Contact Dr Rachael Hazael
- Tel: +44 (0) 1234 988410
- Email: rachael.hazael@cranfield.ac.uk
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Background
Rachael is a reader in Applied Materials where her research to-date has been investigating the effects of extreme conditions on material behaviour specialising in novel materials, chemistries and biological systems. Specifically, high pressure and variable temperature explosive and ballistic events have led to the majority of my recent work on armour systems and personal protective equipment- investigating applying advanced functional materials for this purpose and characterising their behaviour experimentally and computationally. I am experienced in the derivation of material behaviour under dynamic shock compression as well as blast pressure and often consult with both military and security personnel on the effects of pressure on structures and materials. I lecture extensively on several M-Level courses on topics focused on material response from explosive/ballistic events, specifically focused on PPE, vehicle armour and structures. I also teach and manage core modules on the Forensics Explosive and Explosion Investigation MSc and Forensic Ballistic MSc.
Rachael was shortlisted for the Women In Defence Awards 2022 in the Research and Innovation category
She was also selected as a Finalist, Top 50 Women in Engineering 2023: Safety and Security.
She is the head of the AMPEG (Advanced Materials for Protective Engineering Group) at Cranfield Defence and Security:
https://www.cranfield.ac.uk/centres/cranfield-forensic-institute/research-areas/advanced-materials-for-protective-engineering-blast-and-ballistics
Current activities
I currently lecture on the response of materials to impact events such as armour materials for vehicle and body armour to several courses on site. I also have an interest in the response of bio materials to impact events such as: tissue analogues, microbes and organic molecules.
Publications
Articles In Journals
- Read J, Hazael R & Critchley R. (2024). Penetration performance of protective materials from crossbow attack: a preliminary study. Forensic Science, Medicine and Pathology, 20(1)
- Collett G, Ladyman M, Temple T, Hazael R & McNaught K. (2024). Introducing Bayesian belief updating as a method to counter improvised explosive devices: a qualitative case study on identifying human behaviours associated with explosive chemical precursor diversion. Security Journal, 37(3)
- Thawani B, Hazael R & Critchley R. (2024). Numerical modelling of hydrogen leakages in confined spaces for domestic applications. International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, 56
- Read J, McNaught K, Hazael R & Critchley R. (2024). Evaluation of soft tissue simulant performance against economic and environmental impact. Environmental Science: Advances, 3(4)
- Read J, Quinlan P, Bloodworth-Race S, Hazael R & Critchley R. (2024). Sustainable and economical alternatives to fragment capture materials in explosive and ballistic trials. Forensic Science, Medicine and Pathology
- Chester A, Critchley R & Hazael R. (2024). A comparison of far-field explosive loads by a selection of current and emerging blast software. International Journal of Protective Structures
- Chester A, Hazael R & Critchley R. (2024). Comparative analysis of blast prediction software for far-field shock wave effects behind a blast wall. International Journal of Protective Structures
- Eytan A, Forth SA, Pickering EG, Hazael R & Burrows SJ. (2024). Blast wave ingress into a room through an opening – Review of past research and US DoD UFC 3-340-02. International Journal of Protective Structures
- Thawani B, Lim SK, Brown L, Critchley R & Hazael R. (2023). Design of Multi-layered Protection Against Guided Mortar Threats Yhrough Numerical Modeling. Defence Technology, 29(Propellants, Explosives and Pyrotechnics. 11 1 1986)
