Dr Matthew Curd obtained his PhD in materials science from the University of Manchester in 2019 with a thesis on subsurface crack networks in bearing steels. He previously obtained an MPhys in 2015, also from UoM. Since concluding his PhD, Matthew has worked on post-doctoral research projects on various materials including battery electrodes, syntactic foam composites and now 7xxx series Aluminium alloys with LightForm. Matthew’s technical experience includes X-Ray CT, SEM, and FIB (including Plasma and Laser FIBs), and he has a particular interest in 3D serial sectioning experiments (3D-EBSD). In LightForm, his work is focussed on better understanding the influence of microstructure on environmentally assisted cracking (EAC) in 7xxx series aluminium. This will include 4-point bend failure tests with high-resolution post-mortem characterisation of crack initiation sites, in both 2D and 3D.

 

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