The Department of Materials Science and Metallurgy (DMSM) is a large research and teaching division of the University of Cambridge. Since 2013 it has been located in West Cambridge, having previously occupied several buildings on the New Museums Site in the centre of Cambridge.

Following the changes to academic titles in 2021/2022 at the University of Cambridge, the academic staff of the Department of Materials Science and Metallurgy no longer use the academic titles of Reader and Lecturer. The list below reflects the new academic titles.

Academic staff Professorial staff include:People in the Department of Materials Science & Metallurgy, University of Cambridge

Serena Best, CBE, FREng, Professor of Materials Science Ruth Cameron, Professor of Materials Science Manish Chhowalla, Goldsmiths' Professor of Materials Science Judith Driscoll, FREng, Professor of Materials Science Caterina Ducati, Professor of Nanomaterials Rachel Evans, Professor of Materials Chemistry James Elliott, Professor of Macromolecular Materials Science A. Lindsay Greer, Professor of Materials Science Louise Hirst, Professor of Materials Physics (jointly appointed with the Cavendish Laboratory) Nick Jones, Professor of Metallurgy Sohini Kar-Narayan, Professor of Device & Energy Materials Neil Mathur, Professor of Materials Physics Paul Midgley, FRS, Professor of Materials Science (Current Head of Department) Rachel Oliver, FREng, Professor of Materials Science Chris Pickard, Sir Alan Cottrell Professor of Materials Science Cathie Rae, Professor of Superalloys Emilie Ringe, Professor of Synthetic and Natural Nanomaterials (jointly appointed with the Department of Earth Sciences) Howard Stone, Tata Steel Professor of Metallurgy Jason WA Robinson, Professor of Materials Physics

Heads of Department

R.S Hutton - 1944 Wesley Austin 1945-1958 Sir Alan Cottrell FRS 1958-1966 Sir Robert Honeycombe FREng FRS 1966-84 Derek Hull FREng FRS 1984-1991 Sir Colin Humphreys, CBE FREng FRS 1991-1996 Alan Windle FRS 1996-2000 Derek Fray FRS FREng 2000-2005 Alan Lindsay Greer 2005-2013 Mark Blamire 2013-2018 Paul Midgley FRS 2018-2020 Ruth Cameron, James Elliott, and Jason WA Robinson 2020-2005 Jason WA Robinson FIMMM 2025-

Research themes Current research spans seven themes in which there are current materials challenges to overcome:Materials Challenges in Materials Science & Metallurgy, University of Cambridge Aerospace materials Information Communication Technologies Innovative Characterisation Materials Discovery Materials for Energy and Sustainability Materials for Healthcare Novel Design and Processing

Research groups

Research is organised into the following groups.Research groups – A to Z list, University of Cambridge Device Materials Group Electron Microscopy Group Cambridge Centre for Gallium Nitride Hybrid Materials Group Macromolecular Materials Laboratory Centre for Materials Physics Materials Theory Group Cambridge Centre for Medical Materials Microstructural Kinetics Group Optical Nanomaterials Group Photoactive Materials Group Rolls-Royce University Technology Centre in Advanced Materials Space Voltaics Group

Spinout companies 2019 - Barocal Ltd - developing new heating and cooling technologies to satisfy low-carbon requirements 2018 - Plastometrex Ltd - Profilometry-based Indentation Plastometry (PIP) - a revolutionary new approach to the mechanical testing of metals 2018 - Porotech - specialising in the development of Gallium Nitride material technology 2015 - Paragraf Ltd - novel deposition of graphene onto semiconductors 2010 - CamGaN (now part of Plessey) - GaN on Silicon LED technology (low cost, low energy lighting) 2007 - Inotec AMD - innovative topical oxygen therapy for wound healing 2004 - Q-flo (merged with Plasan, CNT fibres now commercialised by Tortech) - ultra-long CNT fibres 2004 - Camfridge - energy-efficient and gas-free magnetic cooling 2001 - Metalysis - commercialisation of the FFC Cambridge Process. Reduction of metal oxides and ores into pure metals and alloys 1989 - CMD Ltd (became part of Accelerys, now part of Biovia Dassault Systèmes) - X-ray modelling software

Alumni and former staff Notable alumni and former staff include:

Sir Harry Bhadeshia FRS FREng Anthony Cheetham, FRS Alan Cottrell, FRS, Robert W. Cahn FRS, Robert Honeycombe Derek Fray FRS FREng Sir Colin Humphreys, CBE FREng FRS Alan Windle FRS Charles Heycock FRS Sir Graeme Davies FREng William Bonfield CBE FRS FREng Michael F. Ashby CBE FRS FREng Julia King, Baroness Brown of Cambridge DBE FREng

See also

DoITPoMS Department of Materials, University of Oxford Department of Materials, Imperial College London

References