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Hannah Hilton-Tapp
PhD Researcher

School/Department: Engineering, School of
Telephone: +44 (0)116 252 3623
Email: hoht2@leicester.ac.uk
Address: Room 103, Centre for Sustainable Materials Processing, Â鶹ÊÓƵ
Profile
Hannah is a 3rd year PhD student working under the supervision of Dr Ramy Mesalam, Prof Karl Ryder and Dr David Weston. She specialises in developing novel methods to produce metal matrix nanocomposite coatings (MMNCs).
Research
- Electrodeposition
- Electrochemistry
- Spectrophotometric methods
- Microscopy (including SEM, 3D and optical)
- XRD
- Materials processing and preparation
- Fingerprint visualisation techniques
- Mechanical testing (including tensile testing, micro- and nano-indentation, impact testing and wear testing)
Supervision
- Supervision of undergraduate research projects in chemistry and engineering
- Over 10 students supervised in the last 18 months, including 2 which have gone on to study for PhDs
Teaching
- Undergraduate Physical Chemistry lab demonstrating (CH2204 and CH3271)
Conferences
- Oral presentation, EDNANO14 and Pulse Plating Seminar 2022, Krakow, Poland
- Poster presentation, Electrochem 2022, Edinburgh, UK
- Oral presentation, Electrochem 2023, Bristol, UK
- Oral presentation, EDNANO15, Metz, France
Qualifications
- BSc Chemistry with Forensic Science
- MPhil Chemistry