Live from the Advanced Engineering Show 2024 at the NEC

Goodfellow podcast team at the AES
4. November 2024
Live from the Advanced Engineering Show 2024 at the NEC

This episode of the Goodfellow Innovation Discussed podcast was recorded in front of a live audience during the 2024 Advanced Engineering Show at the NEC. Hosted by Mark Daniels, Marketing Communications Manager at Goodfellow, and co-host Adam Sells, who is responsible for distributors worldwide, they took questions from the audience for Dr. Aphrodite Tomou, who usually co-hosts but was unable to attend. Dr. Tomou will answer these questions in a follow-up episode.

Episode Summary

The hosts focused on innovative materials and sustainable engineering solutions, including:

  • High entropy alloys: These are alloys made up of five or more elements in roughly equal amounts, offering potential benefits in high-temperature applications such as aerospace.
  • Nanostructured high entropy alloys: A specific alloy developed using laser powder bed fusion, resulting in a unique microstructure with isotropic properties. This makes them potentially beneficial for additive manufacturing.
  • Graphene-infused concrete: This material offers improved strength, durability, and water resistance, while also being more sustainable.
  • Tiny flexible nano-sized ribbons: Made from recycled plastic and peptides, these nanomaterials have potential applications in energy storage.
  • Bioplastics with faster degradation rates in seawater: A new type of bioplastic, cellulose diacetate foam, that can degrade in anaerobic conditions, addressing concerns about plastic pollution in the oceans.

Audience Q&A

The live session concluded with a Q&A session where the hosts answered questions from the live audience. The questions touch upon:

  • The sustainability and resource efficiency of high entropy alloys.
  • Goodfellow's efforts in material recycling.
  • The factors determining the number of components in a high entropy alloy and the use of machine learning in alloy design.
  • The future applications of graphene, particularly in water filtration.

Acknowledging the complexity of some questions, Mark and Adam promise to address them in more detail in a follow-up episode with Dr. Aphrodite Tomou. This follow-up episode will be released on 8 November.

You can get involved with the conversation on social media, or email marketing@goodfellow.com with any questions or topics you have for the next podcast episode.

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