Hand, Russell J, Professor

Professor Russell J Hand

MA PhD MEd CPhys MInstP CPhys FSGT FHEA

School of Chemical, Materials and Biological Engineering

Professor of Glass Science & Engineering

School Director of Education

r.hand@sheffield.ac.uk
+44 114 222 5465

Sir Robert Hadfield Building

Full contact details

Professor Russell J Hand
School of Chemical, Materials and Biological Engineering
Sir Robert Hadfield Building
Mappin Street
91ֱ��
S1 3JD

Profile: I joined the University of 91ֱ�� in 1989 as the Redland Research Fellow in the then, School of Materials, having previously studied at the University of Cambridge. I was appointed to a Lectureship in 1990 (Senior Lecturer 2001; Reader 2010; Professor 2012) and in 1999 obtained an MEd in Teaching and Learning for University Lecturers.

I am an internationally recognised expert on the mechanical properties of glasses and waste vitrification and have supervised/ co-supervised over 50 successful PhD students. I was a founder member of the ISL at the University of 91ֱ��. I am a Fellow and Past-President of the Society of Glass Technology and am also involved with International Commission on Glass (ICG).

I have held a variety of education related roles at Faculty and Department (now School) level. From 2001 to 2012 I was Sub-Dean for Undergraduate Affairs in the Faculty of Engineering and then Deputy Faculty Director of Learning and Teaching Engineering. From 2013 to 2015 I was course director for the cross-Faculty Aerospace Engineering degrees and between 2014 and 2017, I was Head of the Interdisciplinary Programmes Office, Faculty of Engineering. From 2015 I was Director of Education first in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering and am now in the School of Chemical, Materials and Biological Engineering.

Research interests

My research has two main foci both related to glass and glass based materials.

1) The development and characterisation of glass based treatment options for nuclear wastes to support the clean-up of the nuclear legacy - this includes compositional development and assessment of the chemical durability of the resultant vitreous wasteforms and

2) the mechanical properties of glasses - this includes developing an understanding of how the mechanical properties vary with glass composition with the aim of developing stronger glasses.

Key research interests:

Radioactive waste vitrification
Research is focussed on glass composition development for the immobilisation of "difficult" anionic species and legacy wastes into vitreous wasteforms. His group is currently working on developing novel glasses for the vitrification of Mo containing wastes and understanding the crystallisation of Mo containing phases in current waste glass compositions.

Sensing using reinforcing fibres in polymer matrix composites
Research is focussed on developing novel glasses for reinforcing fibres that can be used for both chemical and damage sensing in polymer matrix composites. This research is being undertaken in collaboration with CSIC.

Durability of nuclear waste glasses
Research is focussed on understanding the effects of high pH environments on the durability of nuclear waste glasses using laboratory-based durability test methods. In addition, he is responsible for the field-based long term glass burial site at Ballidon (a limestone environment), an experiment now in its 44th year, and which involves collaboration with Dr Strachan from Pacific North-West National Laboratory, USA.

Mechanical properties of glasses
Research is focussed on examining the effects of composition on the mechanical properties of silicate glasses. His group has previously demonstrated the important role of MgO in these glasses and we are currently investigating this further. We have also studied the mechanical properties of nuclear borosilicate glasses. His group is also focussing on assessing the changes in near surface mechanical properties of glasses due to hydration by nanoindentation and at the effects of high-temperature mechanical contact on surface damage and thus the practical strength of bulk glass.

