Postgraduate supervision
Howard welcomes applications in the areas of laser-material interactions and optical physics.
Completed PhDs
- Dr Matthew Leach, Radio frequency excited carbon dioxide laser processing of carbon fibre reinforced composites : experimental and theoretical analyses of the fume content and expansion dynamics (2014)
- Dr Bibi Safia Haq, Laser structuring of materials for biomedical applications (2012)
- Dr Abigail Marchant, Experimental and theoretical studies of surface and volume changes in dielectrics induced by long-pulse RF CO2 laser irradiation (2012)
- Dr Robin Scott, Development of environmental water monitors based on hydrostatic and flourescence detection techniques (2009)
- Dr David Whitehead, Pulsed laser interactions with protective polymer coatings of optical fibres (2005)
Current PhD supervisions
- Jack Eden, Laser interactions with thin films for flexible electronics
- Alexandra Bridgwater, Analysis of fume from laser interactions with printed thin films