Dr Mark Coleman

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Faculty of Science and Engineering

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Dr Mark Coleman is a Senior Lecturer in Metallurgy in the Department of Engineering, Swansea University. Mark teaches Materials Science and Engineering to most of the first-year engineering students and plays an active role in public engagement, outreach activities and recruitment. Dr Coleman is the Materials Engineering Admissions tutor and public engagement and outreach coordinator as well as the Materials first year coordinator.

As a materials scientist and researcher Dr Coleman runs a small research group of Masters, PhD and EngD students that use high resolution analytical tools, such as scanning electron microscopes (SEM's), Transmission Electron Microscopes (TEM’s) and X-Ray Micro CT to characterize materials at the Micro and sometimes Nano scale. Mark has a background of collaborating with industry to analyse failure mechanisms of components and optimizing materials processing routes to enhance materials properties. Mark is particularly interested in the idea of tailoring materials microstructures to optimize the final required mechanical properties of a component.

Areas Of Expertise

Microscopy
Scanning Electron Microscopy
Electron Backscatter Diffraction
Grain Boundary Engineering
In-Situ Microstructural analysis
Materials Characterization
X-Ray CT

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Publications

Research Highlights

Spangenberger, A., Lados, D., Coleman, M., Birosca, S., & Hardy, M. (2017). Microstructural mechanisms and advanced characterization of long and small fatigue crack growth in cast A356-T61 aluminum alloys. International Journal of Fatigue, 97, 202-213.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijfatigue.2016.12.029, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa31564
Randle, V., Coleman, M., & Coleman, M. (2012). Grain Growth Control in Grain Boundary Engineered Microstructures
https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/MSF.715-716.103, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa34482
http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84860780257&partnerID=MN8TOARS
Randle, V., Coleman, M., Owen, G., & Coleman, M. (2007). Fundamentals of Deformation and Annealing
https://doi.org/10.4028/0-87849-434-0.35, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa34474
http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-38449123187&partnerID=MN8TOARS
Randle, V. & Coleman, M. (2009). Grain boundary plane populations in minerals: the example of wet NaCl after low strain deformation. Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00410-008-0370-5, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa5509
Randle, V. & Coleman, M. (2008). Grain boundary reorientation in copper. Journal of Materials Science
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10853-007-2128-2, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa5510
Randle, V. & Coleman, M. (2008). Changes in Interface Parameters and Tensile Properties in Copper as a Consequence of Iterative Processing. Metallurgical and Materials Transactions A
https://doi.org/10.1007/s11661-008-9574-6, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa5512
Randle, V., Rohrer, G., Miller, H., Coleman, M., Owen, G., Randle, V., & Coleman, M. (2008). Five-parameter grain boundary distribution of commercially grain boundary engineered nickel and copper. Acta Materialia, 56(10), 2363-2373.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.actamat.2008.01.039, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa5522
Randle, V. & Coleman, M. (2009). A study of low-strain and medium-strain grain boundary engineering. Acta Materialia, 57(11), 3410-3421.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.actamat.2009.04.002, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa5523
Randle, V. & Coleman, M. (2011). The role of Σ9 boundaries in grain boundary engineering. Metallurgical and Materials Transactions, 42A-586.
https://doi.org/10.1007/s11661-010-0302-7, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa15136
