Personal Details
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Aaron Norman |
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Pouladown, |
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Watergrasshill, |
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Co. Cork |
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+ 353 21 889 218 (H) e-mail
a.norman@ucc.ie
Marital status: Single
Nationality: Irish
Date of Birth: 04/06/72
Place of Birth: Kent, England.
Education
1994 - 1998
University College Cork, Cork, Ireland. Ph.D.
1990 - 1994
University College Cork, Cork, Ireland. B.Sc. (Hons) in Chemistry.
Computer Experience
I have an in-depth knowledge of computer software and hardware and have experience in the use of operating systems such as WINDOWS 95/98, WINDOWS 3.1x, MS-DOS, and MAC-OS and a variety of software packages for the control of scientific instruments. I have basic experience in programming in PASCAL and BASIC.
Professional Experience
Post Doctorate Research.
LACE, UMR 5634 CNRS,
Universite Claude Bernard-Lyon I, 43 Bd du 11 Novembre 1918. 69622 Villeurbanne Cedex, France.A Faraday magnetic balance was used to measure the bulk reduction of ceria zirconia mixed metal oxides impregnated with a NM, Pd, Pt, Rh.
LISE, Facultés Universitaires Notre Dame de la Paix, rue de Bruxelles, 61 B-5000 Namur, Belgium.
The surface study of both powder and thin film ceria zirconia mixed metal oxides using XPS was performed. Surface reduction of the cerium, surface composition of the mixed oxides and the oxidation state of the NM were all studied.
Chemistry Dept., UCC, Cork, Ireland.
My PhD project consisted of the preparation and structural analysis of lanthanum nickel perovsikites. The perovskite system was doped with iron and europium to see the modifications that these elements caused to the crystal lattice. PXRD coupled with Rietveld Refinement methods, Mössbauer spectroscopy, magnetic susceptibility measurements, VSM and SEM were the analytical techniques employed in characterisation of these materials.
Oral Presentations:
September1995
11th Irish Materials Forum (IMF) ‘95
The Nature of Stoichiometric defects in LiO doped NiO.
University College Galway, Galway, Ireland.
April 1997
Irish Regional Final of the Institute of Materials National Lecture Competition.
The Preparation of the Single Phase Perovskite LaNiO3.
University of Limerick, Limerick, Ireland.
July 1997
Advanced Materials and Processing Technologies (AMPT ‘97) .
The Structural and Magnetic Properties of a series of Lanthanum Based Transition Metal Perovskites.
University of Mihno, Guimarães, Portugal
Poster Presentations:
April 1996
5th Biennial Surface Science Colloquium
The Effect of Different Preparation Routes on the Crystal Structure and Powder Morphology of LaNiO3 Perovskites.
University of Ulster Colraine, Northern Ireland.
June 1996
48th Irish Universities Chemistry Research Colloquium.
Catalytic Oxidation over Lanthanum-Transition Metal Oxide Systems.
University of Limerick, Limerick, Ireland.
July 1997
3rd International Conference on Materials Chemistry
The Preparation of the Single Phase Perovskite LaNiO3.
University of Exeter, Exeter, England.
April 1998
6th Biennial Surface Science Colloquium
The Structural and Magnetic Properties of the Fe-Ni Oxide System.
University of Ulster Colraine, Northern Ireland.
November/December 1999
The MRS Fall Meeting 1999
XPS Study of Pt/CexZr1-xO2/Si Composite Systems.
Boston, U.S.A.
TMR Related Activities.
CEZIRENCAT Catalysis School,
Dipartimento di Scienze Chimiche.
University of Trieste, Italy.
26/6/1998 - 28/6/1998.
CEZIRENCAT FT-IR School,
Laboratoire de Catalyse et Spectrochimie,
17/5/1999 – 21/5/1999.
XPS Training,
LISE,
Facultés Universitaires Notre Dame de la Paix,
rue de Bruxelles, 61
B-5000 Namur, Belgium.
05/07/1999-16/07/1999.
Publications.
Structural and Defect Chemistry of Lithium Oxide Doped Nickel Oxide as Studied by Powder X-Ray diffraction.
A. Norman, C Murphy and M.A. Morris, Key Engineering Materials, vols. 118-119 (1996) 139-146
Catalytic Oxidation over Lanthanum-Transition metal perovskite materials.
M. O'Connell, A.K. Norman, C.F. Hütterman and M.A. Morris, Catalysis Today, 47 (1999) 123-132.
The Preparation of The Single Phase Perovskite LaNiO3.
A.K. Norman and M.A. Morris, , J. Materials Processing Technology, 92-93 (1999) 91-96.
The Magnetic and Structural Properties of a Series of Lanthanum Based Transition Metal Perovskites.
A.K. Norman, M.A. Morris and F.A. Deeney, , J. Materials Processing Technology, 92-93 (1999) 118-123.
In Preparation.
The structure of perovskite LaNi1-XFeXO3.
A. Norman, M.A. Morris, T. Deeney.
The structural effect of the addition of europium on LaNiO3.
A. Norman, M.A. Morris, T. Deeney.
Study of the Reducibility of Pt or Pd loaded Ceria Zirconia Catalysts by XANES and Magnetic Susceptibility Measurements.
A. Norman, V. Perrichon, A. Bensaddik, S. Lemaux, J.H. Bitter and D.C. Koningsberger.
The study of the reduction of Pd impregnated ceria zirconia mixed metal oxides.
A. Norman, V. Perrichon, N. Hickey, J. Kašpar.
XPS Study of Pt/CexZr1-xO2/Si Composite Systems.
A. Norman, R. Sporken, A. Galtayries, F. Mirabella, K. Keveney, M.Pijolat, R. Baker and S. Bernal.
Surface and bulk reduction studies of ceria zirconia mixed metal oxides.
A. Norman, V. Perrichon, R. Sporken.
Extra Curricular Activities.
I am a keen sportsman enjoying a variety of sports including scuba diving, skiing, canoeing, squash and volleyball. When in
University College Cork I assumed the positions of captain, diving officer and other committee positions in the UCC sub aqua club.
Miscellaneous.
Finalist in the Irish Regional Final of The Institute of Materials National Lecture Competition.
Full clean driving licence.
Conversationalist French.
References.
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Chemistry Dept., |
LACE,UMR 5634 CNRS |
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University College, |
UNIVERSITE CLAUDE BERNARD-LYON I, |
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Cork, Ireland. |
Bd du 11 Novembre 1918. |
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69622 Villeurbanne CEDEX, FRANCE. |
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