Dr Denis Cumming

School of Chemical, Materials and Biological Engineering

Senior Lecturer

Dr Denis Cumming
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d.cumming@sheffield.ac.uk
+44 114 222 9609
Room G18, Sir Robert Hadfield Building

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Dr Denis Cumming
School of Chemical, Materials and Biological Engineering
Room G18
Sir Robert Hadfield Building
Mappin Street
Sheffield
S1 3JD
Profile

I received a B. Applied Science (Materials Science) from the University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia in 2001.

After moving to the UK, I began working with the Imperial College fuel cell spin-out, Ceres Power. During my time at Ceres Power I worked on a range of material problems related to the development of metal-supported intermediate temperature solid oxide fuel cells (SOFC). My main interests during this time was the optimisation of existing anode composite structures and the development of new anode materials for SOFCs.

In 2009 I was awarded a PhD from Imperial College, London. My doctoral work was focused on the development and characterisation of novel ceramic anode materials for SOFC. This work also led to other, closely related, research interests in reduction-oxidation (redox) tolerance and sulfur tolerance of metal-ceramic anode materials in SOFC.

In 2010 I joined the electroceramics group in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering at the University of Sheffield working of the development of novel high Curie temperature piezoelectric materials and processing into multilayer, co-fired actuators.

In 2012 I joined the Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering and resumed research on high-temperature solid oxide cells (SOCs) for use in the electrolysis of steam and carbon dioxide for syngas production. I worked as part of the 4CU team and I was involved in the fabrication and in-situ characterisation of operational SOCs using vibrational spectroscopy techniques such as DRIFTS and Raman.

Since December 2014, have been a lecturer in the Chemical and Biological Engineering Department at the University of Sheffield.

Research interests

My research interest sits at interface between manufacturing and materials engineering, encompassing a wide range of energy storage and functional materials. Applications for this research include designed particles, electrodes as well as manufacturing methods for electrochemical devices, such as fuel cells and batteries. My active projects impact both wet and dry lithium-ion battery electrode manufacturing to add value to the Li-ion battery electrode value chain through development of next generation electrode structures and processes. Focused on developing new knowledge through the physical and data driven models coupled with a coordinated novel experimentation programmes.

Key research interests:

  • Batteries
  • Functional Devices
  • Manufacturing
  • Powder Technology
  • Characterisation
Publications

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Teaching activities

CPE61023/CPE6334 Electrochemical Engineering
CPE440 Research Project

Professional activities and memberships

IOM3