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    Post-Doctoral Research Assistants and Fellows
    Post-doctoral Research Assistants and Fellows
    Visiting Scientists
    Ph.D. Research Students
    Master of Philosophy Research Students
    Short Projects (6 Months)
    Links
    
        - Dr C. Rae
 Single-Crystal Ni-base Superalloys
 Post-doctoral Research Fellow, 1983-1989,
 now Professor of Superalloys, University of Cambridge.
 
 
- Dr Philip Shipway
 Transformation Plasticity and the Bainite Transformation
 Post Doctoral Research Assistant Dec. 1992-Oct. 1994,
 now a Professor at Nottingham University
 
 
- Professor W. Sha
 Process Modelling of ODS Mechanical Alloys
 Post-doctoral Research Assistant, 1992-1995,
 now a Professor of Materials Science at Queens University in Belfast
 
 
- Dr S. A. Khan
 Modelling microstructure in Complex Steel Sections
 Post-doctoral Research Assistant, 1993-1996,
 now at Marconi Avionics
 
 
- Dr A. Gingell
 Modelling and Characterisation of High-Strength Steels
 Post Doctoral Research Assistant, Jan.-June 1994,
 now with IRSID Metallurgical Laboratories, France
 
 
- Dr E. Swallow
 Transformation Plasticity during Bainitic Transformation
 Post-doctoral Research Assistant, 1994-1995,
 now an Education Innovator, The Royal Academy of Engineering, London.
 
 
- Dr J. Wilkins
 Materials Algorithms Project (MAP) ,
 Post-doctoral Research Assistant, 1994-1995,
 now with Central Unix Support, University of Cambridge
 
 
- Dr A. Dent
 Inclusions in high-strength steels,
 Post-Doctoral Research Assistant (1995),
 now at Materials ConneXion, USA
 
 
- Dr H. Fujii
 Neural Network Modelling,
 Post-doctoral Research Assistant, 1995-1996,
 now a Professor at the Welding Research Institute, Osaka University.
 
 
- Mr M. Pitt
 Design of Armour Steels,
 Post-doctoral Research Assistant, 1997-1998,
 now at Computer Solutions, Royston, U. K.
 
 
- Mr S. Cardie
 Materials Algorithms Project (MAP)
 Post-doctoral Research Assistant, 1996-1998,
 now at Sanderson CBT, Sheffield Science Park, Howard Street, South Yorkshire.
 
 
- Dr Vinay Narayan
 Neural Network Models for Alloys
 Post-doctoral Research Assistant, 1996-1998,
 now a post-doctoral research assistant at Charlmers University of Technology, Sweden.
 
 
- Dr Nicola Duvauchelle
 Metal-Metal Composites (MeMeC)
 Post-doctoral Research Assistant, 1998-1999,
 now working as a microscopist for the ITALCEMENTI Group, Rue de Technodes, 78931 Guerville, France.
 
 
- Dr Carrie A. Walsh
 Materials Algorithms Project (MAP), Laser Stitch-Welding
 Post-doctoral Research Assistant, 1998-1999, 2000-2002.
 
 
- Dr Pascal Jacques
 The Bainite Transformation in Dual Phase Steels
 Marie-Curie Research Fellow, 1998-1999,
 now a Distinguished Research Fellow at McMaster University, Canada.
 
 
- Miss Ariane Lugan
 Metal-Metal Composites (MeMeC)
 Post-doctoral Research Assistant, 1999, now at TWI, Cambridge
 
 
 
- Eur Ing John Street
 Metal-Metal Composites (MeMeC)
 Research Technician, 1996-1999
 Now retired from Cambridge University
 
 
- Dr Francisca Garcia Caballero
 Strong, tough bainitic steels
 Post-doctoral Research Assistant, 1997-2000
 Now Professor at CENIM and Vice President for Graduate Studies and Research at the Universidad Internacional Menendez Pelayo, Madrid, Spain
 
 
- Professor Franck Tancret
 Novel nickel alloys for power plant
 Post-doctoral Research Assistant, 1998-2000
 Now a Professor at Ecole Polytechnique de l'Université de Nantes, France.
 
 
- Chris Downs
 Power Plant Steels,Research Assistant, 1999-2001
 Now at ESDU International (Information for Engineers), London
 
 
- Jiang He
 Bainite in Steels
 Research Technician, 2000-2001
 Now working at the Computing Department, Cambridge University
 
 
- Dr Carlos Garcia Mateos
 Hard Bainite
 Post-doctoral research assistant, 2000-2003
 Now working at CENIM, Spain
 
 
- Pippa Swannell
 Hard Bainite
 Research Technician, 2001-2003
 Now having fun in Egypt
 
 
- Thomas Sourmail
 Precipitation in Stainless Steels
 Ph.D. Student and Post-Doctoral Research Assistant, 1998-2004
 Now at Ascometal, France
 
 
- Dr Howard Stone
 Transformation Plasticity
 Post-Doctoral Research Assistant, 2004-2006
 Now Assistant Director of Research, Rolls-Royce UTC, Cambridge
 
 
- Dr Richard Kembleton
 Neural Networks for Noisy Data
 Post-Doctoral Research Assistant, 2006, now Chief Scientific Officer, Gauss Fusion, Germany
 
 
- Dr Mohamed Sherif
 Low-strength bainite
 Post-Doctoral Research Assistant, 2006-2007, now at Northvolt AB, Sweden
 
 
- Dr Stefan M. C. van de Bohemen
 Scatter in Weld Metal Toughness
 Post-Doctoral Research Assistant, 2007, now at TATA Steel, The Netherlands
 
 
- Dr Daniel Gaude Fugarola
 Scatter in Weld Metal Toughness
 Post-Doctoral Research Assistant, 2008, now a Consultant in Spain
 
 
- Dr Swarup Ghosh, Bengal Engineering and Science University
 δ-TRIP Steels
 2007-2008
 
 
- Dr Amir Shirzadi
 Design of Welding Alloys for Residual Stress Control
 Post-Doctoral Research Assistant, 2006-2009, now a Lecturer at the Open University
 
 
- Dr John Garnham
 Design of Welding Alloys for Residual Stress Control
 Post-Doctoral Research Assistant, 2010, now retired.
 
