Michael Dodge

Experience

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  Element 6

  Jan 2008 - Oct 2008

  Quality Control Assistant

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

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  Strix

  Jan 2009 - Aug 2009

  Shell STEP intern

  Design and prototyping of small domestic appliances.

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  TWI and University of Leicester

  Oct 2010 - Oct 2013

  EPSRC Postgraduate Researcher (PhD)

  "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. Afișează mai puține

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  TWI

  Jan 2014 - now

  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. Afișează mai puține

  • Team Manager

    Jan 2022 - now

  • Principal Project Leader - Materials Engineer

    Sept 2017 - Jan 2022

  • Senior Project Leader - Materials Engineer

    Aug 2015 - Mar 2020

  • Project Leader - Materials Engineer

    Jan 2014 - Aug 2015
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  University of Leicester

  Mar 2020 - now

  Visiting Professor (supplementary honorary role)