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Genealogy
Academic ancestry
Recent generations ↓ Earlier generations
Materials science David Cook University of Cambridge
Materials science Robert O. Ritchie UC Berkeley
Fracture mechanics John F. Knott University of Birmingham
Physical metallurgy Alan H. Cottrell University of Cambridge
Two branches of physical metallurgy
Scientific metallurgy Daniel Hanson University of Birmingham
Physical metallurgy Walter Rosenhain National Physical Laboratory
Engineering and physics James Alfred Ewing Cambridge and Tokyo
Physics and engineering Lord Kelvin University of Glasgow
Mathematical physics Peter Guthrie Tait University of Edinburgh
Faraday’s generation
Mathematical geology William Hopkins University of Cambridge
Experimental thermodynamics Victor Regnault Collège de France
Electromagnetism Michael Faraday Royal Institution
Industrial metallurgy Ernest C. Rollason University of Birmingham
Metallurgical education T. G. Bamford University of Birmingham
Present day
David Cook
Materials science
David studies how electronic structure, dislocations, twinning, phase transformations and designed microstructures govern deformation and fracture. His research aims to translate these multiscale mechanisms into damage-tolerant structural materials for extreme environments.
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