Publications

Journal articles
Chapters
Conference proceedings papers
Presentations
Preprints

Journal articles

McKenzie HW & Hand RJ (2024) Basic Optical Stress Measurement in Glass. Physics and Chemistry of Glasses: European Journal of Glass Science and Technology Part B, 65(4), 125-128.
Thorpe CL, Crawford R, Hand RJ, Radford JT, Corkhill CL, Pearce CI, Neeway JJ, Plymale AE, Kruger AA, Morris K , Boothman C et al (2024) . Journal of Hazardous Materials, 462, 132667-132667.
Mansfield JT, Thorpe CL, Corkhill CL, Harrison MT & Hand RJ (2023) . Journal of Non-Crystalline Solids, 608, 122230-122230.
Matthews BE, Neeway JJ, Farias LN, Marcial J, Arey BW, Soltis J, Kovarik L, Zhu Z, Schweiger MJ, Canfield N , Varga T et al (2023) . Microscopy and Microanalysis, 29(1), 50-68.
Marcial J, Cicconi MR, Pearce C, Kloužek J, Neeway J, Pokorný R, Vernerova M, McCloy J, Nienhuis ET, Sjoblom R , Weaver J et al (2022) . Journal of the American Ceramic Society.
Taima MS, El-Sayed TA, Shehab MB, Farghaly SH & Hand RJ (2022) . Journal of Vibration and Control.
Nava-Farias L, Neeway JJ, Schweiger MJ, Marcial J, Canfield NL, Pearce CI, Peeler DK, Vicenzi EP, Kosson DS, Delapp RC , McCloy JS et al (2021) . npj Materials Degradation, 5(1).
Thorpe CL, Neeway JJ, Pearce CI, Hand RJ, Fisher AJ, Walling SA, Hyatt NC, Kruger AA, Schweiger M, Kosson DS , Arendt CL et al (2021) . npj Materials Degradation, 5(1).
Grema LU & Hand RJ (2021) . Journal of Non-Crystalline Solids, 572.
Kilinc E, Bell AMT, Bingham PA & Hand RJ (2021) . Journal of the American Ceramic Society.
Barlow ST, Fisher AJ, Bailey DJ, Blackburn LR, Stennett MC, Hand RJ, Morgan SP, Hyatt NC & Corkhill CL (2021) . Journal of Nuclear Materials.
Fisher AJ, Imran MNB, Mann C, Gausse C, Hand RJ, Hyatt NC & Corkhill CL (2020) . Journal of Nuclear Materials.
Fisher AJ, Harrison MT, Hyatt NC, Hand RJ & Corkhill CL (2020) . MRS Advances, 5(3-4), 103-109.
Backhouse D, Corkhill C, Hyatt N & Hand R (2019) . Journal of Non-Crystalline Solids, 512(1), 41-52.
Kaspar TC, Ryan JV, Pantano CG, Rice J, Trivelpiece C, Hyatt NC, Corkhill CL, Mann C, Hand RJ, Kirkham MA , Crawford CL et al (2019) . npj Materials Degradation, 3(1).
Tan S, Kirk N, Marshall M, McGann O & Hand RJ (2019) . Journal of Nuclear Materials, 515, 392-400.
McCloy JS, Marcial J, Patil D, Saleh M, Ahmadzadeh M, Chen H, Crum JV, Riley BJ, Kamat H, Bréhault A , Goel A et al (2019) . MRS Advances, 4(17-18), 1029-1043.
Fisher AJ, Hyatt NC, Hand RJ & Corkhill CL (2019) . MRS Advances, 4(17-18), 993-999.
Backhourse DJ, Fisher AJ, Neeway JJ, Corkhill CL, Hyatt NC & Hand RJ (2018) . npj Materials Degradation, 2.
Heath PG, Corkhill CL, Stennett MC, Hand RJ, Whales KM & Hyatt NC (2018) . Journal of Nuclear Materials, 508, 203-211.
Hand RJ & Tan S (2018) . Journal of Nuclear Materials, 507, 135-144.
Corkhill CL, Fisher AJ, Strachan DM, Hand RJ & Hyatt NC (2018) . Mineralogical Magazine, 82(4), 939-942.
Ahmad SQS & Hand RJ (2017) . Glass Technology: European Journal of Glass Science and Technology Part A, 58(5), 156-158.
Hyatt NC, Corkhill CL, Bailey DJ, Fisher AJ & Hand RJ (2017) . Materials Chemistry and Physics, 192, 29-32.
Ahmad SQS, Wieckert C & Hand RJ (2017) . Glass Technology: European Journal of Glass Science and Technology Part A, 58(2), 41-48.
Thorpe CL, Hand RJ, Hyatt NC, Kruger AA, Kosson DS, Schweiger MJ, Riley BJ & Corkhill CL (2017) . MRS Advances.
