Current interests

In addition to Neil McCartney's work on damage development, more recent modelling activities include the indentation of coatings, dislocation formation in the epitaxial layers of semiconductors, pit-corrosion in metals, and the use of continuum thermodynamics to model: (i) steam oxidation in power plant; and (ii) the complex physical processes occurring in fuel cells.

Biography

Neil, now acting at NPL as a materials modelling consultant, has provided scientific leadership on modelling for materials teams over the past 20 years or so.

Neil joined NPL from Manchester University in 1968. His technical work has covered many themes concerned with failure processes, such as crack growth in metals and polymers, damage development in polymeric, metallic and ceramic composites, and cracking in coatings.

Neil has published 80 journal papers and book chapters, 35 conference papers as well as more than 50 reports, and articles on materials modelling and related topics. He is a visiting Professor at Surrey University.

Find out more about Neil's research in Advanced Materials

Contact details

E-mail: neil.mccartney@npl.co.uk
Tel: 020 8943 6686