & Eng/Yr Japan Year 2 MEng Mat Sci & Eng/Ind Mgt Year 2 MEng Mat Sci & Eng Year 2 MEng Metallurgy Year 3 BEng Aerospace Materials Year 3 BEng Bio 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 Bio Science & Tissue Eng Year 3 MEng Mat Sci & Eng/Ind Mgt Year 3 MEng Mat Sci & Eng Year 3 MEng Metallurgy Year 4 MEng Aerospace Materials Year 4 MEng Bio 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 Biomedical Engineering First Year Biomedical Second Year Biomedical Third Year Biomedical Fourth Year Biomedical Sub-total Total

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20 1 1 6 1 8 2 2 9 4 9 3 7 2 1 3 2 4 7 2

14 2 9 1

10 1 1 3 1 8 2

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120 90 87 39

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24 19 21 12

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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

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3. DEPARTMENT MANAGEMENT/COMMITTEE STRUCTURE 2011

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 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

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Science and Engineering (Biomaterials) degree. We would normally have six UCAS days in an application cycle. The days are 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) • The Deputy Head (Prof I Reaney) • Prof J W Haycock (Director of the Centre for Biomaterials and Tissue Engineering) • Prof N C Hyatt (Director of Research) • Prof I M Reaney (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)

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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 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 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 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 • Dr S Zhang • 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

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Department of Materials Science and Engineering and to provide an interface with the Faculty and University on matters of teaching quality. 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. OPERATIONS COMMITTEE • Prof D C Sinclair (Chair) • Dr S Mason • Dr T Hayward • Mr I Watts • Mr F Fletcher • Mr M Carter • Mr M Wagner • Ms W Dutton (Minutes) Looks at all aspects of the working environment in the Department and makes suggestions for improvements. All members of the Dept (Academic staff, Technical staff, Secretarial staff, Post Doc’s) have a voice on this Committee through representatives of the various groups. Key ‘aspects’ include:- • Building and Estates issues, eg Turner Museum, minor-works budget, specific projects • Environmental issues ensuring compliance with University policy e.g. disposal of redundant equipment • Safety: All aspects of safety, including risk assessment, CoSHH procedures, Fire Training, PAT and out-of-

hours training; conducts laboratory and office safety inspections and oversees regular reviews of departmental tidiness and safety. Delivery of departmental First Aid cover

• Technical support for teaching, research and third stream activities. Organisation and distribution of technical cover.

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

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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 • Prof R J Hand (Chair) • Dr N A Morley • Mr J Miller (Student Representative) • Miss S Haine (Student Representative) • Dr S J Matcher • Prof W M Rainforth • Dr B P Wynne • Prof A Matthews • 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 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)

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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 J H Harding • Prof J W Haycock, • Prof A Matthews • Prof I M Reaney • Prof D C Sinclair • Mr D Binns (Finance Administrator) • Mrs V Dalton (Departmental Administrator) • Ms N Anderson (HR) 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.

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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. STAFF-STUDENT COMMITTEE Departmental Staff: • Dr R Goodall • Dr H Kinoshita • 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 Committee is convened by Dr Russell Goodall. 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.

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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 I M Reaney • Prof D C Sinclair • Prof I Todd • Prof P Tsakiropoulos • Prof A R West • Prof G Ungar 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 New initiative for 2011 Dr J Dean (Chair) Dr H Kinoshita Mr M Hodges Mrs S Hollely Mrs V M Dalton Ms M S Szofer Mrs K Thomson

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4. DEGREES AND DIPLOMAS AWARDED DURING 2011

(i) DEGREE OF BACHELOR OF ENGINEERING, BEng with Honours Materials Science and Engineering

Mr Efosa Curtis Pio Obasohan Hons I Mr Robert Samuel Frederick Thompson Hons I Mr Rohit Kumar Hons II(i) Mr Lian Liu Hons II(i) Mr Ling Xiao Lai Hons II(ii) Mr James Francis Walsh Hons II(ii) Mr Ya Ding Wang Hons II(ii) Mr Zhao Hui Wu Hons II(ii) Mr Harry Aedan Matthews Hons III

Biomaterials Science and Tissue Engineering Miss Yingjie Chen Hons II(ii) Mr Tong Long Hons II(ii) Mr Zhao Yu Wang Hons II(ii)

Biomedical Engineering Miss Elizabeth Ann Wing Talk Ho Hons II(ii) Mr Caglar Kaplan Hons II(ii) Miss Tannaz Khamea Hons II(ii) Mr Yazan Marmash Hons II(ii) Mr Ross Morgan Hons II(ii) Mr Thomas James Frances O’Brien Hons II(ii) Mr Orikri Tim-Efobi Hons II(ii) Materials Science and Engineering with Industrial Management Mr Ibrahim Kamal Ali Hons II(i) Mr Bo Tan Hons II(i) Mr Heng Zhu Hons II(i) Aerospace Materials Mr Matthew Yeow Hons II(i) Mr Gyles Bates Hons II(ii) Mr Luca Leone Hons II(ii) (ii) DEGREE OF MASTER OF ENGINEERING, MEng with Honours Materials Science and Engineering

Miss Xian Xi Xiao Hons I Mr Alexander James Kirkpatrick Hons I Mr Gregory Lewin Hons II(i) Miss Lavinea Morris Hons II(i) Mr Lu Wang Hons II(i) Mr Richard Waudby Hons II(i) Mr Tsung Han Chen Hons II(ii)

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Metallurgy Mr Hamad Jawaid Hons II(i) Mr Omar Khalid Hons II(i)

Biomaterials Science and Tissue Engineering Miss Caroline Norris Hons II(i) Mr Arvindd Selvaratnam Hons II(i) Miss Wing-Kiu Yeung Hons II(i) Aerospace Materials Mr Martin Anthony Jones Hons I (iii) ERASMUS VISITING STUDENTS Miss Tianjiao Cai – Drexel University, USA Miss Lea Cuchet – Lyon, France Mr Jonas Lambert – Lyon France Miss Tracie McGinnity – Alfred University, USA Miss Sara Isabel Rodriques Costa – Universidade De Aveiro – Portugal All continuing studies at home University.

Master of Philosophy (M Phil) 2011 NAME DISSERTATION/THESIS TITLE SUPERVISOR Xue, Feng Single-and-two colour tilings by X-shaped

Bolaamphiphiles GU/XZ

Eng D Covill, Adrian Novel encapsulants for intermediate level waste

in the UK nuclear industry NCH

Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) 2011 Al-Bermani, Sinan An investigation into microstructure and

microstructural content of ALM T1-6a1-4v by electron beam melting

IT

Bailey, Peter

Through life monitoring of composites using embedded evanescent wave spectroscopy

SAH/RJH

Bashir, Muhammad Alternative magnetic recording technologies DA/TS Bin Md Jamil, Mohd

Self healing epoxy composites; Mechanistic Studies

FRJ

Blackwood, Keith Electron scaffolds for soft tissue engineering SMcN Cassar, Glenn

Improvement in the tribological characteristics of titanium alloys using duplex and hybrid intensified plasma treatments

AL/AM

Chaiprapa, Jitrin

New supramolecular liquid crystal structures in wedge-shaped molecules

GU

Chen, Yao-Chang Synthesis and characterisation of Li rare earth-based oxide materials

ARW

Deffley, Robert Development of processing strategies for the additive layer manufacture of aerospace

IT

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components in inconel 718. Flores-Merino, Miriam

Nanofunctionalization of hydrogels for biomedical applications

GR/GB

Giddings, Andrew

A study of structure-property relations in layered perovsites of the Aurivillius Family

NCH

Jacobs, James Polarization sensitive optical cpherence tomography; applications in tissue engineering

SJM

Kaewkhaw, Rossukon Primary Schwann cells and adipose-derived stem cells for peripheral nerve repair

JWH

Karimikhoygani, Sarah

Structure-property relations in rare earth doped BiFeO3

IMR

Khan, Hidayat Ullah

Phase Transitions in Li-doped Ag(NbxTa1-x)O3 Perovskite Ceramics

IMR

Mang, Xiaobin Self-assembled liquid crystal nanostructures XZ/GU Massignani, Marzia Polymersomes for intracellular delivery:

mechanism of action and applications JWH/GB

Murray-Dunning, Celia Electrospun aligned biodegradable microfibers and plasma polyermerisation techniques to improce peripheral nerve repair

JWH/SMCN

Nagarajan, Vishwanathan A new approach for modelling strain induced precipitation of niobium carbonitrides in austenite during multipass hot rolling

EJP

Osman, Rozana

Synthesis and characterisation of novel electronic ceramics

ARW

Photjanataree, PenChom The interaction of functional plasma polymers with epoxy resins

FRJ

Rauf, Abdul Optical health monitoring of composites using self-sensing e-glass fibre waveguides

RJH

Real San Miguel, Maria Enriqueta

Complement activation at biomaterial surfaces

JWH/SLMcArthur

Salem, Mohamed The effect of processing conditions and cooling rate on the microstructure and properties of API X-70 and API X-100 steels

EJP

Samson, Pierre Nanoindentation of polystyrene and polymethyl methacrylate coatings on a glass substrate

SAH

Schofield, James Vitrification of a chloride containing actinide waste surrogate

RJH/PAB

Sebastian, Tutu Bi(Me)03-PbTio3 ceramics for high temperature piezoelectric applications

IMR

Smart, Thomas Amphiphilic block copolymer membranes GB Sobri Idris, Mohd

Synthesis and characterisation of lithium nickel manganese cobalt oxide as cathode material

ARW

Tadjiev, Timur Crystal structures of helical columnar-conjugated systems and biodegradable polyester

GU

Xie, Wie

Molten salt synthesis and characterisation of novel carbide materials

SZ/GM

Zhou, Zhaoxia

Oxidation and wear of TiAIN/VN multilayer PVD Hard Coatings

WMR

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5. PRIZES AND DISTINCTIONS 2011

The ARMOURERS AND BRASIERS’ MEDAL AND PREMIUM for distinction by a Final Year Student – 4th Year MEng Student Mr Martyn Jones. The DANIEL DONCASER PRIZE IN ENGINEERING MATERIALS AND DESIGN for best performance by an Undergraduate or Postgraduate Student – 3rd Year MEng Student Mr Daniel Joseph Bailey. The DE BELIN PRIZE IN METALLOGRAPHY for MEng/BEng Metals or Materials Science and Engineering Students – 3rd Year BEng Student Mr Robert Thompson. The GUY SIMPSON PRIZE IN GLASS TECHNOLOGY for performance in level 2 Examinations – 2nd Year MEng Students Miss Elizabeth Roberts and Mr Adam Kelly. The JESSIE ELLIS PRIZE for best essay on metallurgical subject selected by the Dean of Engineering – 4th Year MEng Student Miss Xin Xi Xiao. The INSTITUTE OF MATERIALS, MINERALS AND MINING PRIZE for performance over the entire period of the course – 3rd Year BEng Student Mr Robert Thompson. The INTERNATIONAL NICKEL PRIZE for examination performance – 2nd Year MEng Student Mr Benjamin Sandford. The LAWSON-BRON PRIZE for best written work in year 3. Student to have attended lectures in Glass Technology. 4th Year MEng Student Mr Alexander Kirkpatrick. The LEWIS CHAPMAN PRIZE for work related to process metallurgy - 3rd Year BEng Student Mr Efosa Obasohan. 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 MORGAN ADVANCED CERAMICS LTD PRIZE for outstanding achievement in examinations. 1st Year BEng student Mr Vsevolod Kachanov. The NESTHILL MEDAL AND PREMIUM for work on physical metallurgy - 4th Year MEng Student Mr Martyn Jones. The SHEFFIELD METALLURGICAL AND ENGINEERING ASSOCIATION HATFIELD MEMORIAL PRIZE IN METALLURGY for performance in 2nd year examinations. 2nd Year MEng Student Mr Kitso Onalethata Selohilwe. The SHEFFIELD METALLURGICAL AND ENGINEERING ASSOCIATION HATFIELD MEMORIAL PRIZE IN ENGINEERING for performance in 2nd year examinations. 2nd Year MEng Student Mr Benjamin Sandford. The SIR BASIL BLACKWEL PRIZE for performance in exams. 1st Year BEng student Mr Vsevolod Kachanov. Sir HAROLD WEST AWARD for academic and personal promise. 1st year BEng Student Mr Xiao Lu. The WORSHIPFUL COMPANY OF IRONMONGERS’ PRIZES IN METALLURGY for progress during courses in metallurgy. 3rd Year MEng Student Mr Andrew Patterson and 2nd Year MEng Student Miss Emma Calvert.

