Department of Materials Science and Metallurgy, University of Cambridge
| Department of Materials Science and Metallurgy (DMSM) | |
|---|---|
 27 Charles Babbage Road, Cambridge, new site of MSM since 2013 | |
| Location | Cambridge, United Kingdom |
| Affiliations | University of Cambridge |
| Website |
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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.
Senior Staff
As of November 2014 the Department has 14 Professors:[1]
- Mark Blamire, Professor of Device Materials
- Serena Best, Professor of Materials Science
- Harry Bhadeshia, FREng, FRS, Tata Steel Professor of Metallurgy
- Ruth Cameron, Professor of Materials Science
- Tony Cheetham, FRS, Goldsmiths' Professor of Materials Science
- Bill Clegg, Professor of Materials Science
- Bill Clyne, Professor of Mechanics of Materials
- Judith Driscoll, Professor of Materials Science
- Derek Fray, Professor and Director of Research
- Bartek Glowacki, Professor of Energy and Materials Science
- Lindsay Greer, Professor of Materials Science
- Colin Humphreys, CBE FREng FRS, Professor and Director of Research
- Neil Mathur, Professor of Materials Physics
- Paul Midgley, FRS, Professor of Materials Science
Research Themes
Current research is organised into five fundamental themes:[2]
- Device materials
- Electron microscopy
- Materials chemistry
- Medical & pharmaceutical materials
- Structural materials
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.[3]
- Applied Superconductivity
- Atomistic Simulation Group
- Ceramics and Inorganic Materials Group
- Composites & Coatings Group
- Corrosion and Electrochemistry Group
- Device Materials Group
- Electron Microscopy Group
- Functional Inorganic and Hybrid Materials Group
- The Gordon Laboratory
- Gallium Nitride Group
- High Temperature Stability of Materials Group
- Inorganic Microstructures Group
- Joining Group
- Macromolecular Materials Laboratory
- Materials Chemistry Group
- Cambridge Centre for Medical Materials
- Microstructural Kinetics Group
- The Pfizer Institute for Pharmaceutical Materials Science
- Phase Transformations and Complex Properties Group
- Rolls-Royce UTP in Advanced Materials
- SKF University Technology Centre on Steels
Alumni and former staff
Notable alumni and former staff include:
References
- ↑ People in the Department of Materials Science & Metallurgy, University of Cambridge
- ↑ Research themes in Materials Science & Metallurgy, University of Cambridge
- ↑ Research groups – A to Z list, University of Cambridge
- ↑ Smallman, R. E.; Knott, J. F. (2013). "Sir Alan Cottrell FRS FREng. 17 July 1919 -- 15 February 2012". Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society. doi:10.1098/rsbm.2012.0042.
- ↑ Doherty, R. (2007). "RETROSPECTIVE: Robert W. Cahn (1924-2007) and David Turnbull (1915-2007)". Science 317 (5834): 56–57. doi:10.1126/science.1145490. PMID 17615332.
- ↑ Smallman, R. E. (2009). "Sir Robert William Kerr Honeycombe KBE. 2 May 1921--14 September 2007". Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society 55: 91–106. doi:10.1098/rsbm.2008.0020.
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