April 1 st 2019 he was also the Deputy Head of the College of Engineering & Physical Sciences. He has been active in ceramics processing research since 1981 and has published ~220 refereed papers, as well as editing or contributing to 19 books and holding 7 patents with an 8 th recently submitted. He has attracted 129 research grants to date, totalling ~£16.5M, this includes a current portfolio of about £1.9M. The focus of his research is the generation of both the necessary scientific understanding and the required engineering solutions for the design and development of materials and process routes that display technical and/or economic advantages over existing approaches. The range of products worked on ranges from nanostructured to traditional ceramics, interpenetrating composites to ultra-high temperature ceramic matrix composites. He has worked closely with industry to translate key developments, e.g. through the creation of a spin-out company to develop a ceramic sensor for measuring soil matric potential (1991), or via licensing, e.g. manufacturing routes for producing engineering ceramic foams (1995) and nanostructured ceramics (2012). He has supervised 35 Ph.D. students and 2 M.Phil. students to successful completion and 38 postdoctoral researchers. A further 7 Ph.D. students and 6 postdoctoral researchers are currently being supervised with more positions currently advertised. His research has received both national and international recognition; he has given ~65 keynotes, plenary and invited talks at international conferences, whilst the Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining has awarded him the Holliday Prize (1995), Ivor Jenkins Medal
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Citation: GHANIZADEH, S. ...et al., 2017. Improved transparency and hardness in α-alumina ceramics fabricated by high-pressure SPS of nanopowders.Ceramics International, 43 (1), Part A, pp. 275-281.Additional Information:• This paper was accepted for publication in the journal Ceram- This is a PDF file of an unedited manuscript that has been accepted for publication. As a service to our customers we are providing this early version of the manuscript. The manuscript will undergo copyediting, typesetting, and review of the resulting galley proof before it is published in its final citable form. Please note that during the production process errors may be discovered which could affect the content, and all legal disclaimers that apply to the journal pertain. AbstractNanocrystalline alumina powder with an average crystallite size of ≤50 nm has been consolidated by spark plasma sintering (SPS) and hot pressing (HP) with a view to achieving dense, fine grained alumina bodies that display transparency. When as-synthesised powder was densified directly, excessive grain growth resulted from both the SPS and HP techniques and hence a large final grain size was observed. Attempts to improve the uniformity of the green microstructure prior to densification were unsuccessful when spray freeze dried granules were used, whether pre-pressed into a compact or not. The use of 53% dense slip cast green compacts, however, enabled final density of ~99.96% and a mean grain size of ~0.32 μm to be achieved when SPS conditions of 1200˚C and 500 MPa were 2 applied for 20 minutes. These samples offered in-line transmittance values of up to ~80%and microhardness values of 22 GPa.
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