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The BRUNTON MEDAL AND PREMIUM (METALLURGY) – PhD Students Sinan Al-Bermani and Glenn Cassar. CONGRATULATIONS TO: Mehul Chavda, a 1st year PhD student in Immobilisation Science Laboratory won the ASME Award - Best Poster/Paper at the WM2011 Conference held in February 27 March 3, 2011 at Phoenix, AZ, USA. His poster discussed ‘Low Temperature SiC Synthesis Route to Immobilize Irradiated Graphite Waste’ which was undertaken under supervision of Dr Michael Ojovan and Dr Shaowei Zhang. Dr Tom Hayward who has been awarded a prestigious EPSRC Career Acceleration fellowship. Tom is currently working with Dr Dan Allwood developing novel techniques for manipulating ultra-cold paramagnetic atoms using the magnetic fringing fields created by ferromagnetic nanostructures. His fellowship, which lasts for five years, will now allow Tom to develop his career as an independent researcher. The award is entitled "Magnetism You Can Rely On: Understanding Stochastic Behaviour in Nanomagnetic devices". Dr John Hinton who was awarded an Outstanding Poster Award for “The Effect of High Temperature Grain Refinement on the Isothermal Ferrite Grain Growth Kinetics in Steel S460’ at the 4th Recrystallization and Grain Growth Conference held in Sheffield in July 2010. Oday Hussein, a 3rd year PhD student at Immobilisation Science Laboratory won the 1st prize in a poster competition at the Conference of Engineering Sciences, held at the University College London on 1-2 October 2011. His poster presented his recent work on immobilisation of NORM (Naturally Occurring Radioactive Materials) scale from oil industry. Oday has been working with Dr Hajime Kinoshita and Dr Michael Ojovan. The conference was organised by Iraqi Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research, in collaboration with Al Kandi Association of Engineers and Iraqi Academic Association. Prof Allan Matthews who has been awarded the IOM3 Gold Medal. The citation mentions his work especially in transferring laboratory-based surface engineering technologies to industry. Caroline Smith (MEng: Supervisors Prof Sheila MacNeil and Dr Steve Matcher) who was awarded the ‘JRI Prize for Best Poster Presentation” at the Annual Medical Engineering Student project Competition, Institute of Mechanical Engineers, February 2011. Lin Sun (PhD student) who was presented with an Outstanding Young Scientist Prize and also Best Talk Awarded for his presentation, “The effect of strain path reversal during austenite deformation on phase transformation in a microalloyed steel subjected to accelerated cooling”, at the 4th Recrystallization and Grain Growth Conference held in Sheffield in July 2010. Prof Iain Todd who has been appointed Faculty Director of Communications and External Relations. Dr Brad Wynne who has been awarded the Harvey Flower Prize of the IOM3. The winners of the Departmental 2010 2nd Year Research Students Poster Competition (sponsored by Tata Steel), were as follows:

• Non-Metals: Matthana Khangkhamano (Supervisor: Dr Shaowei Zhang) for her poster ‘Fabrication of Graphene Nanoplatelets (GMPs) using NMP Solvent and Ultrasonication’

• Bio: Mohsen Shaeri (Supervisor Dr Gwen Reilly) for her poster ‘Mechanical Stimulation of Mesenchymal Stem Cells in 3D Scaffolds Using Oscillating Fluid Flow’

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• Metals: Sarah Haine (Supervisors: Dr Richard Thackray) for her poster ‘Sustainable Plate Manufacturing – Plane Strain Compression Testing of API X70 Pipeline Steel’

The Department of Materials Science and Engineering was awarded the Bronze Award at the Green Impact Award Ceremony on 18 March 2011.

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6. UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS

6.1 Undergraduate Entry Personnel The departmental Undergraduate Admissions team for 2010/11 consisted of Dr Dan Allwood (Principal Admissions Tutor), Dr Richard Thackray (Overseas Admissions Tutor), Louise Mason (administrative support) Dr Russell Goodall and Dr Martin Jackson UG Admissions The department offered the following undergraduate programmes in 2010/11 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 with a Year in Japan (JH5C/JH5D) MEng/BEng Materials Science and Engineering (Biomaterials) (JH5P/JH56) MEng Materials Science with Nuclear Engineering (F2H8) The 2010/11 admissions cycle saw applications from home students fall from 232 in 2009/10 to 156 in 2010/11. The number of overseas applications also fell from 167 applications in 2009/10 to 156 in 2010/11. Our total first year intake in October 2011 was 30 Home/EU students, and 25 overseas students. With 47 starting on Materials Science and Engineering & related courses, 3 on Materials Science and Engineering (Biomaterials), and 5 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 reduction in undergraduate applications in the 2010/11 cycle was due to the establishment of the Bioengineering degree (administered by the Faculty of Engineering) accompanied by the cessation of the Department’s Biomedical Engineering degree and recoding of Biomaterials Science and Tissue Engineering (JH5P/JH56). The cycle numbers, therefore, relate only to Materials Science and Engineering and related degrees. Viewed in this light, the 2010/11 applications cycle was very successful. We were able to double our home/EU student intake while maintaining our overseas student numbers. We revamped our Open Day, refreshing the lab demonstrations and introducing student talks on the MEng project placement. This resulted in an increase in the ‘strike rate’ of home/EU applicants choosing Materials Science and Engineering in Sheffield as their first choice from a little over 20 % in the previous cycle to 35 % in 2010/11. As ever, my deep thanks go to all staff and students who assisted in Open Day arrangements. Forward Look for 2011/12 The recruitment cycle for Sept 2012 entry is subject to considerable uncertainty across the sector due to changes in government funding of students and universities. Many of these are as yet unresolved.

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Nevertheless, we have every reason to be confident given last year’s strong recruitment. We have increased our entry requirements to AAB (at A-level) for all MEng degrees and BBB/ABC for all BEng degrees. This is a bold step with the various changes taking place in the sector but we believe is justified given the application numbers we have seen previously. The Undergraduate Admissions Team remains unchanged from last year, consisting 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 undergraduate recruitment targets for the coming cycle are to maintain home entry while growing overseas numbers. However, we have changed our overseas recruitment strategy this year to reduce the time applicants have to wait to receive an offer and speak to a member of staff. We hope that this will bring our overseas student numbers up to parity with home students. Meeting these ambitious targets will be a tremendous achievement given the funding changes in the sector and the increase in entry requirements. 6.2 Sources of Support for Undergraduates The following students have received bursaries, scholarships or sponsorship to support them in their studies during 2010/11. We wish to thank all the companies/institutes who are providing financial support for our students. 1st Year Yousef Alsubhi SABIC UK Petrochemicals Ltd Emma Calvert Departmental Bursary Chun Tou Chan FIN-XD-HONG KONG Scholarship Jiazhen Chen Recruitment and Admissions International Scholarship Yu Chen Recruitment and Admissions International Scholarship Adim De Recruitment and Admissions International Scholarship Gracy De Souza Departmental Bursary Cerise Edwards Recruitment and Admissions International Scholarship Paul Gregory Departmental Bursary Abdulelah Hakami SABIC UK Petrochemicals Ltd Catriona Inverarity Departmental Bursary Sadoon Jalal Recruitment and Admissions International Scholarship Vsevolod Kachanov Recruitment and Admissions International Scholarship Nor Kamaludin Brunei Government Agency Graham Maxfield Departmental Bursary Raffick Mopako Botswana High Commission Shishir Mundra Recruitment and Admissions International Scholarship Haotian Nan Recruitment and Admissions International Scholarship Immanuel Nixon Recruitment and Admissions International Scholarship Robert Owen Departmental Bursary Junyu Pan Recruitment and Admissions International Scholarship Jithendra Ratnayake Recruitment and Admissions International Scholarship Can Sayi Recruitment and Admissions International Scholarship Yunsong Shi Recruitment and Admissions International Scholarship Sheue Tiong Recruitment and Admissions International Scholarship Stanford Selalame Botswana High Commission Daniel Smith Departmental Bursary Stephanie Thornber Departmental Bursary James Williams Departmental Bursary

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Lu Xiao Recruitment and Admissions International Scholarship Pan Yu Recruitment and Admissions International Scholarship Ruoyu Zhang Recruitment and Admissions International Scholarship Hairen Zhou Recruitment and Admissions International Scholarship 2nd Year Munirah Abu Bakar High Commission of Malaysia Feng Bo Recruitment and Admissions International Scholarship Cooraez Keshvani Recruitment and Admissions International Scholarship Meng Li Recruitment and Admissions International Scholarship Mbuso Mongwangwa Botswana High Commission Kitso Selohilwe Botswana High Commission Xiao Tao Recruitment and Admissions International Scholarship Jieqiong Wang Recruitment and Admissions International Scholarship Ahmad Zahari High Commission of Malaysia 3rd Year Ibrahim Ali Recruitment and Admissions International Scholarship Mercy Karanja Recruitment and Admissions International Scholarship Rohit Kumar Recruitment and Admissions International Scholarship Ling Lai Northern Consortium UK Zhao Leong Recruitment and Admissions International Scholarship Dorren Naia Brunei Government Agency Ya Wang Northern Consortium UK 4th Year Hamad Jawaid Recruitment and Admissions International Scholarship Xian Xiao Recruitment and Admissions NCUK International Scholarship 6.3 Undergraduate Teaching Our 5 year Periodic Review of Teaching took place in November 2011 and returned a glowing report on the Department's teaching. The panel comprised two external assessors, two academic assessors from other Faculties, a student assessor, a LeTS representative and an International Advocate. Through the two days they looked at all our taught provision (UG through to DDP) and interviewed appropriate committees, key staff, the students and viewed the teaching facilities. The committee commended our performance in many areas, in particular our MEng industrial placements, the breadth of our courses, the employability of our graduates, our final year project provision, the integration of the technician teams into teaching, and our outstanding achievements in developing online activities and supporting material. In addition, there were several recommendations for improvement at both Departmental and Faculty level – many of which we had already identified and acted upon. For example, we have produced a 10-point plan for providing high-quality student feedback, which will be implemented in early 2012, and have begun discussions to address the complexity of some of the courses we offer at both UG and PGT level in an effort to improve teaching efficiency. We look forward to taking these, and other ideas forward, and to aligning our strategic direction in this area with the University Learning and Teaching Strategy, which will be formally launched in Q2 of 2012 The other significant development in L&T was the formal introduction of 4 cross faculty teaching modules. Beginning in autumn 2011, our staff delivered these modules to 1st and 2nd year Civil and Structural,

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Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering students. Each module has a major practical element associated with it, which necessitated the design of new laboratory practicals, associated online exercises and feedback mechanisms in order to cope with the large numbers of students registered on these modules. These laboratory sessions have been held in the new departmental teaching space in the BioIncubator building. Early indications are that these modules have been very well received by the students, particularly the challenging extended practicals, and from the academic year 2012/13, much of the module content will be incorporated into departmental UG degree programmes and delivered to Materials Science students. We continue to be concerned with the issues of ensuring competence in English and Mathematics 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, in the healthcare industry and in research. They also develop strong multidisciplinary skills in students required by industry and in applied research. 2011 saw a significant development of the undergraduate Bioengineering courses, being associated with major changes in the organisation the degrees. While BME is organised out of Faculty of Engineering Interdisciplinary Programmes in 2010, BSTE remains within the department. However, both programmes have 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, has been successfully launched and enrolled its first intake of 39 students in September 2011. At the same time, the department launched and enrolled its first batch of 4 students onto its Materials Science and Engineering (Biomaterials) programme, which most closely match BSTE. 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 is now one of the few accredited BME 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. 2011 has been a year of remarkable achievements. For the first time, the BME Undergraduate Research Day

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was held and attended not only by students and academic staffs, but also by invited industrial participants. Students in their final years of studies presented their 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 Mike Hounslow, our Pro-Vice Chancellor. In 2011, the BME programme produced 24 graduates. At the MEng level, 9 graduates received 1st Class degrees while the others received Upper 2nd Class degree. At the BEng level, 5 graduates each received 1st Class and Upper 2nd Class degrees and 2 graduates received the Lower 2nd Class degrees. A total of 7 MEng graduates and 1 BEng graduate were awarded the Sheffield Graduate Award. Miss Man-Ting Kwong, was awarded the JRI Prize while Miss Caroline Wilcock was awarded the Mappin Medal and Premium in Interdisciplinary Programmes in Engineering. Notably, Miss Caroline Smith won the JRI Prize for Best Poster Presentation at the 23rd Annual Medical Engineering Student Project Competition in London, organised by the Institution of Mechanical Engineers (IMechE). The BSTE course is predominantly concerned with the use of synthetic and natural materials in medical and biological applications, and provides an excellent basis for working at the life science – physical science interface. It is also accredited by the Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining (IOM3), in parallel with the MSE degree. The 2010/11 academic year saw 6 students graduating, of which 3 students achieved Upper 2nd Class degree from either the BEng or MEng programme. 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 cohort understand the importance of this project, which has been running in various forms for 9 years. In 2011, there were 14 students registered on the MEng course – placement destinations included Philips Applied Research, Siemens VAI, Sheffield Forgemasters, Tata Steel, Metalysis, NetComposites, AETC, Gripple and Morgan Technical Ceramics. 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. 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. The 2011 group industrial project was entitled “The Making of Steel Rod” and was run in conjunction with our long term partners in this module, Tata Steel and Siemens Metals Technologies. The project was split

