Frankie Hough
University of Manchester
Co-hort year: 2025
I completed my integrated master’s degree in physics in 2023. Through my undergraduate degree I gained experience working with SEM and discovered a passion for condensed matter physics and nuclear science. Coupled with a drive to work on a project that contributes to the global effort for sustainable power this led me to the Fusion Energy CDT.
The pursuit of fusion power is a complex and multi-faceted engineering problem and one phase of solving this is assessing how to build a reactor which is resilient to the conditions required to achieve and run continuous fusion reactions.
My project, supervised by Dr Ed Pickering, will involve looking at the microstructure of various steels (RAMF steels) which are current contenders for building fusion reactors using in-situ EBSD. In-Situ EBSD allows us to observe the changes in the microstructure of these RAMF steels at high temperatures and assess how changes in the crystallographic orientation, grain size and grain boundaries influence the physical and mechanical properties.
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