Dr. Patricia Muñoz-Escalona

Glasgow Caledonian University

Country United Kingdom

Short biography and link to the website or Research Gate.

Graduated from Simón Bolívar University in Caracas-Venezuela with a BEng (Hons) in Materials Engineering in 1992. In 1996 she received her MSc in Mechanical Engineering from Simón Bolívar University and in 2010 her Ph.D from University of Bath, both degrees focused in the area of manufacturing. She held previous academic position at Simón Bolívar University (1992-2013), University of Strathclyde (2013-2016), University of the West of Scotland (2016-2018) and she is now she is now a Senior Lecturer at Glasgow Caledonian University. In 2002 she was a visiting researcher at Georgia Institute of Technology, USA and in 2012 at the University of Bath, UK. In 2013 she joined the Surface Engineering Research Group led by Emeritus Professor T.N. Baker in the University of Strathclyde. She is a Chartered Engineer, a Member of Institute of Mechanical Engineering, a Fellow of the Institute of Materials, Mineral and Mining and a Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy. She has been teaching and researching for 27+ years in the area of Materials science, materials selection and manufacturing processes.

Presentation title:

Advances in surface engineering using TIG processing and related techniques

Abstract:

Surface engineering is a discipline that focuses on altering the properties of the parent material to reduce degradation over time. This is achieved through applying a ceramic coating to the base metal surface. The traditional methods include plasma and thermal spraying processes, Chemical Vapour Deposition (CVD), laser deposition and welding techniques, however our research focuses on using TIG (Tungsten Inert Gas) welding to embed the ceramic coating on the steels surface providing the same quality of coating as that offered by plasma and thermal spraying processes but less expensive.than these traditional techniques.

Selected /recent 2 or 3 Journal publications.

1. P. Muñoz-Escalona, F. Sillars,T. Marrocco,R. Edgar,S. Mridha &T. N. Bake (2020). Silicon carbide particulates incorporated into microalloyed steel surface using TIG: microstructure and properties. Materials Science and Technology.https://doi.org/10.1080/02670836.2019.1675304

2. Muñoz-Escalona P, A Walker, A Ogwu, S Mridha nad T.N. Baker (2017) Comparison of empirical and predicted substrate temperature during surface melting of microalloyes steel using TIG technique nad Considering Three Shielding Gases. Applied Surface Science. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apsusc.2017.11.014