 
- Dr Ivan Lonardelli
 Synchrotron X-ray studies of steels
 Post-Doctoral Research Assistant, 2011-2012
 
 
- Dr David Bombac
 Mathematical Modelling of Steel Processing
 Post-Doctoral Research Assistant, 2012-2013
 
 
- Dr Hala Salman Hasan
 Strong bainitic steels
 Post-Doctoral Research Assistant, 2012-2013
 
 
- Dr Yan Pei
 Pipe steels
 Post-Doctoral Research Assistant, 2011-2014, now with the SKF in the Netherlands.
 
 
- Dr Lin Sun
 Steel for shafts
 Post-Doctoral Research Assistant, 2013-2015, now with Alstom, Rugby, U.K.
 
 
- Dr Tim Ramjaun
 Steel for undersea structures
 Post-Doctoral Research Assistant, 2014-2016.
 
 
- Dr Wilberth Solano Alvarez
 Steel for rails
 Post-Doctoral Research Assistant, 2015-2017.
 
 
- Dr Christopher Hulme-Smith
 Designing powders for additive manufacturing
 Post-Doctoral Research Associate, 2015-2017.
 
 
- Dr Dominik Dziedzic
 Steel for aeroengine shaft
 Post-Doctoral Research Associate, 2016-2018.
 
 
- Dr Steve Ooi
 Steels for bearings
 Senior Research Associate, 2012-2019.
 
 
- Dr Gyen Ming Angel
 High-pressure gas-iron reactions
 Senior Research Associate, 2022-2023.
 
 
        
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    Ph.D. Research Students
    Post-doctoral Research Assistants and Fellows
    Visiting Scientists
    Ph.D. Research Students
    Master of Philosophy Research Students
    Short Projects (6 Months)
    Links
    
        - Dr Graham Hillier
 Defect Energies in Ni-base Superalloys
 Research Student 1981-84
 now Chair Foundation Industries Sustainability Consortium.
 
 
- Dr S. K. Sahay
 Nucleation and Growth of Ferrite
 Research Student 1983-1986,
 now Assistant Professor at the National Institute of Technology (N.I.T.), India
 
 
- Professor Martin Strangwood
 Acicular Ferrite and Microphases in Welds
 Research Student 1984-87,
 now an associate professor at Birmingham University
 
 
- Dr Jer-ren Yang
 Reheated Microstructure in Welds
 Research Student, 1984-1987
 now Professor of Metallurgy at the Taiwan National University
 
 
- Dr A. A. B. Sugden
 Prediction of the Mechanical Properties of Welds
 Research Student, 1985-1988,
 now with Nomura Securities, UK and Japan, now retired.
 
 
- Dr Serdar Atamert
 Hardfacing Alloys (Fe, Ni and Co base)
 Research Student, 1985-1988,
 now  Chief Executive Officer at EPOCH WIRES Ltd. London, United Kingdom
 
 
- Professor Moazam Baloch
 Directional Recrystallisation in Dispersion Strengthened Alloys
 Research Student, 1986-1989,
 now Mehran University of Engineering & Technology, Jamshoro, Pakistan
 
 
- Dr N. I. A. Haddad, haddad at rss.gov.jo
 Development of Microstructure in Duplex Stainless Steel Welds
 Research Student, 1986-1989,
 now a Material Scientist Consultant and Metallurgist based in California, USA
 
 
- Dr Shahid A. Khan
 Transformations in Heterogeneous Materials
 Research Student, 1986-1990,
 now senior engineer, Pakistan Institute of Nuclear Science
 
 
- Dr M. Takahashi
 Reverse Transformation from Bainite to Austenite
 Research Student, 1987-1988,
 now General Manager, Steel Products Laboratory 1, Nippon Steel, Japan
 
 
- Professor R. Reed, FREng
 Prediction of the Heat-Affected Zone Microstructure
 Research Student, 1987-1990,
 now a Professor at the University of Oxford.
 
 
- Dr Peter Wilson
 Remanent Creep-Life Prediction
 Research Student, 1986-1990,
 now Director (patents) at Murgitroyd, UK
 
 
- Dr A. Ali
 Nucleation and Growth of Widmanstatten Ferrite and Bainite
 Research Student, 1986-1990,
 now a Professor at NED Engineering University, Karachi, Pakistan
 
 
- Professor Sudarsanam Suresh Babu
 Acicular Ferrite and Bainite in Fe-Cr-C Weld Deposits
 Research Student, 1988-1991,
 Clark Distinguished Professor,
 University of Maryland,  USA
 
 
- Dr G. Rees
 Novel High-Strength Steel Weld Deposits
 Research Student, 1988-1991,
 Now Technical Manager at Senior Automotive Limited, Wales
 
 
- Dr S. Mujahid
 Coupled Diffusional/Displacive Transformations
 Research Student, 1988-1991,
 now with the Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission:
 
 
- Dr N. Deards
 Microtexture Development during Recrystallisation of Al
 Research Student, 1989-1992,
 now with Goodrich corporation, Birmingham
 
 
- Professor Rachel Thomson FREng
 Remanent Creep-Life Prediction
 Research Student, 1989-1992,
 now a Professor, Pro Vice-Chancellor, Loughborough University
 
 
- Professor Julia Race
 Diffusion at Dissimilar Metal Junctions
 Research Student, 1989-1992,
 now Vice-Dean, Naval Architecture, Ocean and Marine Engineering, Strathclyde University, Scotland.
 
