Preventing Surface Degradation in Demanding Environments
Lead Research Organisation:
University of Manchester
Department Name: Materials
Abstract
Surface degradation processes, such as corrosion and wear have very significant societal, economic and safety implications. These degradation processes impact a large number of industrial sectors including, transport (marine & automotive), aerospace, nuclear, oil and gas and their respective supply chains. Corrosion alone costs industry globally $2 trillion each year, of which £55 billion per annum is the cost to the UK and $1.37 billion per year the cost to the global Oil & Gas sector. The resulting cost of wear to the UK economy is estimated at £24 billion per annum, approximately 1.6% of the country's GDP. This programme seeks to tackle this age old problem through harnessing advances in computer modelling, experimental techniques at the atomic level, in operando imaging and characterisation and accessing previously untapped in-field data sets to obtain fresh insights into materials surface degradation under the demanding environments in which they operate.
BP invest heavily in research development and innovation and have developed a long term, successful collaboration with the University of Manchester (UoM). In 2012, BP founded the BP International Centre for Advanced Materials (BP-ICAM) a $100m, 10 year investment to address challenges across BP's core business.
Following a 'Materials Technology Outlook' workshop hosted by BP, surface degradation was identified as a high priority area for future research with the potential for transformational change. The workshop felt there was an opportunity to replace industrial empiricism with mechanistically driven approaches by exploiting advances in-operando techniques and multiscale modelling to ask fundamental research questions about the nucleation and growth of corrosion scales and tribofilms and how to control them through inhibitors, lubricants and surface coatings and treatments.
This Prosperity Partnership will enable us to complement the applied research undertaken within BP-ICAM asking more fundamental research questions about surface degradation than BP-ICAM could tackle. Further this challenge requires additional skills beyond those provided by the ICAM partners and so will benefit from key expertise in the behaviour of materials in high pressure environments and tribocorrosion from the Universities of Edinburgh and Leeds respectively.
The preventing surface degradation in demanding environments team will look at how both corrosion scales and tribofilms initiate, grow, and breakdown through a multiscale appreciation identify ways to inhibit or prevent degradation under very demanding environments. This project will consider both the chemical and mechanical effects of surface degradation by understanding the key interaction between the material surface and near surface (10-100nm) fluid environment. It integrates advanced surface analysis studies of realistic conditions in oil and gas operations to gain a better understanding of degradation issues. It is timely as recent advances in the power of computational modelling and imaging enable researchers to look across length and time scales and observe dynamic systems and 'real world' conditions. Finally the basic understanding developed in the laboratory will be held up against big in-field data sets from BP to inform and challenge the research.
Through these fundamental insights into the mechanisms underlying surface degradation, this programme will; develop reliable predictive multi-scale models of surface degradation; present new materials systems for protection against, and prevention of, corrosion and wear; create new standardised tests for industry to use in the evaluation of degradation and propose new mitigation strategies to extend operational lifetimes.
BP invest heavily in research development and innovation and have developed a long term, successful collaboration with the University of Manchester (UoM). In 2012, BP founded the BP International Centre for Advanced Materials (BP-ICAM) a $100m, 10 year investment to address challenges across BP's core business.
Following a 'Materials Technology Outlook' workshop hosted by BP, surface degradation was identified as a high priority area for future research with the potential for transformational change. The workshop felt there was an opportunity to replace industrial empiricism with mechanistically driven approaches by exploiting advances in-operando techniques and multiscale modelling to ask fundamental research questions about the nucleation and growth of corrosion scales and tribofilms and how to control them through inhibitors, lubricants and surface coatings and treatments.
This Prosperity Partnership will enable us to complement the applied research undertaken within BP-ICAM asking more fundamental research questions about surface degradation than BP-ICAM could tackle. Further this challenge requires additional skills beyond those provided by the ICAM partners and so will benefit from key expertise in the behaviour of materials in high pressure environments and tribocorrosion from the Universities of Edinburgh and Leeds respectively.
