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Allan Matthews
FREng FRS FIMMM FIMechE FIET
Born
Wigan, England
Academic background
Alma materThe University of Salford (PhD)
Academic work
DisciplineEngineering and Materials
Sub-disciplineTribology
InstitutionsUniversity of Manchester
Websitehttp://www.icam-online.org/about-us/governance/allan-matthews/

Allan Matthews FREng FRS FIMMM FIMechE FIET[1] (1952)[2] is professor of surface engineering and tribology at the University of Manchester[3] and director of the Digitalised Surfaces Manufacturing Network.[4]

Education

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Matthews attended Upholland Grammar School and completed his PhD at Salford University studying environmentally-friendly plasma-based processes, especially their use for coating industrial tools.[citation needed]

Career

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Matthews spent his early career in the UK aerospace industry, first with Hawker Siddeley Dynamics and then British Aerospace Dynamics Group.

He is known[according to whom?] as an early pioneer of the discipline of surface engineering, having founded a laboratory to research that subject at Hull University in 1982, where he established and directed the Research Centre in Surface Engineering. He and his research group led significant breakthroughs in plasma-assisted processes for surface treatment and coatings, in particular in thermionically-enhanced plasma processes for nitrogen and carbon-diffusion treatments of steels and titanium alloys, as well as oxide and nitride coatings to act as wear and heat-resisting barriers on cutting tools and aero-engine parts.

In 2002, he was invited to join the department of engineering materials at the University of Sheffield. There he continued research in plasma-based surface engineering and helped establish (and was executive director of) the Leonardo Centre for Tribology and Surface Technology,[5][6] which was made possible through a benefaction by Dr. Peter Jost. In 2007 Matthews became head of department of materials science and engineering at the University of Sheffield.

In 2016, Matthews joined the academic staff in the School of Materials Science and Engineering at The University of Manchester. Later that year Matthews was appointed Director of the International Centre for Advanced Materials (bp-ICAM)],[7] which is a $100 million collaboration[8][9] between BP, The University of Manchester, Imperial College London, the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and the University of Cambridge.[10] In his tenure as Director, Matthews worked closely with the bp-ICAM Executive Director, Vernon Gibson CB FRS.[11]

During his time at The University of Manchester, Matthews has been an ambassador for Advanced Materials, facilitating networking between academia and industry, with a focus on the Tribology sub-theme.[12][13][14][15]

Matthews has co-authored many peer-reviewed publications; most notably, Coatings Tribology: Properties, Mechanisms, Techniques and Applications in Surface Engineering, with Kenneth Holmberg.[16]

Awards and honours

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He has held positions with many Learned and Professional societies, including the British Vacuum Council, the Society of Vacuum Coaters, the AVS Advanced Surface Engineering Division (AVS-ASED) and the Surface Engineering Divisional Board of the IoM3.[17]

Matthews was elected a Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering (FREng) in 2012.[1][18] He was elected as a Fellow of the Royal Society in 2023.[19] In 2011, Matthews was awarded The Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining (IOM3) Gold Medal for his "significant contribution to the industrial application of materials".[20] In 2018, Matthews was awarded the IOM3 Tom Bell Surface Engineering Medal in recognition of his work in the field,[21][22] as well as the AVS-ASED R. F. Bunshah Award and Honorary ICMCTF lectureship[23] for "pioneering contributions to the science of surface engineering". He was also the recipient of the Donald Julius Groen Prize in 2005, and the IMechE Bronze Tribology Award in 1981[24][25]

In 1987, Matthews became an Editor of the Elsevier Surface and Coatings Technology journal,[26] becoming editor-in-chief in 2013.

His research has been funded by the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC),[27][28] the European Union (EU), European Research Council (ERC) and other governmental and industrial sources.

References

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  1. ^ a b "List of Fellows". Royal Academy of Engineering. 12 March 2019. Archived from the original on 8 December 2019. Retrieved 12 March 2019.
  2. ^ "Bronze medal". Tribology International. 15 (1): 50. February 1982. doi:10.1016/0301-679X(82)90115-3.
  3. ^ "Prof Allan Matthews | The University of Manchester". www.research.manchester.ac.uk. Retrieved 12 March 2019.
  4. ^ "HOME". Digitalised Surface Manufacturing. Retrieved 6 January 2021.
  5. ^ Sheffield, University of. "The Leonardo Tribology Centre - News - Materials Science and Engineering - The University of Sheffield". www.sheffield.ac.uk. Retrieved 27 March 2019.
  6. ^ Sheffield, University of. "Leonardo Centre for Tribology Launch - News & Events - Mechanical Engineering - The University of Sheffield". www.sheffield.ac.uk. Retrieved 27 March 2019.
  7. ^ "Allan Matthews | ICAM - International Centre for Advanced Materials". www.icam-online.org. Retrieved 12 March 2019.
  8. ^ Hsieh, Linda (9 August 2012). "BP to establish $100 million center to research advanced materials". Drilling Contractor. Retrieved 12 March 2019.
  9. ^ "BP pledges $100 million to UK-led universities to create industry-changing materials | News and insights | Home". BP global. Retrieved 12 March 2019.
  10. ^ "The ICAM story | ICAM - International Centre for Advanced Materials". www.icam-online.org. Retrieved 12 March 2019.
  11. ^ "Vernon Gibson | ICAM - International Centre for Advanced Materials". www.icam-online.org. Retrieved 12 March 2019.
  12. ^ Clell, Sarah-Jane (16 March 2018). "Royce and Bruker: A look back at the Tribology Community Workshop". Henry Royce Institute. Retrieved 12 March 2019.
  13. ^ "Tecvac Ltd supplies unique research machine to the University of Sheffield". biomedicalsurfaces.com. Retrieved 12 March 2019.
  14. ^ "The Advanced Materials Show - Speakers". www.advancedmaterialsshow.com. Retrieved 12 March 2019.
  15. ^ "UA professor awarded Royal Academy of Engineering Distinguished Visiting Fellowship : UA News". www.uakron.edu. Retrieved 12 March 2019.
  16. ^ Matthews, Allan; Holmberg, Kenneth (1994). Coatings Tribology: Properties, Mechanisms, Techniques and Applications in Surface Engineering. Amsterdam: Elsevier. ISBN 0-444-52750-8.
  17. ^ "Surface Engineering Division | IOM3". www.iom3.org. Retrieved 4 April 2019.
  18. ^ "RAEng Appointed Fellows". RAEng.
  19. ^ "Exceptional scientists elected as Fellows of the Royal Society". Exceptional scientists elected as Fellows of the Royal Society. Retrieved 17 May 2023.
  20. ^ "Award Winners 2011 | IOM3". www.iom3.org. Retrieved 12 March 2019.
  21. ^ "IOM3 Awards 2018 | IOM3". www.iom3.org. Retrieved 12 March 2019.
  22. ^ "School of Materials' big May, as staff and students awarded". School of Materials Blog. 17 May 2018. Retrieved 12 March 2019.
  23. ^ "ICMCTF-46 2019 - 46th International Conference on Metallurgical Coatings and Thin Films". www2.avs.org. Retrieved 12 March 2019.
  24. ^ "DIARY". Professional Engineering. 18: 55–57. 2005.
  25. ^ "Bronze medal". Tribology International. 15 (1): 50. February 1982. doi:10.1016/0301-679x(82)90115-3.
  26. ^ Surface and Coatings Technology Editorial Board.
  27. ^ "UK Government Grants awarded to Allan Matthews". Retrieved 12 March 2019.
  28. ^ "Allan Matthews - EPSRC website". epsrc.ukri.org. Retrieved 12 March 2019.
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