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into 2 parts, with the first 5 weeks of semester devoted to students working in their groups to produce a report on steel rod production, covering such topics as rod metallurgy, markets for steel rod and bar applications, a forecast of demand for steel rod applications, and a review of new technologies for the production of steel rod. The second half of the project started with a visit to Tata Steels Scunthorpe Works where the students were given a tour of steelmaking operations, ending with a guided tour around the Rod and Bar Mill. The day ended with each group being given an information pack containing test samples, mechanical property results, feedstock chemistries, steelmaking data and rolling parameters relating to 3 common steel rod components. The groups then spent the remaining 5 weeks of semester matching the chemistries, schedules and test results to the correct steel rod application, and providing evidence to justify their final choice. A Q&A session was held in week 9 in which representatives of the industrial partners were on hand to answer the students questions, and to set them further challenges. The grand finale was held in December at Tata Steel RD&T in Rotherham where the 3 groups presented a summary of their findings over the semester to an audience made up of senior researchers and technologists from both of the sponsoring companies. As always we are grateful to our industrial partners for their continued support in this project, and look forward to running something similar in future years. Feedback of student performance from employers and industrial sponsors for both placements and projects, has as in previous years been excellent.

Year 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 MEng Numbers 7 12 10 12 14

C) Exchange Students

In 2011/12 the Department hosted total of 10 exchange students from several overseas institutions. Through the Erasmus exchange scheme, 6 students studied in our department: Sarah Costa (University of Aveiro, Portogal); Lea Cuchet and Jonas Lambart (Institut National des Sciences Appliquées de Lyon, France); Christoph Jachs and Marcus Preisinger (Montanuniversitat Leoben, Austria); Maria Rinkkala (Tampere University of Technology, Finland). Through the exchange programme with Alfred University New York exclusive to our department, Tracie McGinnity (Alfred University New York, USA) studied in our department. In addition, 3 students came to our department through the Study Abroad Scheme of the University: Tanjiao Cai (Drexel University, USA); Karishma Jadeja (University of California Riverside, USA); Mingde Qin (City University of HongKong, China).

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

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activities: Product Development and Design; Quality Assurance Control; Industrial Relations; Cost Control; Marketing; Customer Liaison; Use of Business and Industrial Software; Project Management.

SKILLS WEEK: 7-11 NOVEMBER 2011 The departmental Skills Week under the leadership of Dr Plato Kapranos run as planned between the 7th and 11th of November 2011. A total of 49 students were involved in the various activities that included ‘Talks on Careers’, ‘IOM3 Membership’, the activities of UKCME, Talk & exercises on plagiarism, Talks and activities on Communication & Team Work, Introduction & activities to Creativity & Enterprise, English Support class & practical exercises, Introduction to the activities of EWB. Two alumni currently working in UK industry (Sheffield Forgemasters Engineering & Timet 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 of their choice throughout the week and presented their solutions as groups at the end of the week competing for prizes as well as peer assessing their performances. The traditional industrial visit to Guardian Glass in Goole was successfully carried out and was well received by the students.

Destination of MEng 3rd Year Placement Students April – Sept 2011 Below are brief notes on the experiences of four of the students who were given placements: Zhaoyuan Leong “The placement at Morgan Technical Ceramics was a great opportunity, enabling me put the materials science knowledge gained at university into an industrial perspective. The placement has helped me to develop my communication skills and self-confidence in working independently to achieve my project’s goals. All in all the experience has instilled in me a strong work ethic and tempered my technical expertise in engineering, which will most definitely be useful in the future. I have also had the opportunity to meet and make new friends, which was rewarding.”

Student Placement Ross Barrable Philips Applied Technologies Lee Foster Philips Applied Technologies Daniel Bailey Siemens VAI John Butterworth Gripple Holly Humphries Sheffield Forgemasters International Graham Richards Metalysis Ltd Adam Cox Metalysis Ltd Zhaoyuan Leong Morgan Technical Ceramics Benjamin Lim Tata Steel James Redman Tata Steel Geoff Foulds NetComposites Jamie Williams NetComposites James Powell AETC Ltd

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John Butterworth “During my placement at Gripple I visited and witness manufacturing on an industrial scale; including glass bottles, zinc diecasting, injection moulding and various steel casting methods. I worked as part of a design team using engineering skills to design new products. I learnt marketing and design skills as well as building on the engineering skills I have learnt at university during my first 3 years. I have gained a lot from the placement experience, putting lectures into good use, both practically and in design work. I have worked with a variety of people and gained many great contacts in the industry and learnt how to communicate with them effectively in my role as a design engineer.” Daniel Bailey “I have gained good experience in the production of steel plate from steel slabs. I have also improved my ability to program through my experiences with microstructural modelling. My work on microstructure modelling attempted to identify and solve problems associated with models currently used by Siemens VAI. The investigation has improved my knowledge of how companies such as Siemens VAI attempt to predict the finished microstructure of their products and has introduced important theories and principles such as the principle of additivity. I also investigated the production of clad steel plate by the process of hot roll bonding. Through this investigation I have learnt the basic processing principles of hot roll bonding and its associated problems and solutions.” James Powell “The main project of my placement has been to develop and implement a computer based training aid for new operators within the foundry. This aid produced on power point is designed to replace and supplement existing written documentation and allow the user to learn in a more interactive and exciting way. By developing this training aid I have personally learnt a large amount of in-depth knowledge into the casting process of aerospace and industrial gas turbine blades and vanes, this has then allowed me to improve existing documentation and operations in the casting process.”

Final Year Industrial Seminars The following talks were given to final year students during the 2011 session. These seminars are also open to postgraduate students. Prof B J Inkson Materials Science and

Engineering Final Year Projects

Dr R J Hand Materials Science and Engineering

Your Project and How to Pass!

Prof W M Rainforth Materials Science and Engineering

Research Opportunities in MSE

Dr D Bashford Senior Applied R&D Engineer, Advanced Composites Group

Expanding Opportunities for Composite Materials

Dr R Guest Firth Rixson plc Processing Aerospace Alloys at Firth Rixson Dr D Stewart Rolls-Royce Use and Abuse of Materials in Aeroengines Dr J Talamantes-Silva Sheffield Forgemasters

International Ltd The use of simulation techniques at Sheffield Forgemasters International

Dr K Brummitt Depuy International Progress in Hip Replacement Mr M Bruce Careers Adviser

The University of Sheffield Your Career – Taking Action

Dr S Franklin Philips Applied Technologies Tribology & Human Tissue

Your Career – Taking Action

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Interaction Dr S Cater TWI Technology Centre

(Yorkshire) Ltd Overview of TWI and the Development of Friction Stir Welding

Dr N Kirk Glass Technology Services Ltd The Use of Recycled Glass for Container Glass Manufacture

Dr J Lee Siemens VAI The most powerful metalworking tool on earth

Prof T McGrail Visiting Professor - Composites Centre

Polymer Matrix Composites Take Off!

Dr A Hosty Morgan plc The Challenge of Running an Advanced Materials Technology Company

Prof A A Howe Scientific Fellow – University Liaison Tata Steel RD&T

Why Steel?

Dr D Cairns

Johnson Matthey Catalysts Forming Catalysts

(E) Final Year Undergraduate Projects 2011

Third Year BEng Materials Science and Engineering – MATU05 Cai Xing IT Development of Zr-based alloys for energy harvesting

applications Kumar Rohit EJP Recrystallised grain size in high carbon steel deformed at high

strain rates Lai Ling HK CO2 storage in recycled cementitious materials using molten salt

media Liu Lian GM Ceria-borosillicate glasses and crystallisation of nano-

precipitates Matthews Harry DAA Magnetic domain wall oscillations Murfin David NCH New materials for thermal barrier coatings Obasohan Efosa RPT The influence of process parameters on the surface defect

characteristics of steel type ZF7B Thompson Robert WMR Work hardening mechanisms in CoCrMo alloys for hip and knee

joint replacements Walsh James MJ High performance machining of aerospace titanium alloys Wang Yao XZ Guided self-assembly of liquid crystal-coated gold nanoparticles Wang Ya WMR Age hardening of new wrought magnesium alloys Wu Zhao SAH Assessment of the mechanical and rheological properties of

aligned nanocomposites

Fourth Year MEng Materials Science and Engineering – MATU06 Chen Tsung IMR Bi-based pervo skite structured ceramics for piezoelectric

applications Kirkpatrick Alexander IT Machinability of amorphous metals Lewin Gregory DCS Thermoelectric oxides for energy harvesting Morris Lavinea MRJG Green magnets Wang Lu BJI Quantifying the wear and failure of ultrathin diamond carbon

coatings Waudby Richard AL Investigation of the influence of carbide grain size and shape on

mechanical properties of WC-Co

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Xiao Xianxi AL Impact wear resistance of PVD metallic nanocomposite coatings Third Year BEng Biomaterial Science and Tissue Engineering – MATU23 Chen Yingie FC Diamond-like carbon as biomaterial Hukin Jordan JWH Development of a tissue engineered skin model for irritancy

testing Long Tong SMN Development of biodegradable scaffolds for transplantation of

human corneal endothelial cells for disease of the cornea Wang Zhao GR The effects of vibrations stimulus on bone cells Fourth Year MEng Biomaterial Science and Tissue Engineering – MATU22 Norris Caroline JWH Tissue engineering of peripheral nerve Selvaratnam Arvindd GR Optimising flow regimens for bone growth in polymer scaffolds Yeung Wing-Kiu GR Bone growth in porous metals for novel orthopaedic implant

design

Third Year BEng Aerospace Materials – MATU29 Bates Gyles KPT Genetic algorithms for solving sets of non-linear equations:

application to the construction of the bimodal curve for abinary liquid mixture

Leone Luca BPW Thermomechanical processing and microstructure analysis of high temperature aerospace alloys

Yeow Matthew SZ Low temperature molten salt synthesis of carbide nanotubes/nanorods

Fourth Year MEng Aerospace Materials – MATU28 Jones Martyn MJ The effect of high speed milling on surface microstructure of

zirconium alloys Fourth Year MEng Metallurgy –MATU21 Jawaid Hamad BPW Thermomechanical processing and microstructure analysis of

light alloys Khalid Omar RPT Steelmaking and casting aspects of sustainable plate

manufacturing Third Year BEng Materials Science and Engineering with Industrial Management – MATU27 Ali Ibrahim BJI Development of a multi-axial force sensor for in-situ microscopy

tribological applications Tan Bo SAH Bamboo: a natural choice of composite core material Fourth Year MEng Materials Science and Engineering with a Industrial Management – MATU16 Zhu Heng RG Image analysis of friction stir welded microstructures 6.4 Undergraduate Student List 2010/11 Level 1: BEng Materials Science and Engineering Yousef Alsubhi Richard Atkinson Chun Tou Chan

Level 2: BEng Materials Science and Engineering Andrew Burton Nick Bury Bo Feng

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Jiazhen Chen Yu Chen Abdulelah Hakami James Heath Yiwei Jiang Nor Kamaludin Youhan Liu Graham Maxfield Gareth Moore Junyu Pan Pavan Prakash Yunsong Shi Jingli Xie Pan Yu Ruoyu Zhang Hairen Zhou 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 Sean Butler Emma Caille Nathalie Cohen Yi Hao Vsevolod Kachanov Cele Kitenge Moke Immanuel Nixon

Ruari Hallam Christopher Ladley Yang Lan Joseph Leyland Bing Huang Wu Yen-Ju Wu MEng Materials Science and Engineering James Ashby Andrew Patterson MEng Metallurgy Mbuso Mongwangwa Kitso Selohilwe MEng Biomaterial Science and Tissue Engineering Alys Davies James Gunn Adam Kelly Hannah Murray Elizabeth Roberts Benjamin Sandford John Smith BEng Biomaterial Science and Tissue Engineering Sam Beckett Leanne Black Caroline gabbott Cooraez Keshvani Meng Li Toby Ogunsiji Patrick Rider Dharaminder Singh MEng Materials Science and Engineering with Industrial Management Xiao Tao BEng Materials Science and Engineering with Industrial Management Junxi He Chanon Iamvasant Ali Faizan Shabbir Jieqiong Wang MEng Aerospace Materials Simon Nicholls Timothy Vinent

