Professor Nikki Stanford

Dean of Programs(Engineering & Aviation)/Interim PVC - College of Science UniSA STEM

Mawson Lakes Campus (H3-20)

email Nikki.Stanford@unisa.edu.au

Research Degree Supervisor

About me

Professor Stanford is the Dean of Programs for Engineering and Aviation. She is the Editor-in-Chief of the peer reviewed journal called Alloys, and is the President of Materials Australia, the nations peak body for materials science and engineering. Before moving across to UniSA STEM, Prof Stanford was a Research Leader in UniSA’s Future Industries Institute where she worked on industry-sponsored projects such as pipeline integrity, coatings and 3D printing. Her niche in the materials research field has been to bridge the gap between engineering and science by applying a broad range of advanced characterisation techniques to “real world” problems such as fatigue, light-weighting and casting. Before joining... Read more

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Research

Research focus

Materials Engineering
Mechanical Engineering
Condensed Matter Physics
Metallurgy and Metallurgical Engineering
Physical Chemistry (Incl. Structural)

Research

Projects

Excludes commercial-in-confidence projects.

IND - Coating and Repair of Additive Manufactured Components, LaserBond Limited, 01/01/2019 - 13/03/2025
IND - Maintenance and Repair of Ageing Infrastructure in Remote Australian Locations, Santos Ltd, 01/01/2019 - 13/03/2025
Maintenance and Repair of Ageing Infrastructure in Remote Australian Locations, Unknown, 01/01/2019 - 13/03/2025
Coating and Repair of Additive Manufactured Components, ARC - Industrial Transformation Training Centres, 01/01/2019 - 13/03/2025
Elastomer/Graphene Composites for Reinforcement at Low Strain, ARC - Linkage Project, 01/07/2021 - 30/06/2024
Cluster hardening of metastable steel alloys produced by thin strip casting, ARC - Discovery Projects, 01/01/2018 - 01/06/2019
Development of novel high performance aluminium alloys containing scandium, ARC - Linkage Project, 16/10/2017 - 31/12/2018

Other projects

LP160100104: Development of novel high performance aluminium alloys containing scandium.

DP160101540 Cluster hardening of metastable steel alloys produced by thin strip casting.

LE150100123: Quench and deformation dilatometer for studying phase transformations.

LE140100003 Flexible forming facility for low cost light weight applications.

DP130101887: Advanced high strength steels produced by energy efficient direct strip casting.

LE130100072: An x-ray scattering facility for advanced characterisation of natural and novel materials.

LE130100165: Thermal and mechanical simulation laboratory for light metals.

LP120200499: Reducing the environmental impact of steel making through direct strip casting.

LE120100034: Investigating materials on the atomic scale using 3-dimensional atom probe tomography.

LE120100104: An aberration corrected analytical Transmission Electron Microscope for nano scale characterisation of materials.

LE110100115: Facility for development of new light weight alloys.

LE100100195: Field-emission gun transmission electron microscope for research in nanomaterials, metal alloys and biological sciences.

LE0989492: Dynamic Texture Measurement Facility.

DP0879319: Development of new steel products by thin strip casting and direct thermomechanical processing.

LE0882948: Multi-disciplinary FEG Environmental Scanning Electron Microscope.

Research

Outputs

Research outputs for the last seven years are shown below. Some long-standing staff members may have older outputs included. To see earlier years visit ORCID, ResearcherID or Scopus

Open access indicates that an output is open access.

Highlights

Year	Output
2008	Stanford, N & Barnett, M 2008, 'The origin of "rare earth" texture development in extruded Mg-based alloys and its effect on tensile ductility', Materials Science and Engineering A: Structural Materials: Properties, Microstructure and Processing, vol. 496, no. 1-2, pp. 399-408. 754 710

Chapters

Year	Output
2013	Malekjani, S, Hodgson, PD, Stanford, NE & Hilditch, T B 2013, 'A comparison of low cycle fatigue behaviour of UFG Al produced by different rolling techniques', TMS 2013 annual meeting supplemental proceedings, John Wiley and Sons, US, ch. 51, pp. 413-419.

