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group is assigned an artefact (i.e. a kettle, toaster, golf club, etc.) and is expected to dismantle it, assess the design and function of the individual components, and then conduct tests to identify the material and production method used. In the third year students conduct a group design study. The project is initiated by a design brief, which can be to design a product or process. The team of students independently plans how to address the brief; including how to o acquire the knowledge needed to carry out the design, how to organise the work as a team effort and how progress will be monitored. In addition to technical content the final report should contain a business plan for commercialisation of the design and address IP and QA issues. The MEng students spend the summer between their third and fourth year on placement before returning to join one of the research groups to carry out an individual project conducted over both the Autumn and Spring terms. The Department also provides teaching to other College Departments. Courses in Biomaterials are offered to students in the School of Medicine and the Department of Bioengineering and Introductory Materials Science and Engineering is taught to first and second year Aeronautical Engineering students. Industrial experience and work placements Sources of support for undergraduates Various funds are available to students to support their studies. The following students received assistance in the 2009–10 period: Armourers and Brasiers’ Company and The Harvey Flower Undergraduate Scholarship grant to support students’ travel to summer placements Student Amount Ashton Berry £394 Ruth Birch £183 Patrick Burr £749 Katerina Christofidou £529 Sajjad Jaffer £600 Daniel Price £757 Bartosz Polomski £539 Anwar Sufi £757 Yi Wang £1,000 Armourers and Brasiers’ Company/AWE bursaries for MEng Materials with Nuclear Engineering Student Amount Arjon Vohra £1,000 Adam Foley £1,000 It is a compulsory requirement of the MEng courses that students spend a period of four months undertaking an industrial placement between their third and fourth year of study (May–September). Listed below are details of the placements conducted in 2010. The students are required to compile a full report detailing their placement and give a presentation to which their industrial supervisors are invited to attend. Both elements are assessed and count as 10 per cent of their final year result. Student Theme of placement Home institute/company Ashton Berry Investigating critical mechanisms in grain transport mechanisms of high-temperature ceramics Coranda Berry Design and implementation of a test-rig, suitable for allowing measurement of internal surfaces on components Lehigh University, USA Finsbury (Development) Limited, UK Ruth Birch Glass foams (IASTE) TU Bergakademie Freiberg, Germany Patrick Burr FAE Modelling of cyclic behaviour of P91 steel using a Chaboche approach and comparison to real-scale experimental test Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation (ANSTO), Australia Alvin Chan Surface engineering in tribology Rolls-Royce Plc., UK Adrian Chiang Processing and casting of cast irons and QA Kai Ming Engineering Co. Ltd., China 46 Department of Materials Annual Report 2009–10 www.imperial.ac.uk/materials www.imperial.ac.uk/materials Department of Materials Annual Report 2009–10 47 Katerina Christofidou Atoms to Aircraft in composite materials analysis and testing Purdue University, USA Tobias Clarke AWE, UK Toby Davis Evaluating the high temperature performance of polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) spring-energised seals Evgeniy Donchev Practical adhesion of barriers and capping layers to low-k materials using 4-point bending Adam Foley AWE, UK Rolls-Royce Plc.,UK IMEC VZW, Belgium Ge Jin Synthesis of graphene for optoelectronic applications Imperial College London, UK Shuojie Gu Welding metal quality control China Nuclear Power Engineering Co. Ltd., UK Sajjad Jaffer A machinability study on the surface roughness in end milling of discontinuously reinforced aluminium composites Mabel Lew Remnant life deterministic fitness-for-purpose assessment methodology for subsea pipelines Zhen Ling Low temperature assessment of materials in oil and gas applications Alistair Owen The synthesis and characterisation of silicon-doped boron carbide nanowires Manipal Institute of Technology (IASTE), India Wood Group Integrity Management, UK Shell UK Limited, UK Imperial College London, UK Shanika Pathirane Corrosion study of a combined cycle power station West Coast Power (Pvt) Ltd., Sri Lanka Jonathan Peel Toward best corrosion practice British Petroleum, UK Lucia Podhorska Silicon dioxide characterisation Aalto University, Finland Bartosz Polomski Cellulose nanocomposites Purdue University, USA Luisa Riera Lamela Pressure profile during labelling Procter & Gamble, Belgium Carlos Schuster The influence of thermal conductivity on orientated pore structure in collagen scaffolds using directional freeze-drying process Kisharn Thanalingam Cambridge University, UK Field M drilling fluids, losses study BP Exploration Operating Company Ltd., UK Yi Wang Research on epoxy based nanocomposites, National Centre for Nanoscience and Technology (NCNST) Final year undergraduate projects Beijing, China Student Title of project Supervisor BEng Materials Science and Engineering Benjamin Foss Development of protocols for the analysis of SIMS mass spectral data Dr David S McPhail Chun Ann Huang Double perovskites for ITSOFC cathodes Professor John A Kilner Zhi Yang Lim Defect formation in high integrity Al castings for automotive chassis applications MEng Materials Science and Engineering Dr Christopher M Gourlay Chen Chang Thermal analysis of phase transformation in (Cu,Ni)6Sn5 Dr Christopher M Gourlay Ruskin Constant Fabrication of cantilevers for biosensors Dr Yeong Ah-Soh Zoe Dobel Effect of crystallographic texture on the micro-mechanism of fatigue in Zr alloys Dr David Dye Carolin Ecsy Future nuclear fuel behaviour/phosphate based nuclear waste Professor Robin W Grimes Alexandru Enica Growth and characterisation of molecular spintronic devices Dr Sandrine EM Heutz Alexander Ford Semi-conductor Q-dot modified electrodes Dr Jason Riley
