Image and poster competition 2013

Bio-Non-Metals - Colin Sherborne
Direct Laser Writing of Neural Tissue Engineering Scaffolds for Biohybrid Devices

Supervisors: Dr Fred Claeyssens & Prof Sheila MacNeil

Non-Metals - Silvia Madeddu
Alkaline digestion of magnesium silicates for fast and low-cost mineral coarbonation.

Supervisors: Dr Hajime Kinoshita & Dr Richard Thackray

Metals - Ruth Bradley
Ferrimagnetic films and Wires.

Supervisors: Prof Mike Gibbs & Dr Dan Allwood

Metals – Amit Rana for Splashes from a pouring cup (image below)

Chromium oxide residue formed by splashes from a steel pouring cup. (Courtesy of Castings Technology International). Image at 500x magnification.

Life – Ruth Bradley for Laser
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Arrangement of laser optics behind safety goggles that have the laser warning reflected in them

Non-Metals – Claire Corkhill for The rippling effect of nuclear fuel (image below)

Nuclear fuel is made of uranium dioxide. This image shows the microstructure of a nuclear fuel analogue, called cerium dioxide, taken using a technique called atomic force microscopy. Features you can see are individual grains ~30 microns in size as well as ripples (or surface defects). When the nuclear fuel can no longer be used to generate electricity, it will be disposed of in a deep geological respository, hundreds of metres under the ground. In my research, I am trying to determine whether the ripples on the surface shown in this image are the cause of the breakdown of the fuel by ground water, which can lead to the release of toxic, radioactive elements to the environment thousands of years into the future.

Bio-Materials – Lindsey Drew for Histofract

Histology fragmented.

Industrial Liaision Committee winner – Daryoush Ahmadi for The wonderland of oxide state

The SEM cross section image of oxide-metal interface of a Silicon Steel specimen, developed at 1280˚C for 30 minutes. (2000 magnification)