The preventing surface degradation in demanding environments team will look at how both corrosion scales and tribofilms initiate, grow, and breakdown through a multiscale appreciation identify ways to inhibit or prevent degradation under very demanding environments. This project will consider both the chemical and mechanical effects of surface degradation by understanding the key interaction between the material surface and near surface (10-100nm) fluid environment. It integrates advanced surface analysis studies of realistic conditions in oil and gas operations to gain a better understanding of degradation issues. It is timely as recent advances in the power of computational modelling and imaging enable researchers to look across length and time scales and observe dynamic systems and 'real world' conditions. Finally the basic understanding developed in the laboratory will be held up against big in-field data sets from BP to inform and challenge the research.
Through these fundamental insights into the mechanisms underlying surface degradation, this programme will; develop reliable predictive multi-scale models of surface degradation; present new materials systems for protection against, and prevention of, corrosion and wear; create new standardised tests for industry to use in the evaluation of degradation and propose new mitigation strategies to extend operational lifetimes.
Planned Impact
This Prosperity Partnership will have a significant societal and economic impact through; increasing operation efficiency; the development of new products and processes across multiple sectors ranging from transport (e.g. marine and automotive) to electricity, nuclear, construction and aerospace, and enabling the UK to consolidate its position as a world leader in surface degradation and materials science and engineering.
BP actively promotes the dissemination of knowledge gained from its research projects. Researchers are actively encouraged to publish in high impact journals and present research at conferences. In addition to journal articles, members of this partnership will be encouraged to present their findings at internationally renowned conferences such as NACE, EuroCorr, OTC, STLE and World Tribology Congress.
The BP-ICAM hosts a three day annual conference in Manchester for researchers and BP staff. Members of this collaboration would be invited to this conference to enable networking, knowledge sharing and research planning.
The papers and conferences mentioned above, will be shared via BP's contacts into different sectors especially though its supply chain and through influencing International standards. BP-ICAM also has a dedicated Marketing and Communication Manager, whose expertise will be utilised by the Prosperity Partnership collaboration to ensure that research output is promoted through the a variety of channels.
The collaborative nature of this programme will enhance the skills of all researchers and industry bodies involved. This programme aims to train the next generation of engineers, giving them a unique opportunity to work simultaneously with industry and academia to address the high priority industry relevant challenges. This collaboration will also enable industry placements within BP, with the aim of at least one researcher working at BP per annum.
Beyond this programme BP will assist researchers to develop their work further, either in house with BP experts or through introductions to supply chain partners or through supporting further research council funded research. Additionally, BP has an active Venturing Business and Technology Commercialisation Team both of which will be utilised to identify and support licensing and commercialisation opportunities through a range of mechanisms including, spin out companies, licencing and collaborations with both large and SMEs.
To widen the impact we will hold a cross-sectorial workshops to engage the wider community and to ensure the current research aligns with industry needs. Attendees will include the oil and gas sector, industry leaders, corrosions scientists and supply chain representatives. Importantly, representatives from other industrial sectors such as aerospace, nuclear, transport, marine and energy will also be invited, to ensure the wider dissemination. In this way we will look at pathways by which the basic knowledge generated here can be transferred into other sectors, either though focused university research or industry funded follow-up projects.
Finally, this collaboration will enhance interaction with the Sir Henry Royce Institute at UoM which involves a number of the partners in this programme. This will allow access to state of the art equipment and expertise, in an innovative space shared by both industry and academia.
BP actively promotes the dissemination of knowledge gained from its research projects. Researchers are actively encouraged to publish in high impact journals and present research at conferences. In addition to journal articles, members of this partnership will be encouraged to present their findings at internationally renowned conferences such as NACE, EuroCorr, OTC, STLE and World Tribology Congress.
The BP-ICAM hosts a three day annual conference in Manchester for researchers and BP staff. Members of this collaboration would be invited to this conference to enable networking, knowledge sharing and research planning.
