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Staff: Dr. Alun J. Carr

Dr Alun J. Carr, Senior Lecturer, Mechanical Engineering Department, UCD.

Dr. Alun J. Carr

Senior Lecturer

Name: Dr. Alun J. Carr

Position: Senior Lecturer

Room No.: 207

Tel: + 353 1 716 1989

Fax: + 353 1 283 0534

E-mail: alun.j.carr@ucd.ie

Qualifications: B.Sc. (Metallurgy) 1982, Ph.D. ('New Hardmetals') 1986, University of Newcastle upon Tyne.

Affiliations:

  • Member, Institute of Materials, Minerals, and Mining (formerly Institute of Ceramics), since 1987.
  • Fellow, Royal Academy of Medicine in Ireland, since 1994.
  • Member, TMS, since 2001
  • Member, American Ceramic Society, since 2001.

Teaching Interests:

  • University College Dublin (National University of Ireland, Dublin). College Lecturer, Mechanical Engineering, since 1991.

Research/Industrial experience

  • Cookson Group plc. Research Investigator, Central Research, 1989-1991.
  • University of Strathclyde. Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Department of Metallurgy, 1987-1989.
  • AFRC Institute of Engineering Research. Higher Scientific Officer, Machine Dynamics and Reliability Group, 1986-1987.

Subjects Taught

  • MEEN 1004 Materials Science & Engineering
  • MEEN 2005 Materials Science and Engineering
  • MEEN 3005 Materials Engineering
  • MEEN 4017 Technical Ceramics
  • MEEN 4007 Bioengineering

Research Interests:

  • Intersttital alloys for hardmetals
  • Sialon ceramics and ceramic-matrix composites
  • Rheocasting

Research Groups:

Current Research Projects:

  • Titanium boride-based hardmetals

Recent/Selected Publications: Publications here .

