At the University College London Mechanical Engineering PhD conference MAPP aligned PhD David Rees won 'Best 10-minute PhD research presentation.'

David Rees - David Rees, MAPP-aligned PhD UCL
David Rees

He said: “For the UCL PhD student conference I presented my work investigating how oxygen affects hot cracking in laser powder bed fusion of nickel superalloys using synchrotron X-ray imaging.

"I was very grateful for the opportunity to showcase my research in person to the UCL MechEng research community after so much time apart.”

A slide from David Rees' winning presentation - A slide from David Rees' winning presentation of his work investigating how oxygen affects hot cracking in laser powder bed fusion of nickel superalloys using synchrotron X-ray imaging
A slide from David Rees' winning presentation of his work investigating how oxygen affects hot cracking in laser powder bed fusion of nickel superalloys using synchrotron X-ray imaging

David Rees' poster for the UCL Mechanical Engineering PhD conference - David Rees' poster for the UCL Mechanical Engineering PhD conference representing his work investigating how oxygen affects hot cracking in laser powder bed fusion of nickel superalloys using synchrotron X-ray imaging
David Rees' poster for the UCL PhD student conference where he presented his work investigating how oxygen affects hot cracking in laser powder bed fusion of nickel superalloys using synchrotron X-ray imaging.