- Thawani B, Batchelor T, Painter J, Hazael R & Critchley R. (2023). Multi-impact response of CR4 mild steel: characterising the transition from absorption to failure. Engineering Research Express, 5(1)
- Watson KE, Henwood BJ, Hewins K, Roberts A & Hazael R. (2023). Ballistic impact of hollow‐point ammunition on porcine bone. Journal of Forensic Sciences, 68(4)
- Thawani B, Hazael R & Critchley R. (2023). Assessing the pressure losses during hydrogen transport in the current natural gas infrastructure using numerical modelling. International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, 48(88)
- Read J, Ritchie T, Brown L, Bloodworth-Race S, Thawani B, .... (2023). Quantification of fragmentation capture materials and an assessment of the viability of economical alternatives: a preliminary study. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences, 381(2259)
- Henwood B, Helliker A, Hazael R & Hewins K. (2023). An assessment of a non-destructive magneto-optical imaging technique for the recovery of laser engraved marks from steel plates and firearm components. Science & Justice, 63(6)
- Critchley R, Hazael R, Bhatti K, Wood D, Peare A, .... (2022). Blast mitigation using polymeric 3D printed auxetic re-entrant honeycomb structures: A preliminary study. International Journal of Protective Structures, 13(3)
- Rickman JM, Painter J & Hazael R. (2022). A scanning electron microscopy study of projectile entry fractures in cortical bone; genesis and microarchitectural features. International Journal of Legal Medicine, 136(2)
- Read J, Hazael R & Critchley R. (2022). Soft Tissue Simulants for Survivability Assessment—A Sustainability Focussed Review. Applied Sciences, 12(10)
- Bloodworth-Race S, Critchley R, Hazael R, Peare A & Temple T. (2021). Testing the blast response of foam inserts for helmets. Heliyon, 7(5)
- Thawani B, Hazael R & Critchley R. (2021). Numerical modelling study of a modified sandbag system for ballistic protection. Journal of Computational Science, 53(July)
- Collett G, Ladyman M, Hazael R & Temple T. (2021). The use of a predictive threat analysis to propose revisions to existing risk assessments for precursor chemicals used in the manufacture of home-made explosives (HME). Heliyon, 7(12)
- Fitzmaurice BC, Appleby-Thomas GJ, Painter JD, Wood DC & Hazael R. (2021). The effects of quasi-one-dimensional shock on Escherichia coli while controlling pressure and temperature. Icarus, 359
- Rao P, Painter J, Appleby-Thomas G, Critchley R, Wood D, .... (2020). Fragmentation studies by non-explosive cylinder expansion technique. International Journal of Impact Engineering, 146
- Foglia F, Hazael R, Meersman F, Wilding MC, Sakai VG, .... (2019). In Vivo Water Dynamics in Shewanella oneidensis Bacteria at High Pressure. Scientific Reports, 9(1)
- Knapp CE, Dyer C, Chadwick NP, Hazael R & Carmalt CJ. (2018). Metal β-diketoiminate precursor use in aerosol assisted chemical vapour deposition of gallium- and aluminium-doped zinc oxide. Polyhedron, 140
- Appleby-Thomas GJ, Fitzmaurice B, Hameed A, Painter J, Gibson M, .... (2018). On differences in the equation-of-state for a selection of seven representative mammalian tissue analogue materials. Journal of the Mechanical Behavior of Biomedical Materials, 77
- Hazael R, Fitzmaurice BC, Foglia F, Appleby-Thomas GJ & McMillan PF. (2017). Bacterial survival following shock compression in the GigaPascal range. Icarus, 293
- Hazael R, Meersman F, Ono F & McMillan P. (2016). Pressure as a Limiting Factor for Life. Life, 6(3)
- Jorge AB & Hazael R. (2016). Use of Shewanella oneidensis for Energy Conversion in Microbial Fuel Cells. Macromolecular Chemistry and Physics, 217(13)
- Foglia F, Hazael R, Simeoni GG, Appavou M-S, Moulin M, .... (2016). Water Dynamics in Shewanella oneidensis at Ambient and High Pressure using Quasi-Elastic Neutron Scattering. Scientific Reports, 6(1)
