Centre for Materials Science and Engineering

Dr Jane Blackford

BEng PhD (Sheffield)
Lecturer in Materials, The University of Edinburgh 1999--
Research Fellow, WTM University of Erlangen, Germany 1997-99
Research Fellow, Department of Engineering Materials, University of Sheffield 1994-97

Head of Graduate School, School of Engineering & Electronics
Postgraduate Advisor, Centre for Materials Science & Engineering

Research interests:

Processing/microstructure/property relationships in metals and alloys casting, forming, heat treatment, HIPping, high temperature alloys, intermetallics and coatings, metal foams
Sports engineering particularly in relation to materials: embedded sensors and data acquisition and analysis to provide diagnostics of performance; mountaineering, skiing and curling
Fundamentals of ice mechanics to develop material surfaces to give controlled friction on ice and snow

Centre for Materials Science and Engineering
and Institute of Materials and Processes
School of Engineering and Electronics
The University of Edinburgh
Sanderson Building
King's Buildings
Edinburgh EH9 3JL
UK
+44 131 650 5677 direct
+44 131 650 5684 office
+44 131 662 3677 fax
jane.blackford@ed.ac.uk

Publications

Stress-induced optical anisotropy in polycrystalline copper studied by reflection anisotropy spectroscopy, R.J. Cole, S. Kheradmand, D.D. Higgins, F. Madani, B.F. Macdonald, V. Koutsos, J.R. Blackford. Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics 2003, 36, L115-L118.
Materials in mountaineering, J. R. Blackford, in M Jenkins (ed.), Materials in Sports Equipment, Woodhead, 2003, ch 11.
Climbing safety reaches new heights in Europe, J. R. Blackford and E. Maycock, Materials World 2001, 9, A8-A11.
Crack formation during directional solidification, J.R.Blackford, P.Randelzhofer and R.F.Singer, in "Erstarrung metallischer Schmelzen in Forschung und Gießereipraxis", Editor A.Ludwig, Publ. Wiley VCH, pp231-236, (1999).
Castability of directionally solidified nickel base superalloys, K.Heck, J.R.Blackford and R.F.Singer, Mat Sci and Technol., Vol. 15, pp213-220, (1999).
Effect of hot working variables on microstructure and properties of Fe-25Al, J.R.Blackford, R.A.Buckley, H.Jones and C.M.Sellars, Mat Sci and Technol., Vol. 14, pp1139-1144, (1998).
Effect of process variables on tensile properties of. ingot processed versus strip cast iron aluminides, J.R.Blackford, R.A.Buckley, H.Jones C.M.Sellars, C.Briguet, and D.G.Morris, Mat Sci and Technol., Vol. 14, pp1132-1138, (1998).
Spray deposition of an iron aluminide, J.R.Blackford, R.A.Buckley, H.Jones C.M.Sellars, D.G.McCartney and A.J.Horlock, J. Mat. Sci. , Vol. 33, pp4417-4421, (1998).
Materials in mountaineering equipment: a look at how the processing and heat treatment influences the structure and properties of aluminium alloy karabiners, J.R.Blackford, "The Engineering of Sport", Sheffield, July 1996.
Production of iron aluminides by strip casting followed by cold rolling at room temperature, J.R.Blackford, R.A.Buckley, H.Jones and C.M.Sellars, Scripta Mat, Vol. 34, No. 10, pp1595-1600, (1996).
Production of iron aluminides by co-rolling of elemental foils followed by heat treatment, J.R.Blackford, R.A.Buckley, H.Jones and C.M.Sellars, Scripta Mat., Vol.34, No.5, pp721-728, (1996).
The formation of aluminide diffusion coatings on nickel based materials by hot isostatic pressing, J.R.Blackford, H.Jones, H.V.Atkinson, L.E.Tidbury and S.King; "HIP-93", Antwerp, April 1993.
The formation of aluminide coatings on nickel based materials by ion vapour deposition followed by hot isostatic pressing, J.R.Blackford, H.Jones, H.V.Atkinson, L.E.Tidbury and S.King; "Surface Engineering", Bremen, March 1993.
Industrial Case Studies: Advanced surface engineering by HIPping, J.R. Blackford, L.E.Tidbury, D.C.Evans, Surface Engineering, Vol.7, No.2, pp125-126 (1991).