CASC
We are integrated within the Centre for Advanced Structural Ceramics, a UK leading centre working on problems ranging environmental barrier coatings for jet-engines to bio-inspired composites.
Group leader
Sam Humphry-Baker
Employment:
2022 EPSRC Open Research Fellow
2017 Imperial College Research Fellow
Education:
2014 PhD, Materials Science and Engineering, MIT
2009 MEng, Materials Science, University of Oxford
Current team members
Mashu Hasegawa (PhD)
m.hasegawa22@imperial.ac.uk
Education: MSci in Physics, University of Glasgow
Research interests: Swelling and irradiation damage of tungsten boride
Jamie Davidson (PhD)
j.davidson19@ic.ac.uk
Education: MSc in Materials Engineering, University of Swansea
Research interests: Development of damage tolerant tungsten borides
Joe Pollard (PhD)
j.pollard20@ic.ac.uk
Education: MChem in Chemistry, University of Bangor
Research interests: Processing and thermal stability of hafnium hydride
Archana Prasad (MEng)
Research interests: Controlling impurities in tungsten boride ceramics through powder processing.
Berenice Bulteel (MEng)
Research interests: Cold sintering of metal hydrides.
Antoine Dumain (MEng)
Research interests: Thermal stability of metal hydrides.
Nerojan Navaratnarajah (MEng)
Research interests: Wetting behaviour of tungsten boride ceramics with metals
Xiaoyi Liu (MSc)
Research interests: Development of tungsten boride composites reinforced with metallic binders
Previous group members
2021-present Shao Sicong, UROP, Tungsten heavy alloy structure-property relations
2021-present Yusha Lin, MSc, Accident Tolerant Tungsten for Fusion Applications
2021-present Nicholas Ellis, MEng, Thermal Stability of Hafnium Hydride
2020-present Joe Pollard, PhD, Advanced Hydride Shielding: Synthesis, Stability, and Properties
2020 Dora Nagy, MSc, An Oxidation Mechanism Map for Tungsten
2020 Luca Weller (2nd), UROP, EBSD of Creep Deformation in WC-Co
2020 Aishwarya Varanasi, UROP, Hardness-Fracture Toughness Relations in WC-based Ceramics
2020 Ouguzi Aihemaiti, MEng, Mechanical Properties of W-W2B composites
2019-present James Davidson, PhD, Development of Damage-Tolerant W2B5
2019 Paridhi Poddar, UROP, WC-Reinforced Nanostructured W Alloys
2019 Charles McFadzean, UROP, Oxidation Resistance of Tungsten Boride
2019 Ouguzi Aihemaiti, UROP, Diffusion bonding of WC and Steel
2019 Michail Athanasakis, MSc, Mechanical Performance of W-W2B as a New Neutron Shield
2019 Alexandre Kot (2nd), MSc, Crystal Growth for Fracture Energy Measurement in WC
2018-present Benjamin Currie, PhD, Binderless WC: Mechanical Properties in Extreme Environments
2018 Jiajun Shou, MSc, Creep Resistance of Novel Co-free WC Composites
2018 Maxim Vreeswijk (2nd), MEng, Microstructural Design for Micromechanical Testing of WC
2017 Jay Park, MSc, Thermal Stability of Zr-based MAX phases
2017 Aran Mistry, UROP, Sintering of Tungsten Boride Ceramics
2015 Blessing Tavaya (2nd), MSc, Mechanical Properties of WC-FeCr Composites
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