Alan Turnbull (scientist)

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Alan Turnbull
Born (1949-09-04) 4 September 1949 (age 74) [1]
NationalityBritish
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Website npl.co.uk/people/alan-turnbull

Alan Turnbull OBE FRS FREng (born 4 September 1949) is a British corrosion scientist and engineer specialising in the measurement and modelling of environment-assisted cracking and the localised corrosion of metals. [2] He is a Senior NPL Fellow in Electrochemistry at the National Physical Laboratory. [1] [2]

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Education

Turnbull received a Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Strathclyde in 1970. He completed his doctorate in 1974 at the University of Bristol. [1]

Research and career

Turnbull joined the Materials Division of the National Physical Laboratory in 1973, becoming a Fellow in 1989 and a Senior Fellow in 2011. [1] He has developed integrated models for the generation, diffusion and trapping of hydrogen atoms in metals. Hydrogen accumulation modifies the properties of metals and can result in fracture. By controlling this process, engineers can reduce the likelihood of failure and extend the operating lifetime of metal systems used in oil and gas applications, power generation and hydrogen gas transport. [2]

He has authored eight international industry standards. [2]

Awards and honours

Turnbull has received awards from the Institute of Corrosion, the European Federation of Corrosion and NACE International. [1] [2] He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering in 2011 and a Fellow of the Royal Society (FRS) in 2013. [2] [3]

In 2016, he was appointed Order of the British Empire for services to science and industry. [4] [5]

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References

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  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Anon (2013). "Alan Turnbull". London: Royal Society. One or more of the preceding sentences may incorporate text from the royalsociety.org website where "all text published under the heading 'Biography' on Fellow profile pages is available under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License." "Terms, conditions and policies | Royal Society". Archived from the original on 2017-07-10. Retrieved 2017-12-22.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link), "Intellectual property rights"
  3. Anon (2013). "EC/2013/38: Turnbull, Alan". The Royal Society . Retrieved 22 December 2017.
  4. "Alan TURNBULL - Order of the British Empire". The Gazette. 2015-12-31. Retrieved 2017-12-22.
  5. "Alan Turnbull awarded OBE in New Year's Honours : News : News + Events : National Physical Laboratory". National Physical Laboratory. 2016-01-04. Retrieved 2017-12-22.