Dr Hywel Jones

BSc (Physics, Warwick), MSc (Materials Characterisation, Warwick), PhD (Ceramics, Warwick)

Email: a.h.jones@shu.ac.uk
Tel: 0114 225 3894
Mobile: +44 (0)7779 885 008

Experienced in a wide range of analysis methods including:

• Scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and energy dispersive x-ray analysis (EDX)
• x-ray diffraction (powder analysis)
• Element depth profiling by glow discharge optical emission spectroscopy (GDOES)
• macro, micro and nano hardness measurements
• abrasive wear testing (micro-scale abrasive testing)
• fracture toughness measurement (by indentation)
• density measurement (Archimedes method)

Consultancy

Dr Jones worked as a consultant for over 5 years and has carried out over 200 jobs for a wide range of industrial partners worth more than £250,000.

His particular fields of expertise are:

• The analysis of materials via SEM and EDX
• The analysis of materials via XRD
• Metallic and Ceramic Microstructures
• The Failure of Metallic and Ceramic
• Wear of Materials

Some example of work Dr Jones has carried out for industry:

• Identification of stress corrosion failures in brasses (gas supply industry)
• Fatigue failures in automotive components (automotive and HGV industry)
• Corrosion failure of aluminium heat exchangers (gas and oil industry)
• Premature failure of zirconia bio-materials (bio-medical implants industry)
• The wear of cobalt-chromium alloys for hip prosthesis (bio-medical implants industry)
• Erosion/corrosion wear of aluminium heat exchangers. (food production industry)

Research Activities

Dr Jones also carries out research and development in several areas in collaboration with industrial partners. These include:

• Ceramics and Ceramic Composites
• Tribology (friction and wear)
• Development of Anti-tarnish Silver Alloys
• European project (£1.8m) with 7 partners including Siemens, Munich, CEA, Grenoble and Carrs Silverware, Sheffield.
• Hard Facing Coatings for Agricultural Applications
• EPSRC CASE PhD with Chapmans Agricultural Ltd , Sheffield
• The development of surface mount technology pick and place nozzle
• Metro Technologies Ltd, Doncaster
• The development of new electro-conductive zirconia composites
• Dynamic Ceramic Ltd, Crewe
• The synthesis of high value metals by the FFC Cambridge process
• EPSRC CASE PhD with Metalysis Ltd Wath-upon-Dearne, Rotherham

Background

Dr Jones is a Senior Consultant in the consultancy section of the Materials and Engineering Research Institute. His first degree was in Physics from the University of Warwick ('88-'91). This was followed by a MSc in Physical Methods of Materials Characterisation ('92-'93) and a PhD in the "Synthesis and Tribology of Sialon/TiB 2 Ceramic Composites" ('93-'97) both of which were completed at the Department of Physics at the University of Warwick. In 1997 he was appointed as a post doctoral research fellow for 3 years to work on the European funded project "Ultratribo" to work on Ultrahard Composites for Tribological Applications.

In 2000 he moved to Sheffield to take up a permanent Research Fellow position in the Materials and Engineering Research Institute. In 2004 he was promoted to Senior Consultant.

He is currently a member of the Materials IGT, People and Skills Group, a committee which will provide a report to government on the UK's strategy for materials for the next 20 years. (information via the Advanced Materials Forum)

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