The Department of
Materials Science and
Metallurgy (DMSM) is a large research and teaching division of the
University of Cambridge . Since 2013 it has been located in
West Cambridge , having previously occupied several buildings on the
New Museums Site in the centre of
Cambridge .
Following the changes to academic titles in 2021/2022 at the University of Cambridge,
[1] the academic staff of the Department of Materials Science and Metallurgy no longer use the academic titles of Reader and Lecturer. The list below reflects the new academic titles.
Academic staff
As of October 2022
[update] Professorial staff include:
[2]
Serena Best , CBE, FREng, Professor of Materials Science
Ruth Cameron , Professor of Materials Science
Manish Chhowalla, Goldsmiths' Professor of Materials Science
Judith Driscoll , FREng, Professor of Materials Science
Caterina Ducati , Professor of Nanomaterials
Rachel Evans , Professor of Materials Chemistry
James Elliott, Professor of Macromolecular Materials Science
Lindsay Greer, Professor of Materials Science
Louise Hirst, Professor of Materials Physics (jointly appointed with the Cavendish Laboratory)
Nick Jones, Professor of Metallurgy
Sohini Kar-Narayan , Professor of Device & Energy Materials
Neil Mathur , Professor of Materials Physics
Paul Midgley , FRS, Professor of Materials Science (Current Head of Department)
Rachel Oliver , FREng, Professor of Materials Science
Chris Pickard, Sir Alan Cottrell Professor of Materials Science
Cathie Rae , Professor of Superalloys
Emilie Ringe , Professor of Synthetic and Natural Nanomaterials (jointly appointed with the Department of Earth Sciences)
Howard Stone, Professor of Metallurgy
Jason WA Robinson , Professor of Materials Physics
Heads of Department
R.S Hutton - 1944
Wesley Austin 1945-1958
Sir
Alan Cottrell FRS 1958-1966
Sir
Robert Honeycombe FREng FRS 1966-84
Derek Hull FREng FRS 1984-1991
Sir
Colin Humphreys , CBE FREng FRS 1991-1996
Alan Windle FRS 1996-2000
Derek Fray FRS FREng 2000-2005
Alan Lindsay Greer 2005-2013
Mark Blamire 2013-2018
Paul Midgley FRS 2018-2020
Ruth Cameron , James Elliott, and
Jason Robinson 2020- (current)
[3]
Research themes
Current research spans seven themes in which there are current materials challenges to overcome:
[4]
Aerospace materials
Information Communication Technologies
Innovative Characterisation
Materials Discovery
Materials for Energy and Sustainability
Materials for Healthcare
Novel Design and Processing
Research groups
Stair Case of
Arup Tower, part of the former site of MSM, at the
New Museums Site , Pembroke Street,
Cambridge .
Research is organised into the following groups.
[5]
Spinout companies
2019 - Barocal Ltd - developing new heating and cooling technologies to satisfy low-carbon requirements
[6]
2018 - Plastometrex Ltd - Profilometry-based Indentation Plastometry (PIP) - a revolutionary new approach to the mechanical testing of metals
[7]
2018 - Porotech - specialising in the development of Gallium Nitride material technology
[8]
2015 - Paragraf Ltd - novel deposition of graphene onto semiconductors
2010 - CamGaN (now part of Plessey) - GaN on Silicon LED technology (low cost, low energy lighting)
2007 - Inotec AMD - innovative topical oxygen therapy for wound healing
2004 - Q-flo (merged with Plasan, CNT fibres now commercialised by Tortech) - ultra-long CNT fibres
2004 - Camfridge - energy-efficient and gas-free magnetic cooling
2001 - Metalysis - commercialisation of the
FFC Cambridge Process . Reduction of metal oxides and ores into pure metals and alloys
1989 - CMD Ltd (became part of Accelerys, now part of Biovia Dassault Systems) - X-ray modelling software
Alumni and former staff
Notable alumni and former staff include:
See also
References
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