User:Duncan Price

Education:


 * Norton Hill School, Midsomer Norton (1975-1982).
 * University of Exeter (1982-1985) BSc Chemistry.
 * University of Birmingham (1985-1988) in the School of Metallurgy and Materials under Dr Jim Hay.

Employment:


 * Courtaulds Plc. (1988-1998) working in the Analytical Group based at the corporate research centre in Coventry. Responsible for providing the Thermal Analysis service ( DSC, TGA,  TMA ,  DMA , etc). Seconded to Courtaulds Performance Films Inc. (now CPFilms), Martinsville, VA (1994-1995) to develop a high performance adhesive for flexible electronic circuits. Returned to UK in 1995 to resume role in Thermal Analysis, also providing support for Surface Characterisation ( XPS  &  SIMS ).


 * Institute of Polymer Technology and Materials Engineering (now Department of Materials, Loughborough University (1998-2006). Member of Advanced Thermal Methods Unit until April 2002 working with Dr Mike Reading on the development and applications of modulated temperature techniques and the combination of scanning probe microscopy with localised thermal analysis (for which an award of Ph.D was made in 2002). Moved to the Metals Research Group to work with Prof Rachel Thomson in the studying the microstructure of commercial Al-Si piston alloys using DSC, mechanical testing and microscopy and then joined the Ceramics Research Group under Prof Jon Binner in February 2003 in order to develop a novel hybrid microwave heated calorimeter. Finally working on an EU funded project on microwave processing of polymers involving a number of SME's from throughout Europe between October 2004-December 2006.


 * Edwards in Clevedon, N. Somerset (2007-date). Currently working on exhaust management systems used in the semiconductor industry.

Professional interests:


 * Former committee member and vice-chairman of the Royal Society of Chemistry Thermal Methods Group.

Hobbies:


 * Caving (trustee of Chelsea Speleological Society)
 * Cave Diving (member of the Cave Diving Group)