Citation | Dr. Stowell has made important contributions to the study of epitaxy, and the growth of thin films, both by experimental observations by electron microscopy and diffraction and by theoretical interpretation of the kinetics of the nucleation of thin surface films. He has also applied electron microscopy to a number of other metallurgical studies, including the deformation of ordered alloys, rapidly quenched aluminium alloys, graphite nodule nucleation in cast irons and superplastic aluminium alloys. He was responsible for suggesting and carrying out the initial work on the development of a commercial superplastic aluminium alloy, which was marketed under the trade name Supral. He played a major role in the development programme, which resulted in the setting up of a new company to manufacture engineering components from Supral and in the gaining of a Queen's Award for Industry for TI in 1981. During the last five years he has led a team of metallurgists tackling a range of industrial problems. He has succeeded well in this task, being a co-inventor of eight granted patents, whilst also contributing strongly to basic metallurgical research and maintaining a steady flow of good quality scientific publications. |