Dr Jonathan Painter

CPhys, FRMS

Lecturer

Cranfield Forensic Institute

Contact Dr Jonathan Painter

Tel: +44 (0) 1793 785392
Email: j.d.painter@cranfield.ac.uk
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Background

Jonathan's first degree was in Applied Physics, followed by a PhD in materials characterisation of thin films. He took over as manager of the microscopy facilities within Cranfield Defence and Security, supporting internal and external users and clients.

He was the Course Director for the Forensic Engineering and Science MSc between 2015-2020, and developed modules teaching various aspects of failure identification and analysis based on his practical experience of undertaking failure investigations.

He has served as Secretary and Chair of the Materials and Characterisation Group of the Institute of Physics.

Current activities

Jonathan runs the microscopy laboratories at the Shrivenham campus, supporting the research and teaching within CDS, as well as material / failure analysis investigations for industry.

His research interests are mainly associated with the dynamic behaviour of materials; materials subjected to high strain rates / impact events.

He lectures on various topics within the Forensic Programme, including materials, firearms related forensics, and various short courses related to materials failures.

Clients

EPSRC
MOD
NATO
AWE
A large number of local, national and international industrial clients.

Articles In Journals

Conference Papers

Vachirawongsakorn V, Marquez-Grant N, Painter J, Beckett S & Greenwood C (2018) Taphonomic processes of chop marks in terrestrial and buried environments: A micro-CT and stereo-microscopic study [poster]. In: Taphos-Nomos 2018, School of Forensic and Applied Sciences, University of Central Lancashire, Preston, 2-4 November 2018.
Appleby-Thomas G, Hameed A, Fitzmaurice B, Painter J & Wood D (2016) On the selection of tissue simulants for ballistic testing. In: 29th International Symposium on Ballistics, 2016, Edinburgh, 9-13 May 2016.
Appleby-Thomas G, Fitzmaurice B, Hameed A, Wood D, Gibson M & Painter J (2015) On the suitability of Synbone® as a tissue simulant.. In: 19th Biennial International Conference of the APS Topical Group on Shock Compression of Condensed Matter (SCCM-2015), Tampa, Florida, 14-19 June 2015.
Painter JD, Appleby-Thomas GJ, Hazell PJ, Winter RE, Harris EJ , Owen GD & Wood DC (2012) On the importance of encapsulation environment for lateral gauges. In: 17th Biennial international Conference of the American Physical Society Topical Group on Shock Compression of Condensed Matter, Chicago, IL, 26 June - 1 July 2011.
Wakeling B, Ketipearachchi US, Lane DW, Degamber B, Painter JD, Cousins MA & Rogers KD (2007) In-situ analysis of cadmium sulphide deposited by ultrasonic assisted chemical bath. In: PVSAT-3 Conference, Durham University, UK.
Peach DF, Lane DW, Sellwood MJ & Painter JD (2006) An assessment of surface heating during ion beam analysis II: Application to biological materials. In: 17th international conference on ion beam analysis, Sevilla, 26 June - 1 July 2005.
Painter JD, Morgan NB & Moffat A (2003) Mean Strain Effects and Microstructural Observations During In-vitro Fatigue Testing of NiTi. In: Shape Memory and Superelastic Technologies, California, 5 May 2003.
Painter JD, Rogers KD & Lane DW (1998) An investigation into the effect of annealing on the microstructure of CdTe/CdS solar cells. In: Workshop on Growth and Processing of Materials for Electronics at Materials Congress 98.
Healy MJF, Torres M & Painter JD Analysis of laterally inhomogeneous structures without microbeam or IEM. In: 17th international conference on ion beam analysis, Sevilla, 26 June 2005.