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Jithendra Ratnayake William Savage Daniel Smith Lu Xiao BEng Materials Science and Engineering with Industrial Management Blagoy Angelov Zhaohui Che MEng Materials Science and Engineering with Industrial Management Sadoon Jalal BEng Aerospace Materials Zakar Lutsyshyn Haotian Nan Raja Raja Ahmad Tajuddin Kai Wolff BEng Materials Science and Engineering with a Year in Japan Cerise Edwards Foundation Year Solomon Adugna

Shuiloon Yip BEng Aerospace Materials Munirah Abu Bakar Ahmad Zahari MEng Materials Science and Engineering with a Year in Japan Mariana Levinta Robyn Ward

Level 3: BEng Materials Science and Engineering Xing Cai Rohit Kumar Ling Lai Lian Liu Harry Matthews David Murfin Efosa Obasohan Robert Thompson James Walsh Yao Wang Ya Wang Zhao Wu MEng Materials Science and Engineering Daniel Bailey John Butterworth Geoffrey Foulds Holly Humphries Zhao Leong Fergus McCool James Powell James Redman

Level 4: MEng Materials Science and Engineering Tsung Chen Alexander Kirkpatrick Gregory Lewin Lavinea Morris Lu Wang Richard Waudby Xian Xiao MEng Materials Science and Engineering with Industrial Management Heng Zhu MEng Metallurgy Hamad Jawaid Omar Khalid MEng Biomaterial Science and Tissue Engineering Caroline Norris Arvindd Selvaratnam Wing Kiu Yeung

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Graham Richards Jamie Williams 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 BEng Biomaterial Science and Tissue Engineering Yingjie Cgen Jordan Hukin Tong Long Zhao Wang MEng Materials Science and Engineering with Industrial Management Adam Cox BEng Materials Science and Engineering with Industrial Management Ibrahim Ali Bo Tan MEng Aerospace Materials Ross Barrable Lee Foster BEng Aerospace Materials Gyles Bates Luca Leone Matthew Yeow

MEng Aerospace Materials Martyn Jones

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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

† 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; Nano = 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 13 students, MMet Advanced Metallurgy 11 students, MSc Aerospace Materials 10 students, MSc Nuclear Science & Technology 1 student, MSc Ceramics & Science Engineering 7 students, MSc Nanomaterials for Nanoengineering 8 students, MSc Bionanotechnology 7 students, MSc Biomaterials & Regenerative Medicine 2 students, a grand total entry of 66 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 20011-12 was 57. This compares with 42 and 34 in each of the previous two years. The 27 UK entrants were all funded through EPSRC/BBSRC. Of the 30 overseas entrants, 2 were funded by their government, 1 were funded through EPSRC , 16 with Department fee waivers, 2 China/UK Scholarship award, 1 through overseas University scholarships, 1 through EU grant and 7 self funded. The research topics of these students were distributed as 7 in biomaterials and tissue engineering, 11 in Ceramics, 10 in Glasses, Cements and Waste Immobilisation, 21 in Metallurgy, 3 in polymers and Composites, 2 in Modelling and 3 in Magnetics. 32 students were awarded a PhD, 1 EngD, 1 MPhil qualification in 2011. 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.

9 Feb Prof S Przyborski Director and Chief Scientific

Officer Reinnervate Ltd, School of Biological and Biomedical Science, Durham University

Development and Exemplification of Technology for Routine Three Dimensional Cell Culture

16 Feb Prof R Smith Department of Mathematical Sciences, Loughborough University

Modelling the Deposition of Thin Film Oxide Coatings

23 Feb Dr J A Darr Reader in Materials Chemistry, University College London

Green and Continuous Syntheses of Nanoceramics for Biomedical and Energy Applications; from Lab to Scale-up Pilot Plant

9 March Prof A T Paxton Atomist Simulation Centre, School of Mathematics and Physics, Queen’s University Belfast

Electron Theory in Metallurgy: from Hume-Rothery to Quantum Mechanical Atomistic Simulation

16 March Prof P Grant Department of Materials, University of Oxford

Manufacture, Microstructure and Properties of Next Generation of Supercapacitors

23 March Dr R Henchman School of Chemistry, The University of Manchester

Navigating the Potential Energy Surface of Liquid Water

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30 March Prof R L Johnston School of Chemistry, University of Birmingham

Nanoalloys: Two Metals are Better than One at the Nanoscale

6 April Dr C Marrows Reader in Condensed Matter Physics and Astronomy, University of Leeds

Thermalisation in Artificial Spin Ice Arrays

4 May Dr T Hayward Department of Materials Science and Engineering, The University of Sheffield

Nanomagents: Engineering and Applying Magnetism at the Nanoscale

11 May Prof D Frenkel Dept of Chemistry, University of Cambridge

Numerical Study of DNA-Functionalised particles

18 May Dr E Muller Reader in Thermodynamics, Dept of Chemical Engineering, Imperial College

Coarse-grained Simulation of the Self-Assembly and Mesophase Behaviour of Polyphilic Liquid Crystals

1 June Dr R A Black Bioengineering Unit, University of Strathclyde

Cell Motility: In and Out of the 'Comfort Zone’

12 Oct Dr R De Souza University of Aachen, Germany

The Interplay of point defects and interfaces in ionic solids

19 Oct Dr J Henderson Netzsch The Impact of Defect Structure on the Processibility of Nuclear Ceramics

26 Oct Dr R Oliver Dept of Materials Science and Metallurgy, University of Cambridge

Nitrides at the Nanoscale

2 Nov Dr A Buckley University of Sheffield UK Solar PV Capability – A Materials Perspective

9 Nov Dr P Camp University of Edinburgh Magnetic Fluids and Gels

16 Nov Prof G Martyna IBM TJ Watson Laboratory Simulation and Modelling of Materials with Atomic Detail at IBM: from Biophysics to High-Tech Application

23 Nov Dr J Philips The Open University Engineering Neural Tissues to Model and to Repair the Damaged Nervous System

30 Nov Prof J Brooks University of Strathclyde The Application of Microstructure and Property Modelling to the Prediction of Forged Component Performance

7 Dec Dr D Atkinson University of Durham Functional Nanocomposites: From Materials Physics to Touch Screen Technology

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

of the 2009/10 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 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

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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

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

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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

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

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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

7.5 Postgraduate Student List Post Graduates Name Country Sponsor Supervisor/s 1st Year Students (October, 2011 cohort) Mr E Elizondo Luna Mexico DTC E-futures RG/Rwooley (Mech) Mr J Gao China DFW/Self WMR/IMR Miss L Gardner UK DTA NCH Mr MH 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 S Fakpiam Thailand Gov Schol SAH Mr M Frydrych Germany - BC Mr FE Hussain Pakistan DFW/Self IMR Ms A Jarvis UK DTA AY/AM Mr R Justin Ireland - BC Ms R Karolia UK Unilever case award BJI/RD-J/A Ashcroft Mr O Khalid UK DTA RPT/EJP

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Mr E Kilinc Turkey Self RJH Mr A Kirkpatrick UK DTA DA/TH 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 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 Mr SA Mian Pakistan DFW/Self IUR Miss MZH Mayzan Malaysia Malaysian Scholarship RJH/MCS Mr C McCaughey UK Metallics DTC PT/RG Miss N Mobasher UK Nuclear DTC HK/C Sharrad Mr E Obasohan UK DTA RPT/EJP Mr I Papadimitriou EU EU Grant PT 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 CJ 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 FE Thompson UK Metallics DTC RG/M Preuss (Man) Mr SA Walling UK Nuclear DTC HK/N Bryan Miss J Wang China DFW DCS/IMR

Mr R Waudby UK VTT Technical Res Centre of Finland AM/AL

Mr C Williams UK Nuclear DTC KPT/JHH Mr MH Yen China DFW/Self GU/XZ Miss WK Yeung UK DTA AY/GR Mr

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Zhai

China

DFW/Self

GU/XZ

2nd Year Cross Sessional Students (January 2011 - September, 2011) Mr E Abbasi Iran Self/1Dept FW WMR/EJP Mr A Ayilaran Nigeria Self RJH/DCS Mr B Anazodo Nigeria Self/1Dept FW PT 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

2nd 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

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

Mr Y Gao China CSC/UK Schol AY/AM 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 KC Hsiao China ERW Grant ARW Miss F Indeir Libya Self funded AL/AM Mr K James UK DTC Nuclear 1st NCH/T Abrams

Miss

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Johnson

UK

DTC Metallics

EJP/I Burgess/ B Davison (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 G Watkins UK DTA BPW/MJ Mr J Wheelwright UK DTA DA/MRJG Mr P Wilson UK DTA SAH/RJH Miss

Z

Xu

China

Dorothy Hodgkin/Rolls Royce

PT

Mr W van Grunsven Netherlands EPSRC Grant GR/RG Mr A Winder (Mphil) UK KTP MJ/IT 3rd Year Cross Sessional Students (January 2010 - September, 2010)

Mr D Ahmadi UK EPSRC Case award/Corus WMR

Mr O A Fasuba Nigeria Self sponsored AY/AL Mr R Jarkaneh Iran Self sponsored ARW Miss M B Shahbuddin Malaysia Malaysian Schol SMN/S Rimmer Mr P Fundi France MPhil MRJG/DAA/SD

3rd Year Students (October 2009 Cohort) as at 15th October, 2009 Mr T Abdulla Libya Gov Schol RG/AY

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Ms N Alotaibi Saudi Arabia Gov Schol ARW Mr M N Ali Pakistan Pakistan Scholarship Dr Rehman/SMcN Ms J Bell UK DTA JWH Ms E L Cedillo Saucedo Mexico Conacyt WMR/IMR

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

Ms A Clifton (now Helyer) UK BBSRC SMN/S Rimmer 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 El Arbi Libya Gov Schol BPW/MJ Mr E Fleet UK DTA SAH Ms S Haine UK DTA RPT/BPW

Ms O D C 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 O McGann UK EPSRC Case NCH/PAB Mr J McCallum UK EPSRC Grant ARW Ms M Negoita Indonesia EPSRC Grant/DA DA/MRJG

Mr J Nelson UK EPSRC Case/Rolls Royce PT

Ms M Nurbansari 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

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4th Year Cross Sessional Students (January 2009 - September 2009) Mr N A Ali Libya Libyan Gov BPW/RPT Ms SA Banfield (P/T) UK TecVac Ltd AM/AL Mr N Cassingham USA EPSRC/2 Fee waivers NCH/BAH Mr M i Daud Malaysia Malaysian Gov JWH Mr K Kalantari Iran CCL/2 fee waivers IMR /DCS Ms D Kamath India EPSRC/2 Fee waivers SJM Mr A Nanpazi Iran Self sponsored PT

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(MPhil only) Mr R Shaw (EngD) UK EngD/NNL NCH Mr J Squire (EngD) UK EngD/NNL NCH

4th 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 Mr R Grainger UK DTA SAH/RJH

Mr J Howarth UK Technical Fibre Products Ltd FRJ/SAH/A Hodzic

Miss Y Hu China EPSRC/FAME DCS/ARW

Miss X Jiang China UK/China Scholarship BPW

Mr C-J Liang China Feng Chiu University AM/AY Mr P Nnamchi Nigeria Self funded IT/WMR Ms C Pegorago (DTC) UK DTC SMN/GB Mr J Plummer UK DTA IT 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 (started 18/11/08) RG/RPT

Mr R Zhang China Self funded GU/XZ

5th Year Cross Sessional Students (January 2008-September 2008) Mr S Cater (Part-time) UK TWI EJP/BPW Mr H A Haji Libya Libyan Embassy BPW/EJP

5th Year Students (October 2007 Cohort) as at 1st October 2007 Mrs A Alagdl Libya Libyan Embassy ARW Mr J Chunthapong Thailand Gov Schol JWH Mr M Hussain Ismail Malaysia Gov Schol IT/HAD Mr R Milne UK DTA BJI Mr D Reid UK DTA NCH 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

6th Year Students (October 2006 Cohort) as at 1st October 2006 Miss H Morris UK Int PhD - Shef/Leeds GR/JWH

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- Physics/Eng Mat Mr A Rana UK DTA WMR/BJI