 
- Professor S. Sharafi
 Microstructure of Super Duplex Stainless Steels
 Research Student, 1990-1993,
 now Professor of Physical Metallurgy, at The University of Kerman in Iran
 
 
- Dr H. Ullah
 Anomalous reaustenitisation in Fe-Mo-C welds
 Research Student, 1990-1993,
 now at the "New Laboratories", Pakistan
 
 
- Dr K. Murakami
 Creep Resistant ODS Superalloys
 Research Student, 1990-1992,
 now General Manager, Products Development Centre, Corporate Research and Development, at Ishikawajima-Harima
 Heavy Industries Research Laboratories, Japan
 
 
- Dr Tung-Sheng Chou
 Direction Recrystallisation in Mechanically Alloyed Steels
 Research Student, 1991-1993,
 now at Ichia Technologies, Inc., (Taiwan)
 
 
- Dr M. Gregg Web Site
 Ferritic Nucleation on Non-Metallic Inclusions in Steels
 Modelling of Weld Microstructures, Research Student 1991-1994,
 now a Professor at Queen's University in Belfast
 
 
- Dr Liou-Chun (Henry) Chang
 Bainitic Rail Steels
 Research Student 1991-1994,
 now on Faculty at British Columbia Institute of Technology, Mechanical Engineering, Canada
 
 
- Dr H. Read
 Atomic Structure of Mechanically Alloyed Metals
 Research Student 1992-1995,
 now at a partner at Appleyard Lees IP in Cambridge but may be based in Norway.
 
 
- S. Suzuki
 Transformation to Austenite in Steels
 Research Student 1992-1994,
 now a Research Scientist, NKK Corporation, Japan
 
 
- Professor L. Hsiung
 Thermodynamically stable Metal-Metal Composites
 Research student 1993-1996,
 now Professor at Chung-Cheng Institute of Technology, Taiwan, R.O.C
 
 
- Dr T. Cool
 Modelling of Steel Welds for Power Plant Applications
 Research student 1993-1996,
 now a Design Metallurgist at Rolls--Royce Industrial Power Group
 
 
- Dr J. D. Robson
 Modelling of Carbide Precipitation Sequences
 Research student, 1993-1996, Post-Doctoral Research Assistant 1996-1998,
 now a Senior Lecturer at the Manchester Materials Science Centre, a part of Manchester University.
 
 
- Dr S. Jones, s.j.jones at fsmail.net
 Inclusion Nucleation-Potency in Steel Welds
 Research student, 1993-1996,
 now Senior Drivability Engineer, Ford Motor Company
 
 
- Mr A. Quereshi
 Stress Affected Transformations,
 M.Sc. Research student 1993-1996,
 now at Pakistan Steel
 
 
- Dr Sally Parker
 Modelling Transformations in Hot-Rolled Steels,
 Ph.D. Research Student, 1994-1997,
 now a Senior Technologist at Swinden Technology Centre, Corus
 
 
- Dr Naomi Whittaker(formerly Naomi Chester)
 Ph.D. Research Student, 1994-1997,
 at first a research scientist at the Steel Technology Centre, CORUS, now a full-time home-maker and entrepreneur
 
 
- Dr Adebayo Badmos
 Some Properties of Mechanically Alloyed, Oxide Dispersion Strengthened Metals,
 Ph.D. Research Student, 1994-1997,
 now an Assistant Professor, Black Hawk College, Illinois, USA
 
 
- Professor Shiv B. Singh, FNAE
 Phase Transformations from Deformed Austenite,
 Ph.D. Research Student, 1996-1998,
 now a Full Professor, Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur.
 
 
- Dr Mike Lord
 High Strength Steel Welds,
 Ph.D. Research Student, 1996-1998,
 now a Partner with Gill, Jennings and Every, Patent Attorneys, London
 
 
- Dr Kazutoshi Ichikawa
 Modelling of Phase Transformations and Properties of Steel Welds,
 Ph.D. Research Student, 1994-1996,
 now Professor at Tohoku University, Japan
 
 
- Dr Nobuhiro Fujita
 Precipitation in power plant steels,
 Ph.D. Research Student, 1996-1998,
 now a Senior Metallurgist at Nippon Steel Corporation, Japan
 
 
- Dr Catherine Pitt
 Wear of Bainitic Rail Steel
 Ph.D. Research Student, 1996-1999,
 now a Computer Officer at Pembroke College, Cambridge, U.K.
 
 
- Dr Nick Tyas
 Grain Refinement of Austenitic Stainless Steel Welds to Facilitate Ultrasonic Testing,
 Ph.D. Research Student, 1996-1999,
 now a Materials Engineer in the power generation industry, U.K.
 
 
- Dr David Cole
 Design of Creep-Resistant Steels
 Ph.D. Research Student, 1997-2000,
 now a Senior Engineer, Atkins Nuclear and Power, U. K.
 
 
- Dr Sree Harsha Lalam
 Modelling of Mechanical Properties of Ferritic Steel Welds
 Ph.D. Research Student, 1997-2000,
 now a Senior Research Engineer at Inland Steel, Chicago, USA
 
 
- Fiona Smith
 Modelling transformations in steels,
 Ph.D. Research Student, 1997-2000,
 now a Technical Author at Geneva Technology Ltd.
 
 
- Dr Dorothy Downs
 Uphill Diffusion of Carbon at Dissimilar Metal Junctions,
 Ph.D. Research Student, 1997-2000,
 now a Stress-Engineer at ESDU, London.
 
 
- Dr Gareth Hopkin
 Anisothermal Recrystallisation in Austenitic Stainless Steels,
 Ph.D. Research Student, 1997-2000,
 now at Serco Assurance.
 
 
- Dr Phillipe Opdenacker
 Continuous Cooling Transformation to Bainite,
 Ph.D. Research Student, 1997-2000,
 now a Process Engineer at Trikon Technologies, Wales.
 
 
- Dr Thomas Sourmail
 Modelling of Creep-Resistant Austenitic Stainless Steels,
 Ph.D. Research Student, 1998-2001,
 now at Ascometal France.
 
 
- Dr Miguel Angel Yescas-Gonzalez
 Modelling the microstructure and properties of austempered ductile cast irons,
 Ph.D. Research Student, 1998-2001,
 now a research scientist at Areva, France.
 
