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  Jubilee Campus
  Wollaton Road
  Nottingham
  NG8 1BB
  UK
• Adam.Thompson@nottingham.ac.uk

Biography

Adam studied a Physics degree at the University of Warwick, followed by a PGCE at the University of Southampton. Adam completed his PhD in metrology for additive manufacture at the University of Nottingham and is currently a research Fellow at the University of Nottingham.

Expertise Summary

Adam has been a post-doctoral researcher in the University of Nottingham (UoN) Manufacturing Metrology Team (MMT) since October 2018. Prior to this position, Adam completed his PhD in UoN's MMT as part of the Centre for Doctoral Training in Additive Manufacture, entitled "Surface texture measurement of metal additively manufactured parts by X-ray computed tomography", for which he was awarded the Gertrude Cropper Scholarship postgraduate prize by UoN. Adam's research background is in surface texture measurement of additively manufactured parts, authoring papers on the measurement of metal and polymer parts. Adam also has expertise across metrology, having undertaken postdoctoral projects in performance verification of fringe projection and X-ray computed tomography measurement. Adam also has a deep understanding of co-ordinate and in-process measurement principles, having taught numerous undergraduate and postgraduate courses in basic advanced metrology and performed research activities in the area. Prior to his PhD, Adam taught high school physics.

Selected Publications

• THOMPSON A, SOUTHON N, FERN F, STUPFLER G and LEACH R K, 2021. Efficient empirical determination of maximum permissible error in coordinate metrology Meas. Sci. Technol.. 32, 106013
• THOMPSON A, SENIN N, MASKERY I and LEACH R K, 2018. Effects of magnification and sampling resolution in X-ray computed tomography for the measurement of additively manufactured metal surfaces Precision Engineering. 53, 54-64
• DE PASTRE M A, THOMPSON A, SENIN N, QUINSAT Y, GARCÍA J A and LEACH R K, 2020. Polymer powder bed fusion surface texture measurement Meas. Sci. Technol.. 31, 055002
• THOMPSON A, SENIN N, MASKERY I, KORNER L, LAWES S and LEACH R K, 2018. Internal surface measurement of metal powder bed fusion parts Additive Manufacturing. 20, 126-133

