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The information in this publication was compiled by: Dagmar Durham and Sonia Tomasetig Designed by: Helen Davison Printed by: Shanleys Copyright © June 2011 Department of Materials, Imperial College London All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise, without the permission of the publisher. Department of Materials Imperial College London Exhibition Road London SW7 2AZ UK Tel: +44 (0)20 7594 6734 Fax: +44 (0)20 7594 6757 Cover image An artificially coloured SEM micrograph of zinc oxide nanorods grown from hydrothermal deposition in aqueous solution. This image, taken by Jonathan Downing, was selected as a ‘Science as Art’ finalist at the MRS conference in December 2010. 5 Introduction by the Head of Department 9 Annual Report 2009–10 Contents 1 Department of Materials Annual Report and Research in Progress 2009–10 www.imperial.ac.uk/materials www.imperial.ac.uk/materials Department of Materials Annual Report and Research in Progress 2009–10 3 11 People 11 Our academic, research and support staff 15 Visiting researchers 18 Our students 25 Summary of staff, visiting researchers and students 27 Ins and outs 27 Appointments 28 Promotions 28 Leavers 29 Departmental management and committee structure 33 Degrees and PhDs awarded 33 Summary of all awards 2005–10 33 MEng Materials Science and Engineering 33 MEng Aerospace Materials 33 MEng Materials and Nuclear Engineering 33 MEng Biomaterials and Tissue Engineering 33 BEng Materials Science and Engineering 33 BEng Materials with Management 34 PhDs awarded 37 Prizes, awards and distinctions 37 Highlights 39 Academic staff 41 Postdoctoral research associates and assistants 41 Undergraduate and postgraduate students 45 Undergraduate students 45 Undergraduate courses 46 Sources of support for undergraduates 46 Industrial experience and work placements 47 Final year undergraduate projects 49 Postgraduate school 49 Postgraduate masters courses 50 Postgraduate research students 50 Sources of support for postgraduate research students 51 Postgraduate Research Day 55 Postdoctoral research staff 55 Postdoctoral Research Staff Committee 55 Postdoctoral research staff numbers 55 Postdoctoral Researcher Symposium 57 Research and industrial colloquia 61 Visitors to the Department 65 Out and about 65 Academic staff 75 Research assistants and postdoctoral research associates 77 Postgraduate research students 81 National and international profile 87 Research in Progress 2009–10 89 Academic staff profiles 109 Materials-based university research centres 109 London Centre for Nanotechnology 109 Thomas Young Centre 110 Centre for Nuclear Engineering 110 Nuclear Engineering Doctorate Programme 110 The DIAMOND University Consortium 111 Energy Futures Lab 111 Institute for Biomedical Engineering 112 Centre for Advanced Stuctural Ceramics 113 Institute for Security Science Technology 113 Materials Characterisation 117 International links 117 KAUST 117 IDEA League 118 NUS and NTU 119 Current research sponsors 121 Research themes 123 Biomaterials and tissue engineering 124 Research highlight 125 Project summaries 139 Ceramics and glasses 140 Research highlight 141 Project summaries 157 Advanced alloys 158 Research highlight 159 Project summaries 167 Nantechnology and nanoscale characterisation 168 Research highlights 170 Project summaries 179 Functional materials 180 Research highlight 181 Project summaries 193 Theory and simulation of materials 194 Research highlight 195 Project summaries 201 Publications 211 Grants and contracts awarded 213 Map of Imperial College London 214 Credits
Introduction Welcome to the new-look joint edition of the Department of Materials Annual Report and Research in Progress 2009–10. The Annual Report reviews the activities of the Department for the academic year October 2009 – September 2010 and the Research in Progress outlines the research life of the Department during the same period. Highlights of the past year include the promotions of Drs Sandrine Heutz, Natalie Stingelin, Andrew Horsfield and Arash Mostofi to Senior Lecturer and Dr David McPhail to Reader in Surface Analysis. These promotions are the end product of much hard work, dedication and ability, so well done to each of them. We were also thrilled to be awarded an Athena Silver SWAN award which recognises and celebrates our good practice on recruiting, retaining and promoting women in SET in higher education. Other highlights include Professor Molly Stevens’ number two ranking in the Top 10 UK scientists under the age of 40 list in The Times, Professor Bill Lee’s election to The American Ceramic Society (ACerS) Board of Directors and the publication of a special issue of Philosophical Magazine to mark a landmark paper by Professor Mike Finnis, first published in 1984. Neil delivering an acceptance speech for his Honorary Member Award, University of Nova Gorica Large research awards in the last 12 months include: • a National Institutes of Health (NIH) award valued at £1.825 million to fund a project entitled Respiratory effects of silver and carbon nanomaterials with Drs Mary Ryan and Alexandra Porter as Co-Investigators • a Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) and National Institutes of Health (NIH) award valued at ~£1.1 million, to fund a project entitled Risk assessment for manufactured nanoparticles used in consumer products (RAMNUC), with Drs Mary Ryan and Alexandra Porter again as Co-Investigators • an ERC starting grant valued at €1.25 million for a project entitled The targeting potential of carbon nanotubes at the blood brain barrier, led by Dr Alexandra Porter • an EPSRC award valued at £1.3 million (£565,000 to Imperial) to fund a joint project (UCL and Imperial) entitled Nano-scale SQUID magnetometry of oxide heterointerfaces with myself (Professor Neil Alford) and Professor David McComb as Principal and Co- Investigators respectively • a Programme grant award valued at ~£3.8 million for a project entitled Nanostructured functional materials for energy efficient refrigeration, energy harvesting and production of hydrogen from water with Professors Neil Alford, Lesley Cohen (Physics) and Nic Harrison (Chemistry) • an EPSRC Leadership Fellowship award to Dr David Dye valued at £1.4 million for the project Reducing emissions by exploiting stressinduced martensitic transformations • an EPSRC/Wellcome Trust grant award valued at ~£1.3 million led by Professor Molly Stevens to fund the Medical Engineering Solutions in Osteoarthritis Centre of Excellence at Imperial 4 Department of Materials Annual Report and Research in Progress 2009–10 www.imperial.ac.uk/materials www.imperial.ac.uk/materials Department of Materials Annual Report and Research in Progress 2009–10 5
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