Cassingham NJ, Corkhill CL, Stennett MC, Hand RJ & Hyatt NC (2016) . Journal of Nuclear Materials, 479, 639-646.
Tan S & Hand RJ (2016) . Materials China, 35(7), 496-503.
Lloyd JW, Stennett MC & Hand RJ (2016) . Journal of Nuclear Materials, 469, 51-56.
Kilinc E & Hand RJ (2015) . Journal of Non-Crystalline Solids, 429, 190-197.
Cassingham N, Corkhill CL, Backhouse DJ, Hand RJ, Ryan JV, Vienna JD & Hyatt NC (2015) . Mineralogical Magazine, 79(6), 1529-1542.
Zhang H, Corkhill CL, Heath PG, Hand RJ, Stennett MC & Hyatt NC (2015) . Journal of Nuclear Materials, 462, 321-328.
Mohammed Sabri M, Hand RJ & Möbus G (2015) . Journal of Materials Research, 30(12), 1914-1924.
Tan S, Ojovan MI, Hyatt NC & Hand RJ (2015) . Journal of Nuclear Materials, 458, 335-342.
Zhang H, Hyatt NC, Stevens JR & Hand R (2015) . Yuanzineng Kexue Jishu/Atomic Energy Science and Technology, 49(7), 1159-1164.
Shamsudin Z, Hodzic A, Soutis C, Hand RJ, Bond IP, Howard PJ & Szkoda I (2015) . Advanced Manufacturing: Polymer & Composites Science, 1(2), 120-127.
Gashier W, Miura T, Hashimoto K, Hand RJ & Kinoshita H (2014) . Advances in Applied Ceramics, 113(8), 447-452.
Ahmad SQS, Hand RJ & Wieckert C (2014) . Solar Energy, 109, 174-182.
Bingham PA, Hannant OM, Reeves-Mclaren N, Stennett MC & Hand RJ (2014) . Journal of Non-Crystalline Solids, 387, 47-56.
Mayzan MZH, Stennett MC, Hyatt NC & Hand RJ (2014) . Journal of Nuclear Materials, 454(1-3), 343-351.
Hyatt NC, Schwarz RR, Bingham PA, Stennett MC, Corkhill CL, Heath PG, Hand RJ, James M, Pearson A & Morgan S (2014) . Journal of Nuclear Materials, 444(1-3), 186-199.
Bingham PA, Hyatt NC, Hand RJ & Forder SD (2013) Vitrification of UK intermediate level radioactive wastes arising from site decommissioning. Initial laboratory trials. GLASS TECHNOLOGY-EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF GLASS SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY PART A, 54(1), 1-19.
Rodriguez JAG & Hand RJ (2013) Evolution of the modulus and hardness of the tin and air sides of float glass as a function of hydration time. GLASS TECHNOLOGY-EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF GLASS SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY PART A, 54(1), 36-41.
McGann OJ, Gandy AS, Bingham PA, Hand RJ & Hyatt NC (2013) . Materials Research Society Symposium Proceedings, 1518, 41-46.
Heath PG, Stennett MC, McGann OJ, Hand RJ & Hyatt NC (2013) . Materials Research Society Symposium Proceedings, 1518, 3-8.
Utton CA, Hand RJ, Hyatt NC, Swanton SW & Williams SJ (2013) . Journal of Nuclear Materials, 442(1-3), 33-45.
Connelly AJ, Hyatt NC, Travis KP, Hand RJ, Stennett MC, Gandy AS, Brown AP & Apperley DC (2013) . Journal of Non-Crystalline Solids, 378, 282-289.
Heath PG, Corkhill CL, Stennett MC, Hand RJ, Hyatt NC & Meyer WCHM (2013) . Journal of Nuclear Materials.
Utton CA, Hand RJ, Bingham PA, Hyatt NC, Swanton SW & Williams SJ (2013) . Journal of Nuclear Materials, 435(1-3), 112-122.
Utton CA, Swanton SW, Schofield J, Hand RJ, Clacher A & Hyatt NC (2012) . Mineralogical Magazine, 76(8), 2919-2930.
Swait TJ, Rauf A, Grainger R, Bailey PBS, Lafferty AD, Fleet EJ, Hand RJ & Hayes SA (2012) . PLASTICS RUBBER AND COMPOSITES, 41(4-5), 215-224.
Bingham PA, Hyatt NC & Hand RJ (2012) Vitrification of UK intermediate level radioactive wastes arising from site decommissioning: Property modelling and selection of candidate host glass compositions. Glass Technology: European Journal of Glass Science and Technology Part A, 53(3), 83-100.
