Rolls-Royce Nuclear University Technology Centre

Welcome to the Rolls-Royce Nuclear University Technology Centre

The Imperial Nuclear UTC is unique in its breadth addressing nuclear engineering research of relevance to Rolls-Royce which includes:

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Project Title	Researchers	Supervisors
MUZIC II - Hydrogen pick up of zirconium alloys	TBC	Dr Mark Wenman, Prof Robin Grimes
Hydriding in Zr and effect on material properties	TBC	Dr Ben Britton
Stress corrosion cracking in austenitics	TBC	Dr Mark Wenman, Dr Ben Britton
Review of Peridynamics modelling of oxides on Zr alloys	TBC	Dr Mark Wenman
Hydrogen chemical gettering and Zirc mobility, Fatigue hydrides and texture in ZrY4	Hannah Weekes	Dr David Dye

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Project Title	Researches	Supervisors
Micromechanical testing in CP-Zr	N/A	Dr Ben Britton
Heterogenous Deformation in Zr	Vivian Tong	Dr Ben Britton
Micromechanical total lifing in Ni austenitcs	TBC	Prof Fionn Dunne

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Project Title	Researches	Supervisors
Parallelization and efficient numerical methods	Dr Jozsef Kophazi, Ben O’Malley	Dr Matthew Eaton and Dr Mike Bluck
Multiphysics Coupling	Dr Andrew Buchan	Dr Matthew Eaton
Integration of Design and Analysis for Radiation Transport Problems using Isogeometric Methods: applications to reactor physics and radiation transport studies of PWRs	Alex Owens	Dr Matthew Eaton and Dr Mike Bluck
Isogeometric and TSPLINE methods for radiation transport modeling with applications to reactor physics, criticality and radiation shielding problems	James Welch	Dr Matthew Eaton and Dr Mike Bluck
Uncertainty propagation methods for reactor dynamics and burn-up problems	Sam Park	Dr Matthew Eaton and Dr Mike Bluck
Benchmarking, verification and validation	TBC	Dr Matthew Eaton and Dr Mike Bluck

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Project Title	Researches	Supervisors
Predictive Models and Experimental Analysis of Delayed Hydride Cracking	TBC	Dr Catrin Davies, Dr Mark Wenman

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Project Title	Researches	Supervisors
The Coupling of Systems codes with CFD	Morgan Cowper	Dr Michael Bluck
Computer analysis of Buoyancy Driven Flows	Frederic Sebilleau	Dr Simon Walker
Single-phase Flow in Non-circular Ducts	David Harland	Dr Simon Walker
Fundamental Microscopic Multi-physics Modelling of Boiling	Giovanni Giustini	Dr Simon Walker
Improvement of Modelling of Boiling and Prediction of the Critical Heat Flux using CFD-based Methods	Ronak Thakrar	Dr Simon Walker
Phenomenological modelling of CHF in non-circular ducts	Ifeanyi Ezemonye-Agwuegbo	Dr Raad Issa

Opportunities

If you are interested in research opportunities within the Rolls-Royce Nuclear UTC at Imperial, please see:

For further queries please contact Dr Saira Naeem