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Published 21 Dec 2023
LightForm Closing Webinar
At the beginning of October Prof. João Quinta da Fonseca gave a closing Webinar on the LightForm...
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Published 21 Dec 2023
MatFlow Workshop
In September LightForm hosted a hybrid MatFlow workshop which was intended to give support and guidance through specially curated...
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Published 20 Apr 2023 in News
LightForm at British Science Week
In March, the newly reopened Manchester Museum hosted LightForm for British Science Week. Students from secondary schools and...
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Published 03 Feb 2023 in Events
LightForm Hosts Latest Advances in Modelling and Characterisation of Alloys Symposium
In November, LightForm hosted a one-day symposium on the Latest Advances in Modelling and Characterisation of Alloys ...
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Published 11 Jan 2023 in Events
LightForm Outreach at ScienceX Festival
The LightForm team participated in ScienceX, a free in-person science festival held at Manchester Central Library on 28th ...
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Published 27 Oct 2022 in News
Developing nanoscale EBSD mapping technique and methodology to quantify Ti-6Al-4V texture data in large samples
Wrought Ti-6Al-4V (Ti64) products can suffer from heterogeneous textures that lead to mechanical anisotropy and uncertain damage...
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Published 26 Sep 2022 in News
LightForm Attends the ICAA18 Conference in Toyama, Japan
The International Conference on Aluminium Alloys 18 (ICAA18) took place in Toyama Japan on the 4th- 8th September. This...
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Published 02 Aug 2022 in Events
Materials in Manufacturing the Future Series: Series Update
The LightForm EPSRC Programme grant, in collaboration with The Henry Royce Institute, has been running a seminar series...
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Published 29 Jul 2022 in News
LightForm Students Attend the Advanced Metallic Systems Centre for Doctoral Training International Student Conference
The advanced metallic systems centre for doctoral training (AMS CDT) international student conference was held at the Dublin...
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Published 27 Jul 2022 in News
LightForm Experiments at Diamond (2022)
In the last week of May 2022, LightForm researchers conducted their most recent round of experiments at the diamond...
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Published 14 Jul 2022 in News
Warm Formability Study of a 7xxx Al Alloy: Experimentation and Modelling
High-strength aluminium alloys are increasingly sought after in manufacturing due to their high potential for light-weighting and recyclability. Unlike...
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Published 26 May 2022 in Events
Prof. Sir David Payne Visits LightForm in Manchester
Early in May, LightForm had the pleasure of hosting Professor Sir David Payne at the new Royce hub building...
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Published 03 May 2022 in News
Understanding Cold Creep and Fatigue Crack Initiation in Ti Alloys
LightForm researchers have recently published new results that shed new light on the elusive mechanisms responsible for cold creep...
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Published 29 Apr 2022 in Events
LightForm and MIDAS run Royce Workshop for Materials Data Management
In late January, a large group of researchers from the materials community came together to discuss the importance of...
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Published 25 Apr 2022 in Events
Early Career Fellowship Workshop organised by LightForm and MIDAS
At the end of March, the LightForm and MIDAS EPSRC Programme Grants jointly held an event to encourage PDRAs...
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Published 21 Apr 2022 in News
LightForm Granted 12 Month Extension
Due to the exceptional circumstances experience over the last two years, the UKRI has granted LightForm a 12-month extension....
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Published 07 Apr 2022 in Events
Materials in Manufacturing the Future Seminar Series Organised by LightForm
The LightForm EPSRC Programme grant, in collaboration with The Henry Royce Institute, is running a seminar series showcasing the...
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Published 23 Mar 2022 in News
LightForm Awarded Royce Institute Funding to Develop Novel Database
A data-centric approach to materials science requires access to large, high-quality datasets that are findable but also explorable, and...
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Published 17 Mar 2022 in News
LightForm Postdoc Joins Nanjing University as Associate Professor
Dr Jinghua Zheng is now a tenured Associate Professor under the "Young-talent scheme” at Nanjing University of...
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Published 28 Feb 2022 in News
Dr Alec E Davis Awarded Lectureship at University of Manchester
LightForm associated post-doctoral research associate Dr Alec E Davis has recently been awarded a lectureship in the...
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Published 09 Feb 2022 in News
Mind The Gap: LightForm Bridges Microstructural Scales with New Simulation Capability
A recent breakthrough in microstructure modelling from LightForm researchers, in collaboration with the Max-Planck-Institut für Eisenforschung and...
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Published 01 Feb 2022 in News
New Students in LightForm
The LightForm team welcomed 8 new PhD students over the last year, two at Imperial College London and six at...
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Published 01 Feb 2022 in News
Seminar Honouring Professor Bevis HutchinsonÂ
In November, Swerim AB organised a seminar honouring Professor Bevis Hutchison and his scientific contributions in Stockholm, Sweden. Bevis...
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Published 27 Jan 2022 in News
Recent Staff Updates in LightForm
The second half of 2021 saw some new additions to the LightForm team. We also said goodbye to some of...
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Published 12 Jan 2022 in News
LightForm Moves into the Royce Hub Building
In October the LightForm team moved from its home in the historic Sackville Street Building to the brand-new Henry...
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Published 06 Dec 2021 in News
LightForm watches unstable grain coarsening in titanium aerospace microstructure at 1000 degrees Celsius
Investigations conducted by the LightForm research team, in collaboration with Airbus, have uncovered a missing link in understanding the...