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

7th 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

8th Year Students (October 2004 Cohort) as at 1st October 2004 Mr K Kanakis Greece DTA/Platform AM/AL Miss N E Mateen Pakistan Self Funded WMR

Staff Candidates Mr A Pilkington UK AM/AY

Postgraduate Masters Students

Name Country Supervisor/s Assessors MSc Ceramic Science and Engineering - MATT01 Mr L Lai China DCS ARW Mr L Li China DCS ARW Mr G Patterson UK ARW DCS Mr D Sun China DCS RJH

MSc Polymers and Polymer Composite Science and Engineering - MATT03 Mr L Ames UK FC XZ Mr K Chang China XZ SAH Mr SB Chia Singapore SAH AH Miss FC Hsu Taiwan GU SAH Mr WY Li China JF/SAH JH Miss M Natarajan India XZ Miss JJ Pan China JF/SAH XZ Mr X Su China SAH XZ Miss X Wang China GU XZ Mr L Ye China JF/SAH JH Mr Y Zhao China GU/FL XZ

MSc Biomaterials and Regenerative Medicine - MATT64 Miss Y Chen China IUH/AM SJM Miss M Qidwai Pakistan IUH/AM FC

MSc Nuclear Environmental Science & Technology-MATT42 (NTEC) Mr K Whales UK NCH RJH

MMet Advanced Metallurgy -

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MATT10 Mr W Alothman Saudi Arabia PK PT Mr B Huang China BPW EJP Mr U Kakimov Kazakhstan EJP BPW

Mr A Thahakutty Avvaumma India

EJP PT

Mr SK Venkatachalam India EJP PT Mr YD Wang China BPW RPT Mr Z Wei China RPT PT Mr J Zhu China RPT EJP Mr C Zurita Contreras Mexico RPT BPW Part-time MMet Advanced Metallurgy-MATT11 Mr M Cox (1st Year) UK AL AM Mr J McGee (2nd year) UK WMR BPW

MSc Aerospace Materials - MATT16 Mr H Alsalla Libya BPW N/A Mr A Anagnostakis Greece MJ IT Mr Y Hu China IT MJ Mr Z Jiang China IT RG

Mr S Kumarapalayam Gopalakrishnan India

IT RG

Mr X Luo China PT PK Mr R Parke UK MJ BPW Miss Y Qin China IT PK Mr JS Sethi India PT PK Mr H Zhang China RG IT Mr JS Zhao China PT RPT Mr Z Zhao China BPW EJP

PG Dip Materials Science and Engineering-MATT53 Mr OK Adewusi Nigeria - -

MSc Materials Science and Engineering - MATT52 Miss CY Chang Taiwan HK RJH Mr Y Cheng China RJH MCS Mr S Chen China KPT Ms NB Ghazali Malaysia RJH HK Miss C Gibbs UK DA Mr F Golkhosh Iran JHH K.Butler Mrs NAB Haris Malaysia RJH HK Miss TC Kao Taiwan HK RJH Miss C Kontozoglou Greece AY AL Mr LA Lateef Nigeria HK RJH

Bionanotechnology - MATT44 Miss A Akhtar India IUR Ms Haoyu Istanbullu Turkey IUR

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Mr V Janardhanan Nair India - Mr T Long China JHH Mr RY Mohammed Saudi Arabia FC Miss D Sanver Turkey FC Mr MS Shajahan India FC Mr SH Sheikh Jamaluddin Brunei - Mr H Wang China - Miss Z Yang China -

Nanomaterials for Nanoengineering - MATT36 Mr N Bektursunov Kazakhstan BPW

Mr K Chatzimanolis Greece BJI Mr SK Fatah Iraq BJI

Mr Q He China GM

Doctoral Training Centre Students

MPhil E-Futures FT (DTC) - DTER04 (ARW) Mr F Abubakar Mr S Safeer Ms N Austen Mr A Barrows Ms C Bjorck Mr J Bradley Mr M Braun Mr A Buckman Mr R Campbell Mr P Carpenter Mr E Carrington Mr L Chisman Mr B Crozier Mr J Douglas Mr J Goodwin Mr J Gower Mr C Hepworth Ms A Hope Ms E Ireland Ms N Lazenby Mr J Lloyd Mr V Nguyen Miss T Owei Mr G Poursharif Mr R Raine Mr J Shimwell Mr R Smith

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Mr S Sophonthammaphat Ms C Stevenson Ms R Thorley Mr J Uttley Mr C Whittle Mr D Willey

Yr1 Adv Metallic Systems (Sheffield DTC) - DTMT04 Mr M Hand Mr P Mahoney Mr M Todd Mr I Violatos Mr N Weston

Yr1 Adv Metallic Systems (Manchester DTC) – DTMT99 Mr M Afzal Mr AJ Awang Draup Miss C Chen Mr C Evans Mr AJ Harte Mr K Mukahiwa Mr M Murphy Mr B Rodgers Mr T Seymour Mr R Watson Mr M Webb Mr H Wu Mr H Zhao

Yr1 Nuclear FIRST (Sheffield DTC) – DTNT03 Mr D Backhouse Mr R Frost Ms MT Hellyer Mr I Moore Mr B Peach Mr R Peel Miss A Thompson Yr1 Nuclear FIRST (Manchester DTC) – DTNT99 Mr T Flint Mr W Head Mr G Horne Mr C Morrison Miss C Schofield

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8. SHORT COURSES 2011

Course Dates No. of

Delegates Income

The Metallurgy of Iron & Steel – for non-experts

9th – 13th January 2011 16 £22,800

Course for training 2 Korean engineers on behalf of Rolls-Royce

7th-10th November 2011 2 £1,800

The Metallurgy of Iron & Steel – for non-experts

9th-13th January 2012 15 £22,100

The Fundamentals of Metallurgy – Science & Practice

11th-15th July 2011 20 £27,500

The Metallurgy of Iron & Steel – for non-experts short course will run again between the 7-11 January 2013. The Fundamentals of Metallurgy developed for AWE was opened up to the general public and will run again between the 25- 29 June 2012.

9. MACUS/SUMAC The financial climate has caused a marked reduction in the volume of business that MARCUS/SUMAC has undertaken. The main contributor continues to be thermo-mechanical processing and testing and to a lesser degree glass making and sales of refractory oxide crucibles. The relationship with customers is positive and we continue to receive many enquiries but the uptake of work is low.

10. 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. Prof J Parker took over as curator for the collection in 2011 and has already participated in the preparation of one minute film clip to be published on the web, as part of a collection of 23 other clips each representing one hour in the life of the city. Another expression of interest concerns the making of an educational film around the story of the glass fibre wedding dress on display here. To maintain and develop this asset we need to build on our existing links with the Arts Fund and create links to other related bodies. As an aid to this process a committee of interested people from inside and outside of the University is being assembled. Preparations have already started to celebrate the centenary of Prof Turner’s appointment to the University. These include both a history of his achievements and also an International Conference on Glass.

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The Turner Museum hosts the Sheffield University Fine Art Society (SUFAS) and during 2011 the Turner Museum hosted five exhibitions by Runima Kakoty, Peter Marsh, Rebecca Webster, Anthony Ogden, Graham Firth and an Open Members Exhibition. Further details can be obtained by contacting the Chairman (Pauline Harrison); full details are available on the weblink: www.sufas.group.shef.ac.uk.

11. The Hatfield Memorial Lecture The 59th Hatfield Memorial Lecture was held at The University of Sheffield on Tuesday 6th December 2011. The Speaker was Professor George Smith FRS, of Oxford University, who looked back over his long career examining the structure of materials at the atomic scale. The focus of his talk, which was entitled “How Safe is That Nuclear Reactor?” was a timely look at the materials used in nuclear power plants, and the current state of the UK's knowledge base in the field.

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12. VISITING ACADEMICS & STUDENTS 2011

Name Institute Research Area Host Dr K Asano (Sept 10-Aug 11)

Dept of Mechanical Engineering, School of Science & Eng, Kinki University, Japan

High Temperature Structural Materials PT/PK

Dr J Badenhorst (Nov 10-Dec 10)

NECSA and North West University, South Africa

Nuclear Waste Immobilisation, Irradiated Graphite Processing

NCH/MIO

Dr E Barker (Nov 11-Nov12)

Kirkstall Ltd Sheffield Bincubator

Tissue Engineering SMN/JWH

Prof D P Cann (April 11-June 11)

Oregon State University USA

Synthesis and characterisation of PbO-free ceramics for piezoelectric applications

IMR

Mr G Caubert (June 11-Sept 11)

Ecole National Superieure, France

The evaluation and analysis of advanced tribological coatings

AM

Mr X Chen (Nov 10-Nov 11)

National University of Defence Technology, Changsha, China

Low-temperature sintered microwave dielectric ceramics

IMR

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

Associate Researcher University of Copenhagen

Hard-soft matter interfaces: from understandings to engineering

JHH

Dr A Feteira (Aug 11-July 12)

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 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

Prof Y Iqbal (July 11-Sept 11)

Institute of Physics and Electronics, University of Peshawar, Pakistan

Vitreous ceramics and electro-ceramics IMR

Prof D Jiles (Jan 11-Dec 13)

Dept of Electrical and Computer Engineering Iowa State University, USA

Biomagnetics, functional magnetic materials

MRJG

Dr H D Joo (Dec 10 – Dec 11)

Technical Research Laboratories, POSCO

Processing/microstructure/property relationships of grain-oriented Si Steels

EJP/MRJG

Prof X Y Kong (March 11-April 11)

Centre of Nanotechnology for energy Conversion and Storage, Shanghai Jiao

Stability of nanocomposites for energy conversion and storage applications

BJI

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Tong University, China Mr L C Kumruoğlu (March 10-Feb 11)

Dept of Materials Science and Metallurgical Engineering, Sakarya University, Turkey

Novel electrolytic plasma surface treatments and coatings for advanced engineering materials

AY

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

Dr K Muszka (Sept 11-Dec 12)

Faculty of Metals Engineering and Industrial Xomputer 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

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

Mr P Ren (Oct 11-Oct 13)

State Key Laboratory of Solidification Processing, China

New fabrication Processing and Structural defects of dielectric ceramics

ARW

Prof L O Snizhko (July 11-Sept 11)

Ukrainian State University of Chemical Engineering (USUCE), Ukraine

Breakthrough studies on the plasma electrolytic oxidation (PEO) coating process

AY/AM

Ms D Staub (Oct 10-Feb 11)

Institute National de Sciences Appliquees, Lyon France

Ceramic Biomaterials GR

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

Dr B Vinci (July 10 – July 11)

Centro Piagggio, University of Pisa, Italy

Setting up and running toxicity trials in various API’s

Ms T Vokova (Dec 10-July 11)

Russian Ministry of Education and Science

Modelling of advanced plasma-assisted electrochemical processes

AY

Dr H Wu (June 11-Dec 11)

Chemical Engineering Dept University of London

Solid state property of the diastereomeric salts

ARW

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

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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

Dr H Zhang (Sept 11-Aug 12)

China Institute of Atomic Energy

Enhancing the capabilities of national institutions supporting nuclear power development

NCH/RJH

Prof Qi-Long Zhang (April 10-April 11)

Dept of Materials Science and Engineering, Zhejiang University, China

Structure property correlations in electro-ceramic materials

ARW

Dr H Zhou (July 10-June 11)

Centre of Space Mechanical Lubrication, Lanzhou Institute of Physics, China

Structure and the properties of DLC film WMR

Ms Lili Zhong (Oct 20 – Sept 11)

Products Research Institute, Technology Centre, Anshan Iron and Steel Group Corporation, China

Hot rolling of steels particularly in the area of controlling oxide scale during rolling, cooling and coiling and Recrystallisation and precipitation of micro-alloyed elements in steels during hot rolling

WMR

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13. VISITS ABROAD Frederik Claeyssens

• Presented two talks of which one invited, at the 2011 MRS Fall Meeting in Boston (USA) • Presented his work as an invited speaker at the CA-Robocom Kick-Off meeting in Pisa, Italy

in May 2011. • Co-organised and presented on a workshop on Materials for Robotics during the CA-

Robocom Progress Meeting in Barcelona, Spain in September 2011.

Pete Crawforth • Presented a paper at the 12th Conference on Titanium in Beijing, China in June 2011.

Andrew Cunliffe

• Gave a presentation on Predicting the properties of high entropy alloys from electronic structure” at the Bulk Metallic Glass Symposium during the TMS Annual Meeting in Sand Diego, USA.

• Presented a poster on “Glass formation in a high entropy alloy” at the International Symposium on Metastable Amorphous and Nano-Structures Materials in Gijon, Spain.