- Makwana NM, Hazael R, McMillan PF & Darr JA. (2015). Photocatalytic water disinfection by simple and low-cost monolithic and heterojunction ceramic wafers. Photochemical & Photobiological Sciences, 14(6)
- Picard A, Testemale D, Wagenknecht L, Hazael R & Daniel I. (2014). Iron reduction by the deep-sea bacterium Shewanella profunda LT13a under subsurface pressure and temperature conditions. Frontiers in Microbiology, 5(DEC)
- Hazael R, Foglia F, Kardzhaliyska L, Daniel I, Meersman F, .... (2014). Laboratory investigation of high pressure survival in Shewanella oneidensis MR-1 into the gigapascal pressure range. Frontiers in Microbiology, 5(NOV)
- Vanlint D, Mitchell R, Bailey E, Meersman F, McMillan PF, .... (2011). Rapid Acquisition of Gigapascal-High-Pressure Resistance by Escherichia coli. mBio, 2(1)
Conference Papers
- Alford R, Hazael R & Critchley R. (2024). An experimental method of determining explosive equivalency when scaled distance approaches zero
- Finnegan SG, Appleby-Thomas GJ, Hazael R, Ferguson JW & Goff MJ. (2023). Uncertainty analysis of data collected using embedded magnetic particle velocity gauges
- Brown L, Critchley R, Hewins K & Hazael R. (2023). INVESTIGATING THE USE OF NATURAL FIBRES IN PROTECTIVE HARD ARMOUR FOR THE DEMINING INDUSTRY
- Boneva G, Norton-Hewins K, Hazael R, Brock F & Thawani B. (2023). EFFECTS OF GRAZING BALLISTIC IMPACTS ON COMBAT HELMETS AND BEHIND HELMET BLUNT TRAUMA
- Murphy B, Hazael R & Hewins K. (2023). AIR WEAPON INJURIES: AN EXAMINATION OF THE WOUNDING EFFECTS OF AIR PELLETS DISCHARGED FROM LAWFUL AND UNLAWFUL AIR WEAPONS
- Alford R, Hazael R & Critchley R. (2023). Modular Ballistic Pendulum for Measurement of Impulse from Tamped Explosives
- HENWOOD B, HAZAEL R & HEWINS K. (2022). SERIAL NUMBER RECOVERY TECHNIQUES ON STEEL PLATES; FRY’S REAGENT AND EDDY CURRENT TECHNOLOGY
- Hazael R, Matsuda S, Mori Y, Fitzmaurice BC, Appleby-Thomas G, .... (2019). Pressure tolerance of Artemia cysts compressed in water medium
- Fitzmaurice BC, Appleby-Thomas GJ, Painter JD, Ono F, McMillan PF, .... (2017). Tolerance of Artemia to static and shock pressure loading
- Fitzmaurice BC, Painter JD, Appleby-Thomas GJ, Wood DC, Hazael R, .... (2017). On the response of Escherichia coli to high rates of deformation
- Jones AP, McMillan PF, Salzmann CG, Alvaro M, Nestola F, .... (2016). Structural characterization of natural diamond shocked to 60 GPa; implications for Earth and planetary systems
- Mustey A, Leighs JA, Appleby GJ, Wood DC, Hazael R, .... (2014). The effect of hydrostatic vs. shock pressure treatment of plant seeds
Books
- Bruton K, Hazael R, Critchley R & Bloodworth-Race S. (2022). Lignocellulosic Natural Fibers in Polymer Composite Materials: Benefits, Challenges and Applications In Hashmi MSJ(ed.), Encyclopedia of Materials: Plastics and Polymers (3). Elsevier.
- Roberts L, Critchley R, Salberg D, Bloodworth-Race S & Hazael R. (2022). Development of a risk matrix for low-cost engineering solutions: a systematic approach In Temple TJ & Ladyman MK (eds), Challenges in Risk Analysis for Science and Engineering. IOP Publishing.
- Thawani B, Critchley R & Hazael R. (2022). Influence of automation on human factor integration in Risk Assessment systems In Temple TJ & Ladyman MK (eds), Challenges in Risk Analysis for Science and Engineering. IOP Publishing.
- Bruton K, Hazael R, Critchley R & Bloodworth-Race S. (2022). Lignocellulosic Natural Fibers in Polymer Composite Materials: Benefits, Challenges and Applications In Encyclopedia of Materials: Plastics and Polymers (1-4). Elsevier.
- Meersman F, Daniel I, Bartlett DH, Winter R, Hazael R, .... (2013). 19. High-Pressure Biochemistry and Biophysics In Carbon in Earth. De Gruyter.
- Meersman F, Daniel I, Bartlett DH, Winter R, Hazael R, .... (2013). High-Pressure Biochemistry and Biophysics In CARBON IN EARTH (75). Mineralogical Society of America.