Manzo Brown qualified with a BEng (Hons) in Computer Aided Design/Manufacture from the University of Central England in 1998. After a short career working for West Midlands Police, he left to face a new challenge working at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital in the Histology department, from here he moved to the High Temperature Research Centre based in Coventry where work primarily revolved around validation and investigation of Rolls Royce High and Low Pressure turbine blades.
- Health and Safety Coordinator 2018
- DSE Assessor 2017
- Microsoft Certified Systems Administrator 2000
In my current role I provide technical support within the School of Metallurgy and Materials supporting research and development for the Alloys Extreme Research Group. This support includes designing, developing, assembling and maintaining laboratory equipment. I also implement and monitor the compliance of health and safety.
Working knowledge of the following:
- Thermal gravitational analysis (STA and LFA)
- High temperature furnaces
- Dilatometers
- High & Low temperature furnaces
- Arc melting
- Strip Casting
- Wire EDM
- Raman Spectroscopy
- XRD
- SEM -Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM): SE/BSE imaging, EBSD, EDS
- Materialographic preparation and analysis
- Polishing and Etching metal and alloy samples
- Ambient and High temperature tensile strength testing
- High temperature and room temperature testing
- Mercury porosimetry