Jennifer Edwards

• Poster presentation at the 57th Annual Meeting of the Orthopaedic Research Society, Long Beach “Low magnitude high frequency vibration modulates mesenchymal progenitor differentiation” (co-author G C Reilly).

Dr Henry Foxhall

• Attended the Materials Research Society XXXV International Symposium: "Scientific Basis for Nuclear Waste Management" meeting in Buenos Aires, Argentina. 2-7 October 2011. He gave a presentation entitled "Topological analysis of accumulated radiation damage from multiple molecular dynamics recoil cascades".

Emeritus Prof Fergus Gibb

• Attended a Workshop on “Pilot Testing Deep Borehole Disposal of Nuclear Waste” that was held on in Albuquerque, New Mexico, 26 October 2011. The Deep Borehole Disposal Consortium (based on Sandia NL, Sheffield and MIT) convened the workshop, attended by US Government and nuclear industry representatives to discuss how deep borehole disposal should be progressed.

Dr Russell Goodall

• Was invited to give a lecture course on "Porous Metals" at the Summer School in Materials Science, held at The National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM).

• Attended Euromat 2011 in Montpellier, France, and presented work on the PEO coating of foams (with Taha Abdualla and Aleksey Yerokhin) and on the use of metal foams in Stirling engines (with Erardo Elizondo and collaborators in Mechanical Engineering).

Miss Sarah Haine

• Presented on “Sustainable plate manufacturing at AISTech 2011, Indianapolis, USA, May 2011. • Presented on “Aspects of sustainable plate manufacturing” at METEC InSteelCon EECR 2011 – 1st

International Conference on Energy Efficiency and CO2 Reduction in the Steel Industry, Düsseldorf, Germany, June 2011.

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Prof John Harding • Gave two invited presentations (one on ‘Surface Science and nanotechnology’; the other on

‘Simulation Methods’) at an International Summer School “Nanotechnology and Virtual Reality”, St Poelten, Austria, July 2011.

• Organised a Symposium ‘Nucleation and Growth of Biological and Biomimetic Materials’ , at the MRS Fall meeting, Boston, November 2011.

Prof Russell Hand

• Had an invited visit to Gϋrallar Artcraft (a glassware manufacturer) in Kϋtahya, Turkey, 6-9 January 2011.

• Attended the indo-UK Civil Nuclear Collaboration Review Meeting, Mamallapuram, India, 6-9 March 2011.

• Gave an invited lecture entitled “Towards stronger silicate glasses: a review of research into the mechanical properties of glasses” at Şişecam 26 Cam Sempozyum (26th Şişecam Glass Symposium, Istanbul, Turkey, 27 May 2011.

• Gave an invited lecture entitled “Mechanical properties of glasses, waste glass composition development and characterisation”, at the 10th Anniversary Glass Trend meeting in Zandvoort, The Netherlands, 7-9 June 2011.

• Acted as an external PhD examiner at the University of Aalborg, Denmark. The thesis submitted by Martin Jensen was entitled “Inhomogeneity in glass forming melts”. The defence took place on 30 September 2011. Attended the first Research Coordination meeting of the collaborative research project “Treatment of Irradiated Graphite to Meet Acceptance Criteria for Waste Disposal” held at the IAEA Vienna, 28-30 November 2011.

Prof John Haycock

• Gave an invited talk at the Colipa Skin Tolerance Workshop, Brussels, Belgium entitled “Developing an immunocompetent 3D skin model for sensitization testing”. March, 2011

• Gave an invited talk to the Quasi-Vive Bioreactor Annual Meeting entitled “Paracrine signalling communication of skin cells and inflammatory detection”. Saarbrucken, Germany. May, 2011.

• Gave 3 talks at the Tissue Engineering & Regenerative Medicine International Society (TERMIS) European Chapter Grenada, Spain. July, 2011, entitled:

o “Development of a paracrine skin model for irritant detection” o “Adipose-derived stem cells for peripheral nerve repair” o “Polymer microfiber scaffolds for peripheral nerve repair”

• Gave 2 talks at the European Society for Biomaterials (ESB), Dublin, Ireland. September, 2011, entitled:

o Bioengineering peripheral nerve using nerve guidance conduits” o Stem cells for nerve repair”

• Gave an invited talk to the Department of Surgery, University of Umea, Sweden. November, 2011, entitled “Strategies for repairing peripheral nerve”.

• Gave an Invited talk to the Ludvik Boltzman Institute, Vienna, Austria, November, 2011 entitled “Stem cells and nerve guide channels for repairing injured nerve”.

Dr John Hinton

• Presented a paper at the 6th International Conference on High Strength Low Alloy Steels (HSLA Steels 2011) in Beijing, China, June 2011.

Prof Beverley Inkson

• Active collaboration with Prof M S Bobji and group at the Department of Mechanical Engineering, Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bangalore, India in July 2011.

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• gave an invited talk, “Squashing, sliding and melting…Real-time dynamics of moving nanomaterials”, at the In-situ Microscopy Workshop, Universität Göttingen, Germany, November 2010.

• Prof Inkson attended the EU-funded Trends in Nanotribology conference, at the International Centre for Theoretical Physics, Trieste, Italy, September 2011 giving a talk “Friction in action : nanoscale tribology inside electron microscopes”.

Emeritus Prof Frank Jones • Gave a research colloquium at RMIT, in Melbourne, April 2011, on “Interfaces and Interphases or

How to Optimise the Mechanical Properties of Fibre Composites?”. He also contributed to a meeting of the composites research group headed by Prof Adrian Mouritz and Dr Stefanie Feih where synopses of projects were presented. He also met up with a former MSc student, Gleny Chirima who finished a PhD at University of Bolton before heading to RMIT as a post doctoral fellow.

• Visited the Composites Research Centre(CRC) to give an invited lecture to the Australian Composites Structures Society on “From Atoms to Aeroplanes–Towards Multi-scale Modelling and Design of Composites”, Australian Composites Society, at the CRC/ DSTO laboratory in Melbourne. He met up with Director of the CRC, Prof Murray Scott who is well known in the discipline. He was also able to meet up with former colleagues, Prof John Beynon, Prof Sally MacArthur and Prof Anjay Kapoor who are now at Swinburne University, in Melbourne.

Dr Plato Kapranos • Acted as external examiner on a PhD thesis at the Technical University of Mondragon, Spain. The

theme of the work was 'An investigation on the reasons behind the lack of commercial applications of semi-solid manufacturing technologies in the European automotive market, based on the factors of productivity, competitiveness, quality and cost.' Whilst there, he also spend one day carrying out experimental lab work on thixoforming low alloy steels, with his colleagues at Mondragon.

Dr Hajime Kinoshita

• Invited to give a series of lectures on the pre-disposal technologies for radioactive wastes at the IAEA’s training course in radioactive waste management, Clausthal, Germany, 12-16 September 2011, to participants selected by IAEA worldwide.

• Gave an invited lecture “Ceramics or cements? - Alternative cement systems and beyond” at GLOBAL 2011, Makuhari, Japan, 11-16 December 2011, the special focus of which was the Fukushima Daiichi accident following the devastating earthquake and consequent tsunami which attacked East Japan on 11 March 2011.

Dr Michael Krzyzanowski

• Presented on new developments related to modelling of FSW process at the International Conference KomPlasTech 2011 in Katowice, Poland, supported among other by ECCOMAS (European Community on Computational Methods in Applied Science). He was involved in the International Scientific Committee and presented a paper co-authored with Prof W M Rainforth.

Prof Sheila MacNeil • “Biomaterials for tissue engineering and wound healing”, Phillips, Eindhoven, The Netherlands, 25th

March 2011. • “3D skin models to study infection and wound healing assisted by use of bioreactors for non-

invasive imaging”, 3rd Annual Quasi-Vivo User Group Meeting, Saarbrucken, Germany, 28th May 2011.

• “Biomaterials and tissue engineering for wound healing”, University of Adelaide, 10th October 2011.

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• “Tissue engineering of skin and biomaterials for wound healing”, Invited talk at first annual meeting of Australian Collaborative Centre for Chronic wounds, Brisbane, 12th October 2011

Dr Steve Matcher

• Attended Biomedical Optics, Imaging, and Biophotonics conference (BIOS) 21-26 January 2011 in San Francisco. He gave a presentation “Optic axis determination by fibre-based polarization-sensitive swept-source optical coherence tomography”, Lu, Kasaragod and Matcher and also a poster presentation “Performance comparison between 8 and 14 bit-depth imaging in polarization-sensitive swept-source optical coherence tomography”, Lu, Kasaragod, and Matcher.

• Attended European Conferences on Biomedical Optics (ECBO) 22-26 May 2011 in Munich, May. He gave a presentation on “A method to calibrate phase fluctuation in polarization-sensitive swept-source optical coherence tomography”, Lu, Kasaragod and Matcher and also “A theoretical framework for the analysis of optical anisotropy in birefringent biological tissues with polarization-sensitive optical coherence tomography”, Kasaragod, Lu, Jacobs & Matcher. Also presented poster “Evaluation of a swept-laser optical coherence tomography light source based on a novel quantum-dot based semiconductor optical amplifier”, Krstajic, Childs, Peyvast, Kasaragod, Matcher, Krestnikov, & Hogg.

Dr Krzysztof Muszka

• Presented a paper on “Influence of strain path changes on microstructure inhomegeneity and mechanical behaviour of wire drawing products” at the 7th Pacific Rim International Conference on Advanced Materials and Processing, PRICM, Cairns, Australia.

• Presented a paper at the 13th International Conference on Metal Forming 2012 in Toyohashi, Japan. • Presented a paper on “Multiscale modelling of the mechanical response of dislocation structures

developed using high straining at low deformation temperatures” at TMS 2011, Annual Meeting and Exhibition in Sand Diego, USA.

• Presented a paper at the 6th International Conference on High Strength Low Alloy Steels HSLA’2011 in Beijing, China.

Prof Allan Matthews

• Examined the the PhD Thesis of Xiao Ma (a former undergraduate student in the Department) at the University of Twente in The Netherlands on 11 February 2011. The thesis title was “Surface Quality of Aluminium Extrusion Products”. He also visited the Tribology Laboratory of Prof D Schipper (http://www.utwente.nl/ctw/tr/Research/).

• Attended the Society of Vacuum Coaters “Techcon” Conference in Chicago USA, 16-20 April. He participated in Conference Planning Meetings and co-hosted (with Dr B Sproul) a Technology Forum Breakfast on Tribological Coatings, as well as presenting a half-day Short Course on Tribological Coatings. He was co-author (with Dr John Eichler and Dr Adrian Leyland) of the Poster Paper “A Comparative Study of Impact Testing Techniques and Results for Carbon Based Coatings”. He also co-chaired the Tribological Coatings session at the conference.

• Attended the International Conference on Metallurgical Coatings and Thin Films (ICMCTF), held in San Diego, USA, 30 April–3 May together with PhD Students, Po-Jen Chu, Chen-Jui Liang and Omeniyi Fasuba. Their papers (co-authored with Dr Aleksey Yerokhin) were as follows: “Effect of (Poly)Phosphate Anion Structure on Characteristics of Pulsed DC PEO Coatings on Ti, for Dye Sensitised Solar Cell Applications”, “Effects of Coating Morphology on in-situ Impedance Spectra of Plasma Electrolytic Oxidation Process” and “Galvanic Corrosion Behaviour of Al-Based Coatings in 0.6M NaCl Solution”. Dr Adrian Leyland was also a co-author on the last paper. Allan and Adrian were also co-authors (with research collaborators from Tecvac Ltd) on two other papers, entitled “An Investigation into the Effect of Triode Plasma Oxidation (TPO) on the Properties of Ti-6Al-4V”, “An Investigation into the Tribological Performance of PVD Coatings on High Thermal Conductivity

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Cu Alloy Substrates” and “The Effect of an Intermediate Electroless Ni-P Layer Prior to PVD Treatment”.

• Attended and presented an Invited Plenary paper at the 6th China International Conference on Surface Engineering in Xi’an, China, 10–13 May. His paper was entitled “Enhanced Tribo-contact Performance Using Plasma-Assisted Surface Engineering Processes”. He also Chaired a Plenary session at the Conference. Whilst in China, Allan visited Yanshan University in Qiuhuangdao, where he met Prof Yulin Yang, the Vice-President (who is one of Allan’s former PhD Students) and his colleagues.

• Presented a talk at the Surface Engineering Association’s Annual Conference, 14 October 2011 in Meriden. The title of the talk was “Industry Trends and Growing Markets in the UK”.

