Steve Bull: Invited, Keynote and Plenary Talks
1990
[1] Hard Coating Processes, at 17th International Conference on Metallurgical Coatings, San Diego, California, April 2-6, 1990.
[2] Hard Coatings, at Materials Research Society Spring Meeting, San Francisco, April 16-20, 1990.
1991
[3] Tribology of Thin Films, at 18th International Conference on Metallurgical Coatings and Thin Films, San Diego, California, April 22-26, 1991.
[4] Correlation of Microstructure and Properties of Hard Coatings, at Third European Vacuum Conference, Vienna, September 23-27, 1991.
[5] Diamond for Wear and Corrosion Applications, at BRITE/EURAM Workshop on "European Diamond Technology for the 90s", Brussels, 2-3 December 1991
1992
[6] X-ray diffraction studies of microstructure/property relationships in PVD thin films, at 19th International Conference on Metallurgical Coatings and Thin Films, San Diego, California, April 6-10, 1992.
[7] Interfaces and Adhesion, at Eurocourse Advanced Techniques for Surface Engineering, JRC Ispra, November 10-13, 1992.
1993
[8] Advanced Coatings and Surface Treatments for Polymers and Polymer Composites, at 14th International SAMPE conference, Birmingham, October 19-21, 1993.
1994
[9] Scratch testing and its significance for coating performance, at 2nd Australian Int. Conf. on Surface Engineering, Adelaide, March 7-10, 1994.
[10] Tribology of carbon; DLC, diamond and beyond, at Diamond 1994, Il Ciocco, Italy, September 19-23, 1994.
1995
[11] A critical evaluation of mechanical test methods for coatings, thin films and ion implanted surfaces, S.J. Bull, A. Matthews, T.F. Page and J.
Nicholls, Proc. SMMIB‘95, San Sebastian, September 4-8, 1995.
1997
[12] Micro and nanoindentation testing of coated systems, S.J. Bull, at workshop on “Mechanical Behaviour of PVD coated Materials,” Holzhau, October 13-17, 1997.
1999
[13] Can the scratch test ever be quantitative?, S.J. Bull, at 2nd Int. Symp. on Adhesion Measurement of Thin Films and Coatings, Newark, NJ, October 25-27, 1999.
2000
[14] Interface engineering and graded films; structure and characterisation, S.J. Bull, 47th American Vacuum Society meeting, Boston, October 2-6, 2000.
[15] Extracting hardness from load-displacement curves, S.J. Bull, at European symposium on nanomechanical testing, Hückelhoven, Germany, November 7-11, 2000.
2001
[16] The relationship between successful preparation and characterisation of surfaces and coatings, S.J. Bull, Plenary lecture at the 7th European Vacuum Conference, (Madrid, September 2001)
[17] Application of Nanoindentation to industrial problems: capabilities, advantages and cautionary tales, S.J. Bull, at indentation and scratch science meeting, (Mol, Belgium, November 2001).
2002
[18] Modelling the mechanical and tribological properties of coatings and surface treatments, S.J. Bull, MRS Fall Meeting, Boston, December 1-5, 2002.
2003
[19] Nanoindentation of ceramics, S.J. Bull at IOP one day meeting on Ceramics (February 2003)
2004
[20] Mapping the nanoindentation of multilayered coatings, S.J. Bull at IOP meeting on Mapping Tribology (March 2004)
[21] Why do coatings work? Or Why they don’t?, S.J. Bull, at Gordon Research Conference in Tribology (Holderness School, Rhode Island, June 2004)
[24] Nanostructured Materials and Surfaces; Properties, Performance and Potential Applications, S.J. Bull, at Nanofair, St Gallen (14-16 September 2004)
2005
[25] Using indentation to investigate erosion damage in bulk materials and coatings, S.J. Bull, at ASTM special meeting on Tribology (April 2005)
[26] Surface Engineering on the Edge: Making and Breaking Tribological Coatings and Surface Treatments, Steve Bull, Invited Plenary at Wear of Materials (April 2005)
[27] Application of Nanoindentation to industrial problems: capabilities, advantages and cautionary tales, S.J. Bull, at Nanomex, Ensenada, Mexico (April 2005)
[28] Analysis of Aluminium Weld Unzipping, S.J. Bull at Aljoin Plus Crashworthiness conference (York, September 2005)
[29] Nanostructured Materials and Surfaces; Properties, Performance and Potential Applications, S.J. Bull, at UK/Japan meeting on Nanotechnology, Hokkaido University (October 2005)
2006
[30] Indentation fracture and toughness assessment for thin optical coatings on glass, S.J. Bull and J. Chen, 25th Anniversary of the Tribology Group, IOP, London (December 2005).
[31] Mechanical Properties From Indentation Measurements at High Resolution: Thin Coatings, Glue Lines and Fine-Grained Phase Mixtures, S.J. Bull, Indentation testing, IOP Tribology group one day meeting, NPL, Teddington, May 2006.