Journal Articles

Year	Output
2025	Huang, H, Juhasz, A & Stanford, N 2025, 'Fluid depth-dependent biofilm characteristics and their influence on sulfate-reducing bacteria-induced corrosion of carbon steel', International Biodeterioration and Biodegradation, vol. 196, pp. 1-9. Open access
2025	Su, X, Lee, SH, Hou, Y, Stanford, N, Meng, Q, Kuan, HC, Liu, X & Ma, J 2025, 'Mechanochemically modified graphene nanoplatelets for high-performance polycarbonate composites', Smart Materials in Manufacturing, vol. 3, article no. 100072, pp. 1-9. Open access
2024	Huang, H, Singh, S, Juhasz, A, Ang, ASM & Stanford, N 2024, 'Influence of Cu distribution in thermally sprayed Cu-bearing coatings on the prevention of Desulfovibrio vulgaris corrosion', Surface and Coatings Technology, vol. 487, article no. 130975, pp. 1-11. Open access 1 2 1
2024	Huang, H, Singh, S, Juhasz, A, Roccisano, A, Ang, ASM & Stanford, N 2024, 'Influence of copper distribution in thermally sprayed Cu-bearing coatings on corrosion and microbial activity', Surface and Coatings Technology, vol. 478, article no. 130430, pp. 1-12. Open access 5 6
2024	Keane, PF, Jacob, R, Belusko, M, Kriven, WM, Stanford, N & Bruno, F 2024, 'Compositional effects in potassium metakaolin geopolymers containing alumina and glass frit', Ceramics International, vol. 50, no. 21, pp. 43907-43917. Open access
2024	Su, X, Yang, Z, Cheng, R, Luvnish, A, Han, S, Meng, Q, Stanford, N & Ma, J 2024, 'A comparative study of polycarbonate nanocomposites respectively containing graphene nanoplatelets, carbon nanotubes and carbon nanofibers', Advanced Nanocomposites, vol. 1, no. 1, pp. 77-85. Open access 1
2023	Huang, H, Juhasz, A, Brunetti, G, Roccisano, A & Stanford, N 2023, 'Enhanced pitting resistance and antibacterial durability of Cu-bearing stainless steels via tailoring Cu distributions', Materialia, vol. 31, article no. 101880, pp. 1-8. 7 6 1
2023	Mahjoub, R, Krasowska, M, Stanford, N, Skinner, W & Forson, P 2023, 'Arsenic clustering in arsenian pyrite: a combined photoemission and theoretical modeling study', American Mineralogist: An International Journal of Earth and Planetary Materials, vol. 108, no. 5, pp. 941-949. Open access 1 1 1
2022	Keane, P, Jacob, R, Belusko, M, Kriven, WM, Stanford, N & Bruno, F 2022, 'Microstructural evolution of amorphous self-healing geopolymer composites containing alumina and glass frit', International Journal of Ceramic Engineering and Science, vol. 4, no. 5, pp. 327-339. Open access 9
2022	Mahjoub, R & Stanford, N 2022, 'The energetics and topology of grain boundaries in magnesium: an ab initio study', Alloys, vol. 1, no. 1, pp. 15-16. Open access
2022	Mahjoub, R, Ferry, M & Stanford, N 2022, 'Grain boundary kinetics in magnesium alloys from first principles', Computational Materials Science, vol. 210, article no. 111042, pp. 1-8. Open access 11 10
2022	Mai, N, Schulz, C & Stanford, N 2022, 'The effect of direct strip casting on the kinetics of phase transformation of a dual phase steel', Metals, vol. 12, no. 2, article no. 170, pp. 1-16. Open access 1 1
2022	Meghwal, A, Pinches, S, King, HJ, Schulz, C, Stanford, N, Hall, C, Berndt, CC & Ang, ASM 2022, 'Fe-based amorphous coating for high-temperature wear, marine and low pH environments', Materialia, vol. 25, article no. 101549, pp. 1-18. Open access 17 15 2
2022	Othman, R, Dorin, T, Stanford, N & Hodgson, P 2022, 'The microstructure of high manganese TWIP steels produced via simulated direct strip casting', Materials Science and Technology, vol. 38, no. 1, pp. 30-38. Open access 2 2 8
2022	Rudd, S, Mahjoub, R, Switalska, E, Bassell, C, Schmerl, N, Cavallaro, A-A, Stanford, N & Evans, DR 2022, 'Surface doping in poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene)-based nanoscale films: insights for polymer electronics', ACS Nano, vol. 5, no. 9, pp. 12143-12153. Open access 13 13 4
2022	Whiting, J, Yen, L & Stanford, N 2022, 'MyScope: Free online microscopy training resource-continuing development to reflect the current microscopy landscape', Micron, vol. 160, article no. 103319, pp. 1-6. Open access 4 3 7
2021	Abou Hatem, AL, Schulz, C, Schlaefer, T, Boobhun, JT, Stanford, N & Hall, C 2021, 'Influence of laser absorption by water- and gas-atomised powder feedstock on laser metal deposition of AISI 431 stainless steel', Additive Manufacturing, vol. 47, article no. 102242, pp. 1-10. Open access 7 7 3
2021	Mahjoub, R & Stanford, N 2021, 'The electronic origins of the 'rare earth' texture effect in magnesium alloys', Scientific Reports, vol. 11, no. 1, article no. 14159, pp. 1-9. Open access 22 19 1
2021	Rao, JH & Stanford, N 2021, 'A survey of fatigue properties from wrought and additively manufactured Ti-6Al-4V', Materials Letters, vol. 283, article no. 128800, pp. 1-5. Open access 27 24
2021	Rao, JH & Stanford, N 2021, 'On the processing feasibility, microstructure evolution, and mechanical properties of laser clad Stellite® 21 alloy', Journal of Thermal Spray Technology, online, pp. 1-8. Open access 9 7
2021	Sethumadhavan, V, Mahjoub, R, Zuber, K, Stanford, N & Evans, D 2021, 'Oxygenation of conducting polymers facilitated by structure-breaking anions', Journal of Polymer Science, vol. 759, no. 9, pp. 745-753. Open access 5 7 3
2021	Stanford, N 2021, 'Introducing alloys: a journal for fundamental and applied research', Alloys, vol. 1, no. 1, pp. 1-2. Open access 1
2020	Antony, A, Schmerl, NM, Sokolova, A, Mahjoub, R, Fabijanic, D & Stanford, NE 2020, 'Quantification of the dislocation density, size, and volume fraction of precipitates in deep cryogenically treated martensitic steels', Metals, vol. 10, no. 11, article no. 1561, pp. 1-25. Open access 13 10 1
