	Solid Mechanics & Materials Engineering Group
	Department of Engineering Science University of Oxford

Research Students

Address: Department of Engineering Science; University of Oxford; Parks Road; Oxford; OX1 3PJ; UK
Fax: +44 1865 2 73813

Brian Abbey

D.Phil. Research Student

Phone: +44 1865 2 73108
E-mail: Please use the University of Oxford Contact Search
Start date: Oct 2008
Support: Rolls-Royce/EPSRC
Research Area: Strain Tomography
Supervisor: Professor Alexander Korsunsky

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Nikolaos Baimpas

D.Phil. Research Student

Phone: +44 1865 2 83447
E-mail: Please use the University of Oxford Contact Search
Start date: Oct 2009
Support: DHPA
Research Area: Rich Tomography
Supervisor: Prof Alexander Korsunsky

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I-Tung Chan

D.Phil. Research Student

Phone: +44 1865 2 83487
E-mail: Please use the University of Oxford Contact Search
Start date: Oct 2011
Support: Self-funding
Research Area: Composites
Supervisor: Prof Alan Cocks

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Ben Cousins

D.Phil. Research Student

Phone: +44 1865 6 13452
E-mail: Please use the University of Oxford Contact Search
Start date: October 2011
Support: KTN for Aerospace and Defence CASE studentship supported by EPSRC and TIMET
Research Area
Supervisor: Dr Nik Petrinic

Matt Davies

D.Phil. Research Student

Phone: +44 1865 2 83487
E-mail: Please use the University of Oxford Contact Search
Start date: Oct 2007
Support: EPSRC
Research Area: Fretting Fatigue
Supervisor: Prof David Hills

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Tomiwa Erinosho

D.Phil. Research Student

Phone: +44 1865 2 73800
E-mail: Please use the University of Oxford Contact Search
Start date: October 2011
Support: EPSRC/BMW
Research Area: Plasticity and Viscoplasticity
Supervisor: Professor Fionn Dunne

Simone Falco

D.Phil. Research Student

Phone: +44 1865 6 13465
E-mail: Please use the University of Oxford Contact Search
Start date: May 2005
Support: EPSRC/Dstl
Research Area: Understanding and improving ceramic armour materials
Supervisor: Dr Nik Petrinic

Robert Flicek

D.Phil. Research Student

Phone: +44 1865 2 83487
E-mail: Please use the University of Oxford Contact Search
Start date: October 2011
Support: Rolls-Royce
Research Area: Contact Mechanics
Supervisor: Professor David Hills

Rodolfo Fleury

D.Phil. Research Student

Phone: +44 1865 2 83487
E-mail: Please use the University of Oxford Contact Search
Start date: October 2011
Support: Dorothy Hodgkin Postgraduate Award Scheme
Research Area: Fretting Fatigue
Supervisor: Professor David Nowell

Jianan Hu

D.Phil. Research Student

Phone: +44 1865 2 83496
E-mail: Please use the University of Oxford Contact Search
Start date: Jan 2011
Support: EDF
Research Area: Creep deformation and failure
Supervisor: Prof Alan Cocks

Ding Shin Huang

D.Phil. Research Student

Phone: +44 1865 2 83495
E-mail: Please use the University of Oxford Contact Search
Start date: October 2011
Support: Self-funding
Research Area: Welding
Supervisor: Prof Alan Cocks

Christian Kettenbeil

D.Phil. Research Student

Phone: +44 1865 6 13452
E-mail: Please use the University of Oxford Contact Search
Start date: October 2011
Support: Leichtbau-Zentrum Sachsen
Research Area: Ballistic performance of llightweight systems for aircraft fuselage and engine applications
Supervisor: Dr Nik Petrinic

Michael Kendall

D.Phil. Research Student

Phone: +44 1865 2 83495
E-mail: Please use the University of Oxford Contact Search
Start date: Oct 2010
Support: EOARD
Research Area: High Rate Properties of Polymers
Supervisor: Dr Clive Siviour

Kwanlae Kim

D.Phil. Research Student

Phone: +44 1865 2 73800
E-mail: Please use the University of Oxford Contact Search
Start date: Oct 2011
Support: Self-funded
Research Area: In situ investigation of microstructure under load
Supervisor: Dr John Huber

Taehoon Kim

D.Phil. Research Student

Phone: +44 1865 2 83447
E-mail: Please use the University of Oxford Contact Search
Start date: Oct 2010
Support: Self Funded
Research Area: Tissue scaffolding and x-ray tomography
Supervisor: Professor Alexander Korsunsky