The papers and conferences mentioned above, will be shared via BP's contacts into different sectors especially though its supply chain and through influencing International standards. BP-ICAM also has a dedicated Marketing and Communication Manager, whose expertise will be utilised by the Prosperity Partnership collaboration to ensure that research output is promoted through the a variety of channels.
The collaborative nature of this programme will enhance the skills of all researchers and industry bodies involved. This programme aims to train the next generation of engineers, giving them a unique opportunity to work simultaneously with industry and academia to address the high priority industry relevant challenges. This collaboration will also enable industry placements within BP, with the aim of at least one researcher working at BP per annum.
Beyond this programme BP will assist researchers to develop their work further, either in house with BP experts or through introductions to supply chain partners or through supporting further research council funded research. Additionally, BP has an active Venturing Business and Technology Commercialisation Team both of which will be utilised to identify and support licensing and commercialisation opportunities through a range of mechanisms including, spin out companies, licencing and collaborations with both large and SMEs.
To widen the impact we will hold a cross-sectorial workshops to engage the wider community and to ensure the current research aligns with industry needs. Attendees will include the oil and gas sector, industry leaders, corrosions scientists and supply chain representatives. Importantly, representatives from other industrial sectors such as aerospace, nuclear, transport, marine and energy will also be invited, to ensure the wider dissemination. In this way we will look at pathways by which the basic knowledge generated here can be transferred into other sectors, either though focused university research or industry funded follow-up projects.
Finally, this collaboration will enhance interaction with the Sir Henry Royce Institute at UoM which involves a number of the partners in this programme. This will allow access to state of the art equipment and expertise, in an innovative space shared by both industry and academia.
Organisations
- University of Manchester (Collaboration, Lead Research Organisation)
- UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH (Collaboration)
- BP (British Petroleum) (Collaboration)
- UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS (Collaboration)
- École Polytechnique de Montréal (Collaboration)
- UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE (Collaboration)
- IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON (Collaboration)
- BP (United Kingdom) (Project Partner)
Publications
Acres M
(2020)
Core level photoemission line shape selection: Atomic adsorbates on iron
in Surface and Interface Analysis
Adebogun A
(2018)
Industrial Gear Oils: Tribological Performance and Subsurface Changes.
in Tribology letters
Adebogun A
(2020)
Industrial Gear Oils: Influence of Bulk Oil Temperature and Contact Pressure on Tribological Performance and Subsurface Changes
in Tribology Letters
Agrawal S
(2023)
In-situ iron corrosion in brine using TEM
in MRS Advances
Ahmad EA
(2019)
Corrosion Protection through Naturally Occurring Films: New Insights from Iron Carbonate.
in ACS applied materials & interfaces
Allen FJ
(2021)
Influence of surfactants on a pre-adsorbed cationic layer: Removal and modification.
in Journal of colloid and interface science
Allen FJ
(2019)
Potassium, Calcium, and Magnesium Bridging of AOT to Mica at Constant Ionic Strength.
in Langmuir : the ACS journal of surfaces and colloids
Alsalem M
(2021)
Understanding the Role of NaCl Concentration on the Corrosion of Carbon Steel and FeCO 3 Formation in CO 2 -Containing Electrolytes
in Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research
Aureau D
(2022)
Buried interfaces: general discussion.
in Faraday discussions
Basilico E
(2022)
Effect of O2 contamination on carbon steel pseudo-passive scales in CO2 aqueous solutions
in Corrosion Science
Hadjittofis E
(2022)
Exploring the role of crystal habit in the Ostwald rule of stages.
in Proceedings. Mathematical, physical, and engineering sciences
Hadjittofis E
(2021)
?he role of surface energy in the apparent solubility of two different calcite crystal habits
in Proceedings of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences
Kindi MA
(2021)
Substrate Protection with Corrosion Scales: Can We Depend on Iron Carbonate?