Randle, V. & Coleman, M. (2011). Formation of intermetallic phases in diffusion-welded joints of aluminium and magnesium alloys.. Journal of Materials Science, 46-364.
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10853-010-4841-5, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa15137
Griggs, A., Davies, S., Abbott, P., Coleman, M., Palmer, A., Rasmussen, T., & Johnston, R. (2015). Visualizing tephra deposits and sedimentary processes in the marine environment: The potential of X‐ray microtomography. Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems, 16(12), 4329-4343.
https://doi.org/10.1002/2015gc006073, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa21422
Gardner, S., Li, W., Coleman, M., & Johnston, R. (2016). The effects of thermomechanical history on the microstructure of a nickel-base superalloy during forging. Materials Science and Engineering: A, 668, 263-270.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.msea.2016.05.051, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa22767
Alshehri, H., Banik, R., Coleman, M., Harrison, W., & Birosca, S. (2016). Deformation mechanisms of IN713C nickel based superalloy during Small Punch Testing. Materials Science and Engineering: A, 650, 422-431.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.msea.2015.10.056, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa26485
Davies, P., Pederson, R., Coleman, M., & Birosca, S. (2016). The hierarchy of microstructure parameters affecting the tensile ductility in centrifugally cast and forged Ti-834 alloy during high temperature exposure in air. Acta Materialia, 117, 51-67.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.actamat.2016.07.015, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa29194
North, L., Labonte, D., Oyen, M., Coleman, M., Caliskan, H., Johnston, R., Coleman, M., & Johnston, R. (2017). Interrelated chemical-microstructural-nanomechanical variations in the structural units of the cuttlebone of Sepia officinalis. APL Materials, 5(11), 116103
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4993202, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa36123
Bache, M., Coleman, C., Coleman, M., Gray, V., & Boettcher, C. (2018). Microstructure evolution in flow formed IN 718 products and subsequent fatigue crack growth properties. Fatigue & Fracture of Engineering Materials & Structures, 41(11), 2249-2258.
https://doi.org/10.1111/ffe.12814, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa40092
Mitchell, R., Pleydell-Pearce, C., Coleman, M., Davies, P., North, L., Johnston, R., & Harris, W. (2018). Correlative Imaging and Bio-inspiration: Multi-scale and Multi-modal Investigations of the Acorn Barnacle (Semibalanus balanoides). Microscopy and Microanalysis, 24(S1), 376-377.
https://doi.org/10.1017/s1431927618002374, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa43490
http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s1431927618002374
Davies, S., Jeffs, S., Coleman, M., & Lancaster, R. (2018). Effects of heat treatment on microstructure and creep properties of a laser powder bed fused nickel superalloy. Materials & Design, 159, 39-46.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.matdes.2018.08.039, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa43528
Pope, E., Mitchell, R., Coleman, M., Davies, P., North, L., Pope, E., Pleydell-Pearce, C., Harris, W., Johnston, R., Coleman, M., Johnston, R., Pleydell-Pearce, C., & Mitchell, R. (2019). Macro-to-nanoscale investigation of wall-plate joints in the acorn barnacle Semibalanus balanoides: correlative imaging, biological form and function, and bioinspiration. Journal of The Royal Society Interface, 16(157), 20190218
https://doi.org/10.1098/rsif.2019.0218, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa51051
Johnston, R., Mitchell, R., Pleydell-Pearce, C., Coleman, M., North, L., LaBonte, D., Oyen, M., Board, R., Pope, E., Arora, H., & Howells, D. (2019). Correlating Microstructure to in situ Micromechanical Behaviour and Toughening Strategies in Biological Materials. Microscopy and Microanalysis, 25(S2), 372-373.
https://doi.org/10.1017/S1431927619002599, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa51785

