Summary
Studied BEng Forensic Engineering at Sheffield Hallam University including a 1 year placement year as part of MERI. As part of my degree I was awarded the Armourer and Brasiers Award for Academic Excellence as well as the IET Manufacturing Engineering Student for distinction shown at Sheffield Hallam University.
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About
Working as part of the core consultancy team and the Centre for Corrosion Technology since 2011, helping to deliver on research projects and consultancy work.
In addition to this I am currently studying part time for an MPhil. The title of the project "A study in the formation of patination on copper containing antifouling marine coatings" in association with International Paints.
I have range of expertise in
- Sample Preparation, including chemical etching
- Macro photography
- Advanced investigatory techniques including
Non Destructive Testing
Optical Microscopy
Infinite Focus Microscopy
Scanning Electron Microscopy
Energy Dispersive X-ray analysis
Focused Ion Beam Scanning Electron Microscopy
X-ray Diffraction - Mechanical Testing, including
Tensile testing
Macro, micro hardness
Fatigue - Corrosion testing data interpretation
Accelerated corrosion testing
Open Circuit Potential
Zero Resistance ammetry
Polarisation
Droplet Cell
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Publications
Journal articles
Luo, Q., Kitchen, M., & Abubakri, S. (2017). Effect of austempering time on the microstructure and carbon partitioning of ultrahigh strength steel 56NiCrMoV7. Metals, 7 (7), 258. http://doi.org/10.3390/met7070258
Luo, Q., Oluwafemi, O., Kitchen, M., & Yang, S. (2016). Tribological properties and wear mechanisms of DC pulse plasma nitrided austenitic stainless steel in dry reciprocating sliding tests. Wear, 376. http://doi.org/10.1016/j.wear.2016.12.022
Yang, S., Kitchen, M., Luo, Q., Ievlev, D.N., & Cooke, K. (2016). Effect of nitriding time on the structural evolution and properties of austenitic stainless steel nitrided using high power pulsed DC glow discharge Ar/N2 plasma. Journal of Coatings Science and Technology, 3 (2), 62-72. http://www.lifescienceglobal.com/pms/index.php/jcst/article/view/4136
Conference papers
Yang, S., Luo, Q., Sun, H., Kitchen, M., & Cooke, K. (2016). Physical and tribological properties of Nitrided AISI 316 stainless steel balls. MATEC Web of Conferences, 77, 01037. http://doi.org/10.1051/matecconf/20167701037
Kitchen, M., Lewis, O., Jones, A.H., & Finnie, A.A. (2016). Evaluating the conditions which accelerate the patination of copper in a marine environment. European Corrosion Congress, EUROCORR 2016, 3, 1584-1599.
Luo, Q., Kitchen, M., Patel, V., Filleu, M., & Owens, D. (2015). Partial-Isothermally-Treated Low Alloy Ultrahigh Strength Steel With Martensitic/Bainitic Microstructure. In HSLA Steels 2015, Microalloying 2015 & Offshore Engineering Steels 2015, (pp. 433-438). Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons: http://doi.org/10.1002/9781119223399.ch50
Luo, Q., Kitchen, M., Patel, V., & Magowan, S. (2012). Carbon partitioning and structure evolution in the hardening treatments of high strength steel. In 20th Congress of International Federation for Heat Treatment and Surface Engineering, Beijing, China, 23 October 2012 - 25 October 2012.
Book chapters
Luo, Q., Kitchen, M., Patel, V., Filleu, M., & Owens, D. (2015). Partial-Isothermally-Treated Low Alloy Ultrahigh Strength Steel With Martensitic/Bainitic Microstructure. In HSLA Steels 2015, Microalloying 2015 and Offshore Engineering Steels 2015 Conference Proceedings. (pp. 433-438). Wiley: http://doi.org/10.1002/9781119223399.ch50