in ACS applied materials & interfaces
Kousar K
(2021)
Corrosion inhibition of carbon steel in hydrochloric acid: Elucidating the performance of an imidazoline-based surfactant
in Corrosion Science
Kousar K
(2019)
An Exemplar Imidazoline Surfactant for Corrosion Inhibitor Studies: Synthesis, Characterization, and Physicochemical Properties
in Journal of Surfactants and Detergents
Kousar K
(2022)
Corrosion inhibition in acidic environments: key interfacial insights with photoelectron spectroscopy
in Faraday Discussions
Lazareva A
(2021)
Investigation of the evolution of an iron carbonate layer and its effect on localized corrosion of X65 carbon steel in CO2 corrosion environments
in Corrosion Science
Matamoros-Veloza A
(2020)
Mechanistic insights of dissolution and mechanical breakdown of FeCO3 corrosion films
Matamoros-Veloza A
(2023)
Study of a Local Structure at the Interface between Corrosion Films and Carbon Steel Surface in Undersaturated CO 2 Environments
in ACS Omega
Matamoros-Veloza A
(2020)
Iron Calcium Carbonate Instability: Structural Modification of Siderite Corrosion Films.
in ACS applied materials & interfaces
Matamoros-Veloza A
(2021)
Mechanistic Insights of Dissolution and Mechanical Breakdown of FeCO 3 Corrosion Films
in ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces
Mazzei G
(2022)
Advanced microstructural characterization of transgranular Pb-caustic SCC in Alloy 690TT
in Corrosion Science
Mazzei G
(2022)
Lead-induced stress corrosion cracking (PbSCC) initiation in alloy 690TT in caustic environment
in Corrosion Science
Mohammed S
(2022)
Assessing the influence of calcium on X65 carbon steel pitting using an artificial pit
in Materials and Corrosion
Owen J
(2022)
Galvanic effects induced by siderite and cementite surface layers on carbon steel in aqueous CO2 environments
in Corrosion Science
Prentice IJ
(2020)
Experimental and simulation study of the high-pressure behavior of squalane and poly-a-olefins.
in The Journal of chemical physics
Sadeek S
(2020)
Electrochemical Behaviour of Steel in Aqueous Alkanolamines for CO 2 capture
in ECS Meeting Abstracts
Sharifi N
(2024)
Diamond-Like Carbon: A Surface for Extreme, High-Wear Environments.
in Langmuir : the ACS journal of surfaces and colloids
Sk M
(2023)
Contrast inversion of ferrite and pearlite in a sweet corrosion environment
in Applied Surface Science
Sk MH
(2023)
Ultra-low oxygen, liquid sample cell for in situ synchrotron-based small-wide angle scattering (SAXS-WAXS).
in The Review of scientific instruments
Srivastava S
(2022)
Experiments and modelling to understand FeCO3 cement formation mechanism: time-evolution of CO2-species, dissolved-Fe, and pH during CO2-induced dissolution of Fe(0)
in Construction and Building Materials
Tsagkaropoulou G
(2019)
Self-assembly and adsorption of cetyltrimethylammonium bromide and didodecyldimethylammonium bromide surfactants at the mica-water interface.
