麻豆传媒

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Background

I came to 麻豆传媒 in 1999 when I was awarded a PhD scholarship in Materials Science and Engineering. I completed my PhD with the thesis Micropitting and Related Phenomena in Case Carburised Gears ().

Since August 2023 I am a Senior Lecturer in the School of Engineering (Advanced Materials). I teach at all levels, from foundation year to postgraduate level and I also supervise postgraduate research students (PhD, MSc, MEng). My main areas of expertise are materials failure, tribology and materials informatics.

Qualifications

PhD, 麻豆传媒 2003

Previous Positions

Lecturer (2016-2023), School of Engineering, 麻豆传媒

Teaching Fellow (2014-2016), School of Chemical Engineering & Advanced Materials, 麻豆传媒

Research Associate (2006-2014), School of Chemical Engineering & Advanced Materials, 麻豆传媒

Research Associate (2004-2005), Design Unit, 麻豆传媒

Memberships

Member of the Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining (IOM3)

Associate Fellow of the Higher Education Academy

Undergraduate Modules

• Materials Science 0 - SFY0013 (Module Leader)
• Properties & Behaviour of Engineering Materials - ENG1006 (Module Leader)
• Properties & Behaviour of Engineering Materials - ENG1506
• Safety Risk and Engineering Practice - CME2031
• Materials and Manufacturing Process Selection - MEC2010

Postgraduate Modules

• Lifetime Prediction & Design for Reliability - CME8060 (Module Leader)
• Big Data & AI for Sustainable Engineering - CME8416 (Module Leader)

Nominated for Teaching Excellence Award 2016 in the Taught Supervisor of the Year category

Research Projects

• Metal Organic Frameworks for Air Separation (PhD: Ben Birch)
• PolyHIPEs for Boron Adsorption in Wastewater Treatment (PhD: Lulwah Almutairi)
• PolyHIPEs for Water/Oil Separation (PhD: Mohammed Mousa)
• Penetration Cracking of Iron and Steels by Molten Metals (PhD: Mike Chadwick)
• Effect of Steel Cleanliness on the Fatigue Properties of Carburised Steels (PhD:Josh Chuter)
• Nanostructured Coatings for Pipelines (PhD: Ahmed Dhahi)

Other Expertise

• DFT calculations and AIMD;
• Materials behaviour using classical molecular dynamics
• LaTeX for document preparation

PhD Students

Currently I supervise 10 PhD students.

Awarded PhDs

Angel Alberto Izquierdo-Sanchez () 2023

Edward James Long () 2023

Hassan Izadi Gonabadi () 2019

Silas Mulaudzi () 2018

Mohammed Kadhim () 2017

Chi Lung () 2015

Noushin Moharrami () 2014

Research Impact

World's oldest insect inspires a new generation of aerogels (see here: press release)

Bioinspired Synthesis of Monolithic and Layered Aerogels ()

Aerogels and dragonfly video:

The use of lubricants containing IFLM significantly increases the operational life of components ()