Dr Guenter Möbus • Attended on invitation the workshop on “Current topics in TEM: Tomography and Plasmonics” in

Tegernsee, Germany from 27th-29th July 2011, and gave an invited talk about “Model based atomic resolution (and some other) tomographies”.

• Attended the Microscopy Conference (MC2011) of the German Society for Electron Microscopy in Kiel, Germany, 29th Aug.- 2th Sept 2011 and presented 3 papers:

- “Tomographic Nanofabrication with electron beams”. - “Differential tilt between two specimen parts by an all piezo-electric miniaturised goniometer”. - “Aberration corrected TEM of irradiation induced atomic hopping processes on various ceria surfaces

onserved in-situ”. Dr Michael Ojovan

• Attended the International Review Workshop on Geological Disposal of Transuranic (TRU) Waste “Moving towards the Next Generation” was held in the Tamachi Conference Centre in Tokyo, Japan from 26 to 28 January 2011.

Emeritus Prof John M Parker

• Was an invited guest at the Central Glass and Ceramic Research Institute (a unit of CSIR), Kolkata, India from 3-5 August 2011. He also presented an invited lecture entitled “Modelling the optical absorption spectrum of glass” at the International Conference on Specialty Glass & Optical Fiber: Materials, Technology and Devices, ICGF-2011, organised as part of their diamond jubilee celebrations.

• Attended a conference in Accra, Ghana from 15-20 January jointly organised by the Association of Commonwealth Universities and British Council; in the latter case the emphasis was on AKTPs, a scheme mirroring the British Knowledge Transfer Partnerships but with African Associates. This event provided an opportunity to talk to researchers and educationalists from many African Countries and further afield. Most speakers were very optimistic about the economic and political futures of their countries, although a common concern was for a growing population of unemployed graduates. Two institutions in particular were keen to create links with Sheffield, one with our Biomedical Engineers and the second with both ceramists and metallurgists.

Prof Mark Rainforth

• Presented the Opening Plenary "Design of Material Microstructure Through Optimum Processing", Swedish/Indian Workshop on Advanced Materials, Kolkata, India (2011).

• Attended the Wear of Materials Conference, USA in April 2011 and presented “Wear of hydrogen free C/Cr PVD coatings” and attended the WOM Inc steering committee.

• As part of his role as Visiting Professor visited Graz Technical University, June 2011 and delivered an MSc Course in the Austrian Centre for Electron Microscopy on Advanced Characterisation Techniques.

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Prof Ian M Reaney

• Gave the following invited talks: - “Intermediate Structures in Perovskites”, Electronic Materials and their Applications, Florida, USA. - “Planar defects and phase transitions in RE-doped Bi Ferrite ceramics”, Oak Ridge National

Laboratory, STEM Group, Tennessee, USA. - “Intermediate Structures in Perovskites”, German Physical Society Meeting, Dresden, Germany. - “Planar defects and phase transitions in RE-doped Bi Ferrite ceramics”, TEM Workshop, Electron

Microscopy; Exploring Materials on the Atomic Scale, Darmstadt. - “Glass ceramics and metallisations in antenna applications”, GHz Glass Ceramics Workshop,

Darmstadt, Germany. - “Microwave Dielectric ceramics for mobile phone networks”, University of Birmingham Seminar

Programme, Birmingham, UK. Dr Ihtesham ur Rehman

• Represented the Department at the the 4th World Materials Research Institute Forum, which was held at the Institute of Metal Research (IMR), Chinese Academy of Science, Shenyang, China. The Forum is held every two years as a summit conference for the materials research institutes from all over the world to share the issues concerning management and operation of the institutes, consequently leading to more efficient research and development. It was an excellent meeting. The main theme of the forum was "Materials Challenges for Safety and Reliability", and the the Symposium was divided into four topics, "Design and fabrication of high-performance materials", "Characterization and evaluation of advanced materials", "Property and performance of advanced materials" and "Applications of advanced materials", including plenary presentations by 18 invited speakers. The number of member institutes increased from 44 to 47, an important point to note is that we are the only department of a university in the World allowed to have this prestigious membership.

• Attended Academic Council Meeting at the COMSATS University, Islamabad, Pakistan • Examined PhD thesis at the University of Aberdeen, Scotland

Dr Gwendolen Reilly • Co-authored Poster with Jennifer E Edwards, “Low magnitude, high frequency vibration modulates

mesenchymal progenitor differentiation”, which was presented at the 57th Annual meeting of the Orthopaedic Research Society, Long Beach, California, by Jennifer Edwards.

• Co-authored Poster with Robin Delaine-Smith and Sheila Macneil, “Osteogenic media and fluid shear forces can induce osteogenic differentiation in dermal fibroblasts”, which was presented at the 57th Annual meeting of the Orthopaedic Research Society, Long Beach, California, by Robin Delaine-Smith.

• Co-authored Poster with Mohsen Shaeri, S Philips and D Athey, “Mechanical stimulation of mesenchymal stem cells in 3D scaffolds using oscillating fluid flow”, which was presented at the 29th Annual meeting of the Society for Physical Regulation in Biology and Medicine, Miami Beach, USA by Mohsen Shaeri.

Dr Conny Rodenburg

• Gave an invited talk ‘Energy selective secondary electron detection for the characterisation of polymer-blends’ at the Microscopy and Microanalysis conference (Aug 2011), Nashville, USA.

• Gave a presentation on ‘Energy selective secondary electron detection for the characterisation of polymer-blends’ at the extraordinary seminar (August 2011) at the Fraunhofer Insititute for Nondestructive Testing IZFP, Dresden, Germany.

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Dr Alfred Sidambe • Attended the Euro PM 2011 Congress and Exhibition in Powder Metallurgy in Barcelona, Spain, 9-12

October 2011. He presented a paper entitled:" Fatigue Behaviour of Ti6Al4V and CP-Ti Components Processed By Metal Injection Moulding".

Prof Derek Sinclair

• Attended Zing Conference “Solid State Chemistry: New Functional Materials, Structures and Electrical Properties” 2 February 2011 in Sharm el Sheikh, Egypt.

• Gave invited talks at Electronic Materials and Applications (EMA 2011, Florida) and Materials Science and Technology (MS & T 2011, Ohio). Both meetings were organised by the American Ceramic Society.

• Gave an invited seminar at the Centre for Electronic Correlations and Magnetics at the University of Augsburg, Germany.

• Was also an invited guest lecturer to China in October 2011 to give a series of lectures (7 in total) on Solid State Chemistry and/or Electroceramics to Undergraduate and Postgraduate students in Xi’an (Key Laboratory of the Ministry of Education for Electronic Materials Research, Jiaotong University and The School of Material Science and Engineering, Northwestern Polytechnical University); Shenzhen (The College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Shenzhen University); Shanghai (The Key Laboratory of Inorganic Coating Materials and Artificial Crystal Research Centre at the Shanghai Institute of Ceramics, Chinese Academy of Sciences); and Beijing (The College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Beijing University; The Institute of Inorganic Chemistry, College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Beijing University, The School of Metallurgical and Ecological Engineering, Beijing).

Mr Lin Sun

• Gave an oral presentation “The effect of strain path reversal on austenite grain subdivision and deformation-induced austenite to ferrite transformation studied by EBSD”, and presented a poster presentation “Grain size mapping using EBSD” at the RMS EBSD 2011 meeting at Max Planck Institute for Iron Research, Düsseldorf, Germany.

• Presented a paper at the 6th International Conference on High Strength Low Alloy Steels, HSLA’2011 in Beijing, China.

Dr Richard Thackray

• Attended ESIC/IISI Meeting and VdeH ‘Stahl’ seminar, Dusseldorf, November 2011. Dr Karl Travis

• Visited Swinburne University, Australia during August 2011 as a Visiting Fellow in the Department of Mathematics, Faculty of Engineering. During his visit there he initiated 3 collaborative projects: a project involving CSIRO modelling the separation of gas mixtures using nano-engineered graphitic filters, a project aimed at understanding the existence of a liquid state and a collaboration with Applied Physics Department at RMIT on obtaining the thermal conductivity of brines at elevated temperature and pressures using atomistic simulation. He also gave two Departmental seminars, one at Swinburne entitled: "Modelling Phase Equilibria using Dissipative Particle Dynamics", the other at RMIT, entitled: "Configurational and Kinetic Thermostats for use in Equilibrium and non-Equilibrium Atomistic Simulations".

• Attended a workshop entitled: "Non-equilibrium Processes: The last 40 Years and the Future" held in Obergurgl, Tirol, Austria, 29th Aug - 2nd Sept 2011. He gave a presentation entitled: "Fragmentation of Liquid Droplets", while PhD student James Miller gave a poster entitled "Modelling non-equilibrium properties in nuclear waste vitrification".

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• Attended the Materials Research Society XXXV International Symposium: "Scientific Basis for Nuclear Waste Management" meeting in Buenos Aires, Argentina 2-7 October 2011. He gave a presentation entitled "Deep Borehole Disposal of Higher Burn-up Spent Nuclear Fuels".

Prof Goran Ungar

• Attended and gave a talk at the EU FP7 meeting “Self-Organized Nanomaterials for Tailored Optical and Electrical Properties”, Jena, Germany, 27-28 Jan. 2011.

• Gave a talk at the European Liquid Crystal Conference, Maribor, 6 – 10 Feb. 2011, while Timur Tadjiev and Xiaobin Mang presented a poster each. Prof. Ungar also chaired a session.

• Attended Hybrid Materials 2011, held at Strasbourg, 6 – 10 March 2011, and gave a talk “Mesoporous silica fibres in AAO templates: A 3D and surface diffraction study”.

Prof Tony West

• Presented at the EMA2011 Conference in Florida, USA. • Presented at the EMF 2011 Conference in Bordeaux, France • Presented at the Solid State Chemistry Conference in Lund, Sweden. • Visited research collaborators at the Universidad de Castellon, Spain In March 2011.

Mr Andy Williams

• Presented a poster on “Microstructural investigations into novel alloys based on the Mg-Y-Nd system” at the TMS Annual Meeting, San Diego, USA, June 2011.

Mr Bin Xiao

• Presented a paper on “Multi-pass simulation of heavy plate rolling including intermediate forced cooling” at the High Strength Low Alloy (HSLA) Steel’2011, Beijing China, June 2011.

• Presented a paper on “Multi-pass simulation of heavy plate rolling including intermediate forced cooling”, at Thermec 2011, Quebec, Canada, July 2011.

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14. LECTURES AND CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS IN THE UK Dr Dan Allwood

• Gave an invited departmental seminar, University of Hull entitled “Magnetic nanowire domain walls as nanoscale field sources”, February 2011.

• Gave an invited departmental seminar, Imperial College London entitled “Reconfigurable nanomagnetic platforms for cold atom interactions”, July 2011.

• Gave an invited departmental seminar, Durham University, Department of Physics, entitled “Domains walls in magnetic nanowires”, November 2011.

• Gave an invited talk at the JSPS York-Tohoku Research Symposium on Magnetic Materials and Spintronics, University of York, entitled “Voltage-control of domain walls in magnetic nanowires”, June 2011.

Emeritus Prof Mike Cable

• Presented the paper, ‘The classic texts of glass technology’, at the Society of Glass Technology Annual Meeting, Oxford, September 2011.

• Gave a lecture, ‘Pioneers in optical glass manufacture’, at the Association for the History of Glass, London, November 2011.

Emeritus Prof Fergus Gibb

• Took part in a 3-day conference/workshop on Geological Disposal of Radioactive Waste: Underpinning Science and Technology held at Loughborough University from 18-20 October 2011 and gave a presentation entitled ‘Deep borehole disposal of higher burn-up nuclear wastes’ (authors: F.G.F. Gibb, K.P. Travis & K.W. Hesketh). The meeting was convened by the Royal Society of Chemistry, The Geological Society, the Royal Academy of Engineering, the Mineralogical Society and the Institution of Chemical Engineers among others and was sponsored by the Radioactive Waste Management Division of the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority. Its aim was to ‘showcase and publish research relevant to radioactive waste storage and disposal’ by bringing together scientists, engineers and other specialists to discuss the chemical, geological, hydrological, biological, materials, engineering and other issues associated with the management and disposal of radioactive waste in the UK.

Dr Russell Goodall • Was invited to give a guest lecture ‘Doing More with Less; Efficiency in Engineering to students at

Sheffield International College, 19 October 2011. Miss Sarah Haine

• Attended SMEA Conference on Materials Fit for 21st Century: processing for High Performance Applications, 21 & 22 June 2011 at The University of Sheffield.

