{"id":1179,"date":"2015-09-28T11:16:07","date_gmt":"2015-09-28T10:16:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mub.eps.manchester.ac.uk\/uommaterialsblog\/?p=1179"},"modified":"2018-05-22T16:42:53","modified_gmt":"2018-05-22T15:42:53","slug":"mondaymaterials-episode-9-dr-joao-quinta-da-fonseca","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mub.eps.manchester.ac.uk\/uommaterialsblog\/mondaymaterials-episode-9-dr-joao-quinta-da-fonseca\/","title":{"rendered":"#MondayMaterials Episode 9 \u2013 Dr Joao Quinta da Fonseca"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Dr Joao Quinta da Fonseca first came to my attention when I edited an <a href=\"http:\/\/www.materials.manchester.ac.uk\/news-and-events\/local-news\/new-measurements-of-deformation-at-the-nanoscale-shine-light-on-the-behaviour-of-important-engineering-materials.htm\" target=\"_blank\">article<\/a> about his research for the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.materials.manchester.ac.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\">School of Materials<\/a> website. While I had to Google terms like \u2018deformation at the nanoscale\u2019 and \u2018polycrystalline plasticity of austenitic stainless steel\u2019, I found the basic ideas of his work to be both intriguing and important. So I sent him a quick email.<\/p>\n<p>Sitting in his office to interview him, I learnt that he was just as interesting as I\u2019d assumed \u2013 with the added bonus of some very entertaining sarcasm! I hope you enjoy reading about him as much as I enjoyed interviewing him:<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Could you please explain your research, for the layman, in ten sentences or less?<\/strong><\/h2>\n<div class=\"video-container\"><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Kgk-Zx6O_uQ?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-GB&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/div>\n<p>I\u2019ll try!<\/p>\n<p>So my research is on metals and I try to understand really how metals deform, from a very fundamental point of view. But very much looking at the application of that work.<\/p>\n<p>So, at one end I might be using computers to try to understand how the atoms move past each other when, say, a titanium alloy is deformed, or is in service, or is in an aeroplane. But the other day I might be meeting with the engineers that are actually designing and building and testing these jet engines, and working with them to try and make the materials better, to try and understand how current materials work, and so on.<\/p>\n<p>So that\u2019s really what I do, I work on metals. Which a lot of people find quite disappointing! <strong>(Ed: given that sarcasm doesn\u2019t always come across when written down, we should point that Joao smiled and laughed at this point!)<\/strong><\/p>\n<h2><strong>Can you tell us a bit about how your research can benefit the general public?<\/strong><\/h2>\n<div class=\"video-container\"><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/wlB8_XyxCoo?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-GB&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/div>\n<p>So, I think it\u2019s very easy to see how metals benefit the public because you use metals in everything.<\/p>\n<p>In fact, it\u2019s also very easy to take it for granted &#8211; it\u2019s one of those things. Steel; everyone thinks we know everything there is to know about steel, but steel is used for everything! From cars, to aeroplanes, to trains. Everything!<\/p>\n<p>And especially things where you need very high temperatures or you need very high performance. Like power plants or jet engines. Metals are just \u2013 actually, they\u2019ve got almost magical properties. And I think people take them for granted.<\/p>\n<p>But imagine if you only make a ten percent improvement in any of these metals. Because they are used everywhere, the impact is just humongous. But one of the problems is, because these are things that we\u2019ve used for so long, it\u2019s very hard to eke out those ten percent improvements. And people say it\u2019s not very exciting, in some terms.<\/p>\n<p>I think it\u2019s not only exciting, but the potential impact it can have is just tremendous. So it makes it a very rewarding area to work in.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>And how did you first get interested in your research area?<\/strong><\/h2>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1182\" aria-labelledby=\"figcaption_attachment_1182\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1182 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mub.eps.manchester.ac.uk\/uommaterialsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2015\/09\/Joao-at-work-blog.jpg\" alt=\"Joao at work in the lab\" width=\"300\" height=\"349\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mub.eps.manchester.ac.uk\/uommaterialsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2015\/09\/Joao-at-work-blog.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.mub.eps.manchester.ac.uk\/uommaterialsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2015\/09\/Joao-at-work-blog-258x300.jpg 258w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"figcaption_attachment_1182\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Joao at work in the lab<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>As a kid I wanted to be a scientist. Whenever I went to school, or on the walk to school, I always wanted to know why \u2013 why, why, why, why, why? I was one of those why kids. I just didn\u2019t know what scientist I was going to be.<\/p>\n<p>So I went to school and I was really into physics. I thought I was going to do <a href=\"http:\/\/www.physics.manchester.ac.uk\/study\/postgraduate\/postgraduate-courses\/particle-physics\/\" target=\"_blank\">particle physics<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.physics.manchester.ac.uk\/study\/postgraduate\/postgraduate-courses\/nuclear-physics\/\" target=\"_blank\">nuclear physics<\/a>. And then when it came to going to university I couldn\u2019t decide. I applied to do maths, physics, chemistry, engineering. My father had said at some point that engineers were very useful people and I had a feeling that being useful is probably a good thing to be.<\/p>\n<p>In the end I couldn\u2019t quite decide so I ended up doing <a href=\"http:\/\/www.materials.manchester.ac.uk\/study\/undergraduate\/undergraduate-courses\/materials-science-engineering\/\" target=\"_blank\">materials science<\/a>. So I\u2019m a materials science graduate.<\/p>\n<p>But at that time I wasn\u2019t really interested in metals, per se. They seemed like quite boring materials. The first thing I was really interested in was <a href=\"http:\/\/www.materials.manchester.ac.uk\/our-research\/research-groupings\/ceramics-and-inorganics\/research-themes\/electroceramics\/\" target=\"_blank\">electroceramics<\/a>, the stuff we make computers and phones out of. I really thought it was amazing \u2013 how these scientists had come up with the materials by just coming up with abstract models for what\u2019s going on in terms of electrons \u2013 things that we can\u2019t even see! And they were able to get these things out and develop these amazing devices.