Dr Julie Cairney
Position
Senior Lecturer, Materials Characterisation
Contact
Email:
Ph: + 61 2 9351 4523
Fax: + 61 2 9351 7682
Qualifications
B.Met.Eng. 1998, UNSW; PhD, 2002, UNSW.
Background
- 2002–2005: Vice Chancellor’s Postdoctoral Fellow, University of New South Wales.
- 2004 (July–Dec): Guest scientist, Max Planck Institute, Stuttgart, Germany.
- 2001–2002: Anglo Australian Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Birmingham, UK.
Research interests
Julie’s research interests focus on the relationship between microstructure and properties of materials, with particular emphasis on the application and development of new characterisation techniques.
Characterisation techniques include:
- Atom Probe Tomography (APT)
- Focused Ion Beam (FIB) Techniques
- Energy Dispersive X-ray (EDX) Analysis
- Electron Backscatter Diffraction (EBSD)
- 3D FIB Tomography (including 3D FIB-EBSD)
- Nanoindentation
- Mechanical Testing
Current materials of interest include steels, non-ferrous engineering alloys, hard coatings, thin films, nanostructured materials, intermetallics and thermal barrier coatings.
Selected publications
- W. Xu, M. Ferry, J.M. Cairney, F.J. Humphreys, “Three dimensional investigation of particle stimulated nucleation in a nickel alloy”, Acta Materialia, 58, [15], 5157-5167, 2007.
- J.M. Cairney, D.W. Saxey, D. McGrouther and S.P. Ringer, “Grain Boundary Investigations using Atom Probe Tomography”, Physica B, 394, [2], 267-269, 2007.
- J. Cairney, R. Tsukano, M. Yang and M. Hoffman, "Degradation of TiN coatings under cyclic loading", Acta Materiala, 52[11] (2004) 3229-3237.
- JM Cairney, T Rong, IP Jones, RE Smallman, "Intermediate temperature creep mechanisms in Ni3Al”, Philosophical Magazine A: Physics of Condensed Matter, Defects and Mechanical Properties, 83 (2003) 1827-1843.
- A. Bendavid, P.J. Martin, J.M. Cairney, M. Hoffman, A.C. Fischer-Cripps, "Deposition of nanocomposite TiN-Si3N4 thin films by hybrid cathodic arc and chemical vapor process", Applied Physics A (Materials Science Processing). 81[1] (2005) 151-158.
- J.M. Cairney, P.R. Munroe and M. Hoffman "The application of focused ion beam technology to the characterization of coatings", Surface and Coatings Technology, 198[1-3] (2005) 165-168.
- J.M. Cairney, M.J. Hoffman, P.R. Munroe, P.J. Martin and A. Bendavid, "Deformation and fracture of Ti–Si–N nanocomposite films", Thin Solid Films, 479[1-2] (2005) 193-200.
- J. M. Cairney, R. D. Smith and P. R. Munroe, "Transmission Electron Microscope Specimen Preparation of Metal Matrix Composites Using the Focused Ion Beam Miller", Microscopy and Microanalysis, 5 (2000) 452-462.
- J.M. Cairney, P.R. Munroe and D.J. Sordelet, "Microstructural Analysis of FeAl-Quasicrystal", J. Microscopy, 201 (2001) 201-211.