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Dr Kathryn Jackson

Programme lead - University teacher

Profile

Dr Kathryn Jackson is Programme Lead for the degree apprenticeship manufacturing technology at the AMRC Training Centre at the University of Sheffield. In 2016 Kathryn led the Nuclear AMRC’s original application to an Athena SWAN bronze award. 

Prior to working at the Nuclear AMRC, Kathryn was employed as a technologist at the National Metals Technology Centre (NAMTEC) where she carried out consultancy for the UK’s metals industry, with a particularly strong focus on materials and technologies of power generation, in addition to co-ordinating the Titanium Information Group (TIG) and the Metals and Alloys group of the Materials KTN whilst being a member of the IOM3 High Temperature Materials Committee and the Materials UK Energy Materials Working Group. Kathryn has a Masters’ degree in engineering and PhD from the University of Cambridge, focussing on incremental sheet metal forming.

Research interests

Prior to her current role, Kathryn worked at the Nuclear AMRC as a technology researcher, leading a variety of manufacturing research projects including acoustic emissions in machining, tool endurance in drilling, analysis of welding and cladding processes and measurement systems uncertainty analysis.

Publications

  • Hari Babu N, Jackson KP, Dennis AR, Shi YH, Mancini C, Durrell JH & Cardwell DA (2012) Growth of large sized YBa2Cu3O7 single crystals using the top seeded melt growth process. Superconductor Science & Technology Journal. 12 June 2012.
  • Jackson KP (2012) Energy Materials: Opportunities and Challenges in Attaining the UK’s 2020 Energy Targets for Offshore Wind. Materials KTN Metals and Alloys Group. Rotherham, June 2012. 
  • Jackson KP (2012) Energy Materials: Opportunities and Challenges in Attaining the UK's 2020 Targets for Combined Cycle Gas Turbine Power Generation. Materials KTN Metals and Alloys Group. Rotherham, August 2012. 
  • Jackson KP (2012) Energy Materials: Opportunities and Challenges in Attaining the UK's 2020 Targets for Nuclear Power Generation. Materials KTN Metals and Alloys Group, 24 October, 2012. 
  • Jackson KP (2011) Progress Against the UK Energy Materials Strategic Research Agenda: Towards the 2020 Challenge. Materials KTN Metals and Alloys Group. Rotherham, June 2011. 
  • Jackson KP (2011) A Review of Modelling and Simulation of Materials in UK Power Generation. Materials KTN Metals and Alloys Group. January 2011.
  • Jackson KP & Hambleton A (2010) Carbon Capture and Storage: Technology, Materials and Key Players. National Metals Technology Centre. January 2010.
  • Jackson KP & Darlington R (2009) Advanced Engineering Methods for Assessing Welding Distortion in Aero-Engine Assemblies. IOP Conference Series: Materials Science and Engineering. September 2009. 
  • Jackson KP & Allwood A (2009) The Mechanics of Incremental Sheet Forming. Journal of Materials Processing Technology. January 2009. 
  • Jackson KP (2008) The Mechanics of Incremental Sheet Forming. PhD Thesis. Cambridge University, Cambridge, 2008. 
  • Jackson KP, Allwood J & Landert M (2008) Incremental Forming of Sandwich Panels. Journal of Materials Processing Technology. June 2008. 
  • Raithatha AM, Duncan S, Jackson KP & Allwood J (2007) Second Order Cone Programming in Modelling Incremental Deformation. American Control Conference. New York City, USA, 2007. 
  • Jackson KP, Allwood J & Landert M (2007) Incremental Forming of Sandwich Panels. SheMet’07 International Conference on Sheet Metal, 591-598. Palermo, Italy, 2007. 
  • Raithatha AM, Jackson KP, Duncan SR & Allwood JM (2006) New Method for Modelling Plastic Deformation in Incremental Sheet Forming. Joint Conferences of 2006 IEEE Conference on Control Applications (CCA), 2006 IEEE Computer Aided Control Systems Design Symposium (CACSD) and 2006 IEEE International Symposium on Intelligent Control (ISIC). Munich, Germany, 2006. 
  • Jackson KP & Allwood J (2006) Incremental Sheet Forming Research at Cambridge University. 4th JSTP International Seminar on Precision Forging, 207-210. Nara, Japan, 2006. 
  • Allwood J, Houghton N & Jackson KP (2005) The Design of an Incremental Sheet Forming Machine. SheMet’05 International Conference on Sheet Metal, 471-478. Erlangen, Germany, 2005.

Teaching modules

  • AM132 Manufacturing Processes and Materials Engineering
  • AM331 Mechanics and Manufacture of Modern Materials

Professional activities

  • Chartered Member; Institute of Mechanical Engineers
  • Co-ordinating the Titanium Information Group (TIG) of the Materials KTN
  • Co-ordinating the Metals and Alloys Group of the Materials KTN 
  • Member; IOM3 High Temperature Materials Committee 
  • Member; Materials UK Energy Materials Working Group