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Journal Articles

Jeffs, S., Douglas, R., Beard, W., Coleman, M., Adams, J., Jones, T., Poole, D., & Lancaster, R. (2022). Characterising the high temperature tensile behaviour of laser powder bed fused duplex stainless steel 2205 using the small punch test. Materials Characterization, 189, 111953
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.matchar.2022.111953, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa60040
Safaie, H., Coleman, M., Johnston, R., Das, A., Russell, J., & Pleydell-Pearce, C. (2022). Circular polarized light microscopy to investigate the crystal orientation of aluminium. Materials Characterization, 185, 111749
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.matchar.2022.111749, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa59319
Lancaster, R., Davies, S., Jeffs, S., Lewis, D., & Coleman, M. (2021). The effects of thermal exposure on the high temperature behaviour of a Laser Powder Bed Fused nickel based superalloy C263. Materials Science and Engineering: A, 801, 140409
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.msea.2020.140409, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa55449
Johnston, R., Mitchell, R., Pleydell-Pearce, C., Coleman, M., North, L., LaBonte, D., Oyen, M., Board, R., Pope, E., Arora, H., & Howells, D. (2019). Correlating Microstructure to in situ Micromechanical Behaviour and Toughening Strategies in Biological Materials. Microscopy and Microanalysis, 25(S2), 372-373.
https://doi.org/10.1017/S1431927619002599, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa51785
Pope, E., Mitchell, R., Coleman, M., Davies, P., North, L., Pope, E., Pleydell-Pearce, C., Harris, W., Johnston, R., Coleman, M., Johnston, R., Pleydell-Pearce, C., & Mitchell, R. (2019). Macro-to-nanoscale investigation of wall-plate joints in the acorn barnacle Semibalanus balanoides: correlative imaging, biological form and function, and bioinspiration. Journal of The Royal Society Interface, 16(157), 20190218
https://doi.org/10.1098/rsif.2019.0218, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa51051
Davies, S., Jeffs, S., Coleman, M., & Lancaster, R. (2018). Effects of heat treatment on microstructure and creep properties of a laser powder bed fused nickel superalloy. Materials & Design, 159, 39-46.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.matdes.2018.08.039, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa43528
Bache, M., Coleman, C., Coleman, M., Gray, V., & Boettcher, C. (2018). Microstructure evolution in flow formed IN 718 products and subsequent fatigue crack growth properties. Fatigue & Fracture of Engineering Materials & Structures, 41(11), 2249-2258.
https://doi.org/10.1111/ffe.12814, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa40092
Mitchell, R., Pleydell-Pearce, C., Coleman, M., Davies, P., North, L., Johnston, R., & Harris, W. (2018). Correlative Imaging and Bio-inspiration: Multi-scale and Multi-modal Investigations of the Acorn Barnacle (Semibalanus balanoides). Microscopy and Microanalysis, 24(S1), 376-377.
https://doi.org/10.1017/s1431927618002374, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa43490
http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s1431927618002374
North, L., Labonte, D., Oyen, M., Coleman, M., Caliskan, H., Johnston, R., Coleman, M., & Johnston, R. (2017). Interrelated chemical-microstructural-nanomechanical variations in the structural units of the cuttlebone of Sepia officinalis. APL Materials, 5(11), 116103
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4993202, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa36123
Spangenberger, A., Lados, D., Coleman, M., Birosca, S., & Hardy, M. (2017). Microstructural mechanisms and advanced characterization of long and small fatigue crack growth in cast A356-T61 aluminum alloys. International Journal of Fatigue, 97, 202-213.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijfatigue.2016.12.029, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa31564
Davies, P., Pederson, R., Coleman, M., & Birosca, S. (2016). The hierarchy of microstructure parameters affecting the tensile ductility in centrifugally cast and forged Ti-834 alloy during high temperature exposure in air. Acta Materialia, 117, 51-67.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.actamat.2016.07.015, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa29194
Gardner, S., Li, W., Coleman, M., & Johnston, R. (2016). The effects of thermomechanical history on the microstructure of a nickel-base superalloy during forging. Materials Science and Engineering: A, 668, 263-270.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.msea.2016.05.051, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa22767
Alshehri, H., Banik, R., Coleman, M., Harrison, W., & Birosca, S. (2016). Deformation mechanisms of IN713C nickel based superalloy during Small Punch Testing. Materials Science and Engineering: A, 650, 422-431.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.msea.2015.10.056, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa26485
Griggs, A., Davies, S., Abbott, P., Coleman, M., Palmer, A., Rasmussen, T., & Johnston, R. (2015). Visualizing tephra deposits and sedimentary processes in the marine environment: The potential of X‐ray microtomography. Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems, 16(12), 4329-4343.
https://doi.org/10.1002/2015gc006073, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa21422
Randle, V. & Coleman, M. (2011). The role of Σ9 boundaries in grain boundary engineering. Metallurgical and Materials Transactions, 42A-586.
https://doi.org/10.1007/s11661-010-0302-7, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa15136
Randle, V. & Coleman, M. (2011). Formation of intermetallic phases in diffusion-welded joints of aluminium and magnesium alloys.. Journal of Materials Science, 46-364.
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10853-010-4841-5, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa15137
Randle, V. & Coleman, M. (2009). Grain boundary plane populations in minerals: the example of wet NaCl after low strain deformation. Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00410-008-0370-5, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa5509
Randle, V. & Coleman, M. (2009). A study of low-strain and medium-strain grain boundary engineering. Acta Materialia, 57(11), 3410-3421.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.actamat.2009.04.002, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa5523
Randle, V. & Coleman, M. (2008). Grain boundary reorientation in copper. Journal of Materials Science
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10853-007-2128-2, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa5510
Randle, V. & Coleman, M. (2008). Changes in Interface Parameters and Tensile Properties in Copper as a Consequence of Iterative Processing. Metallurgical and Materials Transactions A
https://doi.org/10.1007/s11661-008-9574-6, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa5512
Randle, V., Rohrer, G., Miller, H., Coleman, M., Owen, G., Randle, V., & Coleman, M. (2008). Five-parameter grain boundary distribution of commercially grain boundary engineered nickel and copper. Acta Materialia, 56(10), 2363-2373.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.actamat.2008.01.039, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa5522

