
Research interest- HIWI
Andrew's research centres around materials characterisation and analysis in support of the various laser processing technologies being developed within the group, with a particular interest in the laser assisted cold spray (LCS) powder deposition technique.
Research projects
- Laser-assisted Cold Spray
- Cold gas dynamic manufacturing
Background
Dr Andrew Cockburn joined the Institute for Manufacturing in June 2007. Andrew gained an MSci in Natural Sciences from the University of Cambridge before studying for a PhD in the Materials Science and Metallurgy department focusing on the processing and properties of porous metal systems.
Publications
E. M. Plotnikova, I. I. Trushkin, D. A. Lenkevich, A. L. Kotelnikov, A. Cockburn, and K. A. Zvezdin. Influence of the structure defects on the magnetic properties of the FePt/Fe bilayer. Journal of Applied Physics 115, 134318 (2014); doi: 10.1063/1.4870866
Pangovski, K and Sparkes, M and Cockburn, A and O'Neill, W and Teh, PS and Lin, D and Richardson, D (2014) Control of Material Transport Through Pulse Shape Manipulation-A Development Toward Designer Pulses. IEEE JOURNAL OF SELECTED TOPICS IN QUANTUM ELECTRONICS, 20. ISSN 1077-260X
Cockburn, A and Lupoi, R and Sparkes, M and O'Neill, W (2013) Supersonic laser deposition of corrosion and wear resistant materials. Proceedings of the 37th International MATADOR 2012 Conference. pp. 387-391.
Luo, F, Cockburn, A, Lupoi, R, Sparkes, M and O'Neill, W (2012) Performance comparison of Stellite 6® deposited on steel using supersonic laser deposition and laser cladding. Surface and Coatings Technology. ISSN 0257-8972
Lupoi, R and Cockburn, A and Bryan, C and Sparkes, M and Luo, F and O'Neill, W (2012) Hardfacing steel with nanostructured coatings of Stellite-6 by supersonic laser deposition. LIGHT-SCIENCE & APPLICATIONS, 1. ISSN 2047-7538
Lupoi, R, Sparkes, M, Cockburn, A and O'Neill, W (2011) High speed titanium coatings by supersonic laser deposition. Materials Letters, 65. pp. 3205-3207. ISSN 0167-577X
Lupoi, R., Sparkes, M., Cockburn, A. and O'Neill, W. (2011) High speed titanium coatings by supersonic laser deposition. Materials Letters, 65. pp. 3205-3207. ISSN 0167-577X
Lupoi, R., Cockburn, A., Sparkes, M., Bryan, C., Luo, F. and O'Neill, W. (2011) Hardfacing using supersonic laser depostion of stellite-6. 30th International Congress on Applications of Lasers and Electro-Optics, ICALEO 2011. pp. 435-441
Bray, M., Cockburn, A. and O'Neill, W. (2009) The laser-assisted cold spray process and deposit characterisation. Surface and Coatings Technology, 203. pp. 2851-2857. ISSN 0257-8972
Cockburn, A., Bray, M. and O'Neill, W. (2008) Laser assisted cold spray. Industrial Laser Solutions, 23. ISSN 1523-4266
Cockburn, A., Bray, M. and O'Neill, W. (2008) The laser-assisted cold spray process. The Laser User, 53. pp. 30-31. ISSN 1755-5140
Markaki, AE and Gergely, V and Cockburn, A and Clyne, TW (2003) Production of a highly porous material by liquid phase sintering of short ferritic stainless steel fibres and a preliminary study of its mechanical behaviour. COMPOS SCI TECHNOL, 63. pp. 2345-2351. ISSN 0266-3538
Conference or Workshop Item
Krste Pangovski, Martin Sparkes, Andrew Cockburn, William O'Neill.
"Resource Efficiency Improvements through Laser Processing of Designer Materials"
CLEO Europe, May 2013 - European Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics, Munich, Germany
Pangovski, K., Sparkes, M., Cockburn, A. and O’Neill, W. (2013). “Digital holograph analysis of laser induced micro plasma in micro machining applications: temporal and spatial comparisons to thermo nuclear explosions”, presented abstract at the 2nd Annual EPSRC Manufacturing the Future Conference, 17-18 September 2013, Cranfield, UK. This presentation won the CIRP sponsored best presentation award.
A Cockburn, R Lupoi, M Sparkes, W O’Neill. Supersonic Laser Deposition of Corrosion and Wear Resistant Materials. pp 387-391 Proceedings of the 37th International MATADOR Conference. Ed Lin Li, Srichand Hinduja. Springer 2013. ISBN 978-1-4471-4479-3
Lupoi, R., Cockburn, A., Sparkes, Mz., Bryan, C., Luo, F., & O'Neill, W. (2011). Hardfacing using supersonic laser depostion of stellite-6. 30th International Congress on Applications of Lasers and Electro-Optics, ICALEO 2011, 435-441.
Hopkinson, D., Cockburn, A., O'Neill, W. Fiber laser processing of amorphous rare earth NeFeB magnetic materials. 30th International Congress on Applications of Lasers and Electro-Optics, ICALEO 2011.
A. Cockburn, R. Lupoi, M. Sparkes and W. O’ Neill “Supersonic laser deposition of corrosion and wear resistant materials”, article published in the 2nd EPRI conference, Orlando (US), June 2011.
Bray, M., Cockburn, A., Lupoi, R., O'Neill, W. and Sparkes, M. (2010) Supersonic laser deposition of Ti and Ti64 alloys. In: 29th International Congress on Applications of Lasers & Electro-Optics (ICALEO 2010), 26-9-2010 to 30-9-2010, Anaheim, California, USA.
Cockburn, A., Bray, M. and O'Neill, W. (2009) Laser assisted cold spray: the effect of temperature and velocity on coating characteristics. In: 5th International Congress on Laser Advanced Materials Processing, LAMP2009, 29-6-2009 to 2-7-2009, Kobe, Japan.
Bray, M., Cockburn, A. and O'Neill, W. (2008) Recent developments of the laser-assisted cold spray process. In: 9th National Conference on Rapid Design, Prototyping & Manufacture, 13-6-2008 to --, Lancaster University.
Golosnoy, IO and Cockburn, A and Clyne, TW (2008) Optimisation of metallic fiber network materials for compact heat exchangers. In: UNSPECIFIED pp. 210-218.

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