EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training in the Advanced Characterisation of Materials

EPSRC 材料高级表征博士培训中心

• 批准号: EP/L015277/1
• 金额: $ 566.08万
• 依托单位: Imperial College London
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Training Grant
• 财政年份: 2014
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2014 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=EP%2FL015277%2F1
• 关键词: EPSRC; Centre; Doctoral; Training; Advanced

The development of new materials and new devices / products based upon these materials is absolutely critical to the economic development of our society. One critical aspect of the development of new materials is the ability to analyse the materials and thus determine their properties. Indeed at the very heart of the philosophy of the materials discipline is the relationship between the microstructure and the properties of the materials. The core idea is that through processing one can control the microstructure and thus the properties. Materials characterisation tells us how succesful we have been at changing the microstructure and so is essential in process development. It also tells us what has gone wrong when materials or devices based upon them fail, i.e. it is used in troubleshooting. There are a vast array of advanced materials characterisation techniques available these days and it is very challenging to know the best technique or combination of techniques to use to answer specific research problems. There is a need, therefore, to train research scientists who are expert in the use of certain techniques but also have a broader in-depth understanding of the plethora of techniques that potentially could be used. At the moment there is a skills gap in this area and we will plug that gap with this CDT in advanced characterisation of materials that brings together experts in advanced materials characterisation from two of the worlds top universities. The students will also spend some time (at least 12 weeks) in industry or at an overseas univeristy receiving context specific training.The unique vision brought by this research training programme, therefore, is that our students will have a knowledge of materials characterisation that goes beyond narrow expertise in one or two experimental techniques, or a general overview of many, and instead cuts to the heart of what it means to be a leading experimentalist; with an inherent understanding of the nature of a scientific problem, the fundamental principles and intellectual tools required to address the problem, the technical knowledge and craft to apply the most appropriate experimental technique to obtain the necessary information and the critical and analytical skill to extract the solution from the data. The vision will be realised by exploiting the unique experimental infrastructure provided by UCL and ICL. The first year will be an MRes structure with the entire cohort receiving laboratory based practical training in techniques ubiquitous to modern day materials characterisation such as vacuum technology, scanning probe microscopy, optical characterisation techniques and clean-room processing. Key analytical skills will be taught such as data handling, manipulation and interpretation, practiced on real data, exploiting facilities such as Imperials ToF-SIMS analysis suite and UCL chemistry's material modelling user interface. We will engage with industry to generate genuine problem-based characterisation case studies so that elements of the course will be founded on problem based learning. Visiting professors such as Mark Dowsett (Warwick University) and Hidde Brongersma(Calipso BV) will contribute to the training experience and some external courses will be used for specialist training, for example at ISIS. Traditional lectures will be limited in number with every sub-topic leading into an interactive problem class run by one of our extensive number of industry partners. In our CDT ACM the thrill of solving class problems together and of competing in team-based experimental challenges will produce a highly engaged, critically minded, close-knit team of students.

以这些材料为基础的新材料和新设备/产品的开发对我们社会的经济发展绝对至关重要。开发新材料的一个关键方面是分析材料并确定其性能的能力。事实上，材料学科哲学的核心是材料的微观结构和性能之间的关系。其核心思想是通过加工可以控制组织，从而控制性能。材料的特性告诉我们，我们在改变微观结构方面有多成功，因此在工艺开发中至关重要。它还告诉我们，当材料或基于它们的设备发生故障时，发生了什么问题，即用于故障排除。如今有大量先进的材料表征技术可用，知道哪种技术或技术组合用于回答特定的研究问题是非常具有挑战性的。因此，有必要培训研究科学家，他们既是某些技术的使用专家，又对可能使用的过多技术有更广泛的深入了解。目前，在这一领域存在技能差距，我们将利用这一CDT在材料高级表征方面填补这一空白，该技术汇集了来自世界两所顶尖大学的先进材料表征专家。学生还将在工业或海外大学接受一段时间(至少12周)，接受针对具体情况的培训。因此，这个研究培训计划带来的独特愿景是，我们的学生将拥有材料表征的知识，超越一两种实验技术的狭隘专业知识，或对许多技术的总体概述，而是切入作为一名领先实验者的核心；对科学问题的性质、解决问题所需的基本原则和智力工具、应用最适当的实验技术获取必要信息的技术知识和技巧以及从数据中提取解决方案的关键和分析技能有内在的了解。这一愿景将通过利用伦敦大学学院和ICL提供的独特实验基础设施来实现。第一年将是MRES结构，整个队列将接受基于实验室的实用培训，这些培训涉及现代材料表征普遍存在的技术，如真空技术、扫描探针显微镜、光学表征技术和无尘室加工。将教授关键的分析技能，如数据处理、操作和解释，在真实数据上练习，利用Imperials ToF-SIMS分析套件和UCL化学的材料建模用户界面等设施。我们将与业界合作，生成真正的基于问题的表征案例研究，以便课程的要素将建立在基于问题的学习的基础上。Mark Dowsett(华威大学)和Hidde Brongersma(Calipso BV)等客座教授将为培训经验做出贡献，一些外部课程将用于专业培训，例如在ISIS。传统讲座的数量有限，每个子主题都会引入一个由我们广泛的行业合作伙伴之一运营的互动问题课堂。在我们的CDT ACM中，共同解决课堂问题和在基于团队的实验挑战中竞争的兴奋将产生一个高度参与、批判性思维和紧密联系的学生团队。