Teaching
Ferrofluid Smart Materials
Smart materials are a fascinating group of materials that respond to an external stimulus in a significant and exploitable fashion.
Examples of smart materials include:
- Shape memory alloys
- Piezoelectric materials
- Electrostrictive materials
- Magnetostrictive materials
- Photostrictive materials
- Magnetorheological fluids
- Electrorheological fluids
- Ferrofluids
- Biomimetic materials
- Micro Electro Mechanical Systems (MEMS) - These are not strictly speaking 'Smart Materials',
MOSFET Electronic and Optoelectronic materials and devices
Functional materials and the devices that utilise these are central to my teaching interests.
Major topics that I cover include:
- Semiconductor physics
- Device fabrication methods
- Materials
- Devices
- Conventional capacitors
- Metal Oxide Semiconductor (MOS) capacitors
- p-n junctions diodes
- MOS Field Effect Transistors (MOSFETs)
- Light emitting diodes (LEDs)
- Photo-diodes
- Laser diodes
Design 2 - Group design
In this module, we set year 2 Mechanical Engineering students a design challenge at the start of the year and then get them to work through a 'Total Design' process in small groups. In recent years, we have set students design challenges relating to novel smoothie makers and kick scooters. The students have to consider a wide range of aspects of the design process including:
- Product design specification
- Market research
- Review of existing patents
- Conceptual design
- Concept selection
- Engineering science
- Detailed design
- CAD
- 2D technical drawing generation
- Process selection
- Material selection
Modules for 2025-26
Advanced Smart Materials
Module code: MATS525
Role: Module Co-ordinator
FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS
Module code: MATS402
Role: Module Co-ordinator
Manufacturing Systems
Module code: MNFG401
Role: Teaching
Manufacturing Systems
Module code: MNFG321
Role: Teaching
SMART MATERIALS
Module code: MATS315
Role: Module Co-ordinator
SMART MATERIALS
Module code: MATS515
Role: Module Co-ordinator
Supervised Theses
- Atomic Layer Deposition of Tantalum Doped Aluminium Oxide as a Gate Dielectric for GaN-based Power Transistors
- Atomic layer deposition of conformal silver as an ultra-thin anti-microbial coating for orthopaedic implants
- Band Alignments and Interfaces in Kesterite Photovoltaics
- Electrochemical Properties of Porous Metals Manufactured by Lost Carbonate Sintering
- Electrochemical Properties of Porous Metals Manufactured by Lost Carbonate Sintering
- Fluorite-based Oxides as Model Systems for Spent Nuclear Fuel
- Mechanistic Insight and Properties of Metal Oxide Thin Films Deposited via Atomic Layer Deposition
- Oxidation and Irradiation Damage of Carbide Materials for Accident Tolerant Nuclear Fuel Cladding
- Oxidation and Irradiation Damage of Carbide Materials for Accident Tolerant Nuclear Fuel Cladding
- Utilising Atomic Layer Deposition (ALD) to Develop Efficient Hematite-based Photoanodes for Photocatalytic Water-Splitting