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Researcher Details
 
Name: Professor P Withers
Organisation: University of Manchester, The
Department: Materials
Current EPSRC-Supported Research Topics:
Analytical Science Civil Engineering Materials
Construction Ops & Management Continuum Mechanics
Design & Testing Technology Electrochemical Science & Eng.
Eng. Dynamics & Tribology Food structure/composition
Image & Vision Computing Magnetism/Magnetic Phenomena
Manufacturing Machine & Plant Materials Characterisation
Materials Processing Materials Synthesis & Growth
Materials testing & eng. Materials testing & eng.
Med.Instrument.Device& Equip. Numerical Analysis
Particle Technology Structural Engineering

Current EPSRC Support
EP/V049488/1 The Princess and the Pea: Mathematical Design of Neutral Inclusions and their Fabrication(C)
EP/V007742/1 Rich Nonlinear Tomography for advanced materials (LEAD)(C)
EP/V035932/1 Capital Equipment in Support of the National Research Facility for Lab X-ray CT(C)
EP/T026677/1 Tomographic Imaging: UK Collaborative Computational Projects(P)
EP/T02593X/1 National Research Facility for Lab X-ray CT(P)
EP/S019731/1 Design-for-manufacture of 3D concrete printed structural composites (DfM:3DCP)(C)
EP/S019367/1 The Royce: Capitalising on the investment(P)
EP/R00496X/1 Preventing Surface Degradation in Demanding Environments(P)
EP/P006566/1 MAPP: EPSRC Future Manufacturing Hub in Manufacture using Advanced Powder Processes(C)
EP/R00661X/1 Sir Henry Royce Institute - recurrent grant(P)
EP/P025021/1 Sir Henry Royce Institute - Manchester and NNL Equipment(C)
EP/M022498/1 Tomographic Imaging(P)
EP/L01680X/1 EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training in Materials for Demanding Environments(P)
Previous EPSRC Support
EP/N025075/1 INFORM 2020 - Molecules to Manufacture: Processing and Formulation Engineering of Inhalable Nanoaggregates and Microparticles(C)
EP/P025498/1 Sir Henry Royce Institute - Manchester Build(C)
EP/K039237/2 Ceramic Coatings for Clad (The C^3 Project): Advanced Accident-Tolerant Ceramic Coatings for Zr-alloy Cladding(C)
EP/M010619/1 Next Generation Multi-Dimensional X-Ray Imaging(P)
EP/M009688/1 RCaH Impact Acceleration Fellowships and Workshops(C)
EP/L025752/1 Cradle-to-Grave Life Cycle Prediction of Automotive Materials and Systems in Service: Impact of Ageing on Performance(C)
EP/K034650/1 Engineered Zircaloy Cladding Modifications for Improved Accident Tolerance of LWR Fuel(C)
EP/K039237/1 Ceramic Coatings for Clad (The C^3 Project): Advanced Accident-Tolerant Ceramic Coatings for Zr-alloy Cladding(C)
EP/K004530/1 High Resolution 4D imaging of degradation and self-repair processes - Resources(P)
EP/K00428X/1 GLOBAL- Manchester Image Reconstruction and ANalysis (MIRAN): Step jumps in imaging by Global Exchange of user pull and method push(C)
EP/J010456/1 Tomographic Imaging(P)
EP/J010685/1 Visiting Researcher Grant - Multiscale modelling of ferroelectric materials for actuator design(P)
EP/I02249X/1 Structural evolution across multiple time and length scales(P)
EP/I029605/1 3D Assessment of Surface Integrity and Performance(P)
EP/I021027/1 NEW METHODS FOR ULTRASONIC NDE OF DIFFICULT MATERIALS(P)
EP/H047824/1 So you think you know about nuclear energy!(C)
EP/G042772/1 Array imaging of inhomogeneous steel welds by measurement of weld material maps(P)
EP/F028431/1 Residual Stress & Damage Characterisation: Extending Across Length & Time Scales(P)
EP/F026730/1 Structural Integrity of Components with Deep Compressive Residual Stresses(P)
EP/F007906/1 Multiscale x-ray imaging facility for monitoring and modelling structural evolution in situ(P)
EP/F013329/1 X-ray imaging:Learning from other disciplines(P)
EP/E058817/1 Fatigue Crack Growth in Complex Residual Stress Fields due to Surface Treatment and Foreign Object Damage under Simulated Flight Cycles(P)
EP/E025498/1 Eddy Current Sensor Arrays for Stress and Damage Mapping(P)
EP/E033482/1 So You Think You Can Design A Jet Engine?! - A Toolkit For Communicating Materials Research(P)
EP/D048737/1 New Materials for High Energy Colour X-ray Imaging(R)
EP/D030781/1 A 3D Journey Through a Jet Engine(P)
GR/T09781/01 New approaches to assess fracture under residual stress loading(C)