McGann OJ, Bingham PA, Hand RJ, Gandy AS, Kavčič M, Žitnik M, Bučar K, Edge R & Hyatt NC (2012) . Journal of Nuclear Materials, 429(1-3), 353-367.
McGann OJ, Bingham PA, Hand RJ, Gandy AS, Kavčič M, Žitnik M, Bučar K, Edge R & Hyatt NC (2012) The effects of γ-radiation on model vitreous wasteforms intended for the disposal of intermediate and high level radioactive wastes in the United Kingdom. Journal of Nuclear Materials.
El-Sayed T & Hand RJ (2012) . Ceramics International, 38(3), 2543-2549.
Rauf A, Hand RJ & Hayes SA (2012) . Smart Materials and Structures, 21(4).
Riley BJ, Hrma PR, Vienna JD, Schweiger MJ, Rodriguez CP, Crum JV, Lang JB, Marra JC, Johnson FC, Peeler DK , Leonelli C et al (2011) . INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF APPLIED GLASS SCIENCE, 2(4), 321-333.
Bingham PA, Connelly AJ, Hyatt NC & Hand RJ (2011) . INT MATER REV, 56(4), 226-242.
Connelly AJ, Hyatt NC, Travis KP, Hand RJ & Maddrell ER (2011) Predicting the preference for charge compensation in silicate glasses. PHYS CHEM GLASSES-B, 52(2), 64-67.
Connelly AJ, Travis KP, Hand RJ, Hyatt NC & Maddrell E (2011) . Journal of the American Ceramic Society, 94(1), 151-159.
El-Sayed T & Hand RJ (2011) . Journal of the European Ceramic Society, 31(15), 2783-2791.
Hodzic A, Shamsudin Z, Hayes SA, Hand RJ, Bond IP & Soutis C (2011) . Journal of Materials Science.
Connelly AJ, Hand RJ, Bingham PA & Hyatt NC (2011) . Journal of Nuclear Materials, 408(2), 188-193.
Connelly AJ, Travis KP, Hand RJ, Hyatt NC & Maddrell E (2011) Composition-structure relationships in simplified nuclear waste glasses: 2. the effect of ZrO2 additions. Journal of the American Ceramic Society, 94(1), 78-85.
Connelly AJ, Hyatt NC, Travis KP, Hand RJ, Maddrell ER & Short RJ (2011) . Journal of Non-Crystalline Solids, 357(7), 1647-1656.
Bingham PA, Connelly AJ, Hand RJ & Hyatt NC (2010) Vitrification of legacy and intermediate level radioactive wastes: Opportunities and challenges. Nuclear Future, 6(5), 250-254.
Tadjiev DR, Hand RJ & Zeng P (2010) . MATER LETT, 64(9), 1041-1044.
Bingham PA, Connelly AJ, Hand RJ, Hyatt NC, Northrup PA, Mori RA, Glatzel P, Kavcic M, Zitnik M, Bucar K & Edge R (2010) A multi-spectroscopic investigation of sulphur speciation in silicate glasses and slags. GLASS TECHNOL-PART A, 51(2), 63-80.
Yang G, Cook S, Hand RJ & Mobus G (2010) . J EUR CERAM SOC, 30(4), 831-838.
Tadjiev DR & Hand RJ (2010) . J NON-CRYST SOLIDS, 356(2), 102-108.
Hand RJ & Tadjiev DR (2010) . Journal of Non-Crystalline Solids, 356(44-49), 2417-2423.
Forder SD, Hannant OM, Bingham PA & Hand RJ (2010) . Journal of Physics: Conference Series, 217(1).
Ghosh SB, Jones FR & Hand RJ (2010) A novel indentation based method to determine the threshold stress intensity factor for sub-critical crack growth in glass. Glass Technology: European Journal of Glass Science and Technology Part A, 51(4), 156-160.
Tadjiev DR, Hand RJ & Hayes SA (2010) . PHILOS MAG, 90(13), 1819-1832.
Ghosh SB, Bhowmik D, Hand RJ & Jones FR (2010) . J ENG MATER-T ASME, 132(1).
Bingham PA, Hand RJ, Hannant OM, Forder SD & Kilcoyne SH (2009) . J NON-CRYST SOLIDS, 355(28-30), 1526-1538.
Plummer JD, Figueroa IA, Hand RJ, Davies HA & Todd I (2009) . J NON-CRYST SOLIDS, 355(6), 335-339.
Schofield JM, Bingham PA & Hand RJ (2009) . Ceramic Transactions, 207, 69-80.
Hannant OM, Forder SD, Bingham PA & Hand RJ (2009) . Hyperfine Interactions, 192(1-3), 37-42.

