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Biography
Professor Steve Donnelly has a first degree in Experimental Physics from the University of Liverpool, a Masters degree in Atomic Collisions in Solids from the University of Sussex and a PhD which was sponsored by the UK Atomic Energy Authority and carried out in the Department of Electronic and Electrical Engineering at the University of Salford.
On completing his PhD studies, Steve spent eight years overseas at the University of Namur in Belgium and then at a government research laboratory (CSIRO Division of Chemical Physics) in Melbourne, Australia before returning to the UK in 1986 to take up a lectureship (and later a readership) in Electrical Engineering at the University of Salford. In 1996, he moved to the Physics Department at Salford as Professor of Experimental Physics and took up various management roles including Dean of the Faculty of Science, Engineering and Environment before moving to Huddersfield as Professor of Engineering Materials and Head of Department of Engineering and Technology in 2011. In January 2012, he became acting Dean of the School of Computing and Engineering and was confirmed as the Dean of Computing and Engineering in April 2012.
Steve has spent extended periods working on collaborative projects at a number of laboratories overseas including Argonne National Laboratory in the US, the National Institute for Materials Science in Japan and the University of Poitiers in France. He is a fluent French speaker and has been an external examiner of PhD theses in France, Belgium and Quebec. He is a member of the EPSRC Peer Review College, the scientific advisory committee of the French EMIR ion-accelerator network and the international committee of the Ion Beam Modification of Materials conference. He also occasionally participates in strategic reviews of universities for the National Commission for Academic Accreditation and Assessment (NCAAA) in Saudi Arabia and le Haut Conseil de l’Evaluation de la Recherche et de l’Enseignement Supérieur (HCERES) in France.
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
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Research Expertise and Interests
- Material Characteristics
- Materials
- Nanomaterials
- Thin Films and Nanotechnology
- Microstructure
- Advanced Materials
- Nanostructured Materials
- Materials Engineering
- Condensed Matter Physics
- Sputtering
- Irradiation
- Ion Implantation
- Transmission Microscopy
- Defects in solids
- Electron microscopy
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Projects
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A Study of the Combined Effects of Displacement Damage and Helium Accumulation in Model Nuclear Materials
1/02/15 → 31/08/18
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World Class Materials Facilities at the University of Huddersfield
Ball, A., Donnelly, S., Vishnyakov, V., Hinks, J. & Greaves, G.
1/04/15 → 31/03/16
Project: Research
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Investigation of the microstructure of He+ ion-irradiated TiBe12 and CrBe12 using ex-situ transmission electron microscopy
Sharp, J., Kuksenko, V., Gaisin, R., Greaves, G., Hinks, J., Vladimirov, P. & Donnelly, S., 1 Jan 2024, In: Journal of Nuclear Materials. 588, 23 p., 154812.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Accelerated radiation tolerance testing of Ti-based MAX phases
Tunes, M. A., Drewry, S. M., Arregui-Mena, J. D., Picak, S., Greaves, G., Cattini, L. B., Pogatscher, S., Valdez, J. A., Fensin, S., El-Atwani, O., Donnelly, S. E., Saleh, T. A. & Edmondson, P. D., 1 Dec 2022, In: Materials Today Energy. 30, 14 p., 101186.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Observations of He Platelets During He Ion Irradiation in 3C SiC
Clay, B. T., Donnelly, S. E. & Greaves, G., 1 Feb 2022, In: Journal of Nuclear Materials. 559, 9 p., 153426.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Role of electronic energy loss on defect production and interface stability: Comparison between ceramic materials and high-entropy alloys
Zhang, Y., Silva, C., Lach, T. G., Tunes, M. A., Zhou, Y., Nuckols, L., Boldman, W. L., Rack, P. D., Donnelly, S. E., Jiang, L., Wang, L. & Weber, W. J., 1 Aug 2022, In: Current Opinion in Solid State and Materials Science. 26, 4, 16 p., 101001.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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An in-situ TEM study into the role of disorder, temperature and ballistic collisions on the accumulation of helium bubbles and voids in glass-ceramic composites
Mir, A. H., Hyatt, N. C. & Donnelly, S., 1 May 2021, In: Journal of Nuclear Materials. 548, 23 p., 152836.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Open AccessFile6 Citations (Scopus)
Datasets
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Intermetallic Re phases form in ion irradiated WRe alloy
Donnelly, S. (Contributor), Greaves, G. (Contributor), Harrison, R. (Creator) & Hinks, J. (Contributor), Mendeley Data, 16 Nov 2018
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A Transmission Electron Microscopy study of the neutron-irradiation response of Ti-based MAX phases at high temperatures
Tunes, M. A. (Creator), Harrison, R. (Contributor), Donnelly, S. (Contributor) & Edmondson, P. (Contributor), Mendeley Data, 22 Feb 2019
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Data for: Thermodynamics of an austenitic stainless steel (AISI-348) through in situ TEM heavy ion irradiations
Tunes, M. A. (Contributor), Greaves, G. (Contributor), Kremmer, T. M. (Contributor), Vishnyakov, V. M. (Contributor), Edmondson, P. D. (Contributor), Pogatscher, S. (Contributor), Donnelly, S. (Contributor) & Schön, C. G. (Contributor), Mendeley Data, 13 May 2019
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Data for: A candidate accident tolerant fuel system based on a highly concentrated alloy thin film
Tunes, M. A. (Creator), Vishnyakov, V. (Contributor), Camara, O. (Contributor), Greaves, G. (Contributor), Edmondson, P. D. (Contributor), Zhang, Y. (Contributor) & Donnelly, S. (Contributor), Mendeley Data, 20 Dec 2018
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Data for: Energetic particle irradiation study of TiN coatings
Tunes, M. A. (Creator), da Silva, F. C. (Contributor), Camara, O. (Creator), Schon, C. G. (Contributor), Sagás, J. C. (Contributor), Fontana, L. C. (Contributor), Donnelly, S. (Contributor), Greaves, G. (Contributor) & Edmondson, P. (Contributor), Mendeley Data, 17 Sep 2018
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Activities
- 1 Oral presentation
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Advanced Facilities and Techniques I
Stephen Donnelly (Speaker)
26 Oct 2016Activity: Talk or presentation types › Oral presentation
Press/Media
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Testing radiation resistance without using a nuclear reactor
Matheus Araujo Tunes, Stephen Donnelly & Jonathan Hinks
3/04/19 → 5/04/19
3 items of Media coverage
Press/Media: Other
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University of Huddersfield Recognised as Leading Ion Beam Centre
Stephen Donnelly, Jonathan Hinks & Jakob Van Den Berg
26/05/17
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Expert Comment
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UK National Ion Beam Centre Benefits from New £3.5 Million Microscope
Jakob Van Den Berg & Stephen Donnelly
23/05/17
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Expert Comment