Dr Stephen Tinston

Senior Lecturer and Programme Leader in Mechanical Engineering

• Newton Building Room UG13
• T: +44 (0)161 295 4677
• E: s.f.tinston@salford.ac.uk
• SEEK: Research profile

As per published timetable

PhD by Thesis awarded 1988. Appointed Research Assistant Salford University 1986; Lecturer 1988; Programme Leader for Mechanical Engineering 2004

1989/97 Engineering Mechanics - solid mechanics, Dynamics 

Materials Sci., Elec. and Elect. Eng.

1989/94 Second year - information engineering laboratories

1992/ Set up Student Enterprise in Design

1994/ General Science/ Engineering mechanics

1997/ First year mathematics tutorials

1997/ All Levels Solid/Structural Mechanics

1998/ Product Engineering

1998/ Aircraft Structures(Engineering Structures)

1999/ Group Design

1990/91 `Multi-layered pyrotechnic coatings by ion plating': applicant to MOD  sponsored contract, RA supervisor

1990/92 `Mechanical and tribological properties of multi-layered ceramic coatings',  Turkish Government sponsored, RA joint supervisor

1991/93 `Multi-layered pyrotechnic coatings by unbalanced magnetron  sputtering', Applicant and supervisor, MOD sponsored contract

1991/3 `Hard wear resistant coatings by unbalanced magnetron sputtering',  Supervisor to part-time PhD student, Blida University, Algeria

1992/93 `Hard diamond like coatings by physical vapour deposition' Supervisor to part-time PhD student, Blida University, Algeria

1992/4 Teaching Co. with Pioneer Weston, Salford, TCA Supervisor  

1993-2003 to date Pyrotechnic/pyrophoric coatings by UBMS, MOD sponsored contract

1994/7 TCA supervisor, Astral Finishes Ltd, Deeside

1987- Supervisor to several PhD/MSc students

Warwick University, July 1990/3 - invited lecturer on `Surface coating Techniques'

1994 - BNFL, Springfield, invited lecturer 'Novel materials by Unbalanced Sputter Ion Plating and their applications'

2000 – Appointed External Examiner John Moores University Liverpool

`A comparison of ion plated and ion assisted coating of aluminium' Vacuum V38  No 8-10 1988

 `Microstructure of ion plated titanium and lead oxide coatings for pyrotechnic  applications' 14th Int Pyrotechnic Seminar Jersey 1989

`Multi-layered coatings by ion plating for pyrotechnic applications' ICMC-17  San  Diego, 1990

`Geometrical effects in vapour deposition' ICMC San Diego, 1990

`Physical vapour deposition of Mg and Ti onto the internal surfaces of hemispheres'  ICMC San Diego 1990

`Tin oxide coating of aluminous porcelain by reactive ion plating' J. Dent.  19:171-175, 1991

`Evaluation of a potential dental application of vapour deposition' J. Dent. 1992

'The deposition and analysis of pyrotechnic devices deposited by magnetron sputtering', 3rd Int. Conf. on Plasma Surface Engineering, Garmisch.Oct92

'Pyrotechnic devices by unbalanced magnetron sputtering' to be published in Vacuum

'Novel high burning rate titanium/carbon pyrotechnic coatings', Proc. 19^th IPS, Christchurch, Feb.'94

'Novel materials by UBMS', Proc. 19^th IPS, Christchurch, Feb. 1994

'Comparison of output for theoretical, conventional and novel pyrotechnic mixtures' presented at 22^nd IPS, Monterey, July '98

‘Application of Vapour Deposition to the Manufacture of Pyrotechnics’ 27^th IPS, Colorado, 2000