2020	Cai, M, Huang, H, Zuo, X, Ding, H & Stanford, N 2020, 'Enhanced strength-ductility of medium Mn steel by quenching, partitioning and tempering', Materials Science and Technology, vol. 36, no. 5, pp. 584-597. Open access 15 14
2020	Guan, B, Hong, S-H, Schulz, C & Stanford, N 2020, 'The microstructure, antimicrobial properties, and corrosion resistance of Cu-bearing strip cast steel', Advanced Engineering Materials, vol. 22, no. 3, article no. 1901265, pp. 1-8. Open access 7 7
2020	Jiang, L, Marceau, RK, Dorin, T, Wood, K, Hodgson, PD & Stanford, N 2020, 'The effect of molybdenum on interphase precipitation at 700 °C in a strip-cast low-carbon niobium steel', Materials Characterization, vol. 166, article no. 110444, pp. 1-11. Open access 13 13
2020	Jiang, L, Marceau, RK, Dorin, T, Yin, H, Sun, X, Hodgson, PD & Stanford, N 2020, 'The effect of molybdenum on precipitation behaviour in austenite of strip-cast steels containing niobium', Metals, vol. 10, no. 10, article no. 1330, pp. 1-12. Open access 3 3
2020	Mahjoub, R, Basha, DA, Singh, A, Ferry, M & Stanford, N 2020, 'The contrasting fracture behaviour of twin boundaries and general boundaries - A first principles study based on experimental observation', Materials Science and Engineering A: Structural Materials: Properties, Microstructure and Processing, vol. 781, article no. 139225, pp. 1-13. Open access 6 6
2020	Perez-Prado, MT, Bohlen, J, Yi, S, Letzig, D, Al-Samman, T, Robson, J, Barnett, M, Poole, W, Mendis, C, Agnew, S & Stanford, N 2020, 'Emerging hot topics and research questions in wrought magnesium alloy development', Journal of Metals, vol. 72, no. 7, pp. 2561-2567. Open access 25 23
2019	Jiang, L, Marceau, RK, Dorin, T, Hodgson, PD & Stanford, N 2019, 'Effect of molybdenum on phase transformation and microstructural evolution of strip cast steels containing niobium', Journal of Materials Science Letters, vol. 54, no. 2, pp. 1769-1784. Open access 14 11 2
2019	Jiang, L, Marceau, RK, Guan, B, Dorin, T, Wood, K, Hodgson, PD & Stanford, N 2019, 'The effect of molybdenum on clustering and precipitation behaviour of strip-cast steels containing niobium', Materialia, vol. 8, article no. 100462, pp. 1-11. Open access 13 13
2019	Mahjoub, R, Ferry, M & Stanford, N 2019, 'Local topology and its effects on grain boundary and solute segregation in HCP magnesium', Materialia, vol. 6, article no. 100258, pp. 1-12. Open access 12 10
2019	Stanford, N, Wang, J & Hilditch, T 2019, 'Quantification of strain partitioning during low cycle fatigue of multi-phase steels containing a bainite matrix', International Journal of Fatigue, vol. 129, article no. 105218, pp. 1-10. 11 12
2019	Wang, J, Ramajayam, M, Charrault, E & Stanford, N 2019, 'Quantification of precipitate hardening of twin nucleation and growth in Mg and Mg-5Zn using micro-pillar compression', Acta Materialia, vol. 163, pp. 68-77. 45 43 2
2019	Zeng, Z, Stanford, N, Davies, CHJ, Nie, J-F & Birbilis, N 2019, 'Magnesium extrusion alloys: a review of developments and prospects', International Materials Reviews, vol. 64, no. 1, pp. 27-62. 357 334
2018	Bhattacharyya, J, Wang, F, Stanford, N & Agnew, S 2018, 'Slip mode dependency of dislocation shearing and looping of precipitates in Mg alloy WE43', Acta Materialia, vol. 146, pp. 55-62. 132 125 1
2018	Chen, Z, Magniez, K, Duchemin, M, Stanford, N, Ambujakshan, AT, Taylor, A, Wong, CS, Zhao, Y & Dai, XJ 2018, 'Rapid formation of diamond-like nano-carbons in a gas bubble discharge in liquid ethanol', Plasma Chemistry and Plasma Processing, vol. 38, no. 1, pp. 75-87. 10 5 3
2018	Joseph, J, Hodgson, P, Jarvis, T, Wu, X, Stanford, N & Fabijanic, DM 2018, 'Effect of hot isostatic pressing on the microstructure and mechanical properties of additive manufactured AlₓCoCrFeNi high entropy alloys', Materials Science and Engineering A: Structural Materials: Properties, Microstructure and Processing, vol. 733, pp. 59-70. 153 135 3
2018	Mahjoub, R, Laws, KJ, Stanford, N & Ferry, M 2018, 'General trends between solute segregation tendency and grain boundary character in aluminum - An ab inito study', Acta Materialia, vol. 158, pp. 257-268. Open access 71 66 1
2018	Paul, SK, Stanford, N & Hilditch, T 2018, 'Austenite plasticity mechanisms and their behavior during cyclic loading', International Journal of Fatigue, vol. 106, pp. 185-195. 28 27
2018	Stanford, N, Dorin, T & Hodgson, P 2018, 'The effect of Nb micro-alloying on the bainitic phase transformation under strip casting conditions', Metallurgical and Materials Transactions A: Physical Metallurgy and Materials Science, vol. 49, no. 4, pp. 1021-1025. 6 5
2018	Weiss, M, Mester, K, Taylor, A & Stanford, N 2018, 'A critical assessment of deformation twinning and epsilon martensite formation in austenitic alloys during complex forming operations', Materials Characterization, vol. 145, pp. 423-434. Open access 12 12
2017	Joseph, J, Stanford, N, Hodgson, P & Fabijanic, DM 2017, 'Tension/compression asymmetry in additive manufactured face centered cubic high entropy alloy', Scripta Materialia, vol. 129, pp. 30-34. 125 118 1
2017	Joseph, J, Stanford, N, Hodgson, P & Fabijanic, DM 2017, 'Understanding the mechanical behaviour and the large strength/ductility differences between FCC and BCC AlxCoCrFeNi high entropy alloys', Journal of Alloys and Compounds, vol. 726, pp. 885-895. 219 201
2017	Wang, J & Stanford, N 2017, 'A critical assessment of work hardening in TWIP steels through micropillar compression', Materials Science and Engineering A: Structural Materials: Properties, Microstructure and Processing, vol. 696, pp. 42-51. 20 20
2017	Wang, J, Salim, N, Fox, B & Stanford, N 2017, 'Anisotropic compressive behaviour of turbostratic graphite in carbon fibre', Applied Materials Today, vol. 9, pp. 196-203. 21 18
