Dr Tiziana Marrocco

Senior Knowledge Exchange Fellow

Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

Personal statement

I am AMRL Senior Knowledge Exchange Manager and Strathclyde Advanced Manufacturing & Materials (AMM) Strategic Theme Lead, with responsibilities for leading research and knowledge exchange initiatives and cross-disciplinary collaborations. I am also the Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining (IOM3) Advisory Councillor for Scotland, advising the Institute Executive Board on major strategic decisions and planning. With over 25-year experience in materials science and engineering, and specialised expertise in surface engineering and coating technologies, I have established my reputation in these fields through national and international recognition. I led the installation of the first commercial Cold Spray system in the UK, won the EU Cold Spray Radical Solutions for Aeronautic Improved Repairs (CORSAIR) and managed a project for a major UK aeropsace company on novel coating technologies to replace hexavalent chrome for tribological applications within the REACh regulation. At the AMRL, I provide consultancy to commercial clients across all sectors of engineering and have partnered in multidisciplinary projects (by EPSRC, Scottish Institute of Remanufacturing, Energy Technology Partnership, Innovate UK, Scottish Enterprise). I support NMIS’ Additive Manufacturing Team in their R&D programme, including the delivery of the ReMAKE Glasgow project.

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Prize And Awards

IOM3 Sustainable Futures Awards 2025: Recipient; 11/2025
Scottish Knowledge Exchange Award 2025 - Making an Environmental Difference: Recipient; 19/3/2025
CeeD Industry Awards 2025 - Circular Economy: Recipient; 6/3/2025
Advisory Councillor for Scotland: Recipient; 2024
From Redundancy to Recirculation: Recipient; 2022
Certificate of Merit for Best Paper: Recipient; 2006

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Publications

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Publications

The effect of heat treatment on the microstructure and thermal conductivity of cold-sprayed GR-Cop-42: Griffin C, Hicks C, Marrocco T; International Thermal Spray Conference 2026 International Thermal Spray Conference 2026 (2026); https://doi.org/10.53192/ITSC2026527
The effects of Ni on the microstructure and fracture behaviour of ferritic-pearlitic ductile iron under fatigue: Suleyman Obey, Sillars Fiona, Marrocco Tiziana; Materials Science and Engineering: A Vol 953 (2026); https://doi.org/10.1016/j.msea.2026.149725
Submerged arc welding of S355G10+M steel : analyzing strength, distortion, residual stresses, and fatigue for offshore wind applications: Okenyi Victor, Afazov Shukri, Mansfield Neil, Balakrishnan Jeyaganesh, Kyffin William, Siegkas Petros, Marrocco Tiziana, Bodaghi Mahdi; Fatigue and Fracture of Engineering Materials and Structures Vol 48, pp. 3859-3878 (2025); https://doi.org/10.1111/ffe.70010
Trust in Materials: Marrocco Tiziana, Sillars Fiona, Race Julia; 31 (2023)
The influence of load on dry and tribocorrosive sliding of AISI 4330 and 15-5PH against cast iron: Woodward Ronnie G, Toumpis Athanasios, Galloway Alexander, Sillars Fiona, Marrocco Tiziana, Olasolo Maider, Wallace Andrew; Tribology Transactions Vol 64, pp. 956-967 (2021); https://doi.org/10.1080/10402004.2021.1957522
Novel internal analysis of metal irrigation/aspiration tips could explain mechanisms of posterior capsule rupture: Lockington David, Macente Alice, Marrocco Tiziana, Sillars Fiona; Eye (Basingstoke) Vol 35, pp. 1915-1921 (2021); https://doi.org/10.1038/s41433-020-01181-7

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Research

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Professional Activities

EPSRC Scoping Worskhop (Critical mass): Participant; 30/1/2025
BTG Workshop - Net-Zero: Participant; 18/5/2022
Strath Wide Researcher Conference 2018: Organiser; 6/6/2018

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Projects

Wire Arc Additive Manufacturing for Hydrogen Storage Tanks: Sillars, Fiona (Principal Investigator) Marrocco, Tiziana (Co-investigator); 20-Jan-2025 - 28-Jan-2026
Destructive Testing of 500L Whisky Barrels, £46,100: Sillars, Fiona (Principal Investigator) Marrocco, Tiziana (Principal Investigator) Irvine, Drew (Technician) Gillespie, James (Technician); 14-Jan-2025 - 02-Jan-2025
Wind Turbine Decommissioning: Component Life Extension for Reuse Functionality: Marrocco, Tiziana (Principal Investigator) Sillars, Fiona (Co-investigator); 01-Jan-2025 - 28-Jan-2026
HTS material testing LOT3: Zhang, Min (Principal Investigator) Sillars, Fiona (Co-investigator) Yuan, Weijia (Co-investigator) Shchukin, Aleksandr (Co-investigator) Ertekin, Ercan (Co-investigator) Marrocco, Tiziana (Co-investigator); 01-Jan-2025 - 31-Jan-2028
Magnets Mechanical and Thermal Testing LOT 1: Sillars, Fiona (Principal Investigator) Zhang, Min (Co-investigator) Ertekin, Ercan (Co-investigator) Marrocco, Tiziana (Co-investigator); 01-Jan-2025 - 31-Jan-2028
Permeation of Vintage Pipeline Materials in Hydrogen Environments: Sillars, Fiona (Principal Investigator) Marrocco, Tiziana (Co-investigator) Race, Julia (Co-investigator) Reilly, Anthony (Co-investigator) Suleyman, Obey (Co-investigator); 01-Jan-2025 - 30-Jan-2027