 
- Dr Pedro Eduardo Jose Rivera diaz del Castillo
 Kinetics of Precipitation Reactions,
 Ph.D. Research Student, 1998-2001,
 now an Assistant Director of Research at Cambridge University
 
 
- Dr Shinigo Yamasaki
 Kinetics of Precipitation Reactions, and relation to Hydrogen Trapping
 Ph.D. Research Student, 1999-2002,
 now in technical research at Nippon Steel Corporation, Japan
 
 
- Dr Dominique Carrouge
 Welds in Supermartensitic Stainless Steels
 Ph.D. Research Student, 1999-2002,
 now in charge of Product and Process Development at Europipe.
 
 
- Dr Marimuthu Murugananth
 Creep-Resistant and Tough Welds
 Ph.D. Research Student, 1999-2002,
 Now Senior Lecturer at Wollongong University in Australia
 
 
- Dr Daniel Gaude Fugarolas, dgaude at cantab.net
 Induction Hardening of Steel
 Ph.D. Research Student, 1999-2002,
 now a research scientist.
 
 
- Dr Vicky Yardley, v.a.yardley at gmail.com
 Magnetic Detection of Microstructural Changes in Power Plant Steels
 Ph.D. Research Student, 1999-2003, now Director, Ademen Ltd. U.K.
 
 
- Mr Teruhisa Okumura
 Phase changes in Copper-Containing Steels
 Ph.D. Research Student, 2003-2004, now at the Nippon Steel Corporation.
 
 
- Dr Mohamed Sherif
 Very Strong Steels
 Ph.D. Research Student, 2003-2006, now Senior Metallurgist at Northvolt AB, Sweden
 
 
- Dr Richard Kembleton
 Alloy Design for a Fusion Power Plant
 Ph.D. Research Student, 2003-2006, now Chief Scientific Officer at Gauss Fusion, Germany
 
 
- Dr Sourabh Chatterjee
 TRIP-Assisted Steels: Microstructure and Properties
 Ph.D. Research Student, 2003-2006, now an Application Engineer at TATA Steel in Bangalore, India
 
 
- Dr Saurabh Kundu
 Transformation Strain and Crystallographic Texture in Steels
 Ph.D. Research Student, 2004-2007, now Chief of Product Development, TATA Steel, India
 
 
- Dr Radu Dimitriu
 Complex Mechanical Properties
 Ph.D. Research Student, 2006-2009, now Project Leader, Fatigue Integrity Management, TWI, Cambridge.
 
 
- Dr Jiawen Chen
 Modelling of Simultaneous Transformations in Steels
 Ph.D. Research Student, 2006-2009.
 
 
- Dr Stephane Forsik
 Steels for Fusion Reactors
 Ph.D. Research Student, 2006-2009. Now at Carpenter Technology Corporation, Philadelphia, USA
 
 
- Dr Hala Salman Hasan
 Heat Transfer Coefficients
 Ph.D. Research Student, jointly with The University of Technology, Baghdad. Now a Professor at Nahrain University, Iraq.
 
 
- Dr Andrew Barrow
 Strong Steel for Aeroengines
 Ph.D. Research Student, 2006-2009, now at Rolls-Royce, U.K.
 
 
- Dr Mathew Peet
 Low Temperature Bainite
 Ph.D. Research Student, 2001-2003. Now a Research Associate, Cambridge University.
 
 
- Dr Laura Barrow
 Mathematical modelling of flash butt weld failure
 Ph.D. Research Student, 2007-2010. Now at Babcock International Group, U.K.
 
 
- Dr Hongliang Yi
 δ-TRIP Steel
 2006-2010, now at Northeastern University in China.
 
 
- Dr Kim Dae Woo
 Allotriomorphic ferrite crystallography
 2006-2010, now at POSCO, Korea.
 
 
- Dr Aseel Al-Hamdany
 Mechanical Property Modelling of Steels
 Ph.D. Research Student, 2007-2010,2011
 Now Lecturer at the Baghdad University of Technology, Iraq
 
 
- Dr Arijit Saha Podder
 Tempering of a Mixture of Bainite and Retained Austenite
 Ph.D. Research Student, 2007-2010
 Now Deputy General Manager of Research and Development at Jindal Stainless Limited
 
 
- Dr Ashwin Pandit
 Theory of the Pearlite Transformation
 Ph.D. Research Student, 2008-2011
 Now Head of Quality, in the Flat Products Technology Group of Tata Steel
 
 
- Dr Junhak Pak
 Coalesced Bainite and Martensite
 2008-2012, now at POSCO, Korea.
 
 
- Dr Hong-Seok Yang
 Low-Carbon Low-Temperature Bainite
 2008-2012, now at POSCO, Korea.
 
 
- Dr Joo Hyun Ryu
 Hydrogen embrittlement in TRIP and TWIP steels
 2008-2012, now at POSCO, Korea.
 
 
- Dr Min Sung Joo
 Anisotropy of Charpy properties in linepipe steels
 2008-2012, now at POSCO, Korea.
 
 
- Dr Yan Pei
 High Frequency Induction Welding and Heat Treatment of Steel Pipes
 Ph.D. Research Student, 2008-2011
 Now at SKF Research Laboratories, The Netherlands.
 
 
- Dr Seo, Seung Woo
 Pearlite growth rate in Fe-C binary and Fe-C-X ternary steels
 2011-2015, now with Samsung, Korea.
 
 
- Dr Song, Eunju
 Hydrogen desorption in steels
 2011-2015, now at KRISS, Korea.
 
 
- Dr Song, You Young
 Stability and thermal conductivity of metallic-nanofluids
 2011-2015, now at Samsung, Korea.
 
 
- Dr Lucy Fielding
 Understanding toughness and ductility in novel steels with mixed microstructures
 Ph.D. Research Student, 2011-2014
 Now with Cambridge Consultants.
 
 
- Dr Hector Pous Romero
 Quantitative basis for the structure and properties of a critically-important pressure vessel steel
 Ph.D. Research Student, 2011-2014
 Now with Rolls-Royce Derby.
 
 
- Dr Ed Pickering
 Chemical segregation in nuclear pressure vessel steel
 Ph.D. Research Student, 2011-2014
 Now Lecturer at Manchester University.
 
