Maciej Makuch is an NEF CDT-sponsored PhD student working on localised corrosion and stress corrosion cracking of stainless steel for nuclear applications. His research aims to combine electrochemical modelling with material damage and degradation through a diffuse-interface approach.
In 2021, he graduated with a First Class Master of Physics (MPhys) from Aberystwyth University in Wales. His master’s work focused on thermodynamic phase transitions and magnetic fields. In his current research endeavour, the primary tool of work is the finite-element commercial software COMSOL Multiphysics, with the support of electric circuit simulation in LTspice.
Research Interests
Maciej’s PhD research focuses on electro-chemo-mechanical modelling of water-stainless steel systems to predict corrosion and stress corrosion cracking damage. Maciej’s research interests include:
• Stainless steel oxide film stability in diluted salt environments
• Thermodynamic stability of stainless steel in contact with water
• Phase-field methods of materials damage evolution
• Finite element modelling of multiphysics-coupled systems