2017	Xiong, Z, Saleh, A, Marceau, R, Taylor, A, Stanford, N, Kostryzhev, A & Pereloma, E 2017, 'Site-specific atomic-scale characterisation of retained austenite in a strip cast TRIP steel', Acta Materialia, vol. 134, pp. 1-15. Open access 68 68 1
2016	Cai, M, Zhu, W, Stanford, N, Pan, L, Chao, Q & Hodgson, P 2016, 'Dependence of deformation behavior on grain size and strain rate in an ultrahigh strength-ductile Mn-based TRIP alloy', Materials Science and Engineering A: Structural Materials: Properties, Microstructure and Processing, vol. 653, pp. 35-42. 72 63
2016	Dorin, T, Taylor, A, Wood, K, Wang, J, Hodgson, P & Stanford, N 2016, 'Complex precipitation phenomena in strip cast steels with high sulfur and copper contents', Journal of Applied Crystallography, vol. 49, part 5, pp. 1777-1785. Open access 8 8 1
2016	Dorin, T, Wood, K, Taylor, A, Hodgson, P & Stanford, N 2016, 'Effect of coiling treatment on microstructural development and precipitate strengthening of a strip cast steel', Acta Materialia, vol. 115, pp. 167-177. Open access 32 30
2016	Dorin, T, Wood, K, Taylor, A, Hodgson, P & Stanford, N 2016, 'Quantitative examination of carbide and sulphide precipitates in chemically complex steels processed by direct strip casting', Materials Characterization, vol. 112, pp. 259-268. Open access 31 29
2016	Hodgson, PD, Timokhina, IB, Beladi, H, Dorin, T, Stanford, N & Cai, M 2016, 'Engineering steels at the nanoscale for improved performance', Iron and Steel Technology, vol. 13, no. 8, pp. 57-65. 1
2016	Ramajayam, M & Stanford, N 2016, 'Static recrystallisation of steels produced by direct strip casting - the effect of carbon and vanadium concentration', Materials Science and Engineering A: Structural Materials: Properties, Microstructure and Processing, vol. 671, pp. 147-157. Open access 6 4
2016	Xiong, Z, Kostryzhev, A, Stanford, N & Pereloma, E 2016, 'Effect of deformation on microstructure and mechanical properties of dual phase steel produced via strip casting simulation', Materials Science and Engineering A: Structural Materials: Properties, Microstructure and Processing, vol. 651, pp. 291-305. Open access 36 37 3
2015	Dorin, T, Stanford, N, Birbilis, N & Gupta, R 2015, 'Influence of cooling rate on the microstructure and corrosion behavior of Al-Fe alloys', Corrosion Science, vol. 100, pp. 396-403. 72 68
2015	Dorin, T, Stanford, N, Taylor, A & Hodgson, P 2015, 'Effect of cooling rate on phase transformations in a high-strength low-alloy steel studied from the liquid phase', Metallurgical and Materials Transactions A: Physical Metallurgy and Materials Science, vol. 46A, pp. 5561-5571. Open access 18 12
2015	Joseph, J, Jarvis, T, Wu, X, Stanford, N, Hodgson, P & Fabijanic, DM 2015, 'Comparative study of the microstructures and mechanical properties of direct laser fabricated and arc-melted AlxCoCrFeNi high entropy alloys', Materials Science and Engineering A: Structural Materials: Properties, Microstructure and Processing, vol. 633, pp. 184-193. 299 266
2015	Paul, SK, Stanford, N & Hilditch, T 2015, 'Effect of martensite morphology on low cycle fatigue behaviour of dual phase steels: experimental and microstructural investigation', Materials Science and Engineering A: Structural Materials: Properties, Microstructure and Processing, vol. 644, pp. 53-60. 26 26
2015	Paul, SK, Stanford, N & Hilditch, T 2015, 'Effect of martensite volume fraction on low cycle fatigue behaviour of dual phase steels: experimental and microstructural investigation', Materials Science and Engineering A: Structural Materials: Properties, Microstructure and Processing, vol. 638, pp. 296-304. 61 56
2015	Paul, SK, Stanford, N, Taylor, A & Hilditch, T 2015, 'The effect of low cycle fatigue, ratcheting and mean stress relaxation on stress-strain response and microstructural development in a dual phase steel', International Journal of Fatigue, vol. 80, pp. 341-348. 73 68
2015	Stanford, N, Marceau, R & Barnett, M 2015, 'The effect of high yttrium solute concentration on the twinning behaviour of magnesium alloys', Acta Materialia, vol. 82, pp. 447-456. 146 143
2015	Wang, J & Stanford, N 2015, 'Investigation of precipitate hardening of slip and twinning in Mg5%Zn by micropillar compression', Acta Materialia, vol. 100, pp. 53-63. 102 100
2015	Xiong, Z, Kostryzhev, A, Stanford, N & Pereloma, E 2015, 'Microstructures and mechanical properties of dual phase steel produced by laboratory simulated strip casting', Materials and Design, vol. 88, pp. 537-549. Open access 68 63
2014	Han, Q, Asgari, A, Hodgson, PD & Stanford, N 2014, 'Strain partitioning in dual-phase steels containing tempered martensite', Materials Science and Engineering A: Structural Materials: Properties, Microstructure and Processing, vol. 611, pp. 90-99. 79 77
2014	Stanford, N, Cottam, R, Davis, B & Robson, J 2014, 'Evaluating the effect of yttrium as a solute strengthener in magnesium using in situ neutron diffraction', Acta Materialia, vol. 78, pp. 1-13. 75 73
2013	Barnett, MR, Stanford, N, Ghaderi, A & Siska, F 2013, 'Plastic relaxation of the internal stress induced by twinning', Acta Materialia, vol. 61, no. 20, pp. 7859-7867. 79 76
2013	Han, Q, Kang, Y, Hodgson, PD & Stanford, N 2013, 'Quantitative measurement of strain partitioning and slip systems in a dual-phase steel', Scripta Materialia, vol. 69, no. 1, pp. 13-16. 96 87
2013	Han, Q, Kang, Y, Zhao, X, Stanford, N & Cai, M 2013, 'Suppression of Ms temperature by carbon partitioning from carbon-supersaturated ferrite to metastable austenite during intercritical annealing', Materials and Design, vol. 51, pp. 409-414. 17 16