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Robert Kiwanuka

D.Phil. Research Student

Phone: +44 1865 2 73139
E-mail: Please use the University of Oxford Contact Search
Start date: Apr 2009
Support: EPSRC/Platform
Research Area: Micro-mechanics
Supervisor: Prof Fionn Dunne
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Bo Lan

D.Phil. Research Student

Phone: +44 1865 2 73800
E-mail: Please use the University of Oxford Contact Search
Start date: October 2011
Support: Clarendon Funded
Research Area: Plasticity and Viscoplasticity
Supervisor: Professor Fionn Dunne
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Daniel Mulvihill

D.Phil. Research Student

Phone: +44 1865 2 83495
E-mail: Please use the University of Oxford Contact Search
Start date: Oct 2008
Support: EPSRC
Research Area: Contact Mechanics and Friction
Supervisor: Professor David Nowell

Kovthaman Murugaratnam

D.Phil. Research Student

Phone: +44 1865 6 13452
E-mail: Please use the University of Oxford Contact Search
Start date: Apr 2010
Support: EPSRC/EDEM
Research Area: Numerical simulation of shot-peening process
Supervisor: Dr Nik Petrinic
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Antonio Pellegrino

D.Phil. Research Student

Phone: +44 1865 6 13452
E-mail: Please use the University of Oxford Contact Search
Start date: October 2010
Support: R-R
Research Area: Temperature and strain rate dependent Behaviour of material for aircraft gas turbine engines
Supervisor: Dr Nik Petrinic

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Sara Poxon

D.Phil. Research Student

Phone: +44 1865 2 83496
E-mail: Please use the University of Oxford Contact Search
Start date: Oct 2007
Support: Rolls Royce
Research Area: Impact Performance of Hybrid Materials

Supervisor: Dr Nik Petrinic

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Simon Read

D.Phil. Research Student

Phone: +44 1865 2 83496
E-mail: Please use the University of Oxford Contact Search
Start date: Oct 2005
Support: Rolls-Royce
Research Area: Impact (Optimal fan blade design for birdstrike)
Supervisor: Dr Nik Petrinic

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Andreas Schiffer

D.Phil. Research Student

Phone: +44 1865 6 13452
E-mail: Please use the University of Oxford Contact Search
Start date: Jan 2010
Support: EPSRC/DSTL
Research Area: Multiscale Methodologytion ifor enhaunced damage Tolerance of COmposite Materials in submarine Environment subject to Underwater Explosion
Supervisor: Dr Vito Tagarielli

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Petros Siegkas

D.Phil. Research Student

Phone: +44 1865 6 13452
E-mail: Please use the University of Oxford Contact Search
Start date: Oct 2007
Support: EPSRC and Rolls-Royce
Research Area: Impact Performance of Titanium Foams
Supervisor: Dr Nik Petrinic

Dan Sui

D.Phil. Research Student

Phone: +44 1865 6 73811
E-mail: Please use the University of Oxford Contact Search
Start date: Apr 2010
Support: EPSRC
Research Area: Experimental Observation & theoretical modelling on domain evolution ferroelectrics
Supervisor: Dr John Huber

Tan Sui

D.Phil. Research Student

Phone: +44 1865 6 83447
E-mail: Please use the University of Oxford Contact Search
Start date: Oct 2010
Support: Self-funded
Research Area: Biomaterials in Dentistry
Supervisor: Prof Aelxander Korsunsky

Anothai Thaitirarot

D.Phil. Research Student

Phone: +44 1865 6 83487
E-mail: Please use the University of Oxford Contact Search
Start date: Oct 2010
Support: Thai Scholar
Research Area: Receding Contacts
Supervisor: Prof David Hills

Nien-Ti Tsou

D.Phil. Research Student

Phone: +44 1865 2 73811
E-mail: Please use the University of Oxford Contact Search
Start date: Mar 2008
Support: EPSRC
Research Area: Designing with single crystal piezoelectrics and ferroelectrics
Supervisor: Dr John Huber

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Mengyin Xie

D.Phil. Research Student

Phone: +44 1865 2 83447
E-mail: Please use the University of Oxford Contact Search
Start date: Mar 2010
Support
Research Area: Texture dependent ballistic behaviour of titanium alloys
Supervisor: Dr Alexander Korsunsky