in Soft matter
Van De Kerkhof G
(2023)
An in situ liquid environment for synchrotron hard X-ray nanoprobe microscopy
in Materials at High Temperatures
Xu S
(2020)
Boosting hydrogen evolution performance by using a plasma-sputtered porous monolithic W 2 C@WC 1-x /Mo film electrocatalyst
in Journal of Materials Chemistry A
Xu S
(2020)
Rapid deposition of WS2 platelet thin films as additive-free anode for sodium ion batteries with superior volumetric capacity
in Energy Storage Materials
Xu S
(2019)
Constructing Mono-/Di-/Tri-Types of Active Sites in MoS 2 Film toward Understanding Their Electrocatalytic Activity for the Hydrogen Evolution
in ACS Applied Energy Materials
Description | Despite their huge financial and operational impact to industry, the fundamental mechanisms that affect the build-up and breakdown of friction, wear and corrosion films are not well understood. We have exploiting state-of-the-art experimental techniques, such as in situ X-ray imaging/spectroscopy and in situ analytical TEM characterisation, to quantify the physical and chemical interactions that take place under extreme operating conditions at fluid-film-substrate interfaces for the first time. This shed new light on the nucleation, growth and critically the breakdown of corrosion scales and tribofilms at the micro- and nano-scales. This, allied with detailed and validated multiscale computational modelling, is helping to build a picture of how the chemistries in the fluidic media interact with the nearby surfaces, and thereby generating the insights needed to develop the next generation of corrosion inhibitors, lubricant additives and material technology, that will meet operational and safety requirements, whilst offering cost and environmental benefits and energy efficiency. |
Exploitation Route | This project was 50% funded by BP and they meet regularly with us to look at how to take up the outcomes from this project, for example, the most cost efficient use of inhibitors to stop corrosion, . In addition, the results of our work on lubricants were being fed into bp Castrol activities and will help to generate more optimized engine oils for hybrid vehicles. |
Sectors | Aerospace Defence and Marine Energy Manufacturing including Industrial Biotechology |
Description | Preventing Surface Degradation in Demanding Environments Our results on the action of inhibitors are contributing to the development of improved inhibitor use in the oil and gas industry. In addition, our work on lubricants are being fed into bp Castrol activities and will help to generate more optimized engine oils for hybrid vehicles. |
First Year Of Impact | 2018 |
Sector | Energy |
Impact Types | Economic |
Description | Additional funding for Preventing Surface Degradation in Demanding Environment |
Amount | £99,988 (GBP) |
Organisation | Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) |
Sector | Public |
Country | United Kingdom |
Start | 12/2023 |
End | 03/2024 |
Description | EPSRC Doctoral Training Partnership Studentship in partnership with AC2T |
Amount | £85,000 (GBP) |
Organisation | AC2T Research |
Sector | Private |
Country | Austria |
Start | 09/2021 |
End | 04/2025 |
Description | Manufacturing the Future with Supercritical CO2 and Minimum Quantity Lubrication |
Amount | £758,000 (GBP) |
Funding ID | EP/W001950/1 |
Organisation | Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) |
Sector | Public |
Country | United Kingdom |
Start | 03/2022 |
End | 03/2025 |
Description | TRibology as an ENabling Technology (TRENT) |
Amount | £1,538,131 (GBP) |
Funding ID | EP/S030476/1 |
Organisation | Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) |
Sector | Public |
Country | United Kingdom |
Start | 09/2019 |
End | 09/2024 |
Description | The effectiveness of esters in cooling and lubricating transmission systems in electric vehicles - dielectric fluids |
Amount | £85,000 (GBP) |
Organisation | Croda Europe Ltd |
Sector | Private |
Country | United Kingdom |
Start | 01/2021 |
End | 12/2024 |
Description | Collaboration with Dr Etienne Bousser |
Organisation | École Polytechnique de Montréal |
Country | Canada |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | Use of facilities and knowledge |
Collaborator Contribution | Investigating the microstructural and mechanical characterisation of Plasma Electrolytic Oxidation (PEO) of aluminium alloys and Physical Vapour Deposited thin films. Also the characterisation of fracture and residual stress of hard protective coatings. |
Impact | A number of papers are in preparation |
Start Year | 2018 |
Description | ICAM56 |
Organisation | BP (British Petroleum) |
Country | United Kingdom |
Sector | Private |
PI Contribution | Manchester - expertise of Prof Withers, Matthews, Burke, Akid, Drs Connolly, Lindsay, Muryn and Race; access to the infrastructure, training and administrative support of BP-ICAM hub, access to the infrastructure, training and facilities of Henry Royce Institute; access to the training and support network of the Materials for Demanding Environment CDT. |
