Cranfield University
National High Temperature Surface Engineering Centre
Head of research group: Professor J R Nicholls
General Research Area: Surface Engineering
Specific Research Subject: High temperature coatings design and manufacture
Subject Area: Materials, coatings, manufacture, performance, oxidation, hot corrosion, erosion .
Specific Facilities: Coating manufacutre, Vacuum coating (EB-PVD, sputtering), Chemical Vapour Deposition, Electroplating, Electroless Plating, Flame spraying, Plasma spraying, Coating performance, Oxidation, Hot Corrosion, Erosion, Foreign Object Damage, Coating Characterisation, SRD, SEM-EDX, Auger, XPS, AFM/SPM, Nanoindentation
Location: East Anglia, England
Specific Expertise: Custom design of high temperature coating, corrosion/oxidation life modelling