Contact Dr Joy Sumner
- Tel: +44 (0) 1234 754029
- Email: j.sumner@cranfield.ac.uk
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Areas of expertise
- Computing, Simulation & Modelling
- Power Systems & Turbines
- Structures and Materials
- Surface Engineering
Background
Dr Joy Sumner gained her Master's and Bachelor's degrees from the University of Cambridge. She matriculated in 2000 and spent the 2002/3 academic year at MIT in the USA as a member of the CMI exchange programme. She graduated after studying Physical Sciences (with a focus on materials science) in 2004. For her PhD, she assessed the use of several scanning probe microscopy techniques for the characterisation of semiconductors, also at the University of Cambridge. Since then she has been a post-doctoral researcher at the University of Bath before taking up a research fellowship at Cranfield University to assess material degradation in the energy sector. At Cranfield she has been promoted to Reader in Energy Materials, to pursue her research in understanding and testing materials' corrosion performance. This has addressed high temperature oxidation and corrosion in a number of materials systems. Joy is a Fellow of the Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining as well as a chartered engineer. She is the Head of the Centre for Energy Engineering and engages with STEM outreach to schools.Current activities
Dr Joy Sumner's work is related to the degradation mechanisms of materials used in components; most often in energy systems. Her main focus is the mechanisms of failure for steels and nickel based alloys in simulated real world environments. To achieve this, Joy is involved in several projects including recently the EPSRC-funded "Investigating Corrosion in Supercritical Fluids", the Innovate UK funded "Plastic Recycling Technology and Outputs: Enhancing Material Longevity and Product Quality for Commercialisation", the Knowledge Transfer Partnership with CorrosionRADAR Ltd, and several private industrial contracts. Her STEM outreach, "MATERIALS: MATERIals for Active Learning in Schools", is supported through the RAE's Ingenious scheme.
Her previous projects have included:
EPSRC funded Supergen PLE
EPSRC funded Flex-E-Plant
EU FP7 H2-IGCC
TSB funded CASET
TSB funded SAMULET
Clients
Research councils:
- Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC)
- Innovate UK
- Seventh European Framework Programme
- Technology Strategy Board (TSB)
Industrial:
- Siemens Industrial Turbomachinery/Siemens Energy
- Engie
- Porvair
- EDF
- GE
- Rolls-Royce Plc
Publications
Articles In Journals
- Norman BP, Al Baroudi H, Potter AN, Mori ST, Simms NI, Kulkarni AN & Sumner J (2023) Corrosion of potential first stage blade materials in simulated supercritical CO2, Materials at High Temperatures, 40 (4) 376-384.
- Mori ST, Pidcock AN, Sumner JO, Simms NI & Oakey JO (2023) Fireside performance of different coatings in biomass power plant, Materials at High Temperatures, 40 (4) 348-359.
- Mori S, Mendil M, Wells J, Chapman N, Simms N, Wells R & Sumner J (2023) An approach to evaluating the impact of contaminants on flux deposition in gas turbines, Energy Systems, Available online 18 August 2023.
- Gong Y, Gill SPA, Yan S, Higginson R, Sumner J, Simms NJ, Larsson H, Shin A, Pearson JM, Young DJ, Atkinson C, Cocks ACF & Reed RC (2023) Assessment of corrosive attack of Fe9Cr1Mo alloys in pressurised CO2 for prediction of breakaway oxidation, Corrosion Science, 222 (September) Article No. 111385.
- Potter A, Sumner J & Simms N (2023) Further investigations into alloy induced acidic fluxing, Materials at High Temperatures, 40 (4) 338-347.
- Mori S, Sanusi T, Simms N & Sumner J (2023) Fireside corrosion and deposition on heat exchangers in biomass combustion systems, Materials at High Temperatures, 40 (1) 36-47.
- Pidcock A, Mori S, Sumner J, Simms N, Nicholls J & Oakey J (2023) High temperature corrosion of HVOF coatings in laboratory-simulated biomass combustion superheater environments, Oxidation of Metals, 99 (1-2) 101-115.
- Abubakar SA, Mori S & Sumner J (2022) Effect of dissolved CO2 on the interaction of stress and corrosion for pipeline carbon steels in simulated marine environments, Metals, 13 (7) Article No. 1165.
- Mori S, Sumner J, Bouvet J & Simms NJS (2022) Fireside and steamside performance in biomass power plant, Materials at High Temperatures, 39 (2) 106-121.
- Sanusi T, Sumner J & Simms NJ (2022) A comparative evaluation of waste wood and herbaceous biomass fireside corrosion behaviours, Fuel, 324, Part A, (September) Article No. 124070.