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Published 30 Nov 2021 in News
2021 ISME Gold Medal Award to Professor Jianguo Lin, Imperial College London, for a major contribution to the UK sheet metal industry
At ISME’s (Institute of Sheet Metal Engineering) 75th anniversary Gold Medal Dinner event held on Friday 1...
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Published 25 Nov 2021 in Events
LightForm Research Showcase 2021
The end of the year is fast approaching and so a summary of the excellent work done this year...
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Published 20 Mar 2020 in News
Professor John Humphreys
Professor John Humphreys has recently passed away and will be sorely missed by his former colleagues, students, and...
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Published 09 Dec 2019 in News
LightForm is currently hosting David Fullwood a Professor in the Mechanical Engineering department of Brigham Young University
David spent the last year at The University of Manchester using the High Resolution Digital Image Correlation Technique...
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Published 04 Dec 2019 in News
LightForm at the 14th World Conference on Titanium
The LightForm research team had a strong presence at the Titanium World conference, which took place in Nantes, France,...
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Published 04 Dec 2019 in Events
LightForm Seminar: Understand and predict the superplastic forming of TA15
Dr Jun Jiang a LightForm Co-Investigator from Imperial College London - Faculty of Engineering, Department of Mechanical...
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Published 04 Dec 2019 in News
LightForm Research Provides Detailed Insight into Twin-Precipitate Interactions in Mg Alloys
An international research collaboration between the Max-Planck-Institut für Eisenforschung, the Shanghai Jiaotong University, and LightForm researchers from...
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Published 27 Nov 2019 in News
LightForm is currently hosting Dr Ying Zeng who has joined us for 1 academic year from Southwest Jiaotong University
{image1} As an Assistant Professor, Ying’s research at the Southwest Jiaotong University is mainly on understanding/modelling...
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Published 27 Nov 2019 in News
LightForm is currently hosting Dr Thomas Dorin, a research fellow at Deakin University.
{image1} Thomas’s research focuses on the design of high performance aluminium alloys with a particular focus on...
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Published 27 Nov 2019 in News
LightMAT Conference - LightForm Contribution
The 3rd International Conference on Light Materials – Science and Technology (LightMAT 2019) took place in Manchester from 3 to 5...
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Published 16 Aug 2019 in Events
LightForm Research Team - Visit to Medlock Primary School Manchester
The LightForm Research Team delivered a range of outreach activities to Year 2 – KS1 pupils at Medlock Primary...
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Published 09 Aug 2019 in Events
LightForm Seminar: Forming and Joining Challenges in Lightweighting of Autobody Structures
Dr Michael Miles from the Manufacturing Engineering Department, Brigham Young University presented “Forming and Joining Challenges in Lightweighting...
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Published 08 Aug 2019 in Events
LightForm Seminar: Introduction to atom probe tomography: From fundamentals to near-atomic-scale insights into engineering materials
Dr Baptiste Gault delivered a LightForm seminar at The University of Manchester on Monday 24 June 2019, to introduce atom...
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Published 18 Apr 2019 in Events
LightForm Seminar: Adventures in lowering the cost of titanium alloy components in the Steel City
Dr Martin Jackson from Sheffield University delivered a LightForm Seminar at The University of Manchester on Friday 1 March 2019, entitled ...
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Published 11 Apr 2019 in Events
LightForm welcomes new PhD cohort
The LightForm team at The University of Manchester welcomed our new LightForm PhD cohort, from the EPSRC Centre for...
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Published 11 Apr 2019 in Views
LightForm Alumni - Dr. Michael Kenyon tells us about his studies at Manchester and how they have shaped his career
Upon completion of my PhD in October 2018, I started my career as a Materials Engineer at Innoval Technology, a...
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Published 10 Apr 2019 in News
LightForm Research Reveals Detail of Dispersoids in 7xxx Aluminium Alloys
Complex compositions and a new dispersoid phase have been revealed for the first time in aerospace aluminium alloy by...
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Published 12 Feb 2019 in Events
LightForm Event: LightMAT November 2019
Event date: 04 Nov 2019
News Update: LightMAT conference - call for abstract deadline: 1 April 2019 LightMAT is an international conference on the science...
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Published 31 Jan 2019 in News
Technical Excellence Award 2018
Pictured above - David Strong is presented with the Technical Excellence Award 2018 on January 7 2019, by Natalie Kennerley from...
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Published 28 Nov 2018 in News
Visiting PhD student from the University of British Columbia
The University of Manchester – School of Materials, recently hosted Mojtaba Mansouri-Arani, a PhD student studying at the University...
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Published 23 Nov 2018 in News
LightForm International Advisory Board
Our most recent meeting was held at Cambridge University on Monday 24 September 2018. We were delighted to welcome our newly...
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Published 23 Nov 2018 in Events
LightForm Research Showcase - September 2018
The LightForm Research Showcase took place on Tuesday 25 September 2018, at Cambridge University. Our Research Team presented highlights of...
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Published 13 Oct 2017 in Events
LightForm Event: Formed in the UK - Wednesday 19 June 2019
Formed in the UK 2019, is a one-day workshop on Modelling of Materials and Processes in Forming, to be held...