Advanced Metallic Systems Centre for Doctoral Training's 14th Annual Postgraduate Research Conference 2023

Readying Metals Manufacturing for Net Zero and Beyond


18-19 July | The Edge, University of Sheffield

OUTLINE PROGRAMME

TUESDAY 18 JULY

0830 REGISTRATION & REFRESHMENTS

0900-1100 SESSION ONE Keynote: Professor Bradley Wynne, University of Strathclyde 

1130-1300 SESSION TWO 

1400-1545 SESSION THREE  Keynote: Dr. Charlotte Boig, Cummins Turbo Technologies 

1600-1730 SESSION FOUR  Keynote: Dr. Zaheen Shah, Westinghouse

1715 DRINKS AND DISCUSSION: Alumni/Researcher Networking

1930 CONFERENCE DINNER AT THE MOWBRAY, KELHAM ISLAND Optional transfer at 1900, return transport departs 2300


WEDNESDAY 19 JULY

0830 REGISTRATION & REFRESHMENTS

0900-1100 SESSION FIVE Keynote: Dr. Michael Kenyon, Innoval Technology

1130-1300 SESSION SIX  

1400-1545 SESSION SEVEN  Keynote: Dr. Allan Harte, UKAEA

1545 PRIZE AWARDS AND CLOSING REMARKS - VOTE FOR YOUR WINNER VIA THIS LINK!


1600 CONFERENCE CLOSE Optional transfer to Manchester Airport departs 1600

We encourage all attendees to vote for their favourite poster and oral presentation to contribute to our awards at the close of the conference on Wednesday afternoon.


You can cast your vote at any time using this link, logging in using your email and selecting your favourite from each category. You may only vote once, and voting closes on Wednesday 19 July, 1545 ahead of Professor Dermot Brabazon’s closing remarks and award ceremony. 


Prizes will be awarded to 1st, 2nd and 3rd places in the categories of Best Poster Presentation, and Best Oral Presentation.

KEYNOTE SPEAKERS

 POSTERS AT A GLANCE

 PRESENTATIONS AT A GLANCE

Session One: Tuesday 18 July, 0900-1100

Elif Sen | University of Manchester  Micromechanics of Heterogenous Case-Carburised Bearing Microstructures

Siti Nurlisa Binti Ahmad | University of Sheffield  Environmental Impacts of Alternative Materials in Ironmaking

Benjamin Jolly | University of Sheffield  Exploration of Local Structural Effects in NiCoCr to Cryogenic Temperatures: A Neutron Total Scattering Investigation

Ali Shayegh | University College Dublin  The Comparative Study of OpenFOAM and Abaqus in Continuous Forming Problems


Session Two: Tuesday 18 July, 1130-1300

Tina Sadet Hashemi | Dublin City University  Enhanced Corrosion Resistance of Biodegradable Pure Magnesium Modified by Calcium Phosphate Coating for Orthopaedic Application

Yizhuo Ding | University of Manchester  Characterisation of Aluminium-Lithium Alloys Using Nanosims and EPMA

Ava Azadi Chegeni | University College Dublin  Biodegradable Mg Alloy Development with Superior Sinterability for Low Temperature Additive Manufacturing Processes

Joshua Taylor | University of Sheffield  Development of a Machining Force-Based Technique for Non-Destructive Evaluation of Microstructural Features in Titanium Alloys


Session Three: Tuesday 18 July, 1400-1545

Kamila Nowosad | University of Sheffield  Uncertainties Associated with the Application of the ASTM E1921 Standard Procedure

Hyeonseok Kim | University College Dublin  The Effect of Morphology, Size, and Volume Content of Mg20Ca Particle on PLA Matrix Filament for 3D Printing

Mehreen Kainat Khan | University of Manchester  Comparing Hydrogen Transport and Trapping Mechanisms Controlling Embrittlement as a Function of Charging Method in Steels

Samuel Ross | Swansea University  Design of Novel High Entropy Brazing alloys


Session Five: Wednesday 19 July, 0900-1100

Alexander Sloane | University of Sheffield  The Effect of Part Geometry on Melt Pool Geometry in Laser Powder Bed Fusion

Ashutosh Gupta | University of Manchester  Advancing Gear Oil Insights -Tribofilm and Subsurface Correlation Focusing on Ashless Versus Organometallic Chemistries

Samuel Engel | University of Manchester  Modelling the Effect of Cyclic Heat Loads on Precipitation Hardened CuCrZr Alloys

Josephine Ryan Murphy | Dublin City University  Investigating the Effect of Heat Treatment on Electro-Mechanical Nitinol Actuators

Session Six: Wednesday 19 July, 1130-1300

Neha Agarwal | Dublin City University  Effects of Printing Parameters on Phase Transformation Temperature and Mechanical Properties of Nitinol for Medical Device Manufacturing Using Laser Powder Bed Fusion

Thomas Hughes | University of Manchester  Modelling thermal loading of proton beams to simulate a fusion environment

Jacob Whittle | University of Manchester  Using Digital Image Correlation (DIC) to Measure Railway Ballast Movement in Full-Scale Laboratory Testing of Sleeper Lateral Resistance

Theo Mossop | University College Dublin  Assessment of Phase Evolution in Titanium-Niobium based Alloys During Rapid-Solidification

Session Seven: Wednesday 19 July, 1400-1545

John Power | University College Dublin  Application of In-Situ Process Monitoring to Optimise Laser Parameters During the Laser Powder Bed Fusion Printing of Ti-6AI-4V Parts with Overhang Structures

Dennis Premoli | University of Sheffield  Force-Feedback Analysis

Sian Odell | University of Manchester  Novel Zirconium Refined Magnesium Alloys

William Robertson | University of Sheffield  Assessment of the Environmental Impact of Residual and Critical Elements in Steel: Removal, Recovery, and Substitution

Darragh O’Neil | Dublin City University  The Effect of Plasma Parameters of Thin Films Grown by Plasma Enhanced Atomic Layer Deposition