- Potter A, Sumner J & Simms N (2022) The effects of water vapour on the hot corrosion of gas turbine blade materials at 700 °C, Materials at High Temperatures, 39 (3) 231-238.
- Abubakar SA, Mori S & Sumner J (2022) A review of factors affecting SCC initiation and propagation in pipeline carbon steels, Metals, 12 (8) Article No. 1397.
- Mori S, Pidcock A, Sumner J, Simms N & Oakey J (2022) Fireside corrosion of heat exchanger materials for advanced solid fuel fired power plants, Oxidation of Metals, 97 (3-4) 281-306.
- Chapman N, Gray S, Sumner J & Nicholls J (2022) Mechanical stress effects on 550°C hot corrosion propagation rates in precipitation hardened Ni-base superalloys: CMSX-4, CM247LC DS and IN6203DS, Oxidation of Metals, 97 (3-4) 261-279.
- Chapman N, Gray S, Sumner J & Nicholls J (2021) Stress corrosion testing of CMSX-4, CM247LC DS and IN6203DS Ni-base superalloys, Oxidation of Metals, 95 (1-2) 85-104.
- Ward D, Collu M & Sumner J (2021) A comparison of the turbine tower damping effects of a series of back twisted active pitch-to-stall blades for a spar and a semi-submersible FOWT, Journal of Offshore Mechanics and Arctic Engineering, 143 (6) Article No. OMAE-20-1034.
- Ward D, Collu M & Sumner J (2020) Analysis of the effect of a series of back twist blade configurations for an active pitch-to-stall floating offshore wind turbine, Journal of Offshore Mechanics and Arctic Engineering, 142 (6) Article No. 062001.
- Chapman N, Gray S, Sumner J & Nicholls J (2020) Surface roughness evolution to identify incubation time for hot corrosion of nickel-base superalloys: CMSX-4, CM247LC DS and IN6203DS at 550 °C, Oxidation of Metals, Available online 24 September 2020 (5-6).
- Ward D, Collu M & Sumner J (2019) Reducing tower fatigue through blade back twist and active pitch-to-stall control strategy for a semi-submersible floating offshore wind turbine, Energies, 12 (10) Article No. 1897.
- Brooking L, Gray S, Dawson K, Nicholls JR, Simms NJ, Sumner J & Tatlock GJ (2019) Analysis of combined static load and low temperature hot corrosion induced cracking in CMSX-4 at 550°C, Corrosion Science, 163 (February) Article No. 108293.
- Bouvet J, Sumner J & Simms NJ (2018) Impacts of temperature and surface finish upon steam oxidation of austenitic steel TP347HFG, Materials at High Temperatures, 35 (1-3) 299-308.
- Chapman N, Brooking L, Sumner J, Gray S & Nicholls J (2018) Corrosion fatigue testing: the combined effect of stress and high temperature corrosion, Materials at High Temperatures, 35 (1-3) 151-158.
- Brooking L, Sumner J, Gray S & Simms N (2018) Stress corrosion of Ni-based superalloys, Materials at High Temperatures, 35 (1-3) 120-129.
- Brooking L, Gray S, Sumner J, Nicholls JR, Marchant G & Simms NJ (2018) Effect of stress state and simultaneous hot corrosion on the crack propagation and fatigue life of single crystal superalloy CMSX-4, International Journal of Fatigue, 116 (November) 106-117.
- Brooking L, Gray S, Sumner J, Nicholls JR & Simms NJ (2018) Interaction of hot corrosion fatigue and load dwell periods on a nickel-base single crystal superalloy, International Journal of Fatigue, 117 (December) 13-20.
- Potter A, Sumner J & Simms NJ (2017) The role of superalloy precipitates on the early stages of oxidation and type II hot corrosion, Materials at High Temperatures, 35 (1-3) 236-242.
- Sumner J, Simms N, Shin A & Pearson J (2017) Kinetics of duplex oxide growth on 9Cr steels exposed in CO2: application of dimensional metrology, Oxidation of Metals, 87 (5) 617-629.
- Wells J, Chapman N, Sumner J & Walker P (2017) The use of APS thermal barrier coatings in corrosive environments, Oxidation of Metals, 88 (1-2) 97-108.
- Sumner J, Potter A, Simms NJ & Oakey JE (2017) Modelling gas turbine materials’ hot corrosion degradation in combustion environments from H2-rich syngas, Materials and Corrosion / Werkstoffe und Korrosion, 68 (2) 205-2014.
