Research staff
Materials Science and Engineering – Research staff
Dr. Golrokh Akhgar
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Supervisor: Prof Neil Cameron
Dr. Erin Brodie
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Supervisor: Prof Laurence Meagher
Dr. James Carthew
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Supervisor: A/Prof Jess Frith
Dr. Louis Chiu
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Supervisor: Prof Aijun Huang
Finite Element Modelling; Topology Optimisation; Process Simulation including powder bed additive manufacturing; Additive Manufacturing including power bed and direct metal deposition; Non-Destructive Testing including X-ray CT and Neutron diffraction
Dr. Darren Cram
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Supervisor: Prof Christopher Hutchinson
Dr. Bryan Esser
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Supervisor: Prof Joanne Etheridge
Mr. Sam Gao
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Supervisor: Dr Yuman Zhu
Dr. Maria Garcia Cruz
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Supervisor: A/Prof Jessica Frith
Dr. Mehri Ghasemi
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Supervisor: Prof Jacek Jasieniak
Mr. Jordan Hooker
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Supervisor: Prof Neil Cameron
Dr. Zhifeng Huang
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Supervisor: Prof Jianfeng Nie
Dr. Tom Jarvis
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Supervisor: Prof Aijun Huang
Dr. Derui Jiang
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Supervisor: Prof Aijun Huang
Processing, physical metallurgy, mechanical properties and corrosion properties of stainless steels and aerospace metallic materials;
Additive Manufacturing using power bed fusion;
Advanced manufacturing technology of metal powders.
Dr. Wenhao Kan
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Supervisor: Prof Aijun Huang
Dr. Jueng-Eun Kim
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Supervisor: Prof Jacek Jasieniak
Dr. Marcus C. Lam
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Supervisor: Prof Aijun Huang
Additive Manufacturing, High-Temperature Materials, Aerospace Engineering; Solidification, Modelling, CALPHAD, Alloy Design, Microscopy.
Dr. Weilun Li
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Supervisor: Prof Joanne Etheridge
Dr. Samuel Lim
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Supervisor: Prof Aijun Huang
Dr. Anthony Liu
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Supervisor: Prof Aijun Huang
Mr. Chang Liu
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Supervisor: Dr Julie Karel
Dr. Jingying Liu
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Supervisor: A/Prof Sudha Mokkapati
Mr. Yichen Liu
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Supervisor: Prof Aijun Huang
Dr. Yiyi Liu
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Supervisor: Dr Hsin-Hui Shen
Dr. Jisheng Ma
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Supervisor: James Griffith
Mr. Bryce Melville
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Supervisor: Prof Aijun Huang
Mechanical engineering background;Design and manufacture of Additively manufactured components;Predominant field of expertise in SLM powder bed printing systems. Focus on delivery of research outcomes and commercial projects to external customers.
Dr. Priya Naidu
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Supervisor: Prof Laurence Meagher
Dr. Qingdong Ou
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Supervisor: Dr Julie Karel
Dr. Richard Parsons
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Supervisor: Prof Kiyonori Suzuki
Our work focuses on the production, characterisation and development of Fe-metalloid nanocrystalline magnetically soft materials for use in applications such as high-frequency transformers, inductors and electric motors.
Dr. Babar Shabbir
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Supervisor: Prof Jacek Jasieniak
Dr. Manoj Sharma
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Supervisor: Prof Jacek Jasieniak
Mr. John Shurvinton
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Supervisor: Prof Aijun Huang
Blown Powder, Powder Bed & Hot Isostatic Pressing.
Dr. Wenliang Tan
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Supervisor: Prof Chris McNeill
Dr. Tiffany Tang
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Supervisor: Prof George Simon
Dr. Tony Tian
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Supervisor: Prof Aijun Huang
Processing and physical metallurgy of aerospace metallic materials including titanium alloys and Ni-based superalloys; Additive Manufacturing including power bed and direct metal deposition; Advanced manufacturing technology of metal powders.
Dr. Bo Wang
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Supervisor: Dr Hsin-Hui Shen
Dr. Chao Wang
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Supervisor: Prof Chris McNeill
Dr. Tharindu Warnakula
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Supervisor: Prof Jacek Jasieniak
Dr. Yuefeng Yin
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Supervisor: A/Prof Nikhil Medhekar
Dr. Jaechoul Yu
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Supervisor: Prof Jacek Jasieniak
Dr. Kun Zhang
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Supervisor: Prof Aijun Huang/Prof Neil Cameron
Alloy development of high strength and high toughness titanium alloy specifically for additive manufacturing process;
Heat treatment development and mechanical characterisation of SLMed/DEDed titanium alloys including alpha+beta alloys and beta alloys.
Dr. Yong Zhang
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Supervisor: Prof Jianfeng Nie
Dr. Kun Zhou
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Supervisor: Prof John Forsythe
Dr. Su-Ming Zhu
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Supervisor: Prof Jianfeng Nie
Light metals; Microstructure/mechanical property relationship; Electron microscopy.
Dr. Yuman Zhu
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Supervisor: Prof Aijun Huang
Light alloys, solute segregation, Precipitation, Microscopy.