Chapters

Hand RJ (2022) , Advanced Structured Materials (pp. 243-263). Springer Nature Singapore
Hand RJ (2021) (pp. 379-390). Wiley
Hand RJ (2021) , Reference Module in Materials Science and Materials Engineering Elsevier
Hand RJ (2021) , Encyclopedia of Materials: Technical Ceramics and Glasses: Volume 1-3 (pp. V2-483-V2-495).
Hannant OM, Forder SD, Bingham PA & Hand RJ (2009) , ISIAME 2008 (pp. 539-544). Springer Berlin Heidelberg

Conference proceedings papers

Hyatt NC, Corkhill CL, Stennett MC, Hand RJ, Gardner LJ & Thorpe CL (2020) . IOP Conference Series: Materials Science and Engineering, Vol. 818. Manchester, UK, 4 February 2020 - 5 February 2020.
Hyatt N (2018) Evaluation of Novel Leaching Assessment for Nuclear Waste Glasses. Proceedings of Waste Management 2018
Mann C, Thorpe C, Milodowski AE, Field LP, Shaw RP, Boast L, Hand R, Hyatt NC, Provis JL & Corkhill CL (2017) . MRS Advances, Vol. 2(12) (pp 669-674)
Wilson PR, Hayes SA & Hand RJ (2015) Practical demonstration of fibre evanescent wave spectroscopy for cure monitoring of epoxy resins using novel h-glass fibres. ICCM International Conferences on Composite Materials, Vol. 2015-July
Tan S, Ojovan MI, Hyatt NC & Hand RJ (2015) . MRS Proceedings, Vol. 1744 (pp 67-72)
Wilson PR, Hayes SA & Hand RJ (2013) Structural glass fibres for optical damage, cure and moisture ingress sensing in advanced reinforced polymer composites. ICCM International Conferences on Composite Materials, Vol. 2013-July (pp 4052-4060)
Yang G, Mobus G, Bingham PA & Hand RJ (2009) Electron beam induced structure changes in borosilicate and borophosphate glasses: a comparison by energy loss spectroscopy. PHYSICS AND CHEMISTRY OF GLASSES-EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF GLASS SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY PART B, Vol. 50(6) (pp 378-383)
Bingham PA, Connelly AJ, Hand RJ, Hyatt NC & Northrup PA (2009) Incorporation and speciation of sulphur in glasses for waste immobilisation. GLASS TECHNOLOGY-EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF GLASS SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY PART A, Vol. 50(3) (pp 135-138)
Hannant OM, Forder SD, Bingham PA & Hand RJ (2009) Structural studies of iron in vitrified toxic wastes. ISIAME 2008 (pp 539-544)
Bingham PA, Hyatt NC, Hand RJ & Wilding CR (2009) Glass Development for Vitrification of Wet Intermediate Level Waste (WILW) From Decommissioning of the Hinkley Point 'A' Site. SCIENTIFIC BASIS FOR NUCLEAR WASTE MANAGEMENT XXXII, Vol. 1124 (pp 161-166)
Bailey PBS, Hayes SA, Hand RJ & Zhang B (2009) Chemical Monitoring of Composite Matrices by Evanescent Wave Spectroscopy. EMBODING INTELLIGENCE IN STRUCTURES AND INTEGRATED SYSTEMS, Vol. 56 (pp 297-302)

Presentations

Sabri MM, Hand RJ & Möbus G . The Octagon Centre, University of 91ֱ��.

Preprints

Thorpe C, Ravikumar R, Corkhill C, Walling S, Neeway J, Pearce C, Kruger A, Kosson D, Marcial J & Hand R (2024) , Springer Science and Business Media LLC.
Thorpe C, Fisher A, Manifold G, Creasey-Gray S, Jackson C, Stone J, Corkhill C, Boothman C, Lloyd J & Hand R (2024) , Research Square Platform LLC.

Teaching activities

Introduction to the mechanical properties of materials
Fracture mechanics
Glasses
Inorganic Materials ITP
Industrial Management/ Materials lifecycle

Professional activities and memberships

Fellow and former President of the Society of Glass Technology (FSGT)
Member of the Institute of Physics (MInstP, CEng)
Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (FHEA)
Secretary to the Coordinating Technical Committee of the International Commission on Glass