I’ve spent 30 years optimizing materials for use in aerospace and automotive applications, looking at how we design, make and use them.

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My latest research focuses on the additive manufacturing (AM) of alloys for use in aerospace applications.

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We’ve received a £2.6 million (US$3.2 million) grant for the next ten years which will enable us to develop AM alloys for industrial applications. We’re using one of the world’s most advanced tools to help investigate the challenges associated with AM alloys – Diamond Light Source the UK’s National synchrotron science facility at Harwell near Oxford.

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The synchrotron lets us see inside the alloys as the AM machine makes components. The synchrotron emits electrons at the speed of light and bends them using electromagnetics to create a continuous beam of light at wavelengths from near infrared to hard x-rays. At the point where […]

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