Philip Withers#
| Membership Number: | 4404 |
| Membership type: | ORDINARY |
| Section: | PHYSICS & ENGINEERING SCIENCES |
| Elected: | 2016 |
| Main Country of Residence: | UNITED KINGDOM |
| Homepage(s): | https://www.research.manchester.ac.uk/portal/p.j.withers.html |
Present and Previous Positions
- 2016-Regius Professor of Materials, Univ. of Manchester
- 1998-2016 Professor of Materials Science, School of Materials, Univ. of Manchester
- 1994-98 University Lecturer, Mat. Sci. & Metallurgy, Cambridge.
- 1989-94 University Assistant Lecturer, Mat. Sci. & Metallurgy, Cambridge.
Fields of Scholarship
- Nanotomography
- Metal matrix composites (Ti-SiC fibre and Al particulate)
- Laser peening and other life extending surface treatment technologies
- Linear, rotational and stir friction welding of Al, Ni and Ti materials and components
- Crack tip field displacement mapping and crack tip residual stress interactions
- Weld residual stresses, their modelling and mitigation
- Structural integrity of aerospace and nuclear plant
- New residual stress measurement technologies
- Stress related transformations including ferro electric and shape memory transitions
- Powder processing
Honours and Awards
- 2016 Elected Fellow of the Royal Society
- 2014 The Sir Colin Humphreys’ Education Award of Institute of Materials, Minerals & Mining
- 2014 Received the Queen’s Anniversary Award for ‘New techniques in x-ray imaging of materials critical for power, transport and other key industries’ for Univ. of Manchester
- 2013 Kilburn Medal of University of Manchester as Researcher of the Year Award
- 2010 Awarded the Royal Society’s Armourer’s and Brasier’s Medal
- 2008 Elected a Fellow of the Royal Aeronautical Society
- 2007 Awarded Education Innovation Prize by the Royal Acad. of Engineering–Nexia Solutions
- 2005 Elected a Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering
- 2004 Elected a Fellow of the Institute of Materials, Minerals & Mining
- 2002-7 Royal Society-Wolfson Research Merit Award
- 2001 Rosenhain Medal for distinguished achievement in Materials Science, Inst. of Materials
- 1999 Materials Science & Technology Prize of the European Federation of Materials Societies
- 1988 Darwin College Research Fellowship, Cambridge
