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John Cowpe
Dr John Cowpe
postal addressWilliamson Building Room 1.61, Oxford Road, University of Manchester, M13 9PL.
email addressj.s.cowpe@salford.ac.uk
telephone0161 275 3941
website addresshttp://www.seaes.manchester.ac.uk/aboutus/staff/staffprofile.php?id=261
Key Memberships
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Member of School: School of Computing, Science & Engineering
From May 2009 to present.
Full Member of Research Centre: Materials & Physics Research Centre
From October 2009 to August 2010.
Key Projects
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2009
Nov
Conversion of Existing Natural Gas Delivery Pipelines to Accommodate Hydrogen Gas by Pulsed Laser Deposition of Alumina Coatings In-Situ
Joule Centre (University of Manchester), £41,501.00.
Principal Investigator: R Pilkington (80%). Co-Investigators: K Ross (10%), J Cowpe (10%).
Key Publications
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Refereed Journal Articles
2010
Jun
Jalloul ben ahmed & Cowpe, J 2010, 'Experimental and theoretical investigation of a self-absorbed spectral line emitted from laser-induced plasmas', Applied Optics.abstract
2008
Jan
Cowpe, J & Astin, S & Pilkington, R & Hill, A E 2008, 'Temporally resolved laser induced plasma diagnostics of single crystal silicon ¿ Effects of ambient pressure', Spectrochimica Acta Part B, 63, pp.1066-1071.abstract
2008
Jan
Cowpe, J & Pilkington, R 2008, 'Swagelok Ultra-Torr based feed-through design for coupling optical fibre bundles into vacuum systems', Vacuum, 82, pp.1341-1343.abstract
Papers in Published Conference Proceedings
2006
Jan
Astin, S & Cowpe, J & Hisek, J & Hill, A E & Lucas, N & Pilkington, R 2006, A comparative study of laser induced breakdown spectroscopy and secondary ion mass spectrometry applied to dc magnetron sputtered as-grown copper indium diselenide (CIS) , in: 'Photon '06', Photon '06, Manchester, UK.abstract
Poster Presentations
2010
Feb
Cowpe, J & Pilkington, R & Hill, A E 2010, 'Ten Years of the University of Salford Vacuum Engineering and Applications MSc', Exhibited at: 1st Vacuum Symposium UK and 9th RGA Users Meeting, Daresbury, UK, From 10/02/2010 To 11/02/2010.abstract
2007
Sep
Cowpe, J & Pilkington, R & Astin, S & Hill, A E 2007, 'Temporally resolved laser induced plasma diagnostics of single crystal silicon - effects of ambient pressure.', Exhibited at: EMSLIBS 2007, Paris, France, From 10/09/2007 To 13/09/2007.abstract
2006
Sep
Cowpe, J & Astin, S & Pilkington, R & Hill, A E 2006, Application of Response Surface Methodology to Laser-Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy: Influences of Hardware Configuration, Exhibited at: LIBS '06, Montreal, Canada, From 05/09/2006 To 08/09/2006.abstract
2006
Sep
Cowpe, J & Astin, S & Pilkington, R & Hill, A E & Longson, M & Robinson, T 2006, 'Analysis of Laser Ablation Plumes by Laser-Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy and Quadrupole MS: a Comparative Study', Exhibited at: LIBS '06, Montreal, Canada, From 05/09/2006 To 08/09/2006.abstract
Thesis
2009
Jan
Cowpe, J 2009, Optical Emission and Mass Spectrometric Diagnostics of Laser-Induced Plasmas, PhD Thesis, University of Salford, Salford, UK.abstract
Key Presence
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Internal University Support Received
2009
Dec
Research Bidding Support Fund 2009/10 (December 2009).

£1,500 bid preparation support fund for the proposal:

Expansion of the University of Salford Laser Facility Incorporating an Inter-Disciplinary Research Network Hub

Anticipated bid: £ 1,750,... more >>.

2009
Dec
Research Bidding Support Fund 2009/10 (December 2009).

 £1,200 bid preparation support fund for the proposal:

Details witheld- Patent pending

Anticipated bid: £ 250,000

 

Memberships of External Bodies
2009
Mar
Full Member of Institute Of Physics (United Kingdom, March 2009).
Other
2009
Apr
Reviewer of EPSRC grant proposals (United Kingdom, April 2009).
2009
Jan
Referee for Spectrochimica Acta Part B (January 2009).