Current Projects

Part IIs 2022-2023

Name

College

Title

Supervisors

Anjuli BALI

STC

Understanding ion damage in TEM specimen preparation, comparing Ar, Ga and Xe ions

NPY/Griffiths/Hughes

Andrew BULLA

STC

Atom probe tomography investigations of liquid metal coolant uptake into nuclear fusion reactor components

PAJB/MPM/Hofer /London(UKAEA)

Yifan CHEN

SEH

Graphite anodes for K-ion batteries

MP/Sada

Charlotte CHOI

STA

Optimal software interfacing for quantum systems

LB

Hannah COLE

QNS

Effects of hydrogen on mechanical behaviour of steels

AJW/Karamched

Matthew COULSON*

MAN

Investigating the thermal transport properties of ion-irradiated SiC using Transient Grating Spectroscopy (TGS)

F Hofmann & A Reza (EngSci) / DEJA

Eleanor Davison

STA

Modelling new materials for rechargeable batteries

JRY/MSI

Timothy HARTOG

SEH

High-resolution characterisation of metal powders for additive manufacturing of space materials

SLP/NPY

Russell INDRADJAJA**

MAN

Investigating the catalysing effect of high-entropy alloyed nanoparticles – synthesized via carbothermal shock reaction from precursor salts on metal oxide supports - on the carbon dioxide reduction reaction into fuels using high-throughput approaches and active learning to optimize efficiency

Prof J Li (MIT) / LB

Peter JI

CCC

Synthesising new high energy cathodes for Mg-ion batteries

House/PGB/MSI

Nicholas JOINSON

MAN

Compact nutrient sensors for water quality monitoring

JMS

Oh KIATKULVANICH

QNS

Studying the stability of charged oxide inversion layer (COIL) solar cells

RSB/Wright

Magnus LAWRENCE

QNS

DFT modelling of transmutation products in neutron irradiated SiC

RJN/DEJA

Owen LAWTON

STC

Modelling the electrocatalytic behaviour in transition metal surfaces

RSW/RJN/Swallow

Freya LEYLAND

STC

Field effect devices based on ion-charged dielectric nanolayers

RSB/Wright

Hao LIN

CCC

Calculating the effects of transition metal substitutions in rare-earth-lean permanent magnets

JRY/CEP

Yuqi LIU

TRI

Li alloys for solid state batteries

CRMG/DEJA

Julian LONCAREVIC WHITAKER

QNS

Magnetic biasing of solid state spin qubits

JMS

Murray LONCAREVIC WHITAKER

CCC

The quantum properties of molecular graphenoids

LB

Zaria MCCLEMENT

STA

Atmospheric pitting corrosion and stress corrosion cracking of stainless steels

TJM/MLG

Sujay MEGANATHAN

SEH

Effect of the strain rate on high cycle fatigue of titanium alloys

Gong/AJW

Archie MOSS

STC

On the high throughput multi-field characterisation of deformation in Ni-based superalloys

RCR/Tang

Griselda REVIA**

QNS

Developing robust, electrochemically active gas diffusion electrode with coal feedstocks for direct-air CO2 (DAC) capture system

Prof JC Grossman (MIT) / MRC

Rosanna ROSKILLY

MAN

Size-selected alloy nanoparticles for electrochemical hydrogen production

RSW

Martha SIMMONDS

CCC

Liquid lithium corrosion of materials for nuclear fusion

DEJA/CRMG

Greg STRANGWARD-PRYCE**

CCC

A novel methodology for estimating fracture toughness of metallic samples utilising learning and neural networks

Prof J Li (MIT) / TJM

Zhongyu TANG

SEH

Pockels effect in PCMs for integrated photonics

HB

Rebecca TEARLE

STA

3D printing on the moon - micromechanical evaluation of lunar regolith for moon-based additive manufacturings

AJW/DEJA/Magazzeni

Ben THORNLEY

SEH

Quantum dot photovoltaics

AARW/RSB

Amélia TORTELL MILHANO

STA

Stabilising O-redox in disordered rocksalt battery cathodes

House/PGB/MSI

Jonathan TSUN

SEH

Radiation damage in high temperature superconductors

SCS/CRMG

Thomas WAGSTAFF

STC

Atomic scale characterisation of non-equilibrium precipitate evolution in applications

MPM/PAJB/Tang

Nathan WALEMBA**

MAN

Computational design of chelating agents using theory and simulations

Prof R Gomez-Bombarelli (MIT) / JRY

Tully WANG

CCC

The application of density functional theory for the interpretation and optimisation of electron microscopy imaging of chemical bonding

PDN/JRY/RJN

Annabella WHEATLEY

STA

DFT modelling of rare earth superconductors

RJN/SCS

Yuelin XIONG

SEH

Advanced metallisation technology for silicon photovoltaics

RSB/Wright

Clem XU

STA

Microchannel electrodes for implantable neuronal interfaces

HEA

Zhiyun XU

TRI

Visible photonic circuits for all-optical low-loss photonic computing

HB

Elysia ZDOLYNY

MAN

Dynamic mechanical analysis of 3D printed reinforced polymers

CJ/EL/Marques (Leonardo UK)

Wentao ZHANG

QNS

Design of a nanocomposite drug delivery system for targeting antibiotic resistant infections

Prof EPJ Stride (EngSCi) / SCS