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Fionn Dunne is a Professor and Chair in Micromechanics at the Department of Materials, Faculty of Engineering, Imperial College London. He also serves as an Honorary Professor at the Beijing Institute of Aerospace Materials and an Emeritus Fellow of Hertford College Oxford. His primary affiliations include the Heterogeneous Mechanics in Hexagonal Alloys (HEXMAT) programme and the Rolls-Royce Nuclear University Technology Centre (RRNUTC).
- Education: Not explicitly detailed in text, inferred via roles and publications.
His research focuses on deformation and fracture mechanics in hcp polycrystals and Ni alloys, combining experimental, computational crystal plasticity, and discrete dislocation plasticity methods. Key applications include micro-deformation analysis, fatigue crack nucleation, and non-destructive evaluation (NDE) via polycrystal sonics. He co-authored Introduction to Computational Plasticity (OUP, 2005) and has published over 180 papers.
Past leadership roles include directing the EPSRC HEXMAT programme grant and the RRNUTC, as well as serving on Rolls-Royce's Core Materials Working Group and the MOD's Research Programmes Group. He was a Royal Society Industry Fellow with Rolls-Royce (2015–2020) and holds industrial advisory roles.
- Awards: FREng (2010), Harvey Flower Prize (2016), Imperial President's Award (2017).
He advises on material science and engineering challenges, with grants spanning academia-industry collaborations. His lab, HEXMAT, and RRNUTC focus on advanced materials for aerospace and nuclear applications.
