Past Members
Prof Tongguang Zhai
1998-2001
PDRA: Short Fatigue Crack Growth in Al-Li Alloys
now Associate Professor, University of Kentucky


Dr Anke Stoll
2006-2010
DPhil: Mechanical Analysis of Environmentally Assisted Cracking
now in Germany with Martin, Hannes & Greta

Dr Philip Littlewood
2006-2011
DPhil: Fatigue Crack Initiation in near alpha Ti alloys
Clarendon Award Fund
now at DTU, Denmark working on 3D EBSD

Dr Jaoued Ahmed

DPhil: Electron channeling contrast imaging of dislocation structures in cyclically deformed copper single crystals
Now ????

Dr Matthew Coates

DPhil: Fracture of spheroidised ferritic steels
Now ???

Alistair Tucker

Part II: Fatigue crack growth in U720 nickel based supper alloy at elevated temperature
Armourers and Brasiers Prize – best Part II project
Now

Christopher Gourlay

Part II: Short Fatigue Crack Growth in Spray Cast Al-Li Alloys
left to study for PhD at University of Queensland, Australia
now on prestigious Royal Academy of Engineering Research Fellowship, Imperial College, London

Jess Buckley

Part II: Crack Initiation in Single Crystal Superalloy SRR99
Now ???

Dave Armstrong
2004-2005
Part II:  Processing and Properties of Ti-Nb-Ta-V-W alloys ‘Gum Metals’
Armourers and Brasiers Prize – best Part II project
Ironmongers Prize – best Part II talk
DPhil: Micromechanical Testing Methods Now working on development of W-alloys for Fusion Applications with the group

David Randman
2005-2006
Part II: Nanoindentation Studies of Slip Transfer at Grain Boundaries in Iron
2nd Place in Ironmongers Prize – best Part II talk
now studying for PhD at Univesity of Sheffield

Philippa Duffus
2006-2007
Part II: Hrgric Swelling and Blister Buckling in Clay Bearing Stone
Department Prize most improvement in Part II from Part I
Now studying for MSc at University College London and British Museum

Ben Britton
2006-2007
Part II: Nanoindentation Studies of Slip Transfer at Grain Boundaries
Ironmongers Prize – best Part II talk
Now studying for DPhil within group

Eleanor Clarke

DPhil 2008: Internal Stress due to Phase Transformations in Steels
Corus Industrial Case Award
now working for Rolls Royce

Akshay Kumar

DPhil 2007: Fracture Mechanisms in Spheroidised Ferritic Steels
EPSRC Project Student
now ???

Simon Dewsbury
2007-2008
Part II Student: Processing and Properties of Gum Metal and related <b> Ti alloys
now ???

April Dunham
2008-2009
Part II Student: Micromechanical testing of grain boundary sliding in Pb-Sn alloys
now studying for EngD in Medical Devices at Strathclyde University

Robert McGhee
2009-2010
Part II student: Fundamentals of cyclic deformation and fatigue crack initiation
moved to Brookes to study MSc in Racing Car Engine Design