 
- Dr Subhankar das Bakshi
 Wear resistance of advanced steels
 Ph.D. Research Student, 2011-2014
 Now with Tata Steel India.
 
 
- Dr Tim Ramjaun
 Viable welding alloy for mitigation of residual stress and enhancement of fatigue resistance
 Ph.D. Research Student, 2012-2015
 Now a Research Associate at Swansea University.
 
 
- Dr Wilberth Solano-Alvarez
 Microstructural degradation of bearing steels
 Ph.D. Research Student, 2012-2015
 Now a Research Associate at the University of Cambridge.
 
 
- Dr Christopher Hulme-Smith
 The thermal stability of bulk nanocrystalline steels
 Ph.D. Research Student, 2011-2015
 Now at the Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden.
 
 
- Dr James Robert Nygaard
 Fatigue of aeroengine bearing steels
 Ph.D. Research Student, 2011-2015
 Now with Tata Steel U.K.
 
 
- Dr Arunim Ray
 Novel niobium microalloyed tough steels for rails
 Ph.D. Research Student, 2013-2016
 Now with Arcelor Mittal in Belgium.
 
 
- Dr Guo Lei
 Modelling of Microstructure Development in Silicon-containing Bainitic Free-machining Steels
 Ph.D. Research Student, 2014-2017
 Now with a large diffraction facility in China.
 
 
- Dr Neelabhro Madhav Bhattacharya
 Effects of niobium in the heat-affected zone of microalloyed steel
 Ph.D. Research Student, 2013-2017
 Now runs his own industry.
 
 
- Dr Joachim Dias
 The first high-strength bainitic steel designed for hydrogen embrittlement resistance
 Ph.D. Research Student, 2013-2017
 
 
- Dr Zixin Huang
 Design and characterisation of novel steels for aeroengine shafts
 Ph.D. Research Student, 2016-2019
 
 
- Dr Gebril M. A. M. El-Fallah
 Structural evolution during the plastic deformation of nanostructured steel
 Ph.D. Research Student, 2016-2019
 
 
- Dr Shaumik Lenka
 Bainitic steel with 30 GPa% characteristics
 Ph.D. Research Student, 2016-2020
 
 
- Dr Apparao Chintha
 Role of toughness in abrasion and impact-abrasion wear
 Ph.D. Research Student, 2016-2020
 
 
- Dr Mohamed Alshahrani
 High-pressure, high-temperature hydrogen attack
 Ph.D. Research Student, 2017-2021
 
 
        
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    Master of Philosophy (or of Science) Students
    Post-doctoral Research Assistants and Fellows
    Visiting Scientists
    Ph.D. Research Students
    Master of Philosophy Research Students
    Short Projects (6 Months)
    Links
    
        - Sarrenah Longworth
 Stress-relaxation in magnesium components
 University of Cambridge, 2000-2001
 Now a Ph.D. research student, University of Cambridge
 
 
- Mathew Peet
 Hot-deformation of austenite
 University of Cambridge, 2000-2001
 Now a Ph.D. research student, University of Cambridge.
 
 
- Saira Amjad
 Thermal and acoustic properties of metallic foams
 University of Cambridge, 2000-2001
 
 
- Iqbal Shah
 Strength of Austenite
 University of Cambridge, 2001-2002, now Technology Development Engineer with Procter and Gamble.
 
 
- Chia Too
 Sensitisation of Austenitic Stainless Steels
 University of Cambridge, 2001-2002
 
 
- Akatrina Plati
 Kinetics of gamma-prime precipitation in nickel superalloys
 
 
- Yi Shen
 Model for Creep Strain.
 
 
- Mohammed Sherif
 Strain-induced transformation of retained austenite.
 
 
- Jiawen Chen
 Quasichemical Thermodynamics (Fe-C-X) and First-Principles Calculations (Fe-C).
 
 
- Yucheng Zhang
 Helium Migration in Iron.
 
 
- Mr Qin Bo
 Twinning-induced plasticity steels
 M.Sc. Student, 2005-2007.
 
 
- Ms Jee-Hyun Kang
 TWIP-assisted steels
 M.Sc. Student, 2008-2010.
 
 
- Y. Kang
 Fractal Dimensions of Bainite
 
 
- Tao Zheng
 Thermodynamics and the Space Elevator
 
 
- Eric A. Jaegle
 Theory for Banding in Steels
 
 
- Danyi Luo
 Spheroidisation of Bearing Steels
 
 
- Di Wen
 Intercritically annealed high-niobium steel
 
 
- Ailsa Kiely
 Nuclear pressure vessel steel
 
 
- Pu Shengda
 Hydrogen redistribution during transformation
 
        
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    Visiting Scientists
    Post-doctoral Research Assistants and Fellows
    Visiting Scientists
    Ph.D. Research Students
    Master of Philosophy Research Students
    Short Projects (6 Months)
    Links
    
        - Ms. B. Gretoft
 Hardfacing Alloys
 ESAB AB (Sweden) 1985
 
 
- Dr H. Harada
 Ni-base Superalloys
 National Research Institute for Metals (Japan) 1986
 
 
- Mr B. Josefsson
 Bainite in Weld Deposits
 Chalmers University (Sweden), 1988
 
 
- Dr Lihe Tan
 Microstructure of Martensitic Hardfacing Alloys
 Visiting Scientist from China, 1988-1989. Now Asia Pacific regional manager and microanalysis consultant for EDAX Inc of U.S.A.
 
 
- Mr Yanhui Zhang
 Mechanical Heterogeneity in High-Strength Welds
 Visiting Scientist from China, 1988-1989. Now at TWI, Cambridge.
 