2013	Malekjani, S, Hodgson, PD, Stanford, NE & Hilditch, T B 2013, 'Shear bands evolution in ultrafine-grained aluminium under cyclic loading', Scripta Materialia, vol. 68, no. 10, pp. 821-824. 20 18
2013	Malekjani, S, Hodgson, PD, Stanford, NE & Hilditch, TB 2013, 'The role of shear banding on the fatigue ductility of ultrafine-grained aluminium', Scripta Materialia, vol. 68, no. 5, pp. 269-272. 24 19
2013	Malekjani, S, Timokhina, IB, Wang, J, Hodgson, PD & Stanford, NE 2013, 'Static recrystallization of strip cast alloys in the presence of complex nano-sulfide and nitride precipitates', Materials Science and Engineering A: Structural Materials: Properties, Microstructure and Processing, vol. 581, pp. 39-47. 21 18
2013	Mandal, GK, Stanford, N, Hodgson, P & Beynon, JH 2013, 'Static recrystallisation study of as-cast austenitic stainless steel', Materials Science and Engineering A: Structural Materials: Properties, Microstructure and Processing, vol. 576, pp. 118-125. 5 3
2013	Mukunthan, K, Hodgson, PD, Sellamuthu, P, Strezov, L, Durandet, Y & Stanford, N 2013, 'Castability and microstructural development of iron-based alloys under conditions pertinent to strip casting - specialty Fe-Cr-Al alloys', ISIJ International, vol. 53, no. 10, pp. 1803-1811. Open access 7 6
2013	Mukunthan, K, Hodgson, PD, Strezov, L & Stanford, N 2013, 'Solidification behaviour and microstructural development of iron-based alloys under conditions pertinent to strip casting - 200 series stainless steels', ISIJ International, vol. 53, no. 12, pp. 2152-2159. Open access 10 8
2013	Sellamuthu, P, Collins, P, Hodgson, P & Stanford, N 2013, 'Correlation of tensile test properties with those predicted by the shear punch test', Materials and Design, vol. 47, pp. 258-266. 39 38
2013	Sellamuthu, P, Stanford, N & Hodgson, PD 2013, 'Recrystallization kinetic behavior of copper-bearing strip cast steel', Steel Research International, vol. 84, no. 12, pp. 1273-1280. 2 2
2013	Stanford, N & Atwell, D 2013, 'The effect of Mn-rich precipitates on the strength of AZ31 extrudates', Metallurgical and Materials Transactions A: Physical Metallurgy and Materials Science, vol. 44A, no. 10, pp. 4830-4843. 48 42
2013	Stanford, N & Barnett, M 2013, 'Solute strengthening of prismatic slip, basal slip and {1 0 1 2} twinning in Mg and Mg-Zn binary alloys', International Journal of Plasticity, vol. 47, pp. 165-181. 233 219
2013	Stanford, N 2013, 'The effect of rare earth elements on the behaviour of magnesium-based alloys: part 2 - recrystallisation and texture development', Materials Science and Engineering A: Structural Materials: Properties, Microstructure and Processing, vol. 565, pp. 469-475. 97 92
2013	Stanford, N, Callaghan, M & de Jong, B 2013, 'The effect of rare earth elements on the behaviour of magnesium-based alloys: part 1-hot deformation behaviour', Materials Science and Engineering A: Structural Materials: Properties, Microstructure and Processing, vol. 565, pp. 459-468. 77 73
2013	Stanford, N, Terbush, JR, Setty, M & Barnett, MR 2013, 'Grain refinement of an extruded Mg alloy via na microalloying', Metallurgical and Materials Transactions A: Physical Metallurgy and Materials Science, vol. 44A, no. 6, pp. 2466-2469. 9 8
2013	Terbush, JR, Stanford, N, Nie, J-F & Barnett, MR 2013, 'Na partitioning during thermomechanical processing of an Mg-Sn-Zn-Na Alloy', Metallurgical and Materials Transactions A: Physical Metallurgy and Materials Science, vol. 44A, no. 11, pp. 5216-5225. 14 13
2013	Weiss, M, Taylor, A, Hodgson, P & Stanford, N 2013, 'Strength and biaxial formability of cryo-rolled 2024 aluminium subject to concurrent recovery and precipitation', Acta Materialia, vol. 61, no. 14, pp. 5278-5289. 41 38
2012	Hilditch, T, Beladi, H, Hodgson, P & Stanford, N 2012, 'Role of microstructure in the low cycle fatigue of multi-phase steels', Materials Science and Engineering A: Structural Materials: Properties, Microstructure and Processing, vol. 534, pp. 288-296. 67 60
2012	Mandal, GK, Stanford, N, Hodgson, P & Beynon, JH 2012, 'Effect of hot working on dynamic recrystallisation study of as-cast austenitic stainless steel', Materials Science and Engineering A: Structural Materials: Properties, Microstructure and Processing, vol. 556, pp. 685-695. 19 19
2012	Nayak, VU, Prabhu, K, Stanford & N, Satyanarayan 2012, 'Wetting behavior and evolution of microstructure of Sn-3.5Ag solder alloy on electroplated 304 stainless steel substrates', Transactions of the Indian Institute of Metals, vol. 65, no.6, pp. 713-717. 3 3
2012	Stanford, N, Geng, J, Chun, Y, Davies, C, Nie, J & Barnett, M 2012, 'Effect of plate-shaped particle distributions on the deformation behaviour of magnesium alloy AZ91 in tension and compression', Acta Materialia, vol. 60, no. 1, pp. 218-228. 197 186
2012	Stanford, N, Taylor, A, Cizek, P, Siska, F, Ramajayam, M & Barnett, M 2012, '{10ῑ2} Twinning in magnesium-based lamellar microstructures', Scripta Materialia, vol. 67, no. 7-8, pp. 704-707. 63 58
2012	Taylor, A, Weiss, M, Hilditch, T, Stanford, N & Hodgson, P 2012, 'Formability of cryo-rolled aluminium in uniaxial and biaxial tension', Materials Science and Engineering A: Structural Materials: Properties, Microstructure and Processing, vol. 555, pp. 148-153. 25 23
2011	Chun, Y, Geng, J, Stanford, N, Davies, C, Nie, J & Barnett, M 2011, 'Processing and properties of Mg-6Gd-1Zn-0.6Zr: part 1 - recrystallisation and texture development', Materials Science and Engineering A: Structural Materials: Properties, Microstructure and Processing, vol. 528, no. 10-11, pp. 3653-3658. 50 48
2011	Geng, J, Chun, Y, Stanford, N, Davies, C, Nie, J & Barnett, M 2011, 'Processing and properties of Mg-6Gd-1Zn-0.6Zr part 2. Mechanical properties and particle twin interactions', Materials Science and Engineering A: Structural Materials: Properties, Microstructure and Processing, vol. 528, no. 10-11, pp. 3659-3665. 50 49