Collaborator Contribution | Leeds - expertise of Profs Neville, Morina and Dr Barker; access to the outstanding research and training environment at Institute of Functional Surfaces; access to skills and facilities in the Bragg Centre for Advanced Functional Materials within the Integrated Centre for Engineering and Physical Sciences. Imperial - expertise of Professor Harrison, Ryan and Dr Campbell; access to the Molecular Sciences Research Hub. Cambridge - expertise of Dr Clarke; upgrades to the state of the art equipment internally and at ISIS. BP - expertise of 5 BP senior technology leadership; access to marketing, communication and event management; access to BP's High Performance Computing facilities and support for 6 PhD studentships. |
Impact | None yet |
Start Year | 2017 |
Description | ICAM56 |
Organisation | Imperial College London |
Country | United Kingdom |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | Manchester - expertise of Prof Withers, Matthews, Burke, Akid, Drs Connolly, Lindsay, Muryn and Race; access to the infrastructure, training and administrative support of BP-ICAM hub, access to the infrastructure, training and facilities of Henry Royce Institute; access to the training and support network of the Materials for Demanding Environment CDT. |
Collaborator Contribution | Leeds - expertise of Profs Neville, Morina and Dr Barker; access to the outstanding research and training environment at Institute of Functional Surfaces; access to skills and facilities in the Bragg Centre for Advanced Functional Materials within the Integrated Centre for Engineering and Physical Sciences. Imperial - expertise of Professor Harrison, Ryan and Dr Campbell; access to the Molecular Sciences Research Hub. Cambridge - expertise of Dr Clarke; upgrades to the state of the art equipment internally and at ISIS. BP - expertise of 5 BP senior technology leadership; access to marketing, communication and event management; access to BP's High Performance Computing facilities and support for 6 PhD studentships. |
Impact | None yet |
Start Year | 2017 |
Description | ICAM56 |
Organisation | University of Cambridge |
Country | United Kingdom |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | Manchester - expertise of Prof Withers, Matthews, Burke, Akid, Drs Connolly, Lindsay, Muryn and Race; access to the infrastructure, training and administrative support of BP-ICAM hub, access to the infrastructure, training and facilities of Henry Royce Institute; access to the training and support network of the Materials for Demanding Environment CDT. |
Collaborator Contribution | Leeds - expertise of Profs Neville, Morina and Dr Barker; access to the outstanding research and training environment at Institute of Functional Surfaces; access to skills and facilities in the Bragg Centre for Advanced Functional Materials within the Integrated Centre for Engineering and Physical Sciences. Imperial - expertise of Professor Harrison, Ryan and Dr Campbell; access to the Molecular Sciences Research Hub. Cambridge - expertise of Dr Clarke; upgrades to the state of the art equipment internally and at ISIS. BP - expertise of 5 BP senior technology leadership; access to marketing, communication and event management; access to BP's High Performance Computing facilities and support for 6 PhD studentships. |
Impact | None yet |
Start Year | 2017 |
Description | ICAM56 |
Organisation | University of Edinburgh |
Country | United Kingdom |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | Manchester - expertise of Prof Withers, Matthews, Burke, Akid, Drs Connolly, Lindsay, Muryn and Race; access to the infrastructure, training and administrative support of BP-ICAM hub, access to the infrastructure, training and facilities of Henry Royce Institute; access to the training and support network of the Materials for Demanding Environment CDT. |
Collaborator Contribution | Leeds - expertise of Profs Neville, Morina and Dr Barker; access to the outstanding research and training environment at Institute of Functional Surfaces; access to skills and facilities in the Bragg Centre for Advanced Functional Materials within the Integrated Centre for Engineering and Physical Sciences. Imperial - expertise of Professor Harrison, Ryan and Dr Campbell; access to the Molecular Sciences Research Hub. Cambridge - expertise of Dr Clarke; upgrades to the state of the art equipment internally and at ISIS. BP - expertise of 5 BP senior technology leadership; access to marketing, communication and event management; access to BP's High Performance Computing facilities and support for 6 PhD studentships. |
Impact | None yet |
Start Year | 2017 |
Description | ICAM56 |
Organisation | University of Leeds |
Country | United Kingdom |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | Manchester - expertise of Prof Withers, Matthews, Burke, Akid, Drs Connolly, Lindsay, Muryn and Race; access to the infrastructure, training and administrative support of BP-ICAM hub, access to the infrastructure, training and facilities of Henry Royce Institute; access to the training and support network of the Materials for Demanding Environment CDT. |