 
- Professor M. Enomoto
 Kinetics of transformations in Steels and Superalloys
 Ibaraki University, Japan, 1990, 1994
 
 
- Dr K. Mino
 Creep Resistant ODS Alloys
 Ishikawajima Harima Heavy Industries(Japan) 1990-1991
 
 
- Mr A. Matsuzaki
 Stress-induced transformations in Steels
 Now manager of steel research, Kawasaki Steel Corporation (Japan) 1990-1992
 
 
- Dr S. Tsukamoto
 Metastable solidification of stainless steels
 National Research Institute for Metals (Japan) 1990-1991
 
 
- Dr A. Ishida
 Atomic Structure of Superalloys
 National Research Institute for Metals (Japan) 1990-1992
 
 
- Dr J. Y. Lee
 Heat-Affected Zone microstructure prediction
 China Steel (Taiwan, ROC) 1991-1992
 
 
- Professor G. B. Olson
 Coupled Diffusional/Displacive Transformations
 SERC Visiting Fellow
 Northwestern University, Chicago, USA, April-June 1992
 
 
- Dr E. A. Metzbower
 Weld Microstructure Modelling
 U. S. Navy Laboratories (Washington, U. S. A) September 1992, 1994
 
 
- Professor Chin-Huai Young
 Mechanical Properties of Bainite
 National Taiwan University of Science and Technology Department of Construction Engineering, 1992-1993
 
 
- Professor J. R. Yang
 Stress Affected Transformation to Widmanstatten
 Director of Materials Engineering Department, National Taiwan University (Taiwan) 1992-1993
 
 
- Mr N. Nanba
 Niobium Carbonitride Precipitation Visiting
 Now Senior Research Metallurgist, Kobe Steel (Japan) 1992-1993
 
 
- Dr Y. Murakami
 Atomic Structure of Superalloys
 National Research Institute for Metals (Japan) 1992-1994
 
 
- Dr L. Vassileva
 Modelling of Austempered Ductile Cast Irons
 Sofia University (Bulgaria) May-Aug. 1993
 
 
- Mr S. Yoshitake
 Lattice Mismatch in Nickel-Base Superalloys
 Mitsubishi Materials (Japan) 1993-1995
 
 
- Dr A. Vevecka
 Plastic Accommodation of Martensite
 Royal Society Research Fellow, University of Tirana (Albania)
 
 
- Professor Yoshiyuki SaitoWeb page
 Simulation of Microstructure
 Wased University, Japan, 1993-1995
 
 
- Assistant Professor O. Umezawa
 Metastable Solidification of Intermetallic Compounds
 Now at Department of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science, Yokohama National University (Japan) 1993-1995
 
 
- Professor Naoya Masahashi
 Intermetallic Compounds
 Tohoku University, Japan, 1993-1995
 
 
- Mr C. Y. Lin
 Fe-Mn-Al Stainless Steels
 Taiwan Institute of Technology, Taiwan, R.O.C., 1996
 
 
- Mr A. Miyazaki
 Steels for automobile exhausts
 now at Kawasaki Steel (Japan) 1996
 
 
- Dr T. Yoshida
 Creep Resistant Steels
 now at IHI (Japan) 1996
 
 
- Dr Valstimil Vodarek
 Heat Resistant Steels
 Visiting Scientist, Vitkovice, Czech Republic, October 1997,
 now a Senior Research Scientist at Vitkovice.
 
 
- Dr Carlos Capdevila Montes
 Modelling of Solid-State Phase Transformations in Steels
 Visiting Scientist, CENIM, Madrid, Spain, 1996, 1997
 Now Deputy Director of Science, CENIM, Spain
 now a tenured scientist at CENIM.
 
 
- Mr Inaki Madriaga
 Acicular Ferrite in Forging Steels,CEIT, San Sebastian, Basque Country, Spain, 1999
 now a research student at CEIT.
 
 
- Mr Takashi Shimada
 Plasma Augumented Laser Welding,Waseda University, Japan, 2000-2001
 now a research student at Waseda University.
 
 
- Mr Hiroshi Matsuda
 Continuous Cooling Transformation Kinetics in Steels,NKK Corporation, Japan, 1999-2001
 now a Senior Researcher at JFE Steel Corporation, Japan.
 
 
- Dr S. Mujahid
 Coupled Diffusional/Displacive Transformations, 2001
 Head of Human Resource Development, PINSTECH
 
 
- Mr Enda Keehan
 High-Strength Steel Weld Metal,Chalmers University, Sweden, 2001
 Currently at Chalmers University.
 
 
- Dr Pavel Lemarinier
 Shape of Welds,ABB Corporate Research, Sweden, 2001
 Currently at ABB Corporate Research, Vasteras, Sweden.
 
 
- Dr Eng. Toshihiro Tsuchiyamap
 Transformations in Steels,Kyushu University, Japan, 2000-2001
 Currently Lecturer at Kyushu University, Department of Materials Science and Engineering.
 
 
- Dr Lars-Erik Svensson
 Modelling Philosophies,Volvo Trucks, Sweden
 
 
- Chang Hoon Lee
 Acicular Ferrite,2001-2002, Seoul University, Korea
 
 
- Professor Michael Ferry
 Neural networks,2002, University of New South Wales, Australia
 
 
- Professor Amitava De, FNAE
 Modelling of laser spot and stitch welds,2001-2002, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, India
 
 
- Professor Surya Maiti
 Modelling of laser spot and stitch welds,2002, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, India
 
 
- Dr Yaan de Carlan, yann.decarlan at cea.fr
 Reduced Activation Steels2001-2002, now at CEA Saclay, France
 
 
- Dr Koichi Kawahara
 Magnetic and Phase Transformations in Fe-Pt and Fe-Pd alloys,August 2002, now at Tohoku University, Japan
 
 
- Professor Yanhong Wei
 Welding of titanium alloys,2001-2002, now at Harbin Institute of Technology, China
 
 
- Stefan van Bohemen
 Acoustic emissions due to bainitic transformation,2002, Delft University, Holland
 
 
- Henrikki Pantsar
 Transformations in hard alloys,2002, Lappeenranta University of Technology, Finland. Now at the Centre for Laser Technology, Fraunhofer USA Inc.
 
