{"id":1521,"date":"2017-01-23T10:08:02","date_gmt":"2017-01-23T10:08:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mub.eps.manchester.ac.uk\/uommaterialsblog\/?p=1521"},"modified":"2018-05-22T16:52:21","modified_gmt":"2018-05-22T15:52:21","slug":"mondaymaterials-episode-28-lara-debenham","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mub.eps.manchester.ac.uk\/uommaterialsblog\/mondaymaterials-episode-28-lara-debenham\/","title":{"rendered":"#MondayMaterials Episode 28 &#8211; Lara Debenham"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_1523\" aria-labelledby=\"figcaption_attachment_1523\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1523\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mub.eps.manchester.ac.uk\/uommaterialsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2016\/12\/LaradebenhamSelfieBlog.jpg\" alt=\"Meet Lara, the latest #MondayMaterials interviewee\" width=\"375\" height=\"375\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mub.eps.manchester.ac.uk\/uommaterialsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2016\/12\/LaradebenhamSelfieBlog.jpg 375w, https:\/\/www.mub.eps.manchester.ac.uk\/uommaterialsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2016\/12\/LaradebenhamSelfieBlog-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.mub.eps.manchester.ac.uk\/uommaterialsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2016\/12\/LaradebenhamSelfieBlog-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.mub.eps.manchester.ac.uk\/uommaterialsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2016\/12\/LaradebenhamSelfieBlog-50x50.jpg 50w, https:\/\/www.mub.eps.manchester.ac.uk\/uommaterialsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2016\/12\/LaradebenhamSelfieBlog-100x100.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 375px) 100vw, 375px\" \/><figcaption id=\"figcaption_attachment_1523\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Meet Lara, the latest #MondayMaterials interviewee<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Okay. So today we reach Episode 28 of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mub.eps.manchester.ac.uk\/uommaterialsblog?s=%23MondayMaterials\" target=\"_blank\">#MondayMaterials<\/a> and it\u2019s one of the highlights of the series so far. Lara Debenham, a PhD student, came highly recommended by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mub.eps.manchester.ac.uk\/uommaterialsblog\/?p=1238\" target=\"_blank\">Chris Blanford<\/a>, who you might remember from an earlier episode.<\/p>\n<p>According to Chris, Lara is someone who is extremely passionate about her subject and very capable of demonstrating that passion when she talks about it. He wasn\u2019t wrong. With some of the most interesting and inspiring answers we\u2019ve seen here at #MondayMaterials, let\u2019s meet Lara:<\/p>\n<p><strong>Hello, Lara! Thanks so much for talking to us. We\u2019ll start with everyone\u2019s favourite: can you please describe your research, for the layman, in ten sentences or less?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Yeah, so I\u2019m interested in how materials work on a micro to a nano scale and how what goes on at that scale effects their macro properties. I\u2019m particularly interested in understanding how materials fail, why they\u2019re strong, and how we can make them more efficient at what they do \u2013 with the hopes that we can integrate this into every day environments and create stronger and more efficient materials.<\/p>\n<p>My research relates to nuclear, and trying to develop stronger materials for higher temperature and irradiation environments. The hope is that one day we\u2019ll all have access to fossil free fuel energy.<\/p>\n<p><strong>And how can your research benefit the public?\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\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\/Am9E7bQfyPo?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>Well if we can make materials better at what they do, so influence their properties and just change them for the materials that were doing that job, then we can make the average person\u2019s day more energy efficient, more sustainable. We can remove toxic elements, that we might have in some of our functional materials, that have degrading effects to materials around the world. People have to mine these materials.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1524\" aria-labelledby=\"figcaption_attachment_1524\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1524\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mub.eps.manchester.ac.uk\/uommaterialsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2016\/12\/LaraTravelsBlog.jpg\" alt=\"Lara combines travel and climbing\" width=\"375\" height=\"375\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mub.eps.manchester.ac.uk\/uommaterialsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2016\/12\/LaraTravelsBlog.jpg 375w, https:\/\/www.mub.eps.manchester.ac.uk\/uommaterialsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2016\/12\/LaraTravelsBlog-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.mub.eps.manchester.ac.uk\/uommaterialsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2016\/12\/LaraTravelsBlog-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.mub.eps.manchester.ac.uk\/uommaterialsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2016\/12\/LaraTravelsBlog-50x50.jpg 50w, https:\/\/www.mub.eps.manchester.ac.uk\/uommaterialsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2016\/12\/LaraTravelsBlog-100x100.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 375px) 100vw, 375px\" \/><figcaption id=\"figcaption_attachment_1524\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Lara combines travel and climbing<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>If we can remove these issues in our materials cycles, make the materials more efficient so that, for example, a plane \u2013 if you can make a plane lighter but still damage resistant and damage tolerant, as strong as it was before \u2013 every time that plane takes off it\u2019s used less fuel. So you\u2019ve reduced the carbon footprint of every single passenger on that plane without them even knowing about it.<\/p>\n<p>If you can make an electronic device function more efficiently just by changing the way it\u2019s made up, then every time a person turns a light on at home or watches TV for half an hour they\u2019ve used what 10\/15% less energy? Maybe even less.<\/p>\n<p>Or you change the source that the energy has come from altogether, maybe. And that to me is so important. To make the world sustainable without people having to change, because at the end of the day no one really wants to change what they\u2019re doing. And so if you can do that in the background, that\u2019s great.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Wow \u2013 that\u2019s a great answer, Lara. Inspiring stuff. So how did you first get interested in your research area?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Okay, so I look at the way materials behave inside a fusion reactor. As I\u2019ve sort of mentioned in my other answers, I\u2019m really interested in sustainability and materials. So the overlap in that is, how do we generate cleaner energy sources? And some of the biggest challenges revolve around the materials \u2013 and everyone who researches in this field will say their thing is the biggest challenge \u2013 but trying to get materials to behave when they\u2019re irradiated or at high temperature is very difficult. And from that point of view, that\u2019s what made it so interesting to me \u2013 to look at how the materials start to change in that environment. And what small changes we can make to those materials in the first place, so that they&#8217;re\u00a0more resistant. Yeah, that\u2019s what got me interested.