Dr-Ing Thurid Gspann

  • Postdoctoral Research Associate
Dr-Ing Thurid Gspann

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About

Thurid studied Mechanical Engineering at the University Karlsruhe, Germany, and joined the Institute for Applied Computer Science at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology for her PhD Thesis ("A new concept for the application of single-walled carbon nanotubes for the pH sensor technology").

After her dissertation, Thurid joined Prof. Alan Windle's group as PDRA in 2011, currently funded by the US Office of Naval Research.

Research

Impurity control during synthesis of CNT fibres and enhancement of their mechanical performance

One of Thurid's main areas of research is to characterise and understand the role of impurities simultaneously synthesised during the Cambridge CNT fibre spinning process and to optimize the spinning process in order to avoid the co-creation of the impurities and so to produce pure CNT fibre with improved structure.

The other main aspect of Thurid's work is to improve the mechanical properties preferentially of the as-spun fibre such as tensile strength, stiffness and their consistency along the fibre by improved process control.