Dr Richard Sheridan PhD, BEng

Dr Richard Sheridan

School of Metallurgy and Materials
Lecturer in Magnetic Materials
Senior Tutor

Contact details

Telephone
+44 (0)121 414 5215
Email
r.s.sheridan.1@bham.ac.uk
Address
School of Metallurgy and Materials
University 麻豆精选
Edgbaston
Birmingham
B15 2TT
UK

Richard Sheridan is a Lecturer in Magnetic Materials in the School of Metallurgy and Materials.

Richard has a background in processing, recovery and recycling, degradation, and characterisation of rare earth permanent magnets based on neodymium-iron-boron (NdFeB) and samarium-cobalt (SmCo). He also runs the pilot scale rare earth alloy strip casting facility in the Netshape Manufacturing building for production of alloys in the 3-5 kg charge range.

Qualifications

  • PhD in Materials Science and Engineering (2014)
  • BEng (Hons) in Materials Science and Engineering (2009)

Biography

Richard Sheridan qualified with a BEng (Hons) degree in Materials Science and Engineering from the University 麻豆精选 in 2009. He went on to study a PhD in the recovery and recycling of sintered Nd-Fe-B magnets using hydrogen as a processing tool under the supervision of Dr. Andrew Williams, Professor Allan Walton and Professor Rex Harris.

Richard has since worked as a postdoctoral research fellow in the Magnetic Materials Group at the University 麻豆精选 on EU funded projects MAG-DRIVE (Agreement Number 605348) and NEOHIRE (Agreement Number 720838), both of which utilise a high temperature hydrogen reaction to change the microstructure and magnetic properties of primary and secondary Nd-Fe-B alloys.

Richard has also worked in other projects aimed at utilising the pilot scale strip caster to produce thin flakes of Nd-Fe-B alloys with unique microstructures. These materials are more suitable for subsequent processing and manufacture of magnets for specific applications.

Richard was appointed Lecturer in Magnetic Materials in June 2018 and lectures on functional materials and their use in applications such as sustainable energy technologies and biomedical applications.

Teaching

  • Functional and ceramic materials
  • Materials for sustainable and environmental technologies
  • Materials engineering design
  • Advanced electronic materials
  • Renewable energy materials
  • Forefront of materials science

Postgraduate supervision

For a full list of available Doctoral Research opportunities, please visit our Doctoral Research programme listings.   

Contact: metmat-phdmscadmin@contacts.bham.ac.uk

Research

  • Degradation of samarium cobalt magnets in ambient, humid and high temperature environments
  • Non-equilibrium strip casting of rare earth – transition metal alloys for primary and secondary magnet production
  • Alloy development for production of rare earth magnets resistant to degradation and corrosion
  • Magnetic characterisation of minerals for separation and contamination investigation
  • Recovery and recycling of samarium cobalt magnets
  • Recovery and recycling of Nd-Fe-B magnets

Publications

Recent publications

Article

Sarriegui, G, Degri, M, Ipatov, M, Pickering, L, Checa, BL, Burgos, N, Awais, M, Sheridan, R, Walton, A, Mart铆n, JM & Gonz谩lez, J 2024, '', Powder Technology, vol. 431, 119067.

Brooks, O, Spapens, R, Griffiths, J, Taylor, G, Kozak, V, Obulan Subramanian, G, Gao, Z, Chiu, Y-L, Lambourne, A & Sheridan, R 2024, '', Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials, vol. 610, 172526.

Chen, Y, Alder, J, Song, T, Chen, L, Sheridan, R, Davenport, A & Kendrick, E 2024, '', Journal of Power Sources, vol. 602, 234323.

Sheridan, R, Farthing, JG, Appleby, A & Brown, M 2024, '', Metals, vol. 14, no. 5, 517.

Sun, K, Mohamed, AE-MA, Jeong, M, Head, J, Lewis, ER, Ibrahim, P, Brooks, OP, Sheridan, RS & Attallah, MM 2023, '', Journal of Alloys and Compounds, vol. 968, 172017.

Sun, K, Li, S, Mohamed, AE-MA, Ma, K, Duan, R, Brooks, OP, Jeong, M, Head, J, Sheridan, RS & Attallah, MM 2023, '', Journal of Alloys and Compounds, vol. 961, 171063.

Hussein, A, Sheridan, R, Attallah, M & Jeong, M 2022, '', Additive Manufacturing, vol. 51, 102620.

Campbell, A, Zhang, Y & Sheridan, R 2022, '', Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials, vol. 552, 169219.

Hussein, A, Attallah, M, Sheridan, R & Bongs, K 2021, '', Journal of Alloys and Compounds, vol. 884, 161112.

Ikram, A, Awais, M, Sheridan, R, Walton, A, Kobe, S, Pu拧avec, F & Rozman, KZ 2020, '', Metals, vol. 13, no. 16, 3528.

Hussein, A, Zou, J, Sheridan, R, Bongs, K & Attallah, M 2020, '', Additive Manufacturing, vol. 32, 101079.

Ikram, A, Mehmood, F, Sheridan, R, Awais, M, Walton, A, Eldosouky, A, Sturm, S, Kobe, S & Rozman, KZ 2020, '', Journal of Rare Earths, vol. 38, no. 1, pp. 90-99.

Ikram, A, Awais, M, Sheridan, R, Walton, A, Kobe, S, Pu拧avec, F & Rozman, KZ 2020, '', Metals, vol. 10, no. 3, 418, pp. 1-17.

Paper

Sheridan, R, Farthing, JG, Appleby, A & Brown, M 2023, '', Paper presented at 27th International Workshop on Rare Earth and Future Permanent Magnets and their Applications, Birmingham, United Kingdom, 3/09/23 - 7/09/23.

Poster

Brooks, O, Spapens, R, Griffiths, J, Taylor, G, Kozak, V, Obulan Subramanian, G, Gao, Z, Chiu, Y-L, Lambourne, A & Sheridan, R 2023, '', 27th International Workshop on Rare Earth and Future Permanent Magnets and their Applications, Birmingham, United Kingdom, 3/09/23 - 7/09/23.