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• RIVERS, G., AUSTIN, J. S., HE, Y., THOMPSON, A., GILANI, N., ROBERTS, N., ZHAO, P., TUCK, C. J., HAGUE, R. J. M., WILDMAN, R. D. and TURYANSKA, L., 2023. Stable large area drop-on-demand deposition of a conductive polymer ink for 3D-printed electronics, enabled by bio-renewable co-solvents: Additive Manufacturing Additive Manufacturing. 66,
• CATALUCCI S, THOMPSON A, PIANO S, BRANSON D and LEACH R K, 2022. Optical metrology for digital manufacturing: A review J. Adv. Manufac. Technol. 120, 4271–4290
• VILAR, N., ARTIGAS, R., BERMUDEZ, C., THOMPSON, A., NEWTON, L., LEACH, R., DUOCASTELLA, M. and CARLES, G., 2022. Optical system for the measurement of the surface topography of additively manufactured parts: Measurement Science and Technology Measurement Science and Technology. 33(10),
• REMANI, A., WILLIAMS, R., ROSSI, A., PEÑA, F., THOMPSON, A., DARDIS, J., JONES, N., HOOPER, P., SENIN, N. and LEACH, R., 2022. MULTI-SENSOR MEASUREMENT FOR IN-SITU DEFECT IDENTIFICATION IN METAL LASER POWDER BED FUSION
• CATALUCCI, S., THOMPSON, A., EASTWOOD, J., ZHANG, Z. M., BRANSON III, D. T., LEACH, R. and PIANO, S., 2022. Smart optical coordinate and surface metrology Measurement Science and Technology. 34(1),
• SOFIA CATALUCCI, ADAM THOMPSON, JOE EASTWOOD, ZHONGYI MICHAEL ZHANG, DAVID T BRANSON III, RICHARD K LEACH and SAMANTA PIANO, 2022. Smart optical coordinate and surface metrology Meas. Sci. Technol. 34, 012001
• ZHANG, Z. M., CATALUCCI, S., THOMPSON, A., LEACH, R. and PIANO, S., 2022. Applications of data fusion in optical coordinate metrology: a review: International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology.
• LEACH R K, HAITJEMA H, SU R and THOMPSON A, 2021. Metrological characteristics for the calibration of surface topography measuring instruments: a review Meas. Sci. Technol.. 32, 032001
• ZHOU X, DAI N, CHENG X, THOMPSON A and LEACH R K, 2021. Three-dimensional measurement of powder particles using X-ray computed tomography Additive Manufacturing. 40, 101913
• RODRÍGUEZ SÁNCHEZ A, THOMPSON A, SENIN N, EIFLER M, HERING J and LEACH R K, 2021. Calibration of X-ray computed tomography for surface texture measurement using metrological characteristics In: Proc. 21st Int. euspen Conf..
• THOMPSON A, SOUTHON N, FERN F, STUPFLER G and LEACH R K, 2021. Efficient empirical determination of maximum permissible error in coordinate metrology Meas. Sci. Technol.. 32, 106013
• THOMPSON, A., RODRÍGUEZ-SÁNCHEZ, Á, SENIN, N., EIFLER, M., HERING, J. and LEACH, R., 2021. Calibration of X-ray computed tomography for surface topography measurement using metrological characteristics
• REMANI A, WILLIAMS R, THOMPSON A, DARDIS J, JONES N, HOOPER P and LEACH R K, 2021. Design of a multi-sensor measurement system for in-situ defect identification in metal additive manufacturing In: Proc. euspen/ASPE Advancing Precision in Additive Manufacturing.
• ZHOU, X., DAI, N., CHENG, X., THOMPSON, A. and LEACH, R., 2021. Intelligent classification for three-dimensional metal powder particles: Powder Technology Powder Technology.
• RIVAS SANTOS V, THOMPSON A, SIMS-WATERHOUSE D, WOOLLIASMS P and LEACH R K, 2020. Design and characterisation of an additive manufacturing benchmarking artefact following a design-for-metrology approach Additive Manufacturing. 32, 100964
• DE PASTRE M A, THOMPSON A, SENIN N, QUINSAT Y, GARCÍA J A and LEACH R K, 2020. Polymer powder bed fusion surface texture measurement Meas. Sci. Technol.. 31, 055002
• DICKINS, A., WIDJANARKO, T., SIMS-WATERHOUSE, D., THOMPSON, A., LAWES, S., SENIN, N. and LEACH, R., 2020. Multi-view fringe projection system for surface topography measurement during metal powder bed fusion: Journal of the Optical Society of America A: Optics and Image Science, and Vision Journal of the Optical Society of America A: Optics and Image Science, and Vision. 37(9), B93-B105
• DICKINS, A., WIDJANARKO, T., SIMS-WATERHOUSE, D., THOMPSON, A., LAWES, S., SENIN, N. and LEACH, R., 2020. Multi-view fringe projection system for surface topography measurement during metal powder bed fusion: Journal of the Optical Society of America A: Optics and Image Science, and Vision Journal of the Optical Society of America A: Optics and Image Science, and Vision. 37(9), B93-B105
• THOMPSON A, SENIN N and LEACH R K, 2019. Case studies in X-ray computed tomography surface texture measurement In: Proc. 22nd Met. & Props, Lyon, France, Jul..