- Sumner J, Aksoul Q, Delgado J, Potter A & Gray S (2017) Impact of deposit recoat cycle length on hot corrosion of CMSX-4, Oxidation of Metals, 87 (5) 767-778.
- Sumner J, Simms NJ, Stamm W & Oakey JE (2017) Simulating novel gas turbine conditions for materials assessment: cascade design and operation, Materials Science and Technology, 33 (9) 1090-1099.
- Haight H, Potter A, Sumner J & Gray S (2015) New Technique to Map Hot Corrosion Damage: CMSX-4 Example, Oxidation of Metals, 84 (5-6) 607-619.
- Sumner J, Potter A, Simms N J & Oakey JE (2015) Hot corrosion resistance of gas turbine materials in combusted syngas environments, Materials at High Temperatures, 32 (1-2) 177-187.
- Sumner J, Encinas-Oropesa A, Simms NJ & Nicholls JR (2014) Type II hot corrosion: Behavior of CMSX-4 and IN738LC as a function of corrosion environment, Materials and Corrosion / Werkstoffe und Korrosion, 65 (2) 188-196.
- Seraffon M, Simms NJ, Sumner J & Nicholls JR (2014) Oxidation Behaviour of NiCrAl and NiCoCrAl Bond Coatings Under Industrial Gas Turbine Conditions, Oxidation of Metals, 81 (1-2) 203-215.
- Cruchley S, Sun JF, Taylor MP, Evans HE, Bowen P, Sumner J, Nicholls JR, Simms NJ, Shollock BA, Chater RJ, Foss BJ, Hardy MC & Stekovic S (2014) Cautionary note on use of focused ion beam sectioning as technique for characterising oxidation damage in Ni based superalloys, Materials at High Temperatures, 31 (1) 27-33.
- Sumner J, Encinas-Oropesa A, Simms NJ & Nicholls JR (2013) Type II hot corrosion: Kinetics studies of CMSX-4, Oxidation of Metals, 80 (5-6) 553-563.
- Simms NJ, Sumner J, Hussain T & Oakey JE (2013) Fireside issues in advanced power generation systems, Materials Science and Technology, 29 (7) 804-812.
- Sumner J, Encinas-Oropesa A, Simms NJ & Oakey JE (2013) High temperature oxidation and corrosion of gas turbine materials in burner rig exposures, Materials Science and Technology, 29 (7) 813-821.
- Seraffon M, Simms NJ, Sumner J & Nicholls JR (2011) The development of new bond coat compositions for thermal barrier coating systems operating under industrial gas turbine conditions, Surface and Coatings Technology, 206 (7) 1529-1537.
- Sumner J, Encinas-Oropesa A, Simms NJ & Oakey JE (2011) High temperature oxidation and corrosion of gas turbine component materials in burner rig exposures, Materials at High Temperatures, 28 (4) 369-376.
- Seraffon M, Simms NJ, Nicholls JR, Sumner J & Nunn J (2011) Performance of thermal barrier coatings in industrial gas turbine conditions, Materials at High Temperatures, 28 (4) 309-314.
- Oliver RA, Bennett SE, Sumner J, Kappers MJ & Humphreys CJ (2010) Scanning capacitance microscopy studies of GaN grown by epitaxial layer overgrowth, Journal of Physics: Conference Series, 209 (1) Article No. 012049.
- Das Bakshi S, Sumner J, Kappers MJ & Oliver RA (2009) The influence of coalescence time on unintentional doping in GaN/sapphire, Journal of Crystal Growth, 311 (2) 232-237.
- Oliver RA, Sumner J, Kappers MJ & Humphreys CJ (2009) Morphological changes of InGaN epilayers during annealing assessed by spectral analysis of atomic force microscopy images, Journal of Applied Physics, 106 (5) Article No. 054319.
- Sumner J, Oliver RA, Kappers MJ & Humphreys CJ (2009) Scanning capacitance microscopy studies of unintentional doping in epitaxial lateral overgrowth GaN, Journal of Applied Physics, 106 (10) Article No. 104503.
- Oliver RA, Das Bakshi S, Sumner J & Kappers MJ (2009) Scanning capacitance microscopy as a tool for the assessment of unintentional doping in GaN, Physica Status Solidi (c), 6 (S2) S980-S983.
- Sumner J, Oliver RA, Kappers MJ & Humphreys CJ (2008) Assessment of scanning spreading resistance microscopy for application to n-type GaN, Physica Status Solidi (c), 5 (6) 1652-1654.
