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Dr. Peng Gong completed his PhD at the University of Sheffield in 2016, focusing on novel low-energy consumption manufacturing design for high strength low alloy steels, for which he was awarded the Brunton Medal, the top prize for metallurgical PhD research. He has years of experience working in thermodynamic analysis, microstructure characterization, and measurement of mechanical properties, including studies on hydrogen embrittlement. He secured a competitive Early Career Researcher grant from the EPSRC for the SUSTAIN Future Manufacturing Hub, where he served as a Principal Investigator for an EPSRC funded program development of new martensitic steels. In 2023, he was awarded an EPSRC fellowship focusing on the design of reduced activation ferritic martensitic (RAFM) wall blankets for fusion reactors. Dr. Gong joined the Department of Materials at the University of Manchester in April 2024, concentrating on sustainable materials design for manufacturing applications in aerospace, nuclear reactors, and wind turbines. His primary research interests include hydrogen transmission and storage, recycling obsolete steels, and advanced electrical steel design and manufacturing for next-generation electrical machines, as well as wall blanket materials design for fusion reactors.
Includes MSc in Advanced Electrical Power Systems and MSc in Communications and Signal Processing.