<\/p>\n<p>So that\u2019s what I was going to do. And then I went through a stage where I thought \u2018what about strength? What about making things strong? Isn\u2019t that so much more noble a pursuit? This electronics stuff is like wizardry. What about strength?\u2019<\/p>\n<p>So I was interested in composites then. Because composite materials, everyone knows about them, they seem quite exotic. And that\u2019s what I did my PhD in. And that\u2019s what actually brought me to Manchester. But when I came to Manchester there were top metallurgists in the department at the time \u2013 really, really excellent people. And as I learned more and more I discovered that metals and alloys are composites, they\u2019re just amazing composites that we don\u2019t really understand. And the kinds of things I was interested in with electronics still applied. But in a very different and challenging way.\u00a0So I really got into it and I started learning more and more about it.<\/p>\n<p>And then there are the challenges; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.materials.manchester.ac.uk\/our-research\/research-groupings\/engineering-and-process-metallurgy\/\" target=\"_blank\">metallurgy<\/a>\u2019s been around for a long time, so there\u2019s a lot of knowledge, so you can look like a fool very easily. But that kind of inspired respect in me \u2013 I really decided that this was a subject worth learning.<\/p>\n<p>And by using all the fancy new techniques that we have now, we can really look at it in a different way. That\u2019s something that everyone takes for granted, and I quite like that. It seems like a noble pursuit and it\u2019s very interesting. Always challenging and always fascinating.<\/p>\n<p>And I can be a scientist on one end, and an engineer at the same time. So my father\u2019s happy because he thinks I\u2019m useful and I get to play around and think about why all the time. It\u2019s nice.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Great answer, thank you. Can you tell us who or what first inspired your interests in science and engineering?<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Well, I think I always wanted to know what was going on.<\/p>\n<p>But I think very important things when I was growing up were my teachers. I had good science teachers \u2013 they always encouraged us and they explained to me that science wasn\u2019t just about getting equations right. That it\u2019s actually a way to understanding why things work and giving a meaning, if you like, to what you see around you. I really liked that.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1183\" aria-labelledby=\"figcaption_attachment_1183\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1183 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mub.eps.manchester.ac.uk\/uommaterialsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2015\/09\/Joao-running-blog.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mub.eps.manchester.ac.uk\/uommaterialsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2015\/09\/Joao-running-blog.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.mub.eps.manchester.ac.uk\/uommaterialsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2015\/09\/Joao-running-blog-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><figcaption id=\"figcaption_attachment_1183\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Joao running in the moors<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>And they were always happy and enthusiastic about it. So in a way, I always got the feeling that science is cool and it\u2019s beautiful. Because it is. It was never a chore, it was always something I enjoyed doing.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>What about your interests outside of work? What do you like to do when you\u2019re not working on metals?<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>I work all the time! That\u2019s all I do \u2013 I just work, work, work!<\/p>\n<p>The School\u2019s going to see this, right?<\/p>\n<p>No \u2013 I always did a lot of sport. I used to play squash quite regularly; I used to play squash in the leagues around here. It was a really nice way of getting to know Manchester \u2013 there\u2019s little clubs everywhere. So it was nice to do that.<\/p>\n<p>But now I\u2019ve stopped, because of some injuries and so on, and now I\u2019m doing running. I live in the moors, in Huddersfield. There are lots of nice hills around there, and I like running through the hills and getting wet and mucky! It\u2019s nice.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Can you tell us a bit about how being here in Manchester has benefited your work?<\/strong><\/h2>\n<div class=\"video-container\"><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/kbTC7TtMKIo?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-GB&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/div>\n<p>I think Manchester, for me, has two things of significance.<\/p>\n<p>The first thing is the metallurgists that were here when I got here, they were really inspiring. They were really top people and I learned so much from them. So the work that we do now we think is quite nice and quite good, but really we owe it to them because we learned everything we know from them. Metallurgy is quite an established discipline, and if you don\u2019t have that leg up you can look like a fool for many, many years until you get there. And I got an advantage by not doing that.<\/p>\n<p>The other thing is, of course, all the good people that are here and make this place so wonderfully equipped. All the kit that I want to play with, any kind of work that I want to do, I can just go down and use it.<\/p>\n<p>And that\u2019s the other thing that is unusual \u2013 I can just go down and use it. Nobody keeps the kit to themselves and says \u2018oh, this is mine, you can\u2019t use it\u2019. So there\u2019s this kind of spirit of collaboration, which I\u2019ve actually come to realise is quite rare. But without it I wouldn\u2019t have been able to do the work that I\u2019ve done so far, and that\u2019s the research.<\/p>\n<p>The environment is really nice. And that\u2019s something that is worth preserving at all costs \u2013 I think that\u2019s what really makes Manchester unique: this environment where we all work together.<\/p>\n<p>And yeah, may long it continue.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Brilliant \u2013 thanks for a great interview, Joao. And we certainly don\u2019t think metals are boring or disappointing \u2013 quite the opposite in fact.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Hope everyone enjoyed episode 9. We\u2019ll be hitting double figures next week when we talk to Rachel Parker-Strak, a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.materials.manchester.ac.uk\/our-research\/research-groupings\/design-fashion-business\/\" target=\"_blank\">Design, Fashion, and Business<\/a> PhD student and lecturer. 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