Fabio Scenini

Fabio Scenini is a Professor in Materials Performance at the University of Manchester's Department of Materials Engineering. He holds a Mechanical Engineering degree from Politecnico di Milano, an MSc in Corrosion from UMIST, and a PhD from the University of Manchester. His research focuses on materials performance under extreme conditions, particularly corrosion, stress corrosion cracking, and fatigue in nuclear and aerospace materials. He leads the Materials Performance Centre and serves as Research Area Lead for Materials Systems for Demanding Environments at the Royce Institute. His work contributes to UN Sustainable Development Goals related to energy and advanced materials. He collaborates extensively with industry and has authored over 120 papers. His group specializes in corrosion mechanisms, high-pressure testing, and advanced manufacturing.

Education:

• Mechanical Engineering, Politecnico di Milano
• MSc in Corrosion, UMIST
• PhD, University of Manchester

Research Interests:

• Stress corrosion cracking of austenitic alloys
• Oxidation of Ni-based alloys in nuclear environments
• High-temperature aqueous electrochemistry
• Additive manufacturing of materials
• Image correlation techniques

Grants and Projects:

• MPC: Materials Performance Centre (ongoing)
• Fatigue Mechanisms - Rolls-Royce (2019-2023)
• Understanding low-potential SCC in nuclear reactors (2017-2021)

Labs/Teams: Corrosion and Protection Group, Materials Performance Centre, Royce Institute facilities.