Overview
After last year’s successful event with Verder Scientific, we are bringing it back this year, covering more topics in a two-day event. This course explores milling, particle characterisation, tube furnaces and hardness testing techniques involved in the fabrication of advanced materials. The content will cover the application of these processes across Royce’s research areas in advanced metals processing, biomedical materials, chemical materials design, and nuclear materials.
It will introduce standard approaches, enable the sharing of current best practice, and give insights into how these techniques are used in Royce by our researchers, technology platform leads, and students. Participants will also learn from scientists and engineers at Verder Scientific on how they have approached these challenges and optimised equipment for use in multiple sectors of materials science, from aerospace, to nuclear, to biomedical materials. The content will also provide guidance on why these processes are used, the considerations when preparing samples and planning experiments, and raise thoughts on the time and economic benefits of these techniques.
During the course Verder speakers will outline the scientific principles behind these techniques, sharing their insights into how material properties guide their engineering and design approach. They will outline how different applications require careful experimental design and optimisation of either the material, the process or the equipment being used, to ensure accurate and relevant results. Talks from students, external academics and Royce researchers will further highlight how these techniques are used in scientific investigation, and how materials innovation is supported by these techniques. Presentations from experimental staff and technology platform leads will explain the application and capabilities of Royce facilities supporting these processes and how the community can access them.
Format: In-person
Cost: 1 day £25, 2 days £40
Audience
This event is suitable for PhD students and researchers who might be encountering these techniques for the first time. Researchers from both academia and industry already using these approaches might want to attend to gain or share knowledge and further insights into how these techniques can be optimised or applied in novel ways.
Learning outcomes
Following this course participants should be able to:
- Explain the fundamentals of milling, particle sizing and heat treatment techniques
- Discuss best practice in experimental design and application of these techniques
- Relate aspects of these techniques to aspects of your own research
- Select appropriate uses for these techniques relevant to Royce facility capabilities
- Engage with the community to find help, share best practice, and troubleshoot experimental work
Programme
Day One
Day Two
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