In-situ monitoring of metal deposition for robotic Wire Arc Additive Manufacturing process

The scholarship will cover tuition fees at the Home rate and a maintenance allowance of £19,000 (tbc) per annum for three years (subject to satisfactory academic performance).

This scholarship also comes with £900 per annum for three years as a research training support grant (RTSG) allocation to help support the PhD researcher.

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2. S.H. Nikam, H. Wu, R. Harkin, J. Quinn, R. Lupoi, S. Yin. S. McFadden, “On the application of the anisotropic enhanced thermal conductivity approach to thermal modelling of laser-based powder bed fusion processes”, Addit. Manuf., vol. 55, pp. 102840, 2022, doi: 10.1016/j.addma.2022.102870

3. H. Stinson, R. Ward, J. Quinn, C. McGarrigle, “Comparison of Properties and Bead Geometry in MIG and CMT Single Layer Samples for WAAM Applications”, vol. 11, no. 10, pp. 1530, 2021, doi: 10.3390/met11101530

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