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, Jicheng Gong, Chris Grovenor, Anna Kareer, Sergio Lozano-Perez, 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

James Gibson

Research Fellow

Dr Jicheng Gong

Senior Research Fellow

Chris Grovenor

Professor of Materials

Anna Kareer

David Clarke Research Fellow

Sergio Lozano-Perez

George Kelley Professor of Materials

James Marrow

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

Roger Reed FREng

Professor of Materials and Solid Mechanics

Yuanbo T. Tang CEng FIMMM

Senior Research Staff

Edmund Tarleton

Associate Professor

Angus J Wilkinson

Professor of Materials (he/him*)

Oxford Micromechanics Group

Oxford NanoAnalysis

Energy Materials

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