LATEST2 - Key Persons
She provides a wide ranging administrative support role across the whole Programme, working particularly closely with the Programme Director, Project Manager, Outreach Administrator and Co-Investigators. She provides secretarial support, and is responsible for placing and receipting orders, booking accommodation and transport for the Team. She plays a very active role in organising a wide range of meetings, workshops, symposia and conferences, including promotion of the events and booking of the appropriate venues. She also contributes to the development and implementation of the LATEST2 Management Information System, promotional materials and the website and regularly assists and participates in outreach activities.
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- Postdoctoral Research Associate
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- Postdoctoral Research Associate
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- Postdoctoral Research Associate
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- Postdoctoral Research Associate
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- Member of the Technical Support Team
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- Co - Investigator
- Co - Investigator / Senior Lecturer in Physical Metallurgy
Joe is a member of the Light Alloy Processing group. He has rapidly established an international reputation on modelling microstructural evolution in complex industrial alloys, and he is regularly invited to present his research at key conferences. He has particular expertise in thermodynamic and kinetic modelling of phase transformations during rapid transient processes, such as welding, and he has led major projects in this area in collaboration with industrial partners. Other models he has developed have been transferred to industrial R&D applications in the UK and Germany.
He also has a large activity in understanding and optimising microstructural development during thermomechanical processing of wrought magnesium alloys, in collaboration with an industrial partner. Since his appointment, he has published 65 papers. He is a member of the IOM3 Light Metals Committee and Associate Editor of the Journal of Materials Characterization.
Current Research Projects
Appointed as a lecturer in 2005, he supervises a group of 11 PhD students and 3 RAs. His research focuses on fundamental aspects of metal deformation, including understanding and modelling the heterogeneous deformation of metals at different scales and the fundamentals of deformation in hexagonal metals. This work combines polycrystalline plasticity modelling with experimental characterisation by synchrotron X-rays, neutron diffraction, digital image correlation for surface strain mapping and EBSD. His main interest is on how microstructure and its evolution during deformation affects the formability of metals at different temperatures, in particular those with hexagonal crystal structures. Alongside his activity in light alloys, his research portfolio includes significant activity in the area of nuclear materials. Industrially funded projects include the effect of intergranular stresses on cleavage fracture (Serco and MoD), the development of strain mapping techniques (Serco and Nexia), texture evolution in zirconium alloys (Westinghouse and Rolls Royce) and effects of cold work on stress corrosion cracking susceptibility (EdF and Serco). He is a Member of the Engineering Instrument Selection Panel at ISIS and was awarded the Young Scientist Award at ICOTOM 14 (2005). Current Research Projects Plasticity and orientation clustering in titanium alloys Flow forming of advanced aerospace alloys Deformation mechanisms in titanium and other hcp metals Development of strain heterogeneity during forming Microstructure evolution during thermomechanical processing of zirconium alloys Strain localisation and SCC susceptibility in nickel alloys and stainless steel Micromechanics of deformation of titanium alloys with lamellar microstructures Mapping the development of strain heterogeneity during forming Deformation mechanisms in model nickel super alloys
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- Postdoctoral Research Associate
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- Postdoctoral Research Associate
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- Postdoctoral Research Associate
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- Postdoctoral Research Associate
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- Postdoctoral Research Associate
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- Member of the Technical Support Team
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- Co - Investigator
- Senior Lecturer in Corrosion Science and Engineering
He relocated to the UK from the Beijing Institute of Aeronautical Materials. His research interests lie in corrosion control of light alloys, with emphasis on surface and interface characterization from the nanoscale upward, allowing detailed understanding of relationships between forming, joining and prediction of corrosion susceptibility, and protection mechanism. His work is validated by innovative electron microscopy approaches enabling the progress of corrosion to be followed, and susceptible regions in the microstructure, i.e. near-surface altered layers, defined three-dimensionally. He has published over 100 papers, and received the Kape Medal of the IMF (2001).
Current Research Projects
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- Postdoctoral Research Associate
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- Member of the Technical Support Team
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- Postdoctoral Research Associate
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- Advanced Metallics Systems Science Communications Officer
She is responsible for the development and implementation of the outreach strategy for LATEST2 and Advanced Metallics CDT, to promote the awareness of these initiatives, the EPSRC and Engineering and Physical Sciences in general. She actively develops contacts with members of industry, professional bodies, external organisations, museums, teachers and careers advisors in local schools and colleges. She organises a wide range of exhibitions, recruitment events, and open days/workshops both in house and with external organisations, as well as an extensive programme of visits to and from local schools and colleges. She also aims to establish robust monitoring and evaluation procedures for outreach activities and contributes to the development of promotional materials and the website.
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- Member of the Technical Support Team
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- Postdoctoral Research Associate
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- Member of the Technical Support Team
Phil Prangnell joined the Manchester Materials Science Centre after completing his PhD in Metal Matrix Composites at Cambridge University. He is a founder member of the Manchester Portfolio Partnership in "Light Alloys for Environmentally Sustainable Transport".
He has 16 years experience of the interaction between light alloys and industrial processes and has worked extensively on microstructure control in joining and processing of light alloys. He has long standing interests in severe deformation and nanograined metals and has worked with Alcoa, BAE Systems, TWI, and Airbus on metallurgical problems associated with creep forming and application of advanced welding techniques to airframe fabrication. He has recently initiated work on Dissimilar Joining for Hybrid Structures for Transport Applications, in collaboration with Jaguar-Land Rover.
He has written seminal papers in the field of ultrahigh strain deformation in both friction welding and severe deformation processing. He has published 140 papers in the field (H-index 24), for which he was awarded the Gründfeld Medal of the IOM3 in 2003.
Current Research Projects
She leads the Administrative Support Team, specific responsibilities include the overall project management of the LATEST2 Programme, staff and student recruitment, monitoring and reporting on the performance of the Programme and helping to ensure it is on track to deliver the vision and objectives on time and within budget. She helps to develop and manage existing and new external and internal collaborations with key stakeholders, and attract new funding to the Programme. Additionally she is responsible for developing the communication strategy, advertising and promotion including website development. Other aspects of her role include IP and risk management, information management including data collection, storage and dissemination.