• Articles

  • Izquierdo-Sanchez IA, Oila A, Charles A. . Journal of Physics: Materials 2026, 9(2), 025007.
  • Gonabadi H, Zamani Miandashti Z, Oila A. . Progress in Additive Manufacturing 2025, 10, 8465-8488.
  • Gonabadi H, Oila A, Yadav A, Bull S. . Experimental Mechanics 2022, 62(4), 585-602.
  • Gonabadi H, Oila A, Yadav A, Bull S. . Journal of Composite Materials 2022, 56(3), 507-524.
  • Gonabadi H, Oila A, Yadav A, Bull S. . Ocean Engineering 2022, 260, 111903.
  • Oila A. . Modelling and Simulation in Materials Science and Engineering 2022, 30(6), 060401.
  • Gonabadi H, Oila A, Yadav A, Bull S. . Composite Structures 2021, 278, 114679.
  • Gonabadi HI, Oila A, Yadav A, Bull SJ. . Ocean Engineering and Marine Energy 2021, 7, 25-40.
  • Izquierdo-Sanchez AA, Oila A, Charles A. . Materialia 2020, 13, 100822.
  • Kadhim M, Oila A, Bull SJ. . Journal of Physics: Conference Series 2019, 1294, 052072.
  • Han X, Hassan KT, Harvey A, Kulijer D, Oila A, Hunt MRC, Siller L. . Advanced Materials 2018, 30(23), 1706294.
  • Gonabadi HI, Oila A, Bull S. . Journal of Bio- and Tribo-Corrosion 2016, 2, 1-7.
  • Moharrami N, Oila A, Bull SJ. . Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics 2014, 47(31), 315104.
  • Oila A, Bull SJ. . Surface and Coatings Technology 2014, 257, 87-94.
  • Oila A, Lung C, Bull S. . Journal of Materials Science 2014, 49(5), 2383-2390.
  • Abadaia FB, Bull SJ, Oila A. . Journal of Materials Science and Engineering B 2012, 2(2), 103-111.
  • Bull SJ, Sanderson L, Moharrami N, Oila A. . Materials Science and Technology 2012, 28(9-10), 1177-1185.
  • Oila A, Sanderson L, Bull S, Fleischer N. . Tribology - Materials, Surfaces and Interfaces 2010, 4(4), 163-166.
  • Oila A, Bull SJ. . Computational Materials Science 2009, 45(2), 235-239.
  • Oila A, Bull SJ. . Journal of Materials Science 2005, 40(18), 4767-4774.
  • Soare S, Bull SJ, Oila A, O'Neill AG, Wright NG, Horsfall A, Dos Santos JMM. . Zeitschrift für Metallkunde 2005, 96(11), 1262-1266.
  • Soare S, Bull SJ, Oila A, O'Neill AG, Wright NG, Horsfall A, Dos Santos JMM. . International Journal of Materials Research 2005, 96(11), 1262-1266.
  • Oila A, Shaw BA, Aylott CJ, Bull SJ. . Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part J: Journal of Engineering Tribology 2005, 219(2), 77-83.
  • Oila A, Bull SJ. . Wear 2005, 258(10), 1510-1524.
  • Oila A, Bull SJ. . Zeitschrift fur Metallkunde 2003, 94(7), 793-797.

• Conference Proceedings (inc. Abstracts)

  • Kadhim M, Oila A, Bull SJ. . In: 2nd International Science Conference. 2019, University of Al-Qadisyah, Iraq: Institute of Physics Publishing.
  • Gonabadi HI, Moharrami N, Oila A, Bull SJ. . In: 11th European Wave and Tidal Energy Conference. 2015, Nantes, France.
  • Gonabadi HI, Moharrami N, Oila A, Bull SJ. . In: 11th European Wave and Tidal Energy Conference. 2015, Nantes, France.
  • Shaw BA, Aylott CJ, Oila A, Jao TC. . In: Society of Tribologists and Lubrication Engineers Annual Meeting and Exhibition. 2009, Lake Buena Vista, FL, United states: Society of Tribologists and Lubrication Engineers.
  • Soare S, Bull SJ, Oila A, O'Neill AG, Wright N, Horsfall A, dos Santos J. . In: Thin Films: Stresses and Mechanical Properties X. 2004, Boston, Massachusetts, USA: Materials Research Society.
  • Soare S, Bull SJ, Oila A, O'Neill A, Wright N, Horsfall A, dos Santos J. . In: MRS Fall Meeting 2003. 2004, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
  • dos Santos JMM, Horsfall AB, Soare SM, Oila A, Bull SJ, Wright NG, O'Neill AG, Walton AJ, Gundlach AM, Stevenson JTM. . In: Eurosensors XVII: the 17th European Conference on Solid-State Transducers. 2003, Guimaraes, Portugal: Elsevier.
  • Dos Santos JMM, Wang K, Soare SM, Horsfall AB, Bull SJ, Wright NG, Oila A, O'Neill AG, Terry JG, Walton AJ, Gundlacj AM, Stevenson JTM. . In: Materials Research Society Symposium Proceedings. 2003, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
  • Soare S, Bull SJ, Oila A, O'Neill AG, Wright N, Horsfall A, Dos Santos J. . In: Materials Research Society Symposium Proceedings: Thin Films - Stresses and Mechanical Properties X. 2003, Boston, Massachusetts, USA: Materials Research Society.
  • Soare S, Bull SJ, Oila A, O'Neill A, Wright N, Horsfal A, dos Santos J. . In: Thin Films: Stresses and Mechanical Properties X. 2003, Boston, Massachusetts, USA: Materials Research Society Symposium.