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Dr Simon Church is a materials scientist/chemist/technologist working for BAE Systems (Land UK). He is one of their subject matter experts in metal treatments, paints, adhesives, sealants, etc as well as forensic analysis and materials characterisation. A major part of this work has been the replacement of hexavalent chromium compounds within materials and processes. This talk will look at the different stages in his career along with more detailed look at the chemistry and practical aspects of implementing chromate-free treatments for aerospace materials.
Simon's PhD was at University of Bristol in the early 90s where he studied some interesting chemistry of divalent silicon compounds – making organo-silicon compounds with silicon difluoride and nano-scale fibres using silicon monoxide. This lead to a post-doc at the Interface Analysis Centre, also at Bristol, where he moved into x-ray photoelectron spectroscopy and electron microscopy, mostly on metal treatments for aluminium alloys. This work was supported by BAE Systems, who then took him on in their research labs in Filton where he was transformed into a Materials Scientist.
Dr Simon Church is a materials scientist/chemist/technologist working for BAE Systems (Land UK). He is one of their subject matter experts in metal treatments, paints, adhesives, sealants, etc as well as forensic analysis and materials characterisation. A major part of this work has been the replacement of hexavalent chromium compounds within materials and processes. This talk will look at the different stages in his career along with more detailed look at the chemistry and practical aspects of implementing chromate-free treatments for aerospace materials.
Simon's PhD was at University of Bristol in the early 90s where he studied some interesting chemistry of divalent silicon compounds – making organo-silicon compounds with silicon difluoride and nano-scale fibres using silicon monoxide. This lead to a post-doc at the Interface Analysis Centre, also at Bristol, where he moved into x-ray photoelectron spectroscopy and electron microscopy, mostly on metal treatments for aluminium alloys. This work was supported by BAE Systems, who then took him on in their research labs in Filton where he was transformed into a Materials Scientist.
