Claire Davis
British metallurgist and academic
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Claire Louise Davis is a British metallurgist who is Tata Steel Professor and chair in Low Energy Steel Processing at the University of Warwick. She was elected a Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering in 2024.
University of Birmingham
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Davis lectures in 2013 | |
| Alma mater | University of Cambridge |
| Scientific career | |
| Institutions | University of Warwick University of Birmingham |
| Thesis | Cleavage initiation in the intercritically reheated coarse grained heat affected zone of steels (1994) |
Early life and education
Davis was an undergraduate and postgraduate student at the University of Cambridge.[1] She was supported by Tata Steel for her studies, and spent part of her doctoral research at Nippon Steel. Her doctoral research looked at the structural properties of steel.[2]
Research and career
At Warwick, Davis develops research to improve the performance of steel, develop new steels and create new strategies to process steels.[3] Her research considers the composition-processing-structure relationships in steels. She has developed rapid alloy processing and in-line sensors to evaluate steel microstructures.[3] Davis has developed various strategies to create green steels.[4][5] This involves the use of non-metallic coatings and surface state optimisation.[4]
Alongside her research, Davis has focussed on the development of innovations in materials science education.[6]
Awards and honours
- 2006 British Science Association Isambard Kingdom Brunel Award Lecture[6]
- 2019 Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining Sir Robert Hadfield Medal[7]
- Fellow of the Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining[8]
- Fellow of the Institute of Learning and Teaching[citation needed]
- Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering[9][10]
Selected publications
- M Ph Papaelias; C Roberts; C L Davis (1 July 2008). "A review on non-destructive evaluation of rails: State-of-the-art and future development". Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers. 222 (4): 367–384. doi:10.1243/09544097JRRT209. ISSN 0954-4097. Wikidata Q107615578.
- C. L. Davis; J. E. King (March 1994). "Cleavage initiation in the intercritically reheated coarse-grained heat-affected zone: Part I. Fractographic evidence". Metallurgical and Materials Transactions A - Physical Metallurgy and Materials Science. 25 (3): 563–573. doi:10.1007/BF02651598. ISSN 1073-5623. Wikidata Q56430817.
- M.Ph. Papaelias; M.C. Lugg; C. Roberts; C.L. Davis (June 2009). "High-speed inspection of rails using ACFM techniques". NDT and E International. 42 (4): 328–335. doi:10.1016/J.NDTEINT.2008.12.008. ISSN 0963-8695. Wikidata Q107615576.