PhD students
Mr Michael McKinlay
BSc in Physics from the University of the West of Scotland. Project is titled “Investigation of new advanced materials and structures for development of self-charging hybrid energy systems” supervised by Dr. Carlos Garcia Nuñez and funded by the UWS Vice-Chancellor’s studentship. This project seeks to utilise the ITFSI’s plasma source technology for assisted electron beam deposition and microwave plasma-assisted deposition of dielectric thin film materials. The resulting thin film will then be used in the development of triboelectric and piezoelectric nanogenerators to produce a high-performance, environmentally-friendly energy generator.
Mr Connor Lindsay
BSc in Physics from the University of the West of Scotland. The project entitled “Fundamental research on plasma assisted deposition of dielectric optical coatings essential for future generation gravitational wave detectors” supervised by Professor Des Gibson and Dr Carlos Garcia Nunez. This project is focused on researching new plasma-assisted deposition of optical coatings technology, based on the plasma-assisted processes developed by UWS ITFSI, to optimise the optical coating deposition methods and increase the gravitational wave detection efficiencies.
Mr Sean Flanagan
Developing adhesion and wettability measurement and analysis of laser surface modification characteristics for battery applications tailored for Augmenting Net zero Transportation
Miss Emma Keel
BSc (Hons) in Physics from the University of the West of Scotland (UWS). Her project is titled “Investigation and optimisation of a design-for-manufacture deposition method for a single layer graphene”, supervised by Professor Des Gibson and Dr Carlos Garcia Nuñez. The aim of the project is to build on the RDG patented process, completing a research & development deposition system, optimisation and characterisation of the resulting graphene material. The project will include assembly and complete fabrication of the graphene reactor system, undertaken jointly by Integrated Graphene Ltd (IGL) and UWS ITFSI. Link to LinkedIn page: LinkedIn Profile
Miss Rabeya Saman
MSc and MPhil in Physics from Bahauddin Zakariya University, Multan, Pakistan. Followed by a MSc in Renewable Energy and Sustainable Technology from University of South Wales. Her project is titled ‘‘Designing Next Generation Energy Storage Devices based on Low Dimensional Metal Oxides and Graphene Hybrids.’’ Supervised by Dr Qaisar Abbas and Professor Des Gibson. This project is focused on designing composite electrodes based on mix metal oxides and graphene for high energy/power supercapacitors applications.
Mr Syed Zeeshan Haider
BSc and MSc in Textile Engineering from National Textile University, Faisalabad, Pakistan. His project titled ‘‘Designing Textile Based Flexible and Stretchable Energy Storage Devices for Flexible and Wearable Electronics’’. The aim of his project is to design flexible energy storage devices for flexible and wearable electronics devices. During this project, plasma-assisted deposition process will be used to design flexible and stretchable electrode for energy storage applications. He is supervised by Dr Qaisar Abbas and Professor Des Gibson.
Miss Kirstin Saunders
Study of silicon nitride thin films as optical mirror coatings for cryogenic-based gravitational wave detectors