2011	Robson, J, Stanford, N & Barnett, M 2011, 'Effect of precipitate shape on slip and twinning in magnesium alloys', Acta Materialia, vol. 59, no. 5, pp. 1945-1956. 380 360
2011	Stanford, N, Sha, G, Xia, J, Ringer, S & Barnett, M 2011, 'Solute segregation and texture modification in an extruded magnesium alloy containing gadolinium', Scripta Materialia, vol. 65, no. 10, pp. 919-921. 213 203
2011	Stanford, N, Sotoudeh, K & Bate, P 2011, 'Deformation mechanisms and plastic anisotropy in magnesium alloy AZ31', Acta Materialia, vol. 59, no. 12, pp. 4866-4874. 127 121
2010	Barnett, M, Sullivan, A, Stanford, N, Ross, N & Beer, A 2010, 'Texture selection mechanisms in uniaxially extruded magnesium alloys', Scripta Materialia, vol. 63, no. 7, pp. 721-724. 94 91
2010	Robson, J, Stanford, N & Barnett, M 2010, 'Effect of particles in promoting twin nucleation in a Mg-5 wt.% Zn alloy', Scripta Materialia, vol. 63, no. 8, pp. 823-826. 134 126
2010	Stanford, N & Dunne, D 2010, 'Effect of Si on the reversibility of stress-induced martensite in Fe-Mn-Si shape memory alloys', Acta Materialia, vol. 58, no. 20, pp. 6752-6762. 48 45
2010	Stanford, N & Phelan, D 2010, 'The formation of randomly textured magnesium alloy sheet through rapid solidification', Acta Materialia, vol. 58, no. 10, pp. 3642-3654. 21 20
2010	Stanford, N 2010, 'Micro-alloying Mg with Y, Ce, Gd and La for texture modification-a comparative study', Materials Science and Engineering A: Structural Materials: Properties, Microstructure and Processing, vol. 527 no. 10-11, pp. 2669-2677. 357 329
2010	Stanford, N 2010, 'The effect of calcium on the texture, microstructure and mechanical properties of extruded Mg-Mn-Ca alloys', Materials Science and Engineering A: Structural Materials: Properties, Microstructure and Processing, vol. 528, no. 1, pp. 314-322. 126 121
2010	Stanford, N, Atwell, D & Barnett, MR 2010, 'The effect of Gd on the recrystallisation, texture and deformation behaviour of magnesium-based alloys', Acta Materialia, vol. 58, no. 20, pp. 6773-6783. 324 303
2010	Stanford, N, Sabirov, I, Sha, G, La Fontaine, A, Ringer, S & Barnett, M 2010, 'Effect of Al and Gd solutes on the strain rate sensitivity of magnesium alloys', Metallurgical and Materials Transactions A: Physical Metallurgy and Materials Science, vol. 41A, no. 3, pp. 734-743. 94 84
2009	Barnett, M, Stanford, N, Cizek, P, Beer, A, Xuebin, Z & Keshavarz, Z 2009, 'Deformation mechanisms in Mg alloys and the challenge of extending room-temperature plasticity', Journal of Metals, vol. 61, no. 8, pp. 19-24. 56 47
2009	Calka, A, Mosbah, A, Stanford, N & Balaz, P 2009, 'Reduction of PbS and Sb2S3 with elemental Fe and Mg in dusty plasma environment created during electrical discharge assisted mechanical milling (EDAMM)', Journal of Alloys and Compounds, vol. 467, no. 1-2, pp. 477-484. 10 10
2009	Stanford, N & Barnett, M 2009, 'Effect of particles on the formation of deformation twins in a magnesium-based alloy', Materials Science and Engineering A: Structural Materials: Properties, Microstructure and Processing, vol. 516, no. 1-2, pp. 226-234. 235 227
2009	Stanford, N, Sha, G, La Fontaine, A, Barnett, M & Ringer, S 2009, 'Atom probe tomography of solute distributions in mg-based alloys', Metallurgical and Materials Transactions A: Physical Metallurgy and Materials Science, vol. 40A, no. 10, pp. 2480-2487. 32 28
2008	Calka, A, Mosbah, A, Stanford, N & Balaz, P 2008, 'Rapid synthesis of Bi and Sb sulfides using electric discharge assisted mechanical milling', Journal of Alloys and Compounds, vol. 455, no. 1-2, pp. 285-288. 19 16
2008	Calka, A, Oleszak, D & Stanford, N 2008, 'Rapid synthesis of TiC-Fe3C composite by electric discharge assisted mechanical milling of ilmenite (FeTiO3) with graphite', Journal of Alloys and Compounds. 7 6
2008	Stanford, N & Barnett, M 2008, 'Effect of composition on the texture and deformation behaviour of wrought Mg alloys', Scripta Materialia, vol. 58, no. 3, pp. 179-182. 285 283
2008	Stanford, N & Barnett, M 2008, 'The origin of "rare earth" texture development in extruded Mg-based alloys and its effect on tensile ductility', Materials Science and Engineering A: Structural Materials: Properties, Microstructure and Processing, vol. 496, no. 1-2, pp. 399-408. 754 710
2008	Stanford, N & Barnett, MR 2008, 'Fine grained AZ31 produced by conventional thermo-mechanical processing', Journal of Alloys and Compounds, vol. 466, no. 1-2, pp. 182-188. 57 45
2008	Stanford, N 2008, 'Observation of {1121} twinning in a Mg-based alloy', Philosophical Magazine Letters: Structure and Properties of Condensed Matter, vol. 88, no. 5, pp. 379-386. 44 43
2008	Stanford, N, Atwell, D, Beer, A, Davies, C & Barnett, M 2008, 'Effect of microalloying with rare-earth elements on the texture of extruded magnesium-based alloys', Scripta Materialia, vol. 59, no. 7, pp. 772-775. 327 289
2008	Stanford, N, Carlson, U & Barnett, M 2008, 'Deformation twinning and the hall-petch relation in commercial purity Ti', Metallurgical and Materials Transactions A: Physical Metallurgy and Materials Science, vol. 39A, no. 4, pp. 934-944. 86 78
2008	Stanford, N, Dunne, D & Li, H 2008, 'Re-examination of the effect of NbC precipitation on shape memory in Fe-Mn-Si-based alloys', Scripta Materialia, vol. 58, no. 7, pp. 583-586. 38 35
2008	Stanford, N, Huang, S & Dunne, D 2008, 'Characterisation of Ni-Ti thin films produced by filtered arc deposition', Materials Science and Engineering A: Structural Materials: Properties, Microstructure and Processing, vol. 473, no. 1-2, pp. 172-179. 4 6