Authored Books

Randle, V., Coleman, M., & Coleman, M. (2012). Grain Growth Control in Grain Boundary Engineered Microstructures
https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/MSF.715-716.103, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa34482
http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84860780257&partnerID=MN8TOARS
Randle, V., Coleman, M., Owen, G., & Coleman, M. (2007). Fundamentals of Deformation and Annealing
https://doi.org/10.4028/0-87849-434-0.35, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa34474
http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-38449123187&partnerID=MN8TOARS

Supervision

Emissivity and Oxidation in the Reheat Furnace (current)

PhD

Other supervisor: Prof Ian Mabbett
Weldline Charpy impact toughness improvements on high frequency induction (HFI) welded pipes (awarded 2024)

PhD

Other supervisor: Prof Cameron Pleydell-Pearce
The Optimisation of Advanced Packaging Steels via Alloying and Process Control. (current)

PhD

Other supervisor: Prof Cameron Pleydell-Pearce
Passivation Layers of Ultra-Advanced High Strength Steels and High Strength Steels. (awarded 2024)

EngD

Other supervisor: Dr Amit Das

Other supervisor: Dr Amit Das
Optimisation of The Value in-use of The Refractory Submerge Entry Nozzle; Implication of preheat failures arising from both supplier and steel user (awarded 2023)

EngD

Other supervisor: Prof Cameron Pleydell-Pearce
The Effect of Hot Band Annealing and Cooling on the Microstructure of 3.2% Si Non-Oriented Electrical Steels (awarded 2024)

EngD

Other supervisor: Prof Cameron Pleydell-Pearce
Grain Refinement, Age Hardening, and Thermal Stability of Aluminium with dilute Zirconium (current)

MSc

Other supervisor: Dr Amit Das
In-situ electron microscopy of nanocrystalline nickel and low carbon, economy steel. (awarded 2024)

MSc

Other supervisor: Prof Richard Johnston
Optimisation of High Yield Steel Coil Processing Characteristics (awarded 2023)

MSc

Other supervisor: Dr Elizabeth Sackett

Affiliated Positions

Public Engagement Officer, Discover Materials

2017 - Present

Public Engagements

Swansea University Materials Engineering Admissions Tutor

STEM NET Ambassador

Discover Materials Outreach Officer

Invited Presentations, Lectures and Conferences

Christmas Lecture 2018 – Surrounded by Crystals

December 2018

Swansea University

Dr Mark Coleman

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Research Highlights

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Authored Books

Supervision

Emissivity and Oxidation in the Reheat Furnace (current)

Weldline Charpy impact toughness improvements on high frequency induction (HFI) welded pipes (awarded 2024)

The Optimisation of Advanced Packaging Steels via Alloying and Process Control. (current)

Passivation Layers of Ultra-Advanced High Strength Steels and High Strength Steels. (awarded 2024)

Optimisation of The Value in-use of The Refractory Submerge Entry Nozzle; Implication of preheat failures arising from both supplier and steel user (awarded 2023)

The Effect of Hot Band Annealing and Cooling on the Microstructure of 3.2% Si Non-Oriented Electrical Steels (awarded 2024)

Grain Refinement, Age Hardening, and Thermal Stability of Aluminium with dilute Zirconium (current)

In-situ electron microscopy of nanocrystalline nickel and low carbon, economy steel. (awarded 2024)

Optimisation of High Yield Steel Coil Processing Characteristics (awarded 2023)

Affiliated Positions

Public Engagement Officer, Discover Materials

Public Engagements

Invited Presentations, Lectures and Conferences

Christmas Lecture 2018 – Surrounded by Crystals