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Dr Paul Bingham joined Sheffield Hallam University in January 2012 as a Senior Lecturer in Materials Engineering.
Paul graduated with a BEng (Hons) degree in Materials Science and Engineering from the University of Sheffield in 1995. He then went on to carry out postgraduate research in glass science and technology, sponsored by Pilkington plc. Paul received his PhD in 2000.
In 1999 Paul joined Glass Technology Services Ltd, based in South Yorkshire, as a Technologist. He was promoted to Senior Technologist in 2002. In this role Paul carried out industrially-focused development and problem-solving, ranging from development of new environmentally-friendly glasses to forensic examination and glass plant production problems.
In 2004 Paul returned to academia, joining the Immobilisation Science Laboratory (ISL) at the University of Sheffield as a Postdoctoral Research Associate. To date Paul has published approximately 50 research papers in the fields of glasses; glass-ceramics; energy and the environment; and nuclear and toxic waste treatment. He has also co-edited and co-authored a book on the subject of low-energy, environmentally-friendly glasses and he has a strong track record in attracting research funding.
Paul is a member of the Society of Glass Technology and Chairman of its Basic Science and Technology Committee. He is also a member of the Institute of Physics and the Association for the History of Glass. He sits on the international review board of the Journal of the Pakistan Materials Society and is a reviewer for several international journals and the US DoE Nuclear Energy Universities Programme. Paul has also consulted for the UK Government's Committee on Climate Change and for the optoelectronics and glass industries.
Research Interests
Paul has a passionate interest in developing solutions to real-world problems and particularly those posed by climate change, future energy supply and environmental remediation. His research interests lie at the interfaces between materials science, engineering, physics, energy and the environment. They consist of the following key areas:
- Composition/structure/property relations in functional materials
- Energy materials including materials for nuclear and non-nuclear waste cleanup
- Sustainability and reducing the environmental impact of industrial processes
Selected Publications:
P. A. Bingham, Design of new energy-friendly compositions, Chapter 7 in: Fiberglass and Glass Technology: Energy-Friendly Compositions and Applications, Eds. F. T. Wallenberger and P. A. Bingham, Springer, New York, 2010, pp. 267-351.
P. A. Bingham, A. J. Connelly, N. C. Hyatt and R. J. Hand, Corrosion of glass contact refractories for the vitrification of radioactive wastes: a review, International Materials Reviews 56 (2011) 226-242.
P. A. Bingham, A. J. Connelly, N. J. Cassingham and N. C. Hyatt, Oxidation state and local environment of selenium in alkali borosilicate glasses for radioactive waste immobilisation, Journal of Non-Crystalline Materials 357 (2011) 2726-2734.
A. J. Connelly, R. J. Hand, P. A. Bingham and N. C. Hyatt, Mechanical properties of nuclear waste glasses, Journal of Nuclear Materials 408 (2011) 188-193.
E. Bernardo and P. A. Bingham, Sintered silicophosphate glass ceramics from MBM ash and recycled soda-lime-silica glass, Advances in Applied Ceramics 110 (2011) 41-48.
P. A. Bingham, A. J. Connelly, R. J. Hand, N. C. Hyatt, P. A. Northrup, R. Alonso Mori, P. Glatzel, M. Kavčič, M. Žitnik, K. Bučar and R. Edge, A multi-spectroscopic investigation of sulphur speciation in silicate glasses and slags, Glass Technology: European Journal of Glass Science and Technology A 51 (2010) 63-80.
P. A. Bingham, R. J. Hand, O. M. Hannant, S. D. Forder and S. H. Kilcoyne, Effects of modifier additions on the thermal properties, chemical durability, oxidation state and structure of iron phosphate glasses, Journal of Non-Crystalline Solids 355 (2009) 1526-1538.
O. M. Hannant, S. D. Forder, P. A. Bingham and R. J. Hand, Structural studies of iron in vitrified toxic wastes, Hyperfine Interactions 192 (2009) 37-42.
P. A. Bingham, R. J. Hand, Sulphate incorporation and glass formation in phosphate systems for nuclear and toxic waste immobilisation, Materials Research Bulletin 43 (2008) 1679-1693.
G. Möbus, J. Tsai, X. J. Tsu, P. A. Bingham and G. Yang, Nanobead formation and nanopatterning in glasses, Microscopy and Microanalysis 14Suppl. 2 (2008) 434-435.
P. A. Bingham, G. Yang, R. J. Hand and G. Möbus, Boron environments and irradiation stability of iron borophosphate glasses analysed by EELS, Solid State Sciences 10 (2008) 1194-1199.
P. A. Bingham and C. M. Jackson, Roman blue-green bottle glass: chemical–optical analysis and high temperature viscosity modelling, Journal of Archaeological Science 35 (2008) 302-309.
P. A. Bingham, J. M. Parker, T. M. Searle and I. Smith, Local structure and medium range ordering of tetrahedrally coordinated Fe3+ ions in alkali – alkaline earth – silica glasses, Journal of Non-Crystalline Solids 353 (2007) 2479-2494.
P. A. Bingham and R. J. Hand, Vitrification of toxic wastes: a brief review, Advances in Applied Ceramics 105 (2006) 21-31.
P. A. Bingham and M. Marshall, Reformulation of container glasses for environmental benefit through lower melting temperatures, Glass Technology 46 (2005) 11-19.
P. A. Bingham, J. M. Parker, T. Searle, J. M. Williams and I. Smith, Novel structural behaviour of iron in alkali-alkaline earth-silica glasses, Comptes Rendus Chimie 5 (2002) 787-796.
P. A. Bingham, J. M. Parker, T. Searle, J. M. Williams, K. Fyles, Redox and clustering of iron in silicate glasses, Journal of Non-Crystalline Solids 253 (1999) 203-209.