- Sumner J, Das Bakshi S, Oliver RA, Kappers MJ & Humphreys CJ (2008) Unintentional doping in GaN assessed by scanning capacitance microscopy, Physica Status Solidi B, 245 (5) 896-898.
- Sumner J, Oliver RA, Kappers MJ & Humphreys CJ (2008) Assessment of the performance of scanning capacitance microscopy for n -type gallium nitride, Journal of Vacuum Science and Technology B Microelectronics and Nanometer Structures, 26 (2) 611-617.
- Oliver RA, Kappers MJ, McAleese C, Datta R, Sumner J & Humphreys CJ (2008) The origin and reduction of dislocations in Gallium Nitride, Journal of Materials Science: Materials in Electronics, 19 (1) 208-214.
- Sumner J, Oliver RA, Kappers MJ & Humphreys CJ (2008) Assessment of the performance of scanning capacitance microscopy for n-type gallium nitride, Journal of Vacuum Science and Technology B Microelectronics and Nanometer Structures, 26 (2) 611-617.
- Sumner J, Oliver RA, Kappers MJ & Humphreys CJ (2007) Practical issues in carrier-contrast imaging of GaN structures, Physica Status Solidi (c), 4 (7) 2576-2580.
- Fraser IS, Oliver RA, Sumner J, McAleese C, Kappers MJ & Humphreys CJ (2007) Compositional contrast in AlxGa1-xN/GaN heterostructures using scanning spreading resistance microscopy, Applied Surface Science, 253 (8) 3937-3944.
- Oliver RA, Kappers MJ, Sumner J, Datta R & Humphreys CJ (2006) Highlighting threading dislocations in MOVPE-grown GaN using an in situ treatment with SiH4 and NH3, Journal of Crystal Growth, 289 (2) 506-514.
- Oliver RA, Kappers MJ, Sumner J, Datta R & Humphreys CJ (2006) SiH4 exposure of GaN surfaces: A useful tool for highlighting dislocations, MRS Online Proceedings Library, 892 631-636.
- Mouganie T, Moram MA, Sumner J, Glowacki BA, Schoofs B, Van Driessche I & Hoste S (2005) Chemical and physical analysis of acetate-oxide sol-gel processing routes for the Y-Ba-Cu-O system, Journal of Sol-Gel Science and Technology, 36 (1) 87-94.
Conference Papers
- Mori S, Sumner J, Pidcock A, Nicholls J & Simms N (2021) Steam Oxidation Responses of Candidate Materials for a Novel Steam Transfer Pipe. In: TESConf 2021: 10th International Conference on Through-life Engineering Services, Virtual Event: Host: University of Twente, 16-17 November 2021.
- Abbas M, Simms N, Syed A, Malik OA & Sumner J (2019) Evaluation of the effects of highly saline and warm seawaters on corrosivity of marine assets. In: EUROCORR 2019, Seville, 9-13 September 2019.
- Simms N, Ekpe B, Riccio C, Mori S, Sumner J & Oakey J (2019) Approaches to modelling fireside corrosion of superheater / reheater tubes in coal and biomass fired combustion power plants. In: EPRI’s 9th International Conference on Advances in Materials Technology for Fossil Power Plants and the 2nd International 123HiMAT Conference on High Temperature Materials, Nagasaki, 21-24 October 2019.
- Simms N, Mori S, Kilgallon P, Sumner J, Pidcock A & Oakey J (2018) Fireside corrosion on superheater / reheater tubes for advanced ultra supercritical power systems. In: International Symposium on High-temperature oxidation and Corrosion, 2018, Matsue, Shimane, 21-26 October 2018.
- Sumner J, Encinas-Oropesa A, Seraffon M, Simms NJ & Nicholls JR (2012) Lifetime prediction for gas turbine materials in power generation. In: International Conference on Sustainable Power Generation and Supply, Hangzhou, 8-9 September 2013.
- Vichitrananda V, Simms N & Sumner J (2012) Subsea processing in remote marginal fields. In: 2012 SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition, San Antonio, 8-10 October 2012.
Books
- Simms NJ & Sumner J (2023) High temperature corrosion. In: Comprehensive Structural Integrity, Elsevier, p. 400-433.
- Sumner J, Oliver RA, Kappers MJ & Humphreys CJ (2008) Calibration and applications of scanning capacitance microscopy: n-type GaN. In: Microscopy of Semiconducting Materials 2007: Proceedings of the 15th Conference, 2–5 April, 2007, Cambridge, UK, Berlin: Springer, p. 463-466.