Books edited
  1. FitzPatrick, D. P. and Carr, A. J. (eds) (2001) Bioengineering in Ireland 7: Proceedings of the 7th Annual Conference of the Section of Bioengineering of the Royal Academy of Medicine in Ireland, Dublin: Department of Mechanical Engineering, University College Dublin. ISBN 190227735x.
  2. Prendergast, P. J., Lee, T. C., and Carr, A. J. (eds) (2000) Proceedings of the 12th Conference of the European Society of Biomechanics, Dublin: Royal Academy of Medicine in Ireland. ISBN 0953880907.
Journal papers
  1. McNally, C., Richardson, M. G., Carr, A. J., and Strogen, P. (2004) Domain size as a parameter for studying the potential alkali-silica reactivity of chert-bearing aggregates. Magazine of Concrete Research, 56, 201–209.
  2. O’Sullivan, B., Barrett, P., Hsiao, G., Carr, A., and Glennon, B. (2003) In situ monitoring of polymorphic transitions. Organic Process Research & Development, 7, 977–982.
  3. Browne, D. J., Hussey, M. J., Carr, A. J., and Brabazon, D. (2003) Direct thermal method: a new process for the development of globular alloy microstructure. International Journal of Cast Metals Research, 16, 418–426.
  4. Duggan, P., McBreen, B., Carr, A. J., Winston, E., Vaughan, G., Hanlon, L., McBreen, S., Metcalfe, L., Kvick, ° A., and Terry, A. E. (2003) Gamma-ray bursts and X-ray melting of material to form chondrules and planets. Astronomy & Astrophysics, 409, L9–L12.
  5. Brabazon, D., Browne, D. J., and Carr, A. J. (2003) Experimental investigation of the transient and steady state rheological behaviour of Al–Si alloys in the mushy state. Materials Science and Engineering A, 356, 69–80.
  6. O’Kelly, K. U., Carr, A. J., and McCormack, B. A. O. (2003) Minimum solid area models applied to the prediction of Young’s modulus in cancellous bone. Journal of Materials Science: Materials in Medicine, 14, 379–384.
  7. Rackard, S. M., Carr, A. J., Callanan, J. J., and Bellenger, C. R., (2002) An avian model of limb deviation induced by periosteal surgery. Research in Veterinary Science, 73, 237–241.
  8. Brabazon, D., Browne, D. J., and Carr, A. J. (2002) Mechanical stir casting of aluminium alloys from the mushy state: process, microstructure and mechanical properties. Materials Science and Engineering A, 326, 370–381.
  9. Tancred, D. C., Carr, A. J., and McCormack, B. A. O. (2001) The sintering and mechanical behavior of hydroxyapatite with bioglass additions. Journal of Materials Science: Materials in Medicine, 12, 81–93.
  10. Waide, D. V., Lawlor, G. J., Carr, A. J., and McCormack, B. A. O. (2000) The relationship between surface topography and contact in the elbow joint: development of a 2D geometrical model in the coronal plane. Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part H: Journal of Engineering in Medicine, 214, 413–423.
  11. Taylor, D. and Carr, A. J. (1999) The crack-modelling technique: optimisation of parameters. Fatigue and Fracture of Engineering Materials and Structures, 22, 41–50.
  12. Tancred, D. C., Carr, A. J., and McCormack, B. A. O. (1998) Development of a new synthetic bone graft. Journal of Materials Science: Materials in Medicine, 9, 819–823.
  13. Tancred, D. C., McCormack, B. A. O., and Carr, A. J. (1998) A synthetic bone implant macroscopically identical to cancellous bone. Biomaterials, 19, 2303–2311.
  14. Tancred, D. C., McCormack, B. A. O., and Carr, A. J. (1998) A quantitative study of the sintering and mechanical properties of hydroxyapatite/phosphate glass composites. Biomaterials, 19, 1735–1743.
Conference papers
International
  1. Hussey, M. J., Browne, D. J., and Carr, A. J. (2003) Developments in the direct thermal method of rheocasting. JOM, 55, 84. [MS&T ’03, Chicago, IL, 10–12 November 2003.]
  2. O’Kelly, K. U. and Carr, A. J. (2003) Performance of indentation Kc models using different indenter geometries. 105th Annual Meeting and Exposition of the American Ceramic Society, Nashville, TN, 27–30 April 2003.
  3. Hussey, M. J., Browne, D. J., Brabazon D. and Carr, A. J. (2002) A direct thermal method of attaining globular morphology in the primary phase of alloys. In Tsutsui, Y., Kiuchi, M. and Ichikawa, K. (eds) Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Semi-Solid Processing of Alloys and Composites, Tsukuba, Japan, 24–28 September 2002, pp. 575–580.
  4. Hussey, M. J., Browne, D. J., and Carr A. (2001) Production of aluminium alloys suitable for semi-solid metal processing: new direct thermal method. In Cummings, G. F. (ed.) Competitive Manufacturing in 2001: Proceedings of the 18th International Manufacturing Conference, Dublin, 5–7 September 2001, pp. 209–218.
  5. Lawlor, G. J., Carr, A. J., FitzPatrick, D. P., and McCormack, B. A. O. (2001) Three-dimensional contact areas in the visible elbow joint. In Middleton, J., Jones, M. L., Shrive, N. G., and Pande, G. N. (eds) Computer Methods in Biomechanics & Biomedical Engineering–3, Amsterdam: Gordon and Breach, pp. 307–312. ISBN 9056993216. [4th International Symposium on Computer Methods in Biomechanics and Biomedical Engineering,
  6. Lisbon, 13-16 October 1999.]
  7. Brabazon, D., Browne, D. J., Carr A. J. (2000) Fracture toughness of aluminium rheocast alloys: an experimental comparison of test methods. In Rosso, M., Chiarmetta, G. (eds), Proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Semi-Solid Processing of Alloys and Composites, Turin, Italy, September 2000, pp. 331–336.
  8. O’Kelly, K. U., Carr, A. J., and McCormack, B. A. O. (2000) Microstructural toughening mechanisms in cancellous mineral. In Prendergast, P. J., Lee, T. C., and Carr, A. J. (eds) Proceedings of the 12th Conference of the European Society of Biomechanics, Dublin: Royal Academy of Medicine in Ireland, p. 328. ISBN 0953880907.
  9. Carr, A. J., O’Kelly, K. U., and McCormack, B. A. O. (2000) The application of minimum solid area models to the prediction of Young’s modulus for cancellous bone. In Prendergast, P. J., Lee, T. C., and Carr, A. J. (eds) Proceedings of the 12th Conference of the European Society of Biomechanics, Dublin: Royal Academy of Medicine in Ireland, p. 261. ISBN 0953880907.
  10. Al-Souhail, A., Claffey, N., Toner, M., Tancred, D. C., and Carr, A. J. (2000) An in vivo study of a novel bone graft for oral surgical applications. In Prendergast, P. J., Lee, T. C., and Carr, A. J. (eds) Proceedings of the 12th Conference of the European Society of Biomechanics, Dublin: Royal Academy of Medicine in Ireland, p. 240. ISBN 0953880907.
  11. O’Kelly, K. U., Carr, A. J., and McCormack, B. A. O. (2000) A microstructure-based fracture toughness model for cancellous bone mineral. In Prendergast, P. J., Lee, T. C., and Carr, A. J. (eds) Proceedings of the 12th Conference of the European Society of Biomechanics, Dublin: Royal Academy of Medicine in Ireland, p. 46. ISBN 0953880907.
  12. Tancred, D. C. and Carr, A. J. (2000) The influence of very small additions of bioglass on the properties of hydroxyapatite. 102nd Annual Meeting and Exposition of the American Ceramic Society, St Louis, Missouri, 30 April–3 May 2000.
National
  1. Rackard, S. M., Bellenger, C. R., Carr, A. J., and Callanan, J. J. (2001) Analysis of an avian model of limb deviation induced by periosteal surgery. In FitzPatrick, D. P. and Carr, A. J. (eds) Bioengineering in Ireland 7: Proceedings of the 7th Annual Conference of the Section of Bioengineering of the Royal Academy of Medicine in Ireland, Dublin: Department of Mechanical Engineering, University College Dublin, p. 6. ISBN 190227735x. [Arklow, 27-28 January 2001.]

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