Hannah Hilton-Tapp

PhD Researcher

School/Department: Engineering, School of

Address: Room 103, Centre for Sustainable Materials Processing, University of Leicester

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