Dr Sophie McNair
Teaching Associate
Design, Manufacturing and Engineering Management
Personal statement
Sophie is a Teaching Associate within the Department of Design, Manufacturing and Engineering Management at the University of Strathclyde, Glasgow.
Sophie completed a BEng in Mechanical Engineering at the University of Strathclyde, then an MSc (Res) in Advanced Manufacturing Technologies at the University of Sheffield. Sophie then undertook her PhD at the University of Bath, after being awarded an EPSRC grant to study the advanced material characterisation of small-diameter, thin-walled metallic pipes and their permanent connections.
Sophie’s research interests include; Material Characterisation, particularly microscale mechanical characterisation of materials. Manufacturing, particularly residual stress formation during manufacturing processes. Joining Techniques, including design and optimisation of joining parameters. Learning and Teaching within engineering education.
Publications
- Accelerated testing of soft soldered, small-diameter, thin-walled CuNi pipes subjected to cyclic internal pressure loading
- McNair Sophie AM, Cichy Kamil, Daguin Jerome, Onnela Antti, Lunt Alexander JG
- Journal of Materials Research and Technology Vol 28, pp. 512-521 (2024)
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jmrt.2023.12.008
- Synchrotron micro-CT in kink-band formation of UD-CFRP laminates with microdefects
- Srisuriyachot Jiraphant, Bénézech Jean, Couégnat Guillaume, McNair Sophie AM, Maierhofer Thomas, Butler Richard, Lunt Alexander JG
- Composites Part B: Engineering Vol 266 (2023)
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compositesb.2023.111038
- How do engineers do that?—An interactive introduction to the engineering design process for secondary age school pupils
- McNair Sophie A M, Hayward Samantha J
- Physics Education Vol 58 (2023)
- https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-6552/accef3
- Characterisation of residual stresses and oxides in titanium, nickel, and aluminium alloy additive manufacturing powders via synchrotron X-ray diffraction
- Valentine Max DA, Dhokia Vimal, Flynn Joseph, McNair Sophie AM, Lunt Alexander JG
- Materials Today Communications Vol 35 (2023)
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mtcomm.2023.105900
- The effect of porosity on strain evolution and failure of soldered, small-diameter, thin-walled metallic pipes
- McNair Sophie AM, Srisuriyachot Jiraphant, Omole Samuel, Connolley Thomas, Rhead Andrew, Lunt Alexander JG
- Journal of Materials Research and Technology Vol 22, pp. 2409-2424 (2023)
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jmrt.2022.12.088
- Carbon fibre lattice strain mapping via microfocus synchrotron X-ray diffraction of a reinforced composite
- Srisuriyachot Jiraphant, McNair Sophie AM, Chen Yang, Barthelay Thomas, Gray Rob, Bénézech Jean, Dolbnya Igor P, Butler Richard, Lunt Alexander JG
- Carbon Vol 200, pp. 347-360 (2022)
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.carbon.2022.08.041
Contact
Dr
Sophie
McNair
Teaching Associate
Design, Manufacturing and Engineering Management
Email: sophie.mcnair@strath.ac.uk
Tel: 548 2424