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PhDs awarded
This year has, in terms of number of PhDs awarded, been the most successful in the Department’s history.
We congratulate the 36 students listed below on completing their PhDs. This number is five more than the
number of PhDs graduating from the Department in 2008–09 (31).
Student Supervisor/s Title of thesis and award date
Nicholas J Ashley Professor Robin W Grimes Defect properties of binary non-oxide ceramics/
31 August 2010
Sarah Berhanu Professor David W McComb, Dr John
de Mello (Chemistry) and Professor
Tim Jones (University of Warwick)
Johann Cho Professor Aldo R Boccaccini
(University of Erlangen-Nuremberg)
and Dr Milo Shaffer (Chemistry)
Nanostructured templates for donor/acceptor
interface engineering in organic solar cells/
28 February 2010
Processing and characterisation of inorganic matrix
composites containing carbon nanotubes/
28 February 2010
James Coakley Dr David Dye Creep and microstructure evolution in nickel
superalloys/1 September 2010
Daniel Garcia Aguilar Dr David Dye, Professor Richard
Dashwood (University of Warwick)
and Dr Martin Jackson (University of
Sheffield)
Fatos Derguti Dr David Dye, Professor Richard J
Dashwood (University of Warwick)
and Dr Martin Jackson (University of
Sheffield)
Generation of ultra-fine grained materials via
multiple extrusion/31 May 2010
Low cost route to compaction of Ti and Ti-6Al-4V
powders using cold and hot isostatic pressing/
28 February 2010
James E Ghadiali Professor Molly M Stevens Bio-functionalised nanoparticles for enzyme
sensing/1 August 2010
Julian HS George Professor Molly M Stevens Engineering of fibrous scaffolds for use in
regenerative medicine/1 October 2009
Despina
Hadjiapostolidou
Dr Barbara A Shollock Temporal evolution of microstructure in nickel base
superalloys Rene 80 and CMSX-4/28 February 2010
Sehban Husain Professor David W McComb Site specific characterisation of hydrocracking catalysts
using nanoanalytical electron microscopy/
1 March 2010
Benoit Illy Dr Mary P Ryan and Dr Barbara A
Shollock
Benjamin Jackson Dr David Dye, Professor Richard J
Dashwood (University of Warwick)
and Professor Douglas Inman
Heather F Jackson Professor Bill Lee and Professor
Robin W Grimes
Electrodeposition of zinc oxide nanostructured
films/1 January 2010
Production of NiTi via the Fray Farthing Chen
Cambridge process/31 December 2009
Thermophysical properties and thermodynamic
stability of zirconium carbide as a function of nonstoichiometry/31
August 2010
Virjinie Jantou Professor David W McComb Analytical electron microscopy of mineralised
dentine/30 November 2009
Alexander J Jasper Professor David W McComb and
Professor John A Kilner
Shima Kadkhodazadeh Professor David W McComb and
Professor Tim Jones (University of
Warwick)
Ioanna Kourti Professor Aldo R Boccaccini
(University of Erlangen-Nuremberg)
and Dr Chris R Cheeseman (Civil and
Environmental Engineering)
TEM studies of interfaces in fuel cell materials/
1 July 2010
Analytical electron microscopy of InAs/GaAs quantum
dots and GaInNAs/GaAs quantum wells/
1 December 2009
Sustainable construction materials containing
plasma treated air pollution control residues/
31 May 2010
Hiroko Kusumoto Professor Robert G Hill (QMUL) and
Dr Robert V Law (Chemistry)
Characterisation of Mg, Sr, and Zn containing
fluro-aluminosilicate glasses and their glass
polyalkenoate cements/1 January 2010
Libing Li Dr David S McPhail Strategies for secondary ion yield enhancements
in focused ion beam secondary ion mass
spectrometry/31 March 2010
Sen Lin Dr Julian R Jones Tailoring the nanostructure of sol-gel derived
bioactive glasses and investigating their interactions
with proteins/1 March 2010
Jingjing Liu Dr Stephen J Skinner Mass transport and electrochemical properties of
La2Mo2O9 as a fast ionic conductor/1 April 2010
Philip S Mason Dr Jason Riley Patterned nanoparticles for optical applications/
31 May 2010
Alessandro Mottura Professor Mike W Finnis and
Professor Roger C Reed (University
of Birmingham)
Analysis of atomic-scale phenomena and the
rhenium effect in nickel superalloys/1 May 2010
Samuel Murphy Professor Robin W Grimes Atomistic simulation of defects and diffusion in
oxides/30 November 2009
Steve Mwenifumbo Professor Molly M Stevens Investigations of carbon nanotube and monolayer
protected metal nanoparticle systems and their
biological interactions/31 October 2009
Pavel E Ramirez Lopez Professor Peter D Lee and Professor
Kenneth C Mills
Ruth Sayers Dr Stephen J Skinner and Professor
John A Kilner
Modelling shell and oscillation mark formation during
continuous casting via explicit incorporation of slag
infiltration/1 March 2010
Electrochemical performance and transport
properties of La2NiO4+σ/1 June 2010
Panpailin Seeharaj Professor Alan Atkinson Mixed-conducting LSC/CGO and Ag/CGO composites
for passive oxygen separation membranes/1 July 2010
Neil Simrick Professor Alan Atkinson and
Professor John A Kilner
Randhir Singh Professor Peter D Lee and Professor
Trevor C Lindley
Patterned thin film cathodes for micro-solid oxide
fuel cells/31 August 2010
A novel ceramic precursor route for the direct
production of hierarchically structured titanium alloy
foams/1 November 2010
Peter J Smith Professor Alan Atkinson Investigation into environmental stress cracking:
processed food cans/31 August 2010
Paul Stuart Dr Stephen J Skinner and Professor
John A Kilner
The synthesis and evaluation of proton conducting
electrolytes for high temperature steam
electrolysers/1 March 2010
Sarah J Wagstaffe Dr Jason Riley Improving chronic wound healing with self signalling
antibodies for specific bacterial detection/30
September 2009
Sally Watts Professor Robert G Hill (QMUL) and
Dr Robert V Law (Chemistry)
Composition – structure – property relationships in
bioactive glasses/1 June 2010
Lang Yuan Professor Peter D Lee Multiscale modelling of the influence of convection
on dendrite formation and freckle initiation during
vacuum arc remelting/1 June 2010
Rong Zhu Dr Mary P Ryan and Professor David
W McComb
Electrochemical growth of three-dimensionally
ordered macroporous metals as photonic crystals/
1 July 2010
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