Rolls-Royce Nuclear University Technology Centre

Welcome to the Rolls-Royce Nuclear University Technology Centre

The Imperial Nuclear UTC is unique in its breadth addressing nuclear engineering research of relevance to Rolls-Royce which includes:

Materials Performance and Aging

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Project Title	Researcher	Supervisor(s)	Status
Combined Peridynamics and Finite Element Crystal Plasticity Modelling of the Oxidation of Zirconium Alloys	Susannah Lea	Dr Mark Wenman	Current
Machine learning of microstructural stresses in zirconium	Josh Langcaster	Dr Mark Wenman	Current
Cyclic loading and Delayed Hydride Cracking in Zr-alloys	Luca Reali	Dr Mark Wenman/ Dr Daniel Balint	Past
Understanding the role of hydrogen-dislocation interactions in the corrosion and hydrogen uptake of irradiated zirconium fuel cladding alloys	Jana Smutna	Dr Mark Wenman	Past

Micromechanics

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Project Title	Researcher	Supervisor(s)	Status
A Microstructurally Informed Structural Integrity Analysis of Austenitic Alloys	Chris Bilsland	Dr Ben Britton	Current
Understanding hydrides and microstructures in zircaloy-4	Ruth Birch	Dr Ben Britton	Current
Fundamental Mechanisms of Galling and Wear in the PWR Environment to Instruct Alloy Design	Sam Rogers	Prof David Dye	Current
Modelling Delayed Hydride Cracking and Crack Growth in Zirconium Cladding	Daniel Long	Prof Fionn Dunne	Current
Graded microstructures for RPV steels	Tom Porter	Prof Fionn Dunne	Current
Tribological Response of Bearings for Nuclear Applications	Ajit Bastola	Prof Daniele Dini	Current
Tribological modelling of bearings for nuclear power plants	Ruby McCarron	Prof Daniele Dini	Past
The Effect of Temperature Sensitive Material Properties on Galling Wear	Ben Poole	Prof Fionn Dunne	Past
EBSD studies of hydrides in large-grain Zircaloy-4	Siyang Wang (associate student)	Dr Ben Britton	Past
Deformation modelling of iron-based hard facings	Bartosz Barzdajn	Prof Fionn Dunne	Past
Modelling methods for microstructure-sensitive crack growth in Zirconium alloys	David Wilson	Prof Fionn Dunne	Past
Study of Mechanical Deformation in Hardfacing Alloys	Chong Zhao (associated student)	Prof Fionn Dunne	Past
Fatigue crack nucleation near a non-metallic inclusion in PM nickel-based superalloy	Bo Chen (associated student)	Prof Fionn Dunne	Past

Reactor Physics/Reactor Shielding

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Project Title	Researcher	Supervisor (s)	Status
Reduced Order Models in Nuclear Reactor Thermal Hydraulics	Sokratia Georgaka	Dr Mike Bluck	Past
Improvement of the modelling of boiling and the prediction of the critical heat flux using CFD-based methods	Ronak Thakrar	Dr Mike Bluck	Past

Structural Integrity

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Project Title	Researcher	Supervisor(s)	Status
	Dr Fabian Sorce	Dr Catrin Davies	Current
Environmental Effects on Fatigue Crack Growth Behaviour	Mohammed-Rafi Riley	Dr Catrin Davies	Past
Experimental Analysis of Delayed Hydride Cracking	Said El Chamaa	Dr Catrin Davies	Past
The Effect of Constraint on the Integrity of Reactor Pressure Vessels	Geena Rait	Dr Catrin Davies	Past
Fatigue and Fracture rersponse in Clad steels	Alison O'Connor (associate student)	Kamran Nikbin	Past

Thermal Hydraulics

Summary of the table's contents
Project Title	Researcher	Supervisor(s)	Status
	Dr Yu Duan	Dr Matthew Eaton	Current
	Dr Ji Soo Ahn	Dr Matthew Eaton	Current
	Travis Gordon	Dr Matthew Eaton	Current
	Jack Trainor	Dr Matthew Eaton	Current
NE106 Parallel, Adaptive Stochastic Spectral Methods for Uncertainty Quantification in Large Scale Reactor Analysis, Criticality and Shielding Problems.	Anthony Williams	Dr Matthew Eaton	Past
	John Ferguson	Dr Matthew Eaton	Past
	Dr Chris Cooling	Dr Matthew Eaton	Past
Radiant developments (Civil & Naval)	Dr Jozsef Kophasi	Dr Matthew Eaton	Past
	Charles Latimer	Dr Matthew Eaton	Past
	Seth Wilson	Dr Matthew Eaton	Past
Thermo-Physical modeling of molten core concrete interaction	Hugo Perrier	Dr Matthew Eaton	Past
Thermo-chemical modelling of corium spreading in severe accidents	Gareth Morgan	Dr Matthew Eaton	Past
Single phase flow in non-circular ducts	David Harland	Dr Matthew Eaton	Past

Opportunities

If you are interested in research opportunities within the Rolls-Royce Nuclear UTC at Imperial, please see:

For further queries please contact Dr Saira Naeem