Case Studies
Our students and alumni are making societal, environmental, and economic impact through their research.
We have collated papers published by our researchers on our Google Scholar profile so that novel research directly funded within CDT projects can be viewed alongside each other. The combined research from AMS1, AMS2 and (to-date) AMS3 includes 273 published papers with over 5,600 citations, and a h- index of 33.
There are over 100 graduates from AMS1 and AMS2 currently in the metals sector, more than 97% of our graduates remain in metallurgy research (with approximately two thirds in industry and the remaining third in academic institutions). There remains a strong demand for doctoral level training in metallurgy, and we anticipate our current and future cohorts will continue to enable the UK metals manufacturing sector to meet their goals, specifically in NetZero, digitalisation and leadership, and specialist technical knowledge.
- Cohort 2022
Sampreet Rangaswamy
Saeid Heidarinassab
- Cohort 2021
Ashutosh Gupta
Alex Sloane
Investigating the Parameter-Input to Quality-Output Relationship in Additive Manufacturing
Jacob Whittle
Supporting undergraduates: Railway Challenge at Sheffield
Decarbonisation of steel in low carbon rail transport networks
Tina Hashemi
John Power
Darragh O'Neill
Optimisation of plasma conditions in plasma-enhanced metallic atomic layer deposition.
- Cohort 2020
Callum Andrew
Enhancing international partnerships in zirconium research
Enn Veikesaar
Characterizing the microstructural features that affect weld toughness in nuclear power plants
Jake Larkin
Laura González Duque
Understanding the bendability of aluminium sheet with 3D material characterisation and modelling
Patrick Curran
Emilios Leonidas
Cutting-Edge Infrared Radiation Thermometry
Fran Synnott
Henry Boyle
How do tools wear when machining the most advanced materials?
Joshua Berry
Materials Informatics Approaches Towards the Acceleration of Hard Metal Development
Natasha Sweeney Fort
Producing Platinum Group Metal-Doped Stainless Steel for Improved Corrosion Resistance
Wunmi Olukoya
Computational image analysis of solder droplets using machine learning
Sully Khan
Young's Modulus Measurement Techniques - Collaboration with Volkswagen Research
Alison Clarke
3D printing continuous stainless steel fibre reinforced polymers
Federico Mazzanti
Coupled Vertex-Centred Finite Volume Methods for Large-Strain Elastoplasticity
- Cohort 2019
Josh Collins
Mike White
Developing a Microstructural Fingerprint for Titanium Alloys
Ashley Scarlett
Bridging the gap between academia and industry through industrial placement
Frances Livera
Brazing of Additively Manufactured Materials: Investigating the Fundamentals
Elizabeth Davis-Fowell
Investigating Rare-Earth Free Permanent Magnetic Materials for Applications in Electric Motors
Lucy Farquhar
Sam Lister
Anesu Nyabadza
Josiah Chekotu
- Cohorts prior to 2019
Simon Graham (2017)
Ömer Koç (2018)
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