Dr. Clive Siviour

Biography

Professor Clive Siviour completed his MPhys in 2001 and his PhD in 2005 from the Department of Physics at the University of Cambridge. He has primarily focused on measuring the properties of materials under high strain rate deformation using split Hopkinson bar methods. Clive joined the University of Oxford in October 2005 as a Career Development Fellow in Engineering and was appointed as an Associate Professor in October 2008. In 2018, he took on the role of Associate Head of the Department, overseeing the department's use of physical space and leading refurbishment projects. He continued to influence the department's strategic development of new buildings until becoming the Head of the Department of Materials Engineering in September 2024. His recent publications emphasize the experimental study of thermomechanical coupling in materials and property prediction for bio-derived polymers. Clive's research investigates materials behavior under impact loading, particularly focusing on high-speed deformation and the development of novel experimental techniques, including high-speed photography combined with quantitative image analysis. He is active on the editorial boards of relevant scientific journals and contributes to organizing major conferences in the field.

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