Institute
for Materials Research
Areas of Interest:
Hydrogen storage, hydrogen and oxygen diffusion in
the solid state
Activity and Expertise:
Major user of neutron scattering techniques to analyse
behaviour of hydrogen in solids; developed Intelligent Gravimetric Analyser,
now commercialised by HIDEN Isochema, used by large proportion of hydrogen
storage groups in UK, Europe, US etc (D.K. Ross).
Ab initio calculations of energy surface seen by
hydrogen in metallic and non-metallic systems; prediction of inelastic neutron
scattering surface (Dr I. Morrison)
Credentials:
Prof
D. K. Ross: DSc, PhD, MSc MA; 160+ refereed publications in the field, cited
about 70 times a year;
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Member
UK
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Joint
organiser of FP6 network of excellence proposal on hydrogen storage;
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FP5
funding on “Fast Kinetics Metal Hydride Materials”;
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Member
of Steering Committee of Joule Energy Research Centre (North West
Universities);
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Member,
“Instrument Users Committee” at ISIS pulsed neutron source, Rutherford Appleton Laboratory;
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Member
International Advisory Committee “International Symposia on Hydrogen-Metal
Systems”;
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Led
UK Tokyo
Dr
I. Morrison: PhD, BSC; 50 refereed publications in the field of materials ab
initio modelling;
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Member
of CCP5 and CCP9 Collaborative Computational Projects on Molecular Simulations
and electronic structure;
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Member,
IOP Computational Physics Group committee;
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Funding:
£0.5m for high performance computing facilities, mainly for materials
modelling.
Fuel cell and/or Hydrogen courses and modules offered:
Course to NW Postgraduates on neutron scattering and
ab initio methods includes hydrogen in metals material.
Contact: Prof. D.K. Ross
Email: d.k.ross@salford.ac.uk
Tel: +44 (0) 161 295 5881
Address: Institute for Materials Research,
University of
Manchester, M5 4WT UK.
Website: www.imr.salford.ac.uk