[32] Modelling the mechanical properties of thin film, S.J. Bull, IOP Plasmas and thin films annual meeting, IOP, London (June 2006)
[33] Measurement of mechanical properties of thin films and nanostructured materials at high spatial resolution, S. J. Bull at Thermec 2006 (Vancouver, July 2006)
[34] Adhesion of ceramic coatings, S.J. Bull and J. Chen, at CIMTEC 2006 (Sicily, June 2006)
2007
[35] Loading rate effects on the fracture behaviour of solar control coatings during nanoindentation, S.J. Bull and J. Chen, at ICMCTF, San Diego (April 2007)
[36] Mechanical properties of very thin films and nanostructured materials at high spatial resolution, S.J. Bull, at Nanohard 2007 (Velingrad, Bulgaria, May 2007)
[37] Surface Optimisation Using Nanoindentation and Surface Analysis Techniques, S.J. Bull, at IMechE meeting, Surface Analysis for Engineers (20 June 2007)
[38] Modelling the limits of coating toughness, J. Chen and S.J. Bull, at MP3 meeting on fracture of coatings (Beijing, September 2007)
[39] Indentation fracture, acoustic emission and modelling of the fracture response of thin ceramic coatings, S.J. Bull, and J. Chen, at Hysitron users meeting (Munich, October 2007).
[40] Tribology of very thin coatings, S.J. Bull, TSSEA meeting on Surface Engineering Solutions, Loughborough, 31 October 2007.
2008
[41] Mechanics of very thin coatings, S.J. Bull, Physics of Advanced Materials Winter School (Thessaloniki, January 2008).
[42] Nanomechanics of coatings for electronic and optics applications, S.J. Bull, (Herriot-Watt University, 20th Feb 2008).
[43] Nanomaterials for tribology: nanoparticles, nanostructured thin films and nanocomposites, S.J. Bull, CSIR Theme Meeting on Nanostructured Advanced Materials, (Jamshedpur, India, 27-29 March 2008)
[44] Introduction to nanoindentation, S.J. Bull, Mechanical size effects workshop (Udine, May12-16, 2008).
[45] Indentation size effects, S.J. Bull, Mechanical size effects workshop (Udine, May12-16, 2008).
[46] Machine and test factors in nanoindentation, S.J. Bull, Mechanical size effects workshop (Udine, May12-16, 2008).
[47] Microstructural effects in nanoindentation, S.J. Bull, Mechanical size effects workshop (Udine, May12-16, 2008).
[48] Scale-dependent mechanical properties, S.J. Bull, Mechanical size effects workshop (Udine, May12-16, 2008).
[49] Modelling of indentation and scratch damage in multilayer coatings, J. Chen and S.J. Bull, IUTAM Symposium on Modelling Nanomaterials and Nanosystems, (Aalborg, May 19-22, 2008).
[50] Mechanical and tribological assessment of very thin coatings, S.J. Bull Southampton University, Postgraduate Conference Plenary, 1st October 2008.
[51] Nanomechanics of coatings for electronics and optics applications, S.J. Bull, Cardiff University, 4th November 2008.
[52] Nanomechanics of coatings for electronics and optics applications, S.J. Bull, St Gobain Recherche, Aubervilliers, Paris, November 19th, 2008.
2009
[53] Mechanics of very thin coatings, S.J. Bull, Nanohard 2009, Sozopol, Bulgaria, May 24-27, 2009.
[54] Indentation fracture of Thin Films, S J. Bull, ECI Conference in Nanomechanical Testing in Materials Research and Development, Il Ciocco, October 11-16, 2009.
[55] Mechanical stress and degradation of tin-based materials for the anodes of lithium polymer batteries, S.J. Bull, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky, USA, 16th November 2009.
2010
[56] Improving the life of lithium polymer batteries through in situ measurement of electrode composition and mechanical stress, S.J. Bull, Sheffield University, 10th February 2010.
[57] Size effects in the mechanical response of thin oxide coatings on glass, Steve Bull, CAMTEC 2, Cambridge, 29-30th March, 2010.
[58] Correlation between mechanical properties and different coating architectures (single layer, multilayer, nanolayer and nanocomposite), S.J. Bull, CIMTEC 2010, Montecatini Terme, Italy, June 6-8, 2010.
[59] Developing coatings and lubricants for increased operational life in rolling/sliding applications, S.J. Bull and A.Oila, 18th International Vacuum Congress (IVC-18), Beijing, August 23-27, 2010.
[60] Tribological performance of gears with fullerene-type nanostructured layer coatings, Steve Bull, Workshop on the use of nanostructures for industrial applications, Bilbao, October 5th 2010.
2011
[61] The effect of microstructure on the mechanical properties of submicron thin films and nanostructured devices, S J Bull, Invited keynote in Special Symposium on Deformation and Failure at Micro and Nano Scales (in honour of Prof. Bill Nix) at 17th International Symposium on Plasticity and its Current Applications (Plasticity 2011), Puerto Vallarta, Mexico, January 3-8 (2011).