Structural Materials and Integrity Research Centre
The research activities within the Structural Materials and Integrity Research Centre are focused primarily on the characterisation/behaviour of structural and functional materials, so as to enable the prediction of component/structure lifetimes.
In order to understand the fundamentals of complex material behaviour, the Centre includes technologists and scientists from a range of disciplines including electrochemistry, mechanical engineering, tribology and metallurgy.
Topics covered within the Centre include
- electrochemical scanning techniques to assess corrosion and durability
- fatigue/fracture and environment-assisted fatigue
- functionalised coatings for anti-corrosion, anti-fouling and anti-biotic applications
- ceramics and tribology
- joining processes, including welding and brazing
Structural Materials and Integrity Research Centre
Dr Paul BinghamPhone +44 (0)114 225 6449
Fax +44 (0)114 225 4249
E-mail: p.a.bingham@shu.ac.uk
Dr Paul Bingham joined Sheffield Hallam University in January 2012 as a Senior Lecturer in Materials Engineering.
Dr Jose Luis Curiel-Sosa
Phone 0114 225 2626
Email J.L.Curiel-Sosa@shu.ac.uk
Dr Syed Hasan
Phone 0114 225 3407
Email S.Hasan@shu.ac.uk
B.Eng (Hons) Metallurgical Engineering, PhD
Professor Paul LambertPhD, BSc (Hons), CEng, FIMMM, FICorr
NACE Certificated Corrosion Specialist
Immediate Past President - Institute of Corrosion
Dr Karen Shapiro
Phone: 0114 225 3068
Email: K.Shapiro@shu.ac.uk
B.Eng.(hons) Mechanical Engineering, M.Phil, Ph.D
Centre for Corrosion Technology
About the centre
Degradation resulting from corrosion processes is an issue which has implications for the integrity, serviceability and aesthetics of materials and components.
The Centre for Corrosion Technology (CCT) was founded by its Director, Professor Robert Akid, in 1996 to provide research and business support expertise concerning the implication of materials operating within corrosive environments. Since moving to Sheffield Hallam University in 1999, the Centre has expanded and its sphere of expertise has become more diverse, through engagement with industry and EU and UK research council funded projects.
Its position within MERI allows the Centre to provide a multidisciplinary approach to solving problems concerning corrosion-related failure of materials.
Dr Syed Hasan
Phone 0114 225 3407
Email S.Hasan@shu.ac.uk
B.Eng (Hons) Metallurgical Engineering, PhD
Centre for Infrastructure Management
About the centre
The Centre for Infrastructure Management provides a professional service to the construction and infrastructure sector. Industry projects fall within the following broad areas
- infrastructure management
- environmental protection
- materials and recycling solutions
If you require independent advice, specialist knowledge, product development, materials solutions, skills development or innovation in buildings, then the Centre can help you.
As a large University we can draw on the great breadth of expertise, knowledge base and variety of technologies which exist. We can help you with projects, contracts and developments, working to your programme schedules and requirements.
Professor Paul LambertPhD, BSc (Hons), CEng, FIMMM, FICorr
NACE Certificated Corrosion Specialist
Immediate Past President - Institute of Corrosion
Welding and Joining
About the centre
in affiliation with Outokumpu
The Welding & Joining Research Centre, in affiliation with Outokumpu, was founded in 1993 and since then has supported seven students through their PhDs.
We are a research group dedicated to the development of new, sustainable protocols for existing joining techniques and manufacturing processes. The main drive for this work is to push for the increased integration of stainless steel into the automotive industry.
Funding and support for the group is offered by case awards supplied by the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) and the Outokumpu Stainless Research Foundation.
Sheffield Hallam University itself is recognised as one of the leading new universities in the UK by the Research Assessment Exercise (RAE), achieving a 5 rating for materials/metallurgy in 2001.
Structural Integrity Group
About the group
Structural design and integrity encompasses a wide range of component design and performance analysis using computer-aided processors and mechanical testing.
The structural integrity of components and structures is of vital importance to avoid catastrophic failures in a number of industrial sectors such as energy, transport, and medical. There is a pronounced synergy between stress, environmental factors and material condition as indicated.
Cyclic stressing can lead to fatigue processes and slow loading rates can cause interaction with corrosion processes (stress corrosion and corrosion fatigue).
Often high value complex alloys have been found to crack unexpectedly, but fortunately there are a number of strategies available to avoid or minimise these effects.
Dr Jose Luis Curiel-Sosa
Phone 0114 225 2626
Email J.L.Curiel-Sosa@shu.ac.uk
Dr Syed Hasan
Phone 0114 225 3407
Email S.Hasan@shu.ac.uk
B.Eng (Hons) Metallurgical Engineering, PhD