Collaborator Contribution | Leeds - expertise of Profs Neville, Morina and Dr Barker; access to the outstanding research and training environment at Institute of Functional Surfaces; access to skills and facilities in the Bragg Centre for Advanced Functional Materials within the Integrated Centre for Engineering and Physical Sciences. Imperial - expertise of Professor Harrison, Ryan and Dr Campbell; access to the Molecular Sciences Research Hub. Cambridge - expertise of Dr Clarke; upgrades to the state of the art equipment internally and at ISIS. BP - expertise of 5 BP senior technology leadership; access to marketing, communication and event management; access to BP's High Performance Computing facilities and support for 6 PhD studentships. |
Impact | None yet |
Start Year | 2017 |
Description | ICAM56 |
Organisation | University of Manchester |
Country | United Kingdom |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | Manchester - expertise of Prof Withers, Matthews, Burke, Akid, Drs Connolly, Lindsay, Muryn and Race; access to the infrastructure, training and administrative support of BP-ICAM hub, access to the infrastructure, training and facilities of Henry Royce Institute; access to the training and support network of the Materials for Demanding Environment CDT. |
Collaborator Contribution | Leeds - expertise of Profs Neville, Morina and Dr Barker; access to the outstanding research and training environment at Institute of Functional Surfaces; access to skills and facilities in the Bragg Centre for Advanced Functional Materials within the Integrated Centre for Engineering and Physical Sciences. Imperial - expertise of Professor Harrison, Ryan and Dr Campbell; access to the Molecular Sciences Research Hub. Cambridge - expertise of Dr Clarke; upgrades to the state of the art equipment internally and at ISIS. BP - expertise of 5 BP senior technology leadership; access to marketing, communication and event management; access to BP's High Performance Computing facilities and support for 6 PhD studentships. |
Impact | None yet |
Start Year | 2017 |
Description | IET STEM Exhibition & First Lego League | Harrogate |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Regional |
Primary Audience | Schools |
Results and Impact | The global STEM competition that develops key skills for future careers, including coding, design and research |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
Description | IOM3 Materials Challenge: Resourcing Net Zero Launch digital Series 2022 |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
Results and Impact | London, UK (20 October 2022) - The Institute of Materials, Minerals & Mining (IOM3) has partnered with CWP to produce a digital series exploring expertise and advances throughout the materials cycle to address the climate crisis, achieve net zero targets and accelerate the circular economy. The Henry Royce Institute is a key contributor to the series, with case study highlights including the research underway at the Royce Sustainable Materials Innovation Hub and Royce at the University of Sheffield. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
Description | IOM3 Surface Engineering Workshop |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | A workshop which presented the research capability and industrial landscape of surface engineering in UK and promote collaboration between academia and industry in surface engineering |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
URL | https://www.royce.ac.uk/events/iom3-surface-engineering-workshop/ |
Description | Invited talk at IFPEN Workshop on Low Carbon Energies (3rd/4th November) |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Title: Fundamentals for Geothermal Corrosion Control Engineering: Understanding Corrosion Scales Discussed fundamental insight we have gained on the structure of oilfield scales, and their potential importance for corrosion control engineering in geothermal power stations. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
Description | Novel Applications of Advanced Electron Microscopy Techniques in Materials Failure Analysis |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | The webinar used case studies to show how scanning electron and focused ion beams can be used to analyze the early stages of initiation and propagation of cracks, both to better understand the safe lifetime of existing materials, and to look toward ways of extending the life of engineering materials and components. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
URL | https://connect.asminternational.org/communities/community-home/digestviewer/viewthread?GroupId=2808... |
Description | Youtube video - Focus on: Lubricants under Pressure |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | Iain Prentice, PhD student at the University of Edinburgh, supervised by Professor Philip Camp, was involved in a Royal Society of Chemistry public-engagement video on lubricants, released in October |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
URL | https://youtu.be/Wh1tmM8e-Mk |