<\/p>\n<p><strong>And who or what first inspired your interest in science?<\/strong><\/p>\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\/dsPHS0KzoiM?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<figure id=\"attachment_1525\" aria-labelledby=\"figcaption_attachment_1525\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1525\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mub.eps.manchester.ac.uk\/uommaterialsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2016\/12\/LaraClimbingBlog.jpg\" alt=\"An amazing shot of Lara climbing\" width=\"375\" height=\"375\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mub.eps.manchester.ac.uk\/uommaterialsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2016\/12\/LaraClimbingBlog.jpg 375w, https:\/\/www.mub.eps.manchester.ac.uk\/uommaterialsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2016\/12\/LaraClimbingBlog-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.mub.eps.manchester.ac.uk\/uommaterialsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2016\/12\/LaraClimbingBlog-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.mub.eps.manchester.ac.uk\/uommaterialsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2016\/12\/LaraClimbingBlog-50x50.jpg 50w, https:\/\/www.mub.eps.manchester.ac.uk\/uommaterialsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2016\/12\/LaraClimbingBlog-100x100.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 375px) 100vw, 375px\" \/><figcaption id=\"figcaption_attachment_1525\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">An amazing shot of Lara climbing<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Well both my parents are scientists; my dad has an academic background. And I remember from an early age sitting in the car, I must have been younger than ten, and my dad was trying to explain to me what atoms were, and bonds in materials, and compounds. I remember just being interested. And just from that age being sparked to ask questions &#8211; not just being satisfied with \u2018this is how something works\u2019. If I didn\u2019t understand I wanted to ask a question and say \u2018but why, why is it like that? And how do I find out more about how this works?\u2019<\/p>\n<p>And then my mum is a dietician, and so from a young age she was trying to get me to eat healthier and trying to explain what food was made up of. What nutrients were in what I was eating. What was good for me and what was bad for me in the food.<\/p>\n<p>On a very basic level, but I guess that\u2019s kind of crossed over into materials science. And now I\u2019m interested in \u2018how does this material work? What\u2019s good about its microstructure? What\u2019s not so great? And how can we get the best balance?\u2019<\/p>\n<p><strong>Thanks, Lara. So moving away from work for a question, can you tell us a bit about your other interests? What do you get up to in your spare time?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I\u2019m really active. I love being outside and doing different sports. In particular I\u2019m really into climbing, I\u2019ve gone climbing in all different places around the world. I really enjoy that \u2013 just being outside in nature. Going for a run, that\u2019s the best thing to me. And if I don\u2019t have time for that then just doing sports with friends for fun. That\u2019s where I like to be.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Onto our last question, could you tell us how being here in Manchester helps your work and research?<\/strong><\/p>\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\/CL0hHQEkRZg?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 was lucky enough to study <a href=\"http:\/\/www.materials.manchester.ac.uk\/study\/undergraduate\/undergraduate-courses\/materials-science-engineering\/\" target=\"_blank\">Materials Science and Engineering<\/a> as an <a href=\"http:\/\/www.materials.manchester.ac.uk\/study\/undergraduate\/\" target=\"_blank\">undergraduate<\/a> here in <a href=\"http:\/\/www.manchester.ac.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\">Manchester<\/a>. Every single one of my lecturers, and the content that I covered, was so interesting. And the academic staff\u00a0here are so inspiring. It\u2019s an honour to be working amongst them now, and developing my own area of research within the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.materials.manchester.ac.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\">school<\/a>. It\u2019s something really special to me.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1526\" aria-labelledby=\"figcaption_attachment_1526\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1526 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mub.eps.manchester.ac.uk\/uommaterialsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2016\/12\/LaraBlogCanva.jpg\" alt=\"Lara graduate from her undergrad\" width=\"375\" height=\"375\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mub.eps.manchester.ac.uk\/uommaterialsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2016\/12\/LaraBlogCanva.jpg 375w, https:\/\/www.mub.eps.manchester.ac.uk\/uommaterialsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2016\/12\/LaraBlogCanva-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.mub.eps.manchester.ac.uk\/uommaterialsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2016\/12\/LaraBlogCanva-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.mub.eps.manchester.ac.uk\/uommaterialsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2016\/12\/LaraBlogCanva-50x50.jpg 50w, https:\/\/www.mub.eps.manchester.ac.uk\/uommaterialsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2016\/12\/LaraBlogCanva-100x100.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 375px) 100vw, 375px\" \/><figcaption id=\"figcaption_attachment_1526\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Lara graduates from her undergrad<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>And also, the facilities here \u2013 they\u2019re state of the art. And Manchester\u2019s now the leading European school for materials, so who wouldn\u2019t want to be part of that?<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Exactly right, Lara \u2013 who wouldn\u2019t want to be? Thanks for a brilliant interview, and for giving our readers of how exciting and rewarding it can be to study materials here with us. Readers, if you\u2019re feeling as inspired as I am, head over to the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.materials.manchester.ac.uk\/\">website<\/a> to find out more about how you could follow a similar path to Lara. And then head back to the blog, we\u2019ll have more great stuff for you soon. <\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Okay. So today we reach Episode 28 of #MondayMaterials and it\u2019s one of the highlights of the series so far. Lara Debenham, a PhD student, came highly recommended by Chris Blanford, who you might remember from an earlier episode. 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