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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
 
Paul Bingham new.jpgDr Paul Bingham

Phone: +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
Personal Webpage www.jlcurielsosa.org

David_Greenfield.jpgDr David Greenfield

Phone 0114 225 2973
E-mail d.greenfield@shu.ac.uk

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hasan.jpgDr Syed Hasan

Phone 0114 225 3407 
Email S.Hasan@shu.ac.uk

B.Eng (Hons) Metallurgical Engineering, PhD

Paul Lambert2.jpgProfessor Paul Lambert

PhD, BSc (Hons), CEng, FIMMM, FICorr
NACE Certificated Corrosion Specialist
Immediate Past President - Institute of Corrosion

Oliver_Lewis.jpgDr Oliver Lewis

Phone 0114 225 4074 
Fax 0114 225 3501 
E-mail o.lewis@shu.ac.uk

Pal_Mangat.jpgProfessor Pal Mangat

Phone 0114 225 3339
Fax 0114 225 3501 
E-mail p.s.mangat@shu.ac.uk

Dimitrious_Myriounis.jpgDr Dimitrios Myriounis

Phone 0114 225 3151 

Phone 0114 225 3151 
E-mail d.myriounis@shu.ac.uk

photo FOF 1.jpgDr Fin O'Flaherty

Phone: 0114 225 3178 
Fax: 0114 225 3501 
E-mail: f.j.oflaherty@shu.ac.uk

Fin works in the Centre for Infrastructure Management. Within this research centre Fin uses his wealth of experience to deliver services for businesses operating in the infrastructure and construction sector. Fin offers a range of expertise and services such as structural testing, product development, recycling solutions, insulation testing and many more.

To find out how Fin can help your business click here.

alan.jpgProfessor Alan Smith

Phone 0114 225 3381 
Email A.J.Smith@shu.ac.uk

Heming_Wang.jpgDr Heming Wang

Phone 0114 225 4266 
Fax 0114 225 3501 
Email H.Wang@shu.ac.uk

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.

David_Greenfield.jpgDr David Greenfield

Phone 0114 225 2973
E-mail d.greenfield@shu.ac.uk

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hasan.jpgDr Syed Hasan

Phone 0114 225 3407 
Email S.Hasan@shu.ac.uk

B.Eng (Hons) Metallurgical Engineering, PhD

Oliver_Lewis.jpgDr Oliver Lewis

Phone 0114 225 4074 
Fax 0114 225 3501 
E-mail o.lewis@shu.ac.uk

Heming_Wang.jpgDr Heming Wang

Phone 0114 225 4266 
Fax 0114 225 3501 
Email H.Wang@shu.ac.uk

Centre for Infrastructure Management

About the centre

CIM logoThe 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.

Paul Lambert2.jpgProfessor Paul Lambert

PhD, BSc (Hons), CEng, FIMMM, FICorr
NACE Certificated Corrosion Specialist
Immediate Past President - Institute of Corrosion

Pal_Mangat.jpgProfessor Pal Mangat

Phone 0114 225 3339
Fax 0114 225 3501 
E-mail p.s.mangat@shu.ac.uk

photo FOF 1.jpgDr Fin O'Flaherty

Phone: 0114 225 3178 
Fax: 0114 225 3501 
E-mail: f.j.oflaherty@shu.ac.uk

Fin works in the Centre for Infrastructure Management. Within this research centre Fin uses his wealth of experience to deliver services for businesses operating in the infrastructure and construction sector. Fin offers a range of expertise and services such as structural testing, product development, recycling solutions, insulation testing and many more.

To find out how Fin can help your business click here.

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.

alan.jpgProfessor Alan Smith

Phone 0114 225 3381 
Email A.J.Smith@shu.ac.uk

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
Personal Webpage www.jlcurielsosa.org

hasan.jpgDr Syed Hasan

Phone 0114 225 3407 
Email S.Hasan@shu.ac.uk

B.Eng (Hons) Metallurgical Engineering, PhD

Dimitrious_Myriounis.jpgDr Dimitrios Myriounis

Phone 0114 225 3151 

Phone 0114 225 3151 
E-mail d.myriounis@shu.ac.uk

Current Structural Materials and Integrity research students
mohammed_ali.jpgMohammed Ali

Qualifications: BSc, MSc Mechanical Engineering
Director of Studies: Dr. Syed Hasan
Supervisor: Dr. Dimitrios Myriounis

Title of Research: Thermo-elastic-plastic analysis of pressureized components.

Phil McDonald.jpgPhil McDonald

Qualifications: BEng
Director of Studies: Dr. Syed Hasan
Supervisor: Prof Graham Cockerham

Title of Research: Investigation of production of continuous off axis fibre reinforced thermoplastic material.

Chinh_Nguyen.jpgChinh Nguyen

Qualifications: BSc
Director of Studies: Prof. Pal Mangat
Supervisors: Prof. Paul Lambert, Dr. Fin O'Flaherty

Title of Research: Dual function carbon fibre reinforced anode system for concrete structures.

Elizabeth Payne-Johnson2.jpgElizabeth Payne-Johnson

Qualifications: MPhys
Director of Studies: Dr. Hywel Jones
 

Title of Research: Study of iridium ruthenium oxides.

georgio_schileo.jpgGiorgio Schileo

Qualifications: BSc, MSc
Director of Studies: Dr. Antonio Feteira

Title of Research: Synthesis and characterisation of heterogeneous multiferroic ceramic composites.

Simon Urquhart

Qualifications: MSc, PhD
Director of Studies: Dr. Syed Hasan
Supervisor:

Title of Research: Road collision forensics.

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