Over the course of the research programme, the partnership will incorporate eighteen PhD studentships.
Current PhD projects related to the SINDRI Partnership are:
- Megan Taylor – Creep-Fatigue Interaction
- Cameron Sanderson – Influence of Weld Geometries on Creep-Fatigue Response
- Aidan Gunn – Environmental Effects, SCC/Water Chemistry Research
- Zach Davey – Combined constraint effect
- Chris Allen – Creep-plasticity interaction in high-temperature reactor materials
- Alexandre Paget – Modelling of Cold Cracking
- James Rafferty – Effect of Stress on Fracture of 316SS in AGR Gas Coolant
- Liam Kelly – Residual Stresses and Ductile Fracture
- Jorge Andres – Constraint Effects on Creep Crack Growth in Stainless Steel
- Edmund Jones – Interpretation of Electrical Potential Drop for Discontinuous Cracking
- Chris Morris – Analysis of Creep Crack Growth in Austenitic Steel Weldments