Robert C Gifkins Annual Lecture 2021
Materials Australia Victoria | Tasmania Branch
Thursday, 25 November 4:00pm to 5:00pm
Presented via Zoom - Register here
This year’s invited speaker is Professor Simon P Ringer of Australian Centre for Microscopy and Microanalysis, and School of Aerospace, Mechanical and Mechatronic Engineering,
The University of Sydney
Presenting
A Look at the Microstructural Design Palette
Abstract: Microstructure-by-design in no longer a bold aspiration that is beyond the practical reach of materials scientists and engineers. Indeed, great progress has been achieved and highly engineered materials are making it out of the R&D lab and into production for applications based on their structural, optical, photonic, magnetic, electrical and/or electronic properties, for example. But what is the microstructural design palette? How does it look? To what precision can we design microstructures, and what are the emerging processing technologies that give us access to control the relevant phenomena across the various length scales? In this lecture, I will explain my take on the design palette, spanning dislocation and defect structures, solute atoms and clustering phenomena, segregation, the precipitation of second phases, and grain structure. Along the way, I will share some anecdotes and offer some reflections on RC Gifkins’ remarkable career in the quest to wrangle control of microstructure.
Biography: Professor Simon Ringer is the University of Sydney’s Academic Director of Core Research Facilities, and leads the University's strategic planning and operations of its high-end research infrastructure initiatives. He is a Professor of Materials Science and Engineering in the School of Aerospace, Mechanical & Mechatronic Engineering, and an academic member of the Australian Centre for Microscopy & Microanalysis. He has worked in Sweden, Japan, the USA and Australia, and holds patents in the design of steels and nanomaterials. He has published over 100 papers and serves as a materials engineering consultant to local and international industry.