Structural and Nuclear Materials

Research into the mechanical properties of structural materials, particularly fusion and fission energy and aerospace applications, using advanced characterisation and modelling techniques.

Lead Academic Staff: David Armstrong, Chris Grovenor, Anna Kareer, Sergio Lozano-Perez, Katarina (Tinka) Marquardt, James Marrow, Roger Reed, Edmund Tarleton, Angus Wilkinson

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David Armstrong

Professor of Materials Science and Engineering

Dr Ed Darnbrough

Research Fellow

Chris Grovenor

Associate Head of Department (Research), Professor of Materials

Anna Kareer

David Clarke Research Fellow

Enzo Liotti

Departmental Lecturer in Processing of Advanced Materials

Sergio Lozano-Perez

George Kelley Professor of Materials

Katharina (Tinka) Marquardt

Associate Professor of Materials Microscopy and Microstructure Evolution

James Marrow

Associate Head of Department (Teaching), James Martin Professor of Energy Materials

Roger Reed FREng

Professor of Materials and Solid Mechanics

Edmund Tarleton

Associate Professor

Angus J Wilkinson

Professor of Materials (he/him*)

Oxford Micromechanics Group

Oxford NanoAnalysis

MIDAS project

Mimicking Neutron Damage in Tungsten

Ion Implantation of Tungsten 800C at CEA Saclay, France

Characterization of nanoscale precipitates

Energy Filtered TEM and atom probe tomography analysis of Y2O3 nanoprecipitation in ODS FeCr steels

Variable Temperature Nanoindentation

Array of identical micro-cantilevers for high temperature fracture testing at 750C