Routine Superman - contemporary capabilities & opportunities in X-ray computed tomography
The Newport & Cardiff Materials Society (NCMS) is pleased to announce their next lecture which will be delivered by Professor Ian Sinclair from the University of Southampton on 'Routine Superman - Contemporary capabilities and opportunities in X-ray computed tomography, from Rockets to Relics.'
The dream of Superman's instant X-ray vision of the undisturbed interior of objects has become a substantial reality across a tremendous range of contemporary science and engineering. In particular, the three-dimensional (3D) imaging of X-ray computed tomography (XCT) has seen the appearance of technologies and hardware for rapid, high-resolution 3D visualisation, with capable commercial equipment that is within the reach of individual universities and companies. This demonstrably offers tremendous opportunities for innovation in quantitative characterisation and morphometry, leading to new knowledge and refinement of insights and understanding in many domains. Whilst taking high-resolution three-dimensional images may now approach the speed and convenience of a taking polaroid photograph, there is a price for scientists and engineers concerned with using the technique, for example the enormous volumes of information that are produced and the extensive analysis required.
This talk will provide an underpinning understanding of XCT imaging, with a view to practical understanding, illustrated via the capabilities and examples taken from the µ-VIS X-ray Imaging Centre at Southampton (www.muvis.org), and associated activities of the EPSRC National X-ray Computed Tomography partnership (NXCT, nxct.ac.uk). Examples will be drawn from areas such as manufacturing, materials engineering, geotechnics, and biomedical research.
Practicalities of the NXCT's Free Beamtime Access Scheme (available to universities, not-for-profit organisations, and SMEs) will also be discussed, along with remarkably diverse capabilities offered by the four NXCT sites.
Ian Sinclair is Professor of Materials Engineering at Southampton, Founding Director of the μ-VIS Xray Imaging Centre, and a Co-Director of the EPSRC National Research Facility for XCT (NXCT), with expertise in 3D X‐ray imaging for a wide range of engineering, bioengineering and natural materials (ISI/Web of Science h=43). Relevant international recognition includes visiting Chair appointments at INSA, Lyon and Kyushu University, along with a wide variety of EU and wider international collaborations on the application of XCT. Relevant recent UK funded activities focusing on XCT for engineering and manufacturing purposes include ‘Manufacturing By Design,’ ‘ProjectCAN,’ and ‘Certification for Design - Reshaping the Testing Pyramid’, representing over £9M of collaborative UKRI support. Prof Sinclair was a panel member in the 2018 EPSRC X-ray Tomography Roadmap exercise.
The lecture will be delivered as a hybrid event, with the lecture being presented in Trevithick Room T2.09, Queen's Buildings, Cardiff University, 5 The Parade, Cardiff, CF24 3AA. All are welcome to attend and the lecture will be followed by pizza. Please register using the link above to view online.
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