Prof Russell Hand • Presented an invited paper “Vitrification and durability: strategies for vitrifying wastes containing

challenging anions” (co-authored with J M Schofield and P A Bingham) and another paper entitled “Relationships between the mechanical properties of silicate glasses and chemical composition” at the International Conference on the Chemistry of Glasses and Glass Forming Melts, Oxford, October 2011.

Prof John Harding

• Presented a paper, ‘Controlling crystal growth with organic molecules in aqueous systems’, at the RCS Materials Chemistry Meeting, Manchester, July 2011.

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• presented a review on ‘simulating the nucleation and growth of calcium carbonate’ at a WUN workshop "Mineralisation in corals", York, July 2011.

• organised the annual Summer School in ‘Molecular Simulation’ in Belfast and gave 4 lectures there as part of the course, July 2011.

• gave an Invited Talk ‘Simulation on the edge: the trials and tribulations of modelling interfaces’ at the Annual General Meeting of CCP5, Bath, September 2011.

Prof John Haycock • Gave an invited departmental seminar, Medical School University of Manchester entitled

“Bioengineering peripheral nerve, biomaterials and stem cells”. February 2011. • Gave an invited talk to the Thai Stem Cell Meeting at the University of Sheffield entitled “Adipose-

derive stem cells for nerve repair”, March, 2011. • Gave an invited talk to the Kroto Research Institute Annual Symposium entitled “Bioengineering

peripheral nerve”, May 2011. • Gave an invited talk to the Polymer Centre University of Sheffield entitled “Rapid fabrication of

bioactive surfaces”, July 2011. • Gave an invited talk to the Regener8 Annual Symposium, Manchester entitled “Fabrication of a

medical device nerve guide”, September 2011. • Gave an invited talk to the SSBII, Port Sunlight entitled “Controlling biological function using polymer

interfaces and surfaces”, October 2011. • Gave an invited talk to the Bioreactors for Tissue Engineering meeting, University of Keele,

November 2011. Visiting Prof Andy Howe

• In his Tata Steel role, organised and co-hosted Tata Steel's ‘University Challenge’ event at Warwick on 11 January 2011 with strategic partner universities (Prof Mark Rainforth representing Sheffield). Wish-lists from the company were fielded for discussion with the represented Universities to help identify topics/capabilities for short term assistance and for configuring the next round of PhD proposals.

Prof Sheila MacNeil

• Gave the following presentations: - ‘Translational research in tissue engineering skin and other epithelial tissues’, Specialised Medicine

Research Afternoon. Medical School, Sheffield, 13 January 2011. - ‘Applications of mechanical engineering to tissue engineering’, Mechanical Engineering Research

Day, Sheffield, 17 January 2011. - ‘Tissue engineering –from the lab to the clinic’, Aston University, Birmingham, 4th March 2011. - ‘Scaffolds for tissue engineering of skin and other epithelial tissues’, Bristol University, 11 March

2011. - ‘Biomaterials and tissue engineering for wound healing’, 1st UK-India Symposium on Materials in the

Eye, Ravenhall, UK, 25 July 2011. - ‘Simplifying the Transfer of Cultured Limbal Stem Cells from the Lab to the Patient’, The Cornea and

Tissue Engineering, JSPS Sponsored Research Symposium, Cardiff University, 18 August 2011. - ‘Biomaterials Technologies for Tissue Engineering: Scientific and Clinical Impact’, 24th European

Conference on Biomaterials, European Society for Biomaterials, Dublin, 4 September 2011. Prof Allan Matthews

• Presented a paper with the title ‘Plasma-Based Surface Engineering for Automotive Applications’, at the IMechE Conference “Are you Slip-Sliding Away Your Profits?” The conference was held at the University of Leeds on 11 April 2011.

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• Gave a talk at an IoP sponsored Seminar in Leeds on the 14 November, entitled Functional Surfaces. The talk’s title was ‘Enhancing Surface Functionality by Using Nanocomposite Coatings’.

Dr Guenter Möbus

• Gave an invited Departmental Seminar, ‘3D Imaging of Nanoobjects: time and energy resolved electron microscopy’, at the University of Exeter, Department of Physics, 11th March 2011.

• Organised, together with the Royal Microscopical Society (RMS), the two-day workshop TEM & TOM III, 11-12 April 2011, in Sheffield, Mappin Hall, including 4 presentations by group members Dr T Gnanavel, Dr U Bhatta, Dr W Guan, and Dr J Ghatak.

• Chaired a session on ‘Advances in imaging and spectroscopy’ at the Electron Microscopy and Analysis Group conference of the Institute of Physics (EMAG2011) in Birmingham, 5-9 September 2011, including 3 papers presented by group members Dr T Gnanavel, Dr W Guan and Dr U Bhatta.

Dr Krzysztof Muszka

• Attended the SIMULIA UK Regional Users’ Meeting in Crewe • Co-presented an “Overview of Strain Path Effects” (co-authors B P Wynne, E J Palmiere, W M

Rainforth) at Tata Research Seminar, Swindon Technology Centre, Rotherham. Prof John M Parker

• Gave a plenary lecture entitled ‘Glass: colouring our view of life’ at the Lomonosov International Conference on the Chemistry of Glasses and Glass-forming Melts organised at Lady Margaret Hall, the University of Oxford, 4-8 September 2011, by the Society of Glass Technology in celebration of the 300th anniversary of the birth of Mikhail Vasilievich Lomonosov.

Prof Ian M Reaney

- Gave an invited talk ‘Microwave Dielectric ceramics for mobile phone networks’, University of Birmingham Seminar Programme, Birmingham, UK.

Dr Ihtesham ur Rehman

• Invited talk, FTIR and Raman spectroscopy of Biomaterials, characterisation of Advanced materials made simple, invited by Thermo Fischer at Warwick University.

Dr Gwendolen Reilly

• Gave an invited lecture, ‘Mechanobiology of Bone Tissue Engineering’, at the Notre Dame University in London, Workshop on Interdisciplinary Biomedical Research.

• Gave a conference oral presentation, ‘Cell membrane mechanosensors mediate in vitro matrix production: the role of the glycocalyx and the primary cilium’, at the University of Oxford, MediTech: Advances in Biomechanics and Mechanobiological modelling.

• Co-authored Poster with William van Grunsven and Russell Goodall, ‘Porous metal implants for enhanced bone in growth and stability’, which was presented at the Tissue and Cell Engineering Society UK by William van Grunsven.

Dr Richard Thackray

• Attended the Waste Recovery in Ironmaking and Steelmaking in London, November 2011. • Attended SMEA Conference on Materials Fit for 21st Century: processing for High Performance

Applications, 21 & 22 June 2011 at The University of Sheffield. • Attended the Tata Steel Academia Symposium in Cardiff, July 2011. • Chaired Masterclass Sessions and Bessemer Lecture and Prize giving Dinner, London, October 2011. • Chaired sessions at Waste Recovery in Ironmaking and Steelmaking, London 2011, Steel Strategy

Seminar, Sheffield 2011, and the SMEA Conference, Sheffield 2011

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Prof Tony West

• Gave contributed talks at the Dielectrics Group meeting in Canterbury in April 2011 and at the British Association for Crystal Growth conference at University College London in July.

Mr Ruibin Zhang

• Gave a lecture entitled ‘Complex Liquid Crystal Phases in Cylindrical Alumina Nanopores’ at the British Liquid Crystal Society Meeting in Nottingham, March 2011.

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15. 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 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 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.

Emeritus Prof F G F Gibb • Member of UK Government’s advisory Committee on Radioactive

Waste Management (CoRWM) • Deputy lead of CoRWM Task Group 4 on Siting of geological Disposal

Facilities and R & D • Associate Member of CoRWM Task Group 1 on Interim Storage and

New Build Wastes

Prof M R J Gibbs • EPSRC College Member • Editorial Board of Nanomaterials • Editorial Board of IEE Magnetics Letters

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 and assessor of candidates for F Inst P

• Member of the Hatfield Memorial Lecture Committee • Member of the Advisory Board for Trans Tech Publications

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 to be held in 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 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 • Elected as Executive Board Member of UK Tissue & Cell Engineering

Society • External Examiner at the University of Newcastle

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

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

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• 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 Site visit Committee for Natural Sciences and

Engineering Research Council of Canada (2011)

Emeritus Prof F R Jones • Member of Council of the Yorkshire Polymer Association, an affiliated society of the IOMMM

• Member of the Editorial Boards for: Composites PtA; Composites Science and Technology; Fatigue and Fracture; Japanese Composite Materials; Adhesion Science and Technology, Journal of the Wuhan University of Technology Material Sciences

• Member of the Structural Materials College of EPSRC • Member of the Steering Committee and Selection Committee for

the EPSRC NCESS/Daresbury Laboratory • Member of the International Scientific Committee and Session

Convenor of the International Conference on Composite Materials (ICCM 17 Edinburgh)

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• Co-Chairman of the 10th International Conference on Deformation and Fracture Composite Materials (DFC10) Sheffield 2009

• Board Member, Sheffield Polymer Centre • Co-Chairman of the International Conference on Interfaces and

Interphases in Multicomponent Materials • Member of Leeds-Sheffield IRC in Polymers • Examiner for MSc course in Materials, Loughborough University • Member of the International Scientific Committee of Conference on

Polymer Fibres • Elected Member of Council of European Society for Composite

Materials • 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

• Panel member, EPSRC/University of Sheffield Focus Group on Strategic Framework Agreement

• UK Representative to the Management Committee and Manager of

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Short Term Scientific Missions (STSM) on COST Action 541 – Thixosteel

• Contributor to the Inclusive Learning and Teaching project, University of Sheffield

• Member of the Inclusive Learning and Teaching consultancy group, University of Sheffield

• Member of TASH: The Academic skills hub project, University of Sheffield

• Member of the Creativity and Innovation Research Network (CaIRN), 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

• Chair of Task & Finish Group on Induction and Transitions • Assistant Director of Teaching & Learning Faculty of Engineering • Faculty Representative on the University’s Enhancement and

Strategy Sub-Committee for Teaching & Learning • Member of the Faculty of Engineering Advisory Board • Member of Engineers without Borders Faculty Board • Member of the University Senate

Dr H Kinoshita • Member of Materials Chemistry Committee at IoM3

Dr A Leyland • Member of the Executive Committee and Treasurer of the Ion and

Plasma Surface Interactions (IPSI) Group in the Applied Physics & Technology (APT) Division of the Institute of Physics

• 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)

• Sheffield Academic Lead for the DTC in Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine (Leeds, Sheffield and York from 2008)

• 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

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

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• Editor, Surface and Coatings Technology (Elsevier Science) • Member British Vacuum Council. (Past Chair) • Executive Committee, AVS Advanced Surface Engineering Division

(Past Chair) • 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 Committee

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 • Member of the International advisory committee for WUN-SPIN 11 • Member of the Organising Committee for SpinOS 2012

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

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• 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 Rolling Committee • Member of the EPSRC Peer Review College • Distinguished Alumnus Award, School of Engineering, University of

Pittsburgh • International Advisory Committee, THERMEC 2011, Quebec City,

Canada • Chair, Organising Committee, Recrystallisation and Grain Growth IV,

4-9 July 2010, Sheffield, UK • 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

• 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 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 Advisory Board 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 to Masters Programmes at the University of

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Surrey • 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 • 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

• Member, International assessment committee for British Council INSPIRE programme

• Executive Director, IRC in Biomedical Materials, COMSATS, Pakistan • Member of Editorial board of Applied Spectroscopy Reviews • Chairperson for training workshop, South Asia Policy dialogue

organised by British Council • Assessor, Czech Science Foundation

Dr G Reilly • Member of the Management Council Member • Chair of the Publication Committee Chair of the European Society

for Biomechanics • International Editorial Review Board – European Cells and Materials

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 • Chair of the Organising Committee for Thermomechanical

Processing Conference, TMP 2012 • Secretary of the European Steel Institutes Confederation and

International Society of Steel Institutes Committees

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Prof I Todd • Research Director of the ERDF and Yorkshire Forward Innovative Metals Processing Centre

• Council Member of Sheffield Metallurgical and Engineering Association (SMEA)

• Secretary of Integrated Manufacturing Process Committee of the Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining (IOM3)

Dr K P Travis • Member of the EPSRC Peer Review College

• Member of the Royal Society of Chemistry • 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

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Prof A R West • CICECO International Advisory Committee

• Evaluation Panel for the Chemistry Department for Uppsala University’s International evaluation in May

• Editorial Board of: The Chemical Record, Solid State Sciences, materials Research Bulletin and Journal of Electroceramics

• EPSRC Peer Review College

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