 
- Chikara Nakao
 Modelling carbide precipitation during the tempering of martensite,2001-2003, Komatsu Corporation, Japan
 
 
- Dr Marc Harzenmoser
 Strength of austenite in high-nitrogen steels,2003, SWISSGAS, Switzerland
 
 
- Professor M. Nagumo
 Mechanism of hydrogen embrittlement in iron,2003, Waseda University, Tokyo, Japan.
 
 
- Maria Jesus Santofimia Navarro
 Thermodynamics of steels,2003, CENIM, Spain.
 
 
- Dr Andrzej Ziólkowski
 Mechanics of TRIP steels,2004, Polish Academy of Sciences.
 
 
- Stephane Forsik
 Plastic accommodation of the shape deformation due to martensite,2004, Lille University
 
 
- Joachim Rajek
 Kinetic theory of precipitation,Technical University of Graz, Austria, now at OMV Refining and Marketing GmbH, Austria
 
 
- Tomoyuki Yokota
 Tiny grains in steels,NKK, Japan, 2002-2004, now at JFE, Japan
 
 
- Kazukuni Hase
 Very strong bainite,Kawasaki Steel, Japan, 2002-2004, now at JFE, Japan
 
 
- Professor Partha P. Chattopadhyay
 Very strong bainite,Bengal Engineering College (BEC), India, 2004-2005, now back at BEC.
 
 
- Hong-Chul Jeong
 Titanium nitride in steels,POSCO, Korea, 2004-2005.
 
 
- Sophie Kermorvant
 Precipitation of cementite from austenite, 2005.
 
 
- Audrey Noirot
 Precipitation of cementite from martensite, 2005.
 
 
- Professor Tsong Perng
 Tsing Hua University, Taiwan, ROC, 2005.
 
 
- Shigeki Ueta
 Ni-40Cr alloys,Daido Steel, Japan, 2004-2005.
 
 
- Yuko Nomura
 Fe-C spinodal,Waseda University, Japan, 2004-2005. Now at the Itochu Techno-Solutions Corporation in Japan.
 
 
- Dr Sangeeta Khare
 Crystallography of Stress-Affected Martensite,India, 2004-2005.
 
 
- Professor Tadao Watanabe
 Interface Engineering,Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan, 2005.
 
 
- Dr Mehran Maalekian
 Mechanical Stabilisation of Martensite
 Visiting Scientist, 2006
 Now at TU Graz, Austria
 
 
- Dr Shinichi Terashima, terashima.s9k.shinichi at jp.nssmc.com
 Strong Welding Alloys
 Visiting Scientist, 2004-2006
 Now at the Nippon Steel Corporation, Japan
 
 
- Professor L. C. Hsiung
 Nanostructured Steel
 Sabbatical leave, 2006
 Professor at Chung-Cheng Institute of Technology, Taiwan, R.O.C
 
 
- Dr Gonzalo Gomez, grgomez at tenaris.com
 Bainitic Steel Pipes
 Visiting Scientist, 2006-2007
 Research Scientist at Tenaris, Argentina
 
 
- Ms Hala Salman Hasan
 Heat Transfer Coefficients for Steel
 Visiting Scientist, 2007
 Now completing her Ph.D. at the Baghdad University of Technology, Iraq
 
 
- Mr Sourav Das
 Bake-Hardening Steels
 Visiting Scientist, 2006-2007
 Now completing his Ph.D. at the Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur
 
 
- Professor Zhu Ying
 Bonding of Ceramic to Metal
 Visiting Scientist, 2006-2007
 Now at the Beijing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics
 
 
- Professor Sooyoung Chang
 Geneology of Mathematicians
 Visiting Scientist, 2007
 Now at the Pohang University of Science and Technology
 
 
- Lucia Rancel
 Acicular Ferrite in Steels
 Visiting Scientist, 2006-2007
 Now completing her Ph.D. at CENIM
 
 
- Dr Seokjong Seo
 Modelling of carbide formation
 2007-2008, now at POSCO, Republic of Korea
 
 
- Professor Shahriar Sharafi
 Mechanically alloyed metals
 Sabbatical leave, 2007-2008
 
 
- Professor Hamilton Abreu
 Crystallographic texture
 Sabbatical leave, 2007-2008, Universidade Federal de Ceará, Brazil
 
 
- Dr Damjan Klobcar
 Finite element modelling of stress and transformations
 University of Lubliana, Slovenia, 2007-2008
 
 
- Professor Wu Kaiming
 Superbainite
 Wuhan University, China, 2008
 
 
- Professor Dhafir Al-Fattal
 Toughness of Steels
 Visiting Scientist, July 2009, now at the Baghdad University of Science and Technology, Iraq
 
 
- Professor Shiv Brat Singh
 Toughness of Superbainite
 Visiting Scientist, July 2009, now at the Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, India
 
 
- David Bombac
 Kinetic Monte Carlo Simulations
 Visiting Scienstist, 2009, now completing his Ph.D. at the University of Lubleana, Slovenia
 
 
- Zhang Tao
 Retained austenite in steels
 Visiting Scientist, 2008-2009, now at Anashan Iron and Steel Group Corporation (ANSTEEL), China
 
 
- Professor Zakaria Boumerzoug
 Welding of gas cylinders
 Visiting Scientist, 2009, based at Biskra University, Algeria
 
 
- Arpan Das
 Strain induced transformation
 Visiting Scientist, 2009-2010, now at the National Metallugical Laboratory, Jamshedpur, India
 
 
- Dr Shafiq Mujahid
 Hexagonal metals
 Visiting Scientist, 2009-2010, now at PINSTECH, Pakistan.
 
 
- Dr Mohd Rafie Johan
 Ionic conductivity in polymer
 Visiting Scientist, 2009, now at the University of Malaya.
 
 
- Professor Jianguo Yang
 Welding of superbainite
 Visiting Scientist, 2009-2010, now at the Harbin Institute of Technology.
 
 
- Professor Tomohiko Hojo
 Hydrogen in TRIP steel
 Visiting Scientist, 2009-2010, now at the Tsuyama National College of Technology.
 
 
- Carsten Peters
 Rails and Wheels
 Visiting Scientist, 2010, now at University of Kaiserslautern.
 