Yasir Gani Modelling the interaction between creep, fatigue and oxidation Professor Trevor C Lindley Joseph Gleeson Defect formation in high integrity Al castings for automotive chassis applications Dr Christopher M Gourlay Benjamin Hanson The effects of soot on engine wear Dr Barbara A Shollock Oliver Joris A new Co-based family of super alloys Dr David Dye Shakiba Kaveh Mixed conductors for renewable energy systems Professor John A Kilner Harpal Khaira Bio-functionalised nanoparticles for biosensing Professor Molly M Stevens Bij-Na Kim SIMS studies on micrometeorites Dr David S McPhail Taek Bo Kim Bioactivity of bone scaffolds Dr Julian R Jones Edwella Lee Large-area fabrication of plastic electronic components by wire-bar coating Dr Natalie Stingelin Alex Leung Light alloys for the next generation of aerospace applications Professor Peter D Lee Alankar Lodha The dissolution behaviour of nanostructures in physiological environments Yiming Ma Cyclic carbon capture with CaO: mechanisms of capture efficiency degradation Dr Mary P Ryan Dr Luc J Vandeperre Mathias Mesa Electrochemical deposition of novel fuel cell electrolyte Dr Stephen J Skinner Charles Murdoch Microstructure formation in next generation Pb-free solders Dr Christopher M Gourlay Aaron Nunkoosing Use of X-ray microtomography to image cracks in nuclear fuel cladding Dr Mark R Wenman Alistair Philpott Formation of ordered macroporous thin films for photovoltaic applications Dr Martyn A McLachlan Christopher Reece Future nuclear fuel behaviour/phosphate based nuclear waste Professor Robin W Grimes Thibault Salomon Surface modification of alloy surfaces for improved oxidation resistance Dr Barbara A Shollock Bowen Shen Understanding the mechanism of TiB2 grain refinement in aluminium alloys Dr Andrew P Horsfield Omar Shaikh New bioactive glass scaffolds for bone regeneration Dr Julian R Jones Simranjit Singh Finite element modelling of Luders behaviour in ferritic steels Dr Mark R Wenman Saxon Tint Elastic properties of thermal barrier coatings Professor Alan Atkinson Clementine Walker Electrical characterisation of functional oxide thin films Professor Neil McN Alford Tian Wang Fabrication and characterisation of stripped nanorods Dr Jason Riley Chengbo Xie Mechanical stability of SOFC cathodes Professor Alan Atkinson Junjie Xiong Ionic conductivity of ITSOFC electrolyte materials Professor John A Kilner Hui Yan In situ observation of fatigue crack growth Professor Peter D Lee Postgraduate school Typically, there are over 100 postgraduate research students in the Department of Materials studying for higher degrees. Their research objectives are to study and improve the chemical, physical and engineering processes by which materials may be produced and improve their understanding of the nature and behaviour of the materials. These objectives are supported by world-class facilities in the areas of transmission and scanning electron microscopy, mechanical testing, electrical characterisation, X-ray diffraction and surface characterisation. The broad range of postgraduate projects available are based around six core themes depending on the type of materials being studied: biomaterials and tissue engineering, ceramics and glasses, advanced alloys, nanotechnology and nanoscale characterisation, functional materials and theory and simulation of materials. Postgraduate masters courses The Department of Materials also contributes to the MSc course in Composite Materials run by the Centre for Composite Materials in the Department of Aeronautics and started new MSc courses in Biomaterials (with the Department of Bioengineering) and Nuclear Engineering in Autumn 2010. In addition, a new MSc course in Advanced Materials Science and Engineering will be offered in October 2011. MSc in Nuclear Engineering The MSc in Nuclear Engineering is a new course being offered by the Department of Materials to be completed over one year of full time study commencing in October 2010. The course is aimed at a new generation of engineers with the intention of ensuring they are equipped with specific nuclear training to satisfy the demands of the nuclear industry. The course will cover all major aspects of the nuclear industry from the design and build of nuclear power stations, their operations through to decommissioning and final disposal. The course is a multidisciplinary subject and the core courses are taught by research leaders from the Departments of Materials, Mechanical, Chemical and Earth Science Engineering with expertise unique to the UK from our Reactor Centre staff at the Silwood Park campus who operate the CONSORT test reactor. www.imperial.ac.uk/materials/courses/msccourses/ mscnuclear MSc in Biomedical Engineering with Biomaterials The Biomaterials stream focuses on the design and synthesis of new materials that will be used as implants or prostheses. Key to implant development is the understanding of how the material design affects biological response. An example is total joint replacement: understanding materials selection and properties and the advantages and disadvantages of their use and long term effects. Another example is the design of temporary templates (scaffolds) that can act as guides for tissue repair and can signal stem cells depending on their surface chemistry and topography. Depending on their design, materials can be degradable, can stimulate tissue growth at the cellular level and can release drugs at controlled rates. The design of the material is very specific to the tissue that is being repaired or the drug being delivered. Techniques for imaging the cell-material interactions are also important. www.imperial.ac.uk/bioengineering/courses/msc 48 Department of Materials Annual Report 2009–10 www.imperial.ac.uk/materials www.imperial.ac.uk/materials Department of Materials Annual Report 2009–10 49
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