Conferences

Year	Output
2017	Jiang, L, Dorin, T, Marceau, R, Stanford, N & Hodgson, P 2017, 'Influence of coiling on microstructural evolution and mechanical properties of strip-cast low-carbon low-niobium steel', THERMEC 2016 9th International Conference on Processing and Manufacturing of Advanced Materials, Trans Tech Publications Ltd, vol. 879, pp. 1182-1187. 2
2016	Hodgson, PD, Timokhina, IB, Beladi, H, Dorin, T, Stanford, N & Cai, M 2016, 'Engineering steels at the nanoscale for improved performance', AISTech 2016 Iron and Steel Technology Conference, Association for Iron and Steel Technology, AISTECH, vol. 1, pp. 1-10.
2015	Dorin, T, Hodgson, P & Stanford, N 2015, 'Microstructure and hardness evolution during simulated coiling of a direct strip cast low carbon low niobium steel', International Conference on Solid-Solid Phase Transformations in Inorganic Materials 2015, PTM 2015, International Conference on Solid-Solid Phase Transformations in Inorganic Materials, pp. 47-54.
2015	Fox, BL, Salim, N V, Hameed, N, Nunna, S, Creighton, C, Naebe, M, Lynch, P, Stanford, N, Wang, J & Naghashian, S 2015, 'Microcracking in resins and matrices; progress towards understanding the relative influence of carbon fibre properties and sizing', CAMX 2015 - Composites and Advanced Materials Expo, Composites and Advanced Materials Expo, pp. 1350-1357.
2013	Robson, JD, Stanford, N & Barnett, MR 2013, 'Effect of precipitate shape and habit on mechanical asymmetry in magnesium alloys', Symposium on Phase Transformations and Deformation in Magnesium Alloys, Springer, vol. 44, no. 7, pp. 2984-2995. Open access 100 89
2013	Stanford, N 2013, 'Recrystallisation of magnesium alloys containing rare-earth elements', in M Barnett (ed.), 5th International Conference on Recrystallization and Grain Growth, ReX & GG 2013, Trans Tech Publications Ltd, vol. 753, pp. 297-300. 5 4
2013	Taylor, AS, Weiss, M, Hilditch, T, Hodgson, PD & Stanford, N 2013, 'Cryo-rolling and formability of 2024 aluminium', 6th International Light Metals Technology Conference (LMT 2013), Trans Tech Publications, vol. 765, pp. 434-438. 4 3
2012	Stanford, N & Barnett, M 2012, 'Effect of Zn concentration and grain size on prismatic slip in Mg-Zn binary alloys', in SN Mathaudhu, WH Sillekens, NR Neelameggham and N Hort (eds), Magnesium technology 2012 - TMS 2012 annual meeting and exhibition, John Wiley and Sons, ch. 39, pp. 207-211. 6 6
2011	Barnett, M, Stanford, N, Geng, J & Robson, J 2011, 'On the impact of second phase particles on twinning in magnesium alloys', in WH Sillekens, SR Agnew, NR Neelameggham and SN Malhaudhu (eds), Magnesium technology 2011 - TMS 2011 annual meeting and exhibition, John Wiley and Sons, ch. 55, pp. 289-293. 1
2010	Phelan, D, Stanford, N, Thijsse, B & Sietsma, J 2010, 'Atomic scale simulation of deformation in magnesium single crystals', in T Chandra, N Wanderka, W Reimers and, M Ionescu (eds), 6th International Conference on Processing and Manufacturing of Advanced Materials THERMEC2009, Trans Tech Publications, vol. 638-642, pp. 1585-1590. 3 3
2009	Stanford, N 2009, 'Fine grained AZ31 by conventional thermo-mechanical processing', in MS Dargusch & SM Keay (eds), 4th International Conference Organised by the CAST CRC, on behalf of the Global Light Metals Alliance, Trans Tech Publications, ch. 45, pp. 239-244. 1
2008	Barnett, M, Arhatari, B, Stanford, N, Beer, A, Keshavarz, Z & Ma, X 2008, 'Some issues relating to the ductility of wrought magnesium alloys', in MO Pekguleryuz, NR Neelameggham, RS Beals and EA Nyberg (eds), Magnesium technology 2008, Minerals, Metals & Materials Society, ch. 15 pp. 85-88. 1 1

