Research

AkzoNobel

• Elucidating the performance of N-based corrosion inhibitors; impact of additives
• Exploring inhibited interfaces with vibrational sum frequency spectroscopy
• Heterogeneity in heavy duty coatings and their failure
• How Does Paint Work? Understanding Surface Pre-treatment
• Reducing the zinc content in protective marine coatings
• The influence of Al-flake pigments on the performance of marine coatings

Amec Foster Wheeler (now Wood)

• Ductile fracture behaviour of reactor pressure vessel steels
• Hydrogen and oxygen diffusion during corrosion of zirconium alloys used for nuclear fuel cladding
• Understanding the environmental effects on fatigue crack growth of stainless steels in high temperature water

Atomic Weapons Establishment

• Laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy of actinides; towards elemental and isotopic analysis for nuclear forensics

BAE Systems

• REACH compliant strategies for aerospace corrosion prevention

Bawtry Carbon International

• Ceramic coating development for lifetime extension of carbon electrodes

BCW Manufacturing Group

• Next generation of oxide coatings for aluminium-bonded structures

BP

• Developing Micro- and Nano- X-ray Tomography Techniques for In Situ Studies Investigating the Breakdown of Corrosion Scales
• Development of cost-effective coatings for enhanced corrosion and wear protection of steel
• Free form welding-based additive manufacturing of nickel-based components for oil and gas service
• Graphene and its potential in lubricants – cutting edge science meets cutting edge technology
• Graphene-reinforced elastomeric components for the oil and gas industry
• Hydrogen localisation in corrosion resistant alloys
• Investigating Mechanisms for Localised Attack of Scaled Steels in Sweet Oilfield Environments
• Monitoring of composite pipelines using embedded sensors
• Nucleation of sweet and sour oilfield corrosion scales
• Sweet and sour oilfield corrosion scales; elucidating scale precursors and nucleation

Cellbond

• High Strain Rate Response and Manufacture of Synthetic Rubbers for Crash Test Dummy Applications

Continental Tyres

• Multiscale modelling of polymer nanocomposites for the car industry

Cullham Centre for Fusion Energy

• Radiation behaviour of high-entropy alloys for fusion reactor environments

Defence Science and Technology Laboratory

• Detection and mitigation of microbiologically influenced corrosion

EDF Energy

• Computational models to simulate the deformation and failure behaviour of type 316H steel under steady and cyclic creep conditions
• Delayed hydride cracking in zirconium alloys
• Effect of a pressurised CO2 environment on deformation and failure behaviour of type 316H steel under steady and cyclic creep conditions
• Effects of operational chemistry control on intergranular corrosion and stress corrosion cracking in the steam water circuit of boilers in aging UK nuclear power plants
• Oxidation and correlative tomography of advanced gas cooled boiler tubing
• Study of novel super-hydrophobic surfaces to mitigate corrosion, cracking and deposition in new build UK nuclear power plants
• Use of 2D coatings (e.g., Functional Ceramics/Graphene/Graphene Oxide) for corrosion protection in nuclear power plants

Exova

• Assessment of fire resistance of structures after exposure to liquefied natural gas leakage

Frazer-Nash

• Investigation of elastic follow-up under high temperature creeping conditions

GlaxoSmithKline

• Multi-scale tomography investigation of dental erosion

Grundfos

• In-situ measurement and modelling of crevice corrosion kinetics in stainless steel

Hitachi

• The effect of water chemistry on the stress corrosion cracking initiation of nickel based alloys

M&I Materials

• Performance of W/Cu layered materials and components in radiation environments

National Physical Laboratory

• Impact of transient environmental conditions on pitting and cracking – quantifying damage accumulation and structural lifetime
• Evaluation of the time evolution of surface structure due to degradation from processing and wear
• Utilising x-ray tomography techniques to measure oxide solubility in high temperature, high pressure environments

Rolls-Royce

• Aero engine degradation prediction in dusty environments
• Ageing and failure mechanisms of electrical materials for high voltage systems in aerospace
• Bolting steels for nuclear applications
• Development of optimised alloys for radiation field reduction in nuclear power plants
• Effect of microstructure on dislocation loop formation during irradiation of Zr alloys
• Insulation systems for hybrid-electric aircraft
• Investigating the effects of steam corrosion on environmental barrier coatings
• Lead-induced stress corrosion cracking of nickel-based alloy 690
• Microstructure optimisation of dual-phase zirconium alloys
• Nanoscale characterisation of grain boundary oxides in nickel based alloys and their role in primary water stress corrosion crack initiation
• Properties of metallic (U,Zr) nuclear fuel alloys
• The influence of delayed hydride cracking on fatigue on Zr alloys
• The role of slip localisation on crack initiation and propagation in nickel-base superalloys
• Understanding the interaction between materials and water chemistry to reduce corrosion deposits in nuclear reactors

Sellafield

• Performance characterisation of lean duplex stainless steel microstructure for radwaste storage and product store application

SKF

• Sub-surface crack propagation in bearing steels

Tetra Pak

• Pulsed plasma processes for high speed packaging machines

TISICS

• Next generation metal matrix composites for space launch applications

Victrex

• Residual stress measurement in PAEK components

Wallwork HT

• Electrolytic plasma processing for biomedical implants with controlled release drug delivery by encapsulation

Waters

• Development of advanced laser processes for multiscale surface modification of functional electrodes in liquid chromatography-mass spectrometer instrumentation