High temperature EDS analysis - enabling in situ heating for direct observation of phase transformations in the SEM

Dr. Haithem Mansour graduated with a PhD in Material Science from the University of Lorraine in France. He joined Oxford Instru...Read more >

Dr. Haithem Mansour graduated with a PhD in Material Science from the University of Lorraine in France. He joined Oxford Instruments in 2016 and has always worked with a strong focus in electron microscopy and microanalysis. Haithem has focused his research in ECCI, EBSD and EDS, in particular the development and improvement of these analytical techniques. He is currently working as BEX/EDS Product Manager within the NanoAnalysis marketing team, where he helps design, develop and market new analytical systems.

Dr Albert Smith is a TESCAN applications engineer based full time at the University of Manchester. Albert has worked on the TAN...Read more >

Dr Albert Smith is a TESCAN applications engineer based full time at the University of Manchester. Albert has worked on the TANIST project since the first microscope was installed in 2018, and has helped develop the system to the only fully integrated in situ SEM solution that is capable of complicated heating and loading experiments which it is today. Prior to this, Albert was awarded his PhD from the University of Manchester where he investigated novel methods of measuring mechanical properties of proton irradiated material, this included helping to develop in situ workflows for both XRD and SEM.

Mark Taylor is a PhD student at the University of Manchester. Project title: “The Performance of a High-Strength Steel During...Read more >

Mark Taylor is a PhD student at the University of Manchester. Project title: “The Performance of a High-Strength Steel During Rapid High Temperature Exposure”. His work investigates the effect of prior austenite grain size, chemical microsegregation (banding) and mechanical deformation on the phase transformation behaviour of an aerospace steel during a rapid high temperature event. Mark’s work studies post rapid thermal exposure microstructures using SEM, EDS and large area EBSD mapping with parent grain reconstructions. He uses in situ high temperature EBSD and EDS experiments on the TANIST system to validate parent grain reconstructions and to study carbide precipitation.

Jack Donoghue is an experimental officer based in the Department of Materials at the University of Manchester with expertise in...Read more >

Jack Donoghue is an experimental officer based in the Department of Materials at the University of Manchester with expertise in electron microscopy and its analytical techniques. A focus of his PhD (the University of Manchester, 2016) was the high temperature in situ EBSD of titanium alloys to better understand the additive manufacturing process. Jack leads the development of a number of novel techniques at Manchester including the fs-laser Tri-beam for large 3D datasets, a high throughput system for large-sample / multi-sample experiments, and the TANIST project for the automation of in situ experiments.

Jiaqi Xu is a PhD student at the University of Manchester. Project title: “Towards HIPping of difficult to cast Ti alloys thr...Read more >

Jiaqi Xu is a PhD student at the University of Manchester. Project title: “Towards HIPping of difficult to cast Ti alloys through time lapse 3D X-ray CT”. Her project investigates the behaviour of Ti-Fe binary alloys produced from powders by Hot Isostatic Pressing processing (HIPping) to aid the development of near-net shape titanium components that avoid chemical segregation observed during traditional casting. Jiaqi’s work characterises the porosity, phase and microstructural evolution during consolidation and homogenisation using EM, XRD, and tomography. The TANIST is used to observe the microstructural evolution via EDS and EBSD in situ during heat treatment to validate modelling.