• THOMPSON A, SENIN N, MASKERY I, KORNER L, LAWES S and LEACH R K, 2018. Internal surface measurement of metal powder bed fusion parts Additive Manufacturing. 20, 126-133
• THOMPSON A, SENIN N, MASKERY I and LEACH R K, 2018. Effects of magnification and sampling resolution in X-ray computed tomography for the measurement of additively manufactured metal surfaces Precision Engineering. 53, 54-64
• TOWNSEND, A., RACASAN, R., LEACH, R., SENIN, N., THOMPSON, A., RAMSEY, A., BATE, D., WOOLLIAMS, P., BROWN, S. and BLUNT, L., 2018. An interlaboratory comparison of X-ray computed tomography measurement for texture and dimensional characterisation of additively manufactured parts: Additive Manufacturing Additive Manufacturing. 23, 422-432
• THOMPSON A, KÖRNER L, SENIN N, LAWES S, MASKERY I and LEACH R K, 2017. Measurement of the internal surface texture of additively manufactured parts by X-ray computed tomography In: 7th Conf. Industrial Computed Tomography (Leuven, Belgium).
• THOMPSON A, MCNALLY D, MASKERY I and LEACH R K, 2017. X-ray computed tomography and additive manufacturing in medicine: a review Int. J. Metrol. Qual. Eng.. 8, 17
• TOWNSEND A, RACASAN R, BILLS P, THOMPSON A, SENIN N, LEACH R K and BLUNT L A, 2017. Results from an interlaboratory comparison of areal surface texture parameter extraction from x-ray computed tomography of additively manufactured parts In: Proc. 17th Int. euspen Conf., Hannover, Germany, Jun. 386-387
• SENIN N, THOMPSON A and LEACH R K, 2017. Characterisation of the topography of metal additive surface features with different measurement technology Meas. Sci. Technol.. 28, 095003
• GOMEZ C, SU R, THOMPSON A, DISCIACCA J, LAWES S and LEACH R K, 2017. Optimisation of surface measurement for metal additive manufacturing using coherence scanning interferometry Optical Engineering. 56, 111714
• GOMEZ, C., SU, R., THOMPSON, A., DISCIACCA, J., LAWES, S. and LEACH, R., 2017. Optimization of surface measurement for metal additive manufacturing using coherence scanning interferometry: Optical Engineering Optical Engineering. 56(11),
• HYDE C, XU Z, THOMPSON A, LEACH R K, MASKERY I, TUCK C and CLARE A, 2017. On the use of X-ray computed tomography for monitoring the failure of a two-bar small specimen manufactured by selective laser melting In: SFF Symp. 2017.
• XU, Z., HYDE, C. J., THOMPSON, A., LEACH, R. K., MASKERY, I., TUCK, C. and CLARE, A. T., 2017. Staged thermomechanical testing of nickel superalloys produced by selective laser melting: Materials and Design Materials and Design. 133, 520-527
• THOMPSON A, SENIN N, GIUSCA C L and LEACH R K, 2017. Topography of selectively laser melted surfaces: A comparison of different measurement methods Ann. CIRP. 66(1), 543-546
• SENIN N, THOMPSON A and LEACH R K, 2017. Feature-based characterisation of laser powder bed fusion surfaces In: Proc. euspen/ASPE Dimensional Accuracy & Surface Finish in AM, Leuven, Belgium. 121-123
• SENIN N, THOMPSON A and LEACH R K, 2017. Feature-based characterisation of signature topography in laser powder bed fusion of metals Measurement Science and Technology. (In Press.)
• DISCIACCA J, GOMEZ C, SU R, THOMPSON A, LAWES S, LEACH R K, COLONNA DE LEGA X and DE GROOT P, 2017. True-color 3D surface metrology for additive manufacturing using interference microscopy In: Proc. euspen/ASPE Dimensional Accuracy & Surface Finish in AM, Leuven, Belgium. 145-148
• GOMEZ C, THOMPSON A, DISCIACCA J, LAWES S and LEACH R K, 2017. Coherence scanning interferometry for additive manufacture In: 16th Int. Conf. Metrology and Properties of Engineering Surfaces.
• XU Z, HYDE C J, THOMPSON A, LEACH R K, MASKERY I, TUCK C and CLARE A T, 2017. Defect evolution in laser powder bed fusion additive manufactured components during thermo-mechanical testing In: Proc. euspen/ASPE Dimensional Accuracy & Surface Finish in AM, Leuven, Belgium. 113-115
• GOMEZ C, SU R, THOMPSON A, DISCIACCA J, LAWES S and LEACH R K, 2017. Optimisation of surface topography measurement and characterisation for metal additive manufacturing using coherence scanning interferometry In: Proc. euspen/ASPE Dimensional Accuracy & Surface Finish in AM, Leuven, Belgium. 162-166
• THOMPSON A, MASKERY I and LEACH R K, 2016. X-ray computed tomography for additive manufacturing: a review Meas. Sci. Technol.. 27, 072001
• THOMPSON A, SENIN N and LEACH R K, 2016. Towards an additive surface atlas In: Proc. ASPE Summer Topical, Rayleigh, NC, USA, Jun. 156-161