People in the department
Professor Jon Binner
Dean of the School of Aeronautical, Automotive, Chemical and Materials Engineering and Professor of Ceramic Materials BSc, PhD Leeds, CEng, FIMMM, FIM, MACerS.
Tel: 01509 223330
Fax: 01509 223949
Email: J.Binner@Lboro.ac.uk
Background
Jon attained a BSc and PhD from the Department of Ceramics at Leeds University. He then spent a year as a Visiting Assistant Professor at the University of California in Los Angeles in the USA. Following his return to the UK he spent 4 years as a Lecturer at Leeds University before moving to Nottingham University in 1989. After one year at Brunel University as Professor of Materials Engineering and Head of Department, Jon joined Loughborough University in 2000 as Professor of Ceramic Materials and became Head of Department in 2005. He is now Dean for the new School of Aeronautical, Automotive, Chemical and Materials Engineering which formed in Aug 2011.
Qualifications
- BSc: Upper Second Class Hons, Ceramic Science and Engineering, University of Leeds, 1981.
- PhD: Ceramic Science & Engineering, University of Leeds, 1984.
- FIMMM, FIN, FACerS, CEng
Key awards
- Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining, Verulam Medal, 2011
- Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining, Ivor Jenkins Medal, 2007
- Institute of Materials, Holliday Prize, 1995
Current teaching responsibilities
- MPB101 Processing of Metals and Ceramics – 2nd year UG module; 20 credits; teach 50%.
- MPP235 Ceramic Properties – PG(T) module; 10 credits; teach 100% (OW).
- MPP333 Ceramic Processing – PG(T) module; 10 credits; teach 100% (DL).
- MPP335 Ceramic Properties – PG(T) module; 10 credits; teach 100% (DL).
Current administrative responsibilities
- Dean of the School of Aeronautical, Automotive, Chemical and Materials Engineering
- Member of Senate, Loughborough University, 2005 – present
- Member of the Academic Leadership Team (ALT), Loughborough University, 2011 – present
- Member of the University Health, Safety and the Environment Cttee, Loughborough University, 2011 – present
- Member of the Technician Staff Negotiating Cttee, Loughborough University, 2010 – present.
Outline of main research interests
The generation of the necessary scientific understanding and required engineering solutions for the development of process routes that display technical and/or economic advantages over existing techniques, yielding new or improved ceramic-based materials, from nanostructured to traditional ceramics and including ceramic-based composites.
Recent publications
52 Journal and refereed conference papers have been published in the last 5 years including:
- ‘Evidence for non-thermal microwave effects using single and multimode hybrid conventional/microwave systems’, Binner J, Vaidhyanathan B, Wang J, Price D and Reading M. J. Microwave Power & Electromagnetic Energy 42 [2] 47-63 (2008).
- ‘Dry sliding wear behaviour of Al(Mg)/Al2O3 interpenetrating composites produced by a pressureless infiltration technique’, Chang H, Binner J and Higginson RL. Wear 268 [1-2] 166-171 (2010).
- ‘Microwave sintering of multilayer integrated passive devices’, Vaidhyanathan B, Annapoorani K, Binner JGP and Raghavendra R. J. Am. Ceram. Soc. 93 [8] 2274-2280 (2010).
- ‘Micro-Raman spectroscopy of indentation induced phase transformation in nanozirconia ceramics’, Paul A, Vaidhyanathan B and Binner JGP, Adv. Appl. Ceram. 110 [2] 114-119 (2011).
- ‘Compositional effects in nanostructured yttria partially stabilised zirconia’, Binner J, Vaidhyanathan B, Paul A, Annapoorani K and Raghupathy B. Int. J. Appl. Ceram. Techn. 8 [4] 766-782 (2011).
Selected publications
- ‘The measurement of toughness by indentation’, Binner JGP, Stevens R, Trans J Brit Ceram Soc 83 [6] 168-172 (1984).
- ‘Bulk YBCO high-Tc superconductors with uniform and high oxygen content via microwave processing’, Binner JGP and Al-Dawery IA. Supercond. Sci & Tech 11 449-457 (1998).
- ‘Microwave Heated Chemical Vapor Infiltration: Densification Mechanism of SiCf/SiC Composites’, Jaglin D, Binner JGP, Vaidhyanathan B, Prentice C, Shatwell RA and Grant DG. J Am Ceram Soc. 89 [9] 2710-2717 (2006).
- ‘Compositional effects in nanostructured yttria partially stabilised zirconia’, Binner J, Vaidhyanathan B, Paul A, Annapoorani K and Raghupathy B. Int. J. Appl. Ceram. Techn. doi: 10.1111/j.1744-7402.2010.02503.x
Current and recent grants and contracts (with others)
31 grants totalling £3.3M in last five years including:
- EPSRC (EP/G042675/1) £415,906 (with B Vaidhyanathan, Co-I, & H Wu, Co-I; Loughborough’s share of an ~£850k joint programme with Oxford University) Understanding and improving ceramic armour materials (2009-12)
- EPSRC & Caterpillar (EP/H024492/1) £705,338 Rapid Pulse Discharges: A New Approach to Particulate Filter Regeneration (2010-13)
- EPSRC Collaboration Fund (EP/I500227/1) £100,780 Manufacture of prototype nanostructured ceramic components (2010-11)
- TSB £206,020 Nano-structured zirconias as an enabling material for enhanced ceramic implants, ZIRCIMP (2011 – 2013)
- DSTL £199,950 Ultra high temperature ceramic (UHTC) structures (2011 – 13)
External collaborators
Worldwide partners since 2000 include, amongst others:
- Air Force Research Labs, USA
- New Jersey Institute of Technology, USA
- Inasmet, Spain
- University of Aveiro, Portugal
- Littelfuse (Ireland) Ltd
- Caterpillar, USA
- Bayreuth University, Germany
- Institute of Applied Physics, Russia
- Institute for Problems in Materials Science, Ukraine
- Institute of Electrophysics, Russia
External roles and appointments
- Visiting Professor at Kunming University, 1999-present
- Honorary Professor at Beijing University of Chemical Technology, 2006-present
- Vice President, Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining, 2011-present
- Council Member, Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining, 2009-present
- Council Member, European Ceramics Society, 2009-present
- Member, Presidents Executive Committee, European Ceramic Society, 2011-present
- Member, Managing Board, Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining, 2011-present
- Vice-Chair Ceramic Society, Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining 2008-present
- Member, Editorial Board for Advances in Applied Ceramics, 2000-present
- Member, EPSRC Peer Review College
Full list of publications
Loughborough CIS Portal: Publications list