 
- Professor Tarashankar DebRoy
 Friction Stir Welding
 Royal Academy of Engineering Visiting Fellow, from Pennsylvania State University, 2011.
 
 
- Young Joo Choi
 Thermodynamics of aluminium containing steels,
 now at POSTECH, South Korea
 
 
- Young Joo Choi
 Spot welding of aluminium containing steels,
 now at POSTECH, South Korea
 
 
- Professor Rampada Manna
 Visiting Scientist, 2011, Teaching methods in metallurgy
 Banarus Hindu University, India
 
 
- Professor Yin Zhixin
 Visiting Scientist, 2011-2012,, Spheroidisation of Bearing Steels
 Guangxi University, China
 
 
- Professor Xuejun Jin
 Automotive Steels
 Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China
 
 
- Tony Thiriet
 Visiting Scientist, 2012, Time-temperature-transformation diagrams
 now at Ascometal, France
 
 
- Professor Sanbao Lin
 Visiting Scientist, 2011-2012, Welding of aerospace materials
 Harbin Institute of Welding, China
 
 
- Professor Shoichi Nambu
 Visiting Scientist, 2011-2012, Crystallography of variant selection
 Tokyo University, Japan
 
 
- Dr Toru Nagaoka
 Visiting Scientist, 2012-2013, Friction stir welding
 Osaka Municipal Technical Research Institute, Japan
 
 
- Dr Hua Zhang
 Visiting Scientist, 2012-2013,
 University of Science and Technology Beijing
 
 
- Professor Marie-Noëlle Avettand Fénoël
 Visiting Scientist, 2012-2013,
 Université Lille I, France
 
 
- Dr Suad H. A. Raubye
 Visiting Scientist, 2013-2013,
 Baghdad University of Science and Technology, Iraq
 
 
- Dr Tingping Hou
 Visiting Scientist, 2014-2015,
 Wuhan University of Science and Technology, China
 
 
- Professor Robert Voigt
 Visiting Scientist, 2015,
 Pennsylvania State University
 
 
- Professor Andre Barros-Cota
 Visiting Scientist, 2015-2016,
 Departamento de Física, Campus Universitário Morro do Cruzeiro
 
 
- Mr Chihiro Furusho
 Visiting Scientist, 2016-2017,
 Daido Steel, Japan
 
 
- Professor Zhinan Yang
 Visiting Scientist, 2018,
 Yanshan University, China
 
 
        
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    Short Projects (6 Months)
    Post-doctoral Research Assistants and Fellows
    Visiting Scientists
    Ph.D. Research Students
    Master of Philosophy Research Students
    Short Projects (6 Months)
    Links
    
        - Mr Jason D. Mohammed
 Kinetics of Martensitic Transformations (12CrMoV Steels)
 Undergraduate summer vacation project,
 sponsored by National Power, 1990. Now working for Nucor Steel (USA) but based in Nucor Iron Carbide Inc., Trinidad.
 
 
- Dr L. Gavard
 Neural network analysis of austenite formation
 Project for the Université de Lille I, 1995. Now at Corus Steel Research.
 
 
- Miss Natalie Durand
 Uphill-Diffusion in Welds
 Project for the Université de Lille I, 1996
 
 
- Mr Michael Fourneret
 Modelling Pearlite formation in Steel
 Project for the Université de Lille I, 1996. Now a Materials Engineer with Blois Laboratories, Loire Valley, France.
 
 
- Mrs Amaia Iza
 Microstructure of Steel
 Project for CENIM, San Sebastien, Spain, 1996
 
 
- Miss Sophie Laborde
 Explosive Deformation of Steel
 Project for the Université de Lille I, 1997
 
 
- Mr David Haguet
 Stress-Affected Lath Martensite in Steel
 Undergraduate project for the Université de Lille I, 1997, now working as a metallurgist in CST, Brazil.
 
 
- Mr Fredric Brun
 Model for Creep Strength of Steels
 Undergraduate project for the Ecole Polytechnique, 1997
 
 
- Mr Thomas Sourmail
 Bainite in Austempered Ductile Cast Iron
 Undergraduate project for the Université de Lille I, 1997
 
 
- Mr Dominique Carrouge
 Bainite in High Carbon Steels
 Undergraduate project for the Université de Lille I, 1999
 
 
- Mr Ronan Trevien
 Construction of a Small Scale Continuous-Casting Plant
 Undergraduate project for the Université de Lille I, 1999
 
 
- Miss Ariane Lugan
 Stress-Affected Recrystallisation
 Undergraduate project for the Université de Lille I, 1999, now a Materials and Welding Engineer at KBR in Surrey, U. K.
 
 
- Miss Anne Delorme
 Genetic Algorithms and Neural Networks
 Undergraduate project for the Université de Lille I, 2003
 
 
- Mr Fabien Carrara
 Grain Boundary Precipitation
 Undergraduate project for the Université de Lille I, 2003
 
 
- Ashleigh Bridges
 Oxygenation of Titanium
 
 
- Tivadar Mach
 Oxygenation of Titanium
 
 
- Steven Davidson
 Bainitic Steels
 
 
- Qin Bo
 TWIP Steels
 
 
- Guo Lei
 TRIP-Assisted Steels
 
 
- Minsung Joo
 Neural networks and genetic algorithms
 
 
- Jae-Yong Chae
 Topology of grain deformation
 
 
- Yong Ki Kim
 Solidification
 
 
- Hiromichi Fujii
 Diffusion and Magnetism
 
 
- Luz Fuentes
 Sintered steel
 2008, Carlos III University, Spain
 
 
- José Sicre
 Sintered steel
 2008, Carlos III University, Spain
 
 
- Lee, Jee Yong
 First principles calculations for steel
 2008, GIFT, POSTECH, Korea
 
 
- Seo, Seung Woo
 First principles calculations for steel
 2008, GIFT, POSTECH, Korea
 
 
- Christopher Duffy
 Electron beam welding of nuclear pressure vessel steel
 2014
 
 
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