ProfessorChristopher Gourlay
Professor of Physical Metallurgy
Department of Materials - Faculty of Engineering
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- Professor of Physical MetallurgyDepartment of Materials - Faculty of Engineering
- 020 7594 8707 (Work)
- 301D, Bessemer Building, South Kensington Campus, United Kingdom
TEACHING INTERESTS
I teach across the MEng/BEng Materials Science and Engineering course and supervise final year research projects in the undergraduate (MEng) and taught postgraduate (MSc) programmes. I also run the 3rd year long laboratory in metals processing.
Current teaching
- Year 2 MATE50004 Structure 2: I am the course coordinator and lecture on ternary phase diagrams and liquid to solid phase transformations.
- Year 4 MATE70013 Advanced Engineering Alloys: I lecture on heat transfer in casting; dendrite growth; grain refinement; eutectic growth; competitive solidification; microstructure selection maps; and a case study in aluminium castings.
Previous teaching at Imperial College
- (2017-2024) Year 3 MATE70007 Engineering Alloys: I lectured on materials as the driver for automotive mass production: Fe vs. Al vs. Mg; casting alloys vs wrought alloys; recycled alloys; mass production.
- (2009-2016) Year 3 MSE-305: Metals Processing: I lectured on solidification processing [casting, heat transfer, grain refinement, eutectic growth, Al-Si case study] and deformation processing [macroplasticity, extrusion, rolling, texture, thermomechanical processing].
Current teaching
- Year 2 MATE50004 Structure 2: I am the course coordinator and lecture on ternary phase diagrams and liquid to solid phase transformations.
- Year 4 MATE70013 Advanced Engineering Alloys: I lecture on heat transfer in casting; dendrite growth; grain refinement; eutectic growth; competitive solidification; microstructure selection maps; and a case study in aluminium castings.
Previous teaching at Imperial College
- (2017-2024) Year 3 MATE70007 Engineering Alloys: I lectured on materials as the driver for automotive mass production: Fe vs. Al vs. Mg; casting alloys vs wrought alloys; recycled alloys; mass production.
- (2009-2016) Year 3 MSE-305: Metals Processing: I lectured on solidification processing [casting, heat transfer, grain refinement, eutectic growth, Al-Si case study] and deformation processing [macroplasticity, extrusion, rolling, texture, thermomechanical processing].