Michael Dodge Email & Phone Number

Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, United Kingdom

Cambridge, England, United Kingdom

Cambridge

Cambridge, United Kingdom

Cambridge, United Kingdom

I am a member of the stainless steels and non-ferrous alloys section, within TWI's Materials Group. My responsibilities include the management of multiple single-client and group sponsored technical projects. I oversee the delivery of high quality research, from metallurgical failure investigations to academic projects in collaboration with UK universities.I have a particular interest in hydrogen embrittlement of subsea dissimilar joints (low alloy steels-austenitics), but I also work with a range of materials, from stainless steels through to nickel based alloys.

Leicester/Cambridge

"The effect of heat treatment on the embrittlement of dissimilar welded joints"For my doctoral project, I adopted a combined modelling and experimental approach in the optimisation of heat-treatments in dissimilar welds for subsea applications. My work furthered the understanding of hydrogen-embrittling phenomena that results in failure of subsea weldments.The project involved a number of techniques,such as Electron microscopy (SEM, TEM and FIB-SEM), nanoindentation testing, slow strain rate environmental tensile and bend testing, neutron diffraction residual stress measurements, and diffusion/thermodynamic modelling using dictra and thermocalc.

Isle Of Man

Design and prototyping of small domestic appliances.

Isle Of Man, United Kingdom

General assistant (seasonal) at element 6 (part of the De Beers group), in the synthesis and quality control of diamonds.

Doctor Of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Metallurgy

Master Of Engineering (Meng), Mechanical Engineering, 1St Class (Hons)

Activities and Societies: University Scuba Diving Society