EP/C008847/1 FaME38 - Exploitation and Development of the Joint Support Facility for Materials Engineering at the ILL-ESRF as a UK Collaborative Research Group(C)
EP/C509803/1 Nanotomography(P)
EP/D029201/1 New Portfolio Partnership - Light alloys for Environmentally Sustainable Transport(C)
GR/T19711/01 The relation between internal stress & failure in TiAl-based alloys and in a burn-resistant Ti alloy(P)
EP/C009681/1 Microwave Profiler(C)
EP/C002946/1 Crack Nucleation and Short Crack Behaviour by Non-destructive In-situ Observation(C)
EP/C00194X/1 A SCIENTIFIC BASE FOR LASER NET SHAPING OF SUPERALLOYS WITH CUSTOM DISTRIBUTED PROPERTIES(C)
GR/S84484/01 FARADAY: Suspension-based fabrication of nanostructured materials for engineering applications(C)
GR/S62840/01 Phase transformations in constrained weld and parent metals during cooling(P)
GR/S70890/01 Engineering the Green State of Powder Products(P)
GR/S18045/01 Application of Deformation Mapping to Fracture Mechanics(P)
GR/S18038/01 Application of Deformation Mapping to Fracture Mechanics(R)
GR/S19752/01 PLATFORM: Residual Stress and Damage Characterisation(P)
GR/S06820/01 ULTRA-HIGH RESOLUTION ELECTRON BACKSCATTER DIFFRACTION AT LOW VOLTAGES(C)
GR/R92844/01 Establishing the Performance Envelope of Dynet: a new type of history dependent neural network model with potential for process modelling(P)
GR/R69341/01 Intergranular and Intragranular Inhomogeneity in Polycrystals(C)
GR/R99089/01 Micromechanics of TI/SIC Fibre Composites(P)
GR/R69952/01 PLATFORM: Thermomechanical Processing of Light Alloys(C)
GR/R48070/01 FaME- A joint support facility for materials engineering at ILL/ESRF(C)
GR/R38774/01 An Engineering Body Scanner for 3D Stress and Damage Measurement and Co-visulaisation.(P)
GR/R08124/01 Measurement and Modelling of Intergranular Strains In Two Phase & Low Symmetry Polycrystalline Materials(P)
GR/N28962/01 MTP:LIGHTWEIGHT MATERIALS FOR TOMORROW'S TECHNOLOGY (LMTT)(C)
GR/N01002/01 A UK/ILL COLLABORATION TO ESTABLISH A STRAIN SCANNING INSTRUMENT(P)
GR/N21697/01 DIRECT FABRICATION OF COMPLEX FUNCTIONALLY GRADED METAL STRUCTURES(C)
GR/M92034/01 (JREI) FRACTURE RESEARCH FACILITIES AT THE MANCHESTER MATERIALS SCIENCE CENTRE(C)
GR/M82240/01 NETWORKING: NETWORK FOR THE MEASUREMENT OF STRESS BY NEUTRON & SYNCHROTRON DIFFRACTION(P)
GR/M63645/01 JIF:RESIDUAL STRESS AND DAMAGE CHARACTERISATION IN MATERIALS AND ENGINEERING COMPONENTS(P)
GR/M63836/01 METALLURGICAL AND INTERNAL STRESS DEVELOPMENT DURING INERTIA WELDING(P)
GR/M51963/01 ENGIN-X: STRESS MEASUREMENT FOR THE 21ST CENTURY(C)
GR/M24127/01 IMI: COST EFFECTIVE MANUFACTURE: WELDING AEROSPACE MATERIALS (CEMWAM II)(C)
GR/M29177/01 SURFACE STRAIN MAPPING AS A TOOL FOR THE STUDY OF MATERIALS BEHAVIOUR ACROSS A RANGE OF SCALES(P)
GR/L62498/02 A NEUTRON TRANSMISSION INSTRUMENT FOR ENGINEERING AND MATERIALS RESEARCH(P)
GR/L49321/02 SYNCHROTRON STRAIN SCANNING - AEROSPACE APPLICATIONS(P)
GR/L68704/02 MEASUREMENT & PREDICTION OF PROCESS INDUCED RESIDUAL STRESSES IN TI/SIC AEROENGINE COMPONENTS & TEST-PIECES(P)
GR/L93393/01 COMPUTATIONAL MODELLING OF FATIGUE & FRACTURE BEHAVIOUR OF CERAMIC & INTERMETALLIC MATRIX FIBROUS COMPOSITES(P)
GR/L68704/01 MEASUREMENT & PREDICTION OF PROCESS INDUCED RESIDUAL STRESSES IN TI/SIC AEROENGINE COMPONENTS & TEST-PIECES(P)
GR/L49321/01 SYNCHROTRON STRAIN SCANNING - AEROSPACE APPLICATIONS(P)
GR/L66397/01 MICROSTRUCTURAL EVOLUTION IN NI-BASE SUPERALLOY FORGINGS: PROCESS MODELLING AND VALIDATION(C)
GR/L62498/01 A NEUTRON TRANSMISSION INSTRUMENT FOR ENGINEERING AND MATERIALS RESEARCH(P)
GR/L58132/01 FE MODELLING OF THE STRESS STATE DEVELOPED IN THERMAL BARRIER COATINGS SUBJECTED TO THERMOMECHANICAL FATIQUE(C)
GR/L10239/01 NEURAL NETWORK PROCESS MODELLING FOR THE MICRO- STRUCTURAL MANAGEMENT OF FORGED COMPONENTS(P)
GR/J37584/01 ADVANCED MOLECULAR, MICROSTRUCTURAL AND STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS THROUGH INTEGRATED NETWORKED COMPUTING(P)
GR/J59920/01 MICROMECHANISTIC INTERACTIONS IN THERMOMECHANICAL FATIGUE(P)
GR/H60363/01 MACROSTRESS/MICROSTRESS INTERACTIONS DURING CRACK GROWTH IN METAL MATRIX COMPOSITES(P)
Key: (P)=Principal Investigator, (C)=Co-Investigator, (R)=Researcher Co-Investigator