David Dye (metallurgist)

David Dye is a Professor of Metallurgy at Imperial College London.[1] Dye specialises in fatigue and micromechanics of aerospace and nuclear materials, mainly Ni/Co superalloys, titanium, TWIP steel, and Zirconium alloys.[2]

Professor
David Dye
EducationUniversity of Cambridge (BA, Ph.D)
Scientific career
Fieldsnickel/cobalt Superalloys
Titanium and Zirconium alloys
Micromechanics
Phase transformations
Fatigue
InstitutionsImperial College London
ThesisMechanical effects arising from the welding of superalloys (2000)
Doctoral advisorRoger Reed
Websitehttps://dyedavid.com/

life and career

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Early life and education

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Dye completed a Bachelor of Arts degree in Natural Sciences in 1997 at the University of Cambridge, followed by a PhD on the Mechanical effects of welding superalloys in 2000, supervised by Roger Reed.[3][4]

Research and career

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After graduating from the University of Cambridge, Dye worked for a short period as Junior Associate at Mitchell Madison Group from October 2000 until March 2001, before going back to the Department of Materials Science and Metallurgy, the University of Cambridge as a postdoctoral research associate also for a very short stint in 2001. He then joined the National Research Council (NRC) of Canada as Visiting fellow from late 2001 until 2003, working at the neutron spectroscopy facility at the AECL Chalk River Laboratories in Ontario, Canada. He then moved to the Department of Materials, Imperial College London as lecturer, and became a professor in 2015.[1]

David Dye teaches metallurgy, and his research focuses primarily on the micromechanics, design, and fatigue processes of titanium and nickel/cobalt superalloys, with side interests in zirconium, twinning-induced plasticity steels, and superelastic NiTi-based alloys. Most of his work is done in collaboration with Rolls-Royce and other industries, including nuclear and aerospace.[5][6]

Dye is an experimentalist. His work involves using Electron backscatter diffraction and traditional lab-based characterisation methods, transmission electron microscopy (TEM), neutron and X-rays synchrotron at facilities like ISIS Neutron and Muon Source, Diamond Light Source, European Synchrotron Radiation Facility, and in situ microbeam Laue synchrotron diffraction.[7][8]

Public engagement

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Dye runs a Youtube channel,[9] personal blog,[10] and has courses on Coursera[11] to teach metallurgy, mathematics and data analysis, continuum mechanics, and engineering Alloys.[12] Dye also is a scientific witness to the Science and Technology Committee of the UK parliament.[13]

Awards and honours

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Selected publications

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References

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  1. ^ a b "Home - Professor David Dye". www.imperial.ac.uk. Retrieved 2022-11-12.
  2. ^ "David Dye". scholar.google.co.uk. Retrieved 2022-11-12.
  3. ^ Dye, David (2000). Mechanical effects arising from the welding of superalloys (Ph.D. thesis). University of Cambridge.
  4. ^ a b c Brewer, Kayleigh (3 December 2021). "Professor David Dye awarded 2022 Acta Materialia Silver Medal". Imperial College London.
  5. ^ "World Titanium Conference 2023". www.iom3.org. Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining (IOM3). Retrieved 2022-11-12.
  6. ^ "CDT Advanced Materials Characterisation". www.cdt-acm.org. Retrieved 2022-11-12.
  7. ^ "David Dye: H-index & Awards - Academic Profile". Research.com. Retrieved 2022-11-12.
  8. ^ "Prof. David Dye". www.mpie.de. Retrieved 2022-11-12.
  9. ^ "David Dye - YouTube". www.youtube.com. Retrieved 2022-11-12.
  10. ^ "David Dye, Imperial College". David Dye, Imperial College. Retrieved 2022-11-12.
  11. ^ "David Dye, Instructor". Coursera. Retrieved 2022-11-12.
  12. ^ "David Dye - working together to go further". Imperial College London. Retrieved 2022-11-12.
  13. ^ "Parliament UK APPENDIX 2: LIST OF WITNESSES".
  14. ^ "Past ASM Awardees" (PDF).
  15. ^ "Grunfeld Memorial Award & Medal". www.iom3.org. Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining (IOM3). Retrieved 2022-11-12.
  16. ^ "Award winners 2010". www.iom3.org. Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining (IOM3). Retrieved 2022-11-12.
  17. ^ "Award winners 2017". www.iom3.org. Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining (IOM3). Retrieved 2022-11-12.
  18. ^ "The Minerals, Metals & Materials Society Names 2018 Technical Division Awardees". www.newswise.com. Retrieved 2022-11-12.
  19. ^ "Professor David Dye - 2022 Acta Materialia Silver Medal Recipient". Materials Today. 2021-11-24.
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