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Prof. Simon P Ringer

Position
Director, Australian Key Centre for Microscopy & Microanalysis
CEO & Executive Director, Australian Microscopy & Microanalysis Research Facility

Contact
Email:
Ph: + 61 2 9351 2351
Fax: + 61 2 9351 7682

Qualifications
B.App.Sc, 1986, Uni SA; Ph.D., 1991, UNSW; C.P.Eng, F.I.E.Aust, M.IMEA.

Background

  • 2007-present: Executive Director and CEO of the AMMRF and Professor and Director of the EMU, University of Sydney.
  • 2001-2007: Executive Director and CEO of the NANO-MNRF and Professor and Director of the EMU, University of Sydney.
  • 1996-2001: Lecturer and Senior Lecturer at the Department of Materials Engineering, Monash University.
  • 1994-1996: Research Associate and Japan Society for the Promotion of Science Postdoctoral Fellow, Institute for Materials Research, Tohoku University, Japan.
  • 1991-1993: Research Fellow, Department of Materials Engineering, Monash University.

Research interests
Phase transformations and properties of materials, with an emphasis on engineering alloys, including aluminium alloys, HSLA steels, magnetic materials, nuclear materials and heat affected zones in welded materials.

Application of materials characterisation to understanding microstructure-property relationships in these alloys as well as other materials such as polymer nanocomposites and advanced ceramics used in dental and optical fibre applications. Characterisation techniques used to determine microstructure-property relationships include:

  • Transmission Electron Microscopy
  • Energy Dispersive X-ray Analysis
  • Electron Energy Loss Spectroscopy
  • Three Dimensional Atom Probe-Field Ion Microscopy
  • X-Ray Diffraction
  • Calorimetry
  • Mechanical Testing

Publications
View Simon’s publications listing on Google Scholar

  1. B. Gault, M.P. Moody, D.W. Saxey, J.M. Cairney, Z. Liu, R. Zheng, R.K.W. Marceau, P.V. Liddicoat, L.T. Stephenson and S.P. Ringer, "Atom Probe Tomography at The University of Sydney", Invited Book Chapter for Springer Advances in Materials Research Series, Editor-in-chief: Y. Kawazoe (in press, 2007).
  2. S.P. Ringer, B.T. Sofyan, K.S. Prasad and G.C. Quan, "Precipitation Reactions in Al-4.0Cu-0.3Mg (wt. %) Alloy, Acta Materialia, Volume 56, pp. 2147-2160 (2008).
  3. S.P. Ringer, K.S. Prasad and G.C. Quan, "Internal Co-Precipitation In Aged Al-1.7Cu-0.3Mg-0.1Ge (at. %) Alloy", Acta Materialia, Volume 56, pp. 1933-1941 (2008).
  4. D. Li, J.F. Yao, H.T. Wang, N. Hao, D. Zhao, K.R. Ratinac and S.P. Ringer, Organic-Functionalized Sodalite Nanocrystals and their Dispersion in Solvents, Microporous and Mesoporous Materials, Vol. 106, pp. 262–267 (2007).
  5. M-S. Mo, S.H. Lim, Y-W. Mai, R. Zheng and S.P. Ringer, "In Situ Self-Assembly of Thin ZnO Nanoplatelets into Hierarchical Mesocrystal Microtubules with Surface Grafting of Nanorods: A General Strategy towards Hollow Mesocrystal Structures" Advanced Materials, Volume 20, pp. 339–342 (2008).
  6. L.T. Stephenson, M.K. Moody, P.V. Liddicoat and S.P. Ringer, New Techniques for the Analysis of Fine-Scaled Clustering Phenomena within Atom Probe Tomography (APT) Data" Microscopy & Microanalysis, Vol. 13, No. 6, pp. 448-463 (2007).
  7. W. Yang, P. Thordarson, J. Gooding, S.P. Ringer and F. Braet, "Carbon Nanotubes For Biological and Biomedical Applications", Nanotechnology, Vol. 18, 412001 pp. 1-12 (2007).
  8. M.K. Moody, L.T. Stephenson, P.D. Liddicoat and S.P. Ringer, "Contingency table techniques for three dimensional atom probe tomography", Microscopy Research and Technique, Volume 70, Issue 3, pp. 258-268 (2007).
  9. R.K. Zheng, H. Gu, B. Xu, K.K. Fung, X. Zhang and S.P. Ringer, “Self-Assembly and Self-Orientation of Truncated Octahedral Magnetite Crystals”, Advanced Materials, Volume 18, Issue 18, pp. 2418-242 (2006).
  10. K.R. Ratinac, R.G. Gilbert, L. Ye, A.S. Jones and S.P. Ringer, The Effects of Processing and Organoclay Properties on the Structure of Poly (Methyl Methacrylate) – Clay Nanocomposites”, Polymer, 47, pp. 6337-6361 (2006).
  11. H. Y. Zhu, Y. Lan, X.P. Gao, S.P. Ringer, Z.F. Zheng, D.Y. Song, J.C. Zhao, "Phase Transition between Nanostructures of Titanate and Titanium Dioxides via Simple Wet-Chemical Reactions", Journal of the American Chemical Society, Volume 127, Issue 18, pp. 6730-6736 (2005).
  12. E.V. Pereloma, A. Shekhter, M.K. Miller and S.P. Ringer, "Ageing Behavior of an Fe-20Ni-1.8Mn-1.6Ti-0.59Al (wt%) Maraging Alloy: Clustering, Precipitation & Hardening", Acta Materialia, Vol. 52, pp, 5589-5602 (2004).
  13. S.P. Ringer, "Advanced Nanostructural Analysis of Aluminium Alloys Using Atom Probe Tomography", Proceedings of the 10th International Conference on Aluminium Alloys (ICAA10), Aluminium Alloys: Their Physical and Mechanical Properties, 9-13 July, Vancouver, Canada, Materials Science Forum, Vols. 519-521, pp. 25-34 (July 2006). INVITED PLENARY PAPER.
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