External engagement & recognition

Collaborations

External engagement & recognition

Collaborations

Organisation	Country
Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation	AUSTRALIA
Brunel University	UNITED KINGDOM
Central Iron and Steel Research Institute	CHINA
CSIR-National Metallurgical Laboratory	INDIA
Deakin University	AUSTRALIA
Delft University of Technology (TU Delft)	NETHERLANDS
Forschungszentrum Julich	GERMANY
IMDEA Materials (Madrid Institute for Advanced Studies of Materials)	SPAIN
Indian Institute of Technology	INDIA
Indian Institute Of Technology Indore	INDIA
Isothermix	AUSTRALIA
La Trobe University	AUSTRALIA
Laserbond Ltd (SA)	AUSTRALIA
Magnesium Elektron Ltd	UNITED KINGDOM
Magnesium Innovation Centre	GERMANY
Manchester Materials Science Centre	UNITED KINGDOM
Missouri University of Science and Technology	UNITED STATES
Monash University	AUSTRALIA
Mondial Advisory	AUSTRALIA
National Institute for Materials Science	JAPAN
National Institute of Technology Karnataka	INDIA
North-Eastern University	THAILAND
RWTH Aachen University	GERMANY
SCHROEDER MANUFACTURING PTY. LTD.	AUSTRALIA
Shenyang Aerospace University	CHINA
Slovak Academy of Sciences	SLOVAK REPUBLIC
Swinburne University of Technology	AUSTRALIA
The Crucible Group	UNITED STATES
Universiti Tun Hussein Onn Malaysia	MALAYSIA
University of Adelaide	AUSTRALIA
University of Akron	UNITED STATES
University of British Columbia	CANADA
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign	UNITED STATES
University of Manchester	UNITED KINGDOM
University of New South Wales	AUSTRALIA
University of Science and Technology Bejing	CHINA
University of South Australia	AUSTRALIA
University of Sydney	AUSTRALIA
University of Virginia	UNITED STATES
University of Wollongong	AUSTRALIA
Warsaw University of Technology	POLAND
Wuhan Iron and Steel Corporation	CHINA
Zhengzhou University	CHINA

External engagement & recognition

Engagement/recognition	Year
Finalist, Winnovation Award (Engineering) Women in Innovation SA	2018
Symposium Chair Light Metals Pacific Rim International Congress on Advanced Materials and Processing	2016
Symposium Chair Light Metals Combined Australian Materials Societies (CAMS)	2016
Invited Speaker Phase Transformations	2015
Keynote Speaker Magnesium symposium, South Korea	2015
Magnesium Award Helmholtz-Zentrum Geesthacht	2015
Symposium Chair Light Metals Combined Australian Materials Societies (CAMS)	2014
Invited Speaker Magnesium symposium, Madrid	2013
Invited Speaker Plasticity, Bahamas	2013
Invited Speaker Plasticity, Mexico	2011
Keynote Speaker Weimar Germany	2009

Teaching & student supervision

Research degree supervision

Supervisions from 2010 shown

Thesis title	Student status
Advancing Electron Beam Melting (EBM) manufacturing capability for space and defence applications	Current
Anti-corrosion coatings for the hydrogen economy	Current
Influence of cryogenic temperature on behaviour of hydrogen in iron-based alloys systems	Current
Mechanically strong elastomer composites with multifunctionalities by Using cost-effective, safe nanomaterials	Current
Thermally conductive, mechanically resilient thermoplastic nanocomposites for heat exchangers	Current
Amorphous self-healing geopolymer composites and amorphous self-healing ceramic composites for high temperature containment of molten salts	Completed
Development of thermoplastic/nanocarbon composites	Completed
Enhancing phase change material heat transfer with additive manufacturing for the thermal management of high-powered CubeSat electronics	Completed
Examining the role of copper in electrofusion couplings: implication for PE100 pipe durability	Completed
The effect of strip casting on microstructural development in dual phase steels	Completed
Thermally sprayed Cu-bearing coatings for the prevention of corrosion and microbial activity	Completed

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