Dr Julian Dean
School of Chemical, Materials and Biological Engineering
Senior Lecturer in Materials Science
Head of First year (MSE UG)
+44 114 222 5473
Full contact details
School of Chemical, Materials and Biological Engineering
Sir Robert Hadfield Building
Mappin Street
91̽»¨
S1 3JD
- Profile
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I obtained my Masters in Physics (MPhys) from the University of 91̽»¨ in 2004. My PhD award in 2007 on micro-electromechanical systems looked at the incorporation of magnetostriction in magMEMS. I subsequently worked as a Research Associate in the Department of Science and Engineering Materials, where I was made a University Teacher in 2011, lecturer in 2013, and Senior lecturer in 2015.
- Research interests
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The study of functional materials and their responses - design, characteristaion and optimisation.
This includes:
- The development of a finite element modelling techniques to understand how materials respond from external stimuli.
- Multi-physics finite element simulations combining, electrical, thermal and structural analysis.
Key projects:
- Development of magnetic materials for motor and drives (working with VW)
- Development of dielectric mateirals for capactiors (working with KAVX)
- Development of local impedance Spectroscopy techniques to characterise materials for fusion technologies. (working with UKAEA)
- Publications
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Journal articles
- . Solid State Ionics, 414, 116652-116652.
- . Journal of Materiomics, 100939-100939.
- . Physics Education, 59(3), 035010-035010.
- . Solid State Ionics, 393, 116173-116173.
- . Journal of Materials Chemistry C, 10(30), 10916-10925.
- . Physics Education, 56(5), 055002-055002.
- . Acta Materialia, 117136-117136.
- . Acta Materialia, 207, 116690-116690.
- . European Journal of Inorganic Chemistry, 2020(39), 3708-3708.
- . European Journal of Inorganic Chemistry.
- . Journal of the American Ceramic Society, 103(4), 2702-2714.
- . Journal of the European Ceramic Society.
- . Journal of Materials Chemistry C.
- . Advanced Functional Materials, 29(38).
- . Ceramics International.
- . Journal of Applied Polymer Science.
- . Journal of Applied Physics, 125(21).
- . Acta Materialia, 166, 202-207.
- . Journal of Alloys and Compounds, 770, 765-770.
- . Journal of the American Ceramic Society.
- . Journal of Applied Physics, 124(20).
- . Journal of the European Ceramic Society.
- . Ceramics International.
- . Journal of Materials Chemistry C, 6(34), 9130-9139.
- . Nuclear Engineering and Design, 331, 153-161.
- . Journal of the American Ceramic Society, 101(3), 1211-1220.
- . Journal of the European Ceramic Society, 37(8), 2795-2801.
- . Applied Physics Letters, 109.
- . Physics Education, 51(5), 053006-053006.
- . Materials Letters, 171, 14-17.
- . Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 4(18), 6896-6901.
- . Applied Physics Letters, 107(14).
- . Journal of the American Ceramic Society, 98(6), 1925-1931.
- . Physics Education, 49(6), 663-670.
- . Journal of the American Ceramic Society, 97(3), 885-891.
- . APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS, 103(4).
- . Physics Education, 48(4), 465-471.
- . PHYSICAL REVIEW B, 85(14).
- . J Phys Condens Matter, 24(2), 024205.
- . Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials, 324(3), 269-275.
- . J APPL PHYS, 110(7).
- . J APPL PHYS, 110(4).
- . Philos Trans A Math Phys Eng Sci, 369(1948), 3214-3228.
- . J APPL PHYS, 109(8).
- . Journal of Applied Physics, 109(2).
- . J APPL PHYS, 108(7).
- . J MOL CATAL A-CHEM, 328(1-2).
- . Microscopy and Microanalysis, 16(S2), 1914-1915.
- . APPL PHYS LETT, 96(23).
- . APPL PHYS LETT, 96(19).
- . J COMPUT PHYS, 229(7), 2544-2549.
- . APPL PHYS LETT, 96(7).
- . Applied Physics Letters, 97(23).
- Head and bit patterned media optimization at areal densities of 2.5 Tbit/in2 and beyond. Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials.
- . APPL PHYS LETT, 95(17).
- . IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON MAGNETICS, 45(10), 4067-4069.
- . IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON MAGNETICS, 45(10), 3851-3854.
- . J APPL PHYS, 106(5).
- . APPL PHYS LETT, 94(23).
- . J APPL PHYS, 105(8).
- . J APPL PHYS, 105(5).
- . Physics Education, 44(6), 627-632.
- . J MAGN MAGN MATER, 320(17), L111-L115.
- . APPL PHYS LETT, 92(14).
- . JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSICS, 103(7).
- . APPL PHYS LETT, 91(22).
- . IEEE T MAGN, 42(2), 283-288.
- . INTERMAG 2006 - IEEE International Magnetics Conference, 598.
- . International Journal of Applied Ceramic Technology.
- . Advanced Functional Materials.
- . Journal of Materials Chemistry A.
Conference proceedings papers
- . Energy Procedia, Vol. 151 (pp 129-134), 11 September 2018 - 12 September 2018.
- . IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON MAGNETICS, Vol. 45(10) (pp 3873-3876)
- . IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON MAGNETICS, Vol. 44(11) (pp 3519-3522)
- Finite element/boundary element simulation of future hard disk recording. COMPUTATIONAL METHODS AND APPLIED COMPUTING (pp 430-435)
Preprints
- Teaching activities
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Head of 1st year (MSE)
MAT109 - Skills for engineers (1st year module)
MAT1643 / AER11004 - mechanical properites of materials (1st year module)
MAT2350 - Artefacts project (2nd year module)
MAT3281 - Finite element modelling (3rd year module)
Julian is actively involved in public outreach and education, particularly with school age students. Working with Dr Dan Allwood and Dr Matthew Bryan, he assisted local Sixth Form students in conducting research on designing new magnetic hard drive materials. This work resulted in a research paper [] and an education paper on the project itself []. Julian was also co-awarded the 2009 Kroto Prize for Excellence in the Science Education of Young People.
He has run hands-on Materials outreach activities for school students from 5 – 18. These sessions include ‘High-performance composite chocolate’ (Ages 5-21) [] , ‘Magnets’ (Ages 7-11) and ‘Structural materials properties’ (Ages 14-18). Most recently worked with Dr Dan Allwood to develop a suite of Flash-based virtual experiments to support Physics A-level tuition: . These have been used to deliver lessons to A-level (16-18 years) students and are used as part of graduate programmes.
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