Dr Julian Dean (he/him)

School of Chemical, Materials and Biological Engineering

Senior Lecturer in Materials Science

Head of First year (MSE UG)

Julian Dean
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j.dean@sheffield.ac.uk
+44 114 222 5473
Sir Robert Hadfield Building

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Dr Julian Dean
School of Chemical, Materials and Biological Engineering
Sir Robert Hadfield Building
Mappin Street
Sheffield
S1 3JD
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I obtained my Masters in Physics (MPhys) from the University of Sheffield in 2004. My PhD award in 2007 on micro-electromechanical systems looked at the incorporation of magnetostriction in magMEMS. I subsequently worked as a Research Associate in the Department of Science and Engineering Materials, where I was made a University Teacher in 2011, lecturer in 2013, and Senior lecturer in 2015.

Research interests

The study of functional materials and their responses - design, characterisation and optimisation. 

This includes: 

  • The development of a finite element modelling techniques to understand how materials respond from external stimuli.  
  • Multi-physics finite element simulations combining, electrical, thermal and structural analysis. 

Key projects: 

  • Development of magnetic materials for motor and drives (working with VW)
  • Development of dielectric materials for capacitors (working with KAVX)
  • Development of local impedance Spectroscopy techniques to characterise materials for fusion technologies. (working with UKAEA) 
Publications

Journal articles

  • Altus SJ, McClelland I, Price SWT, Dean JS, Gutowski O, El-Shinawi H, Booth SG, Cussen SA & Cussen EJ (2025) . Chemistry of Materials, 37(18), 7136-7146.
  • Carroll EL, Killeen JH, Feteira A, Dean JS & Sinclair DC (2025) . Journal of Materiomics, 11(4), 101030-101030.
  • Sengokmen-Ozsoz N, Boston R, Dean JS, Rodenburg C & Claeyssens F (2025) . Carbon, 234.
  • Carroll EL, Killeen JH, Feteira A, Dean JS & Sinclair DC (2025) . Journal of Materiomics, 11(3).
  • Ma H, Sinclair DC & Dean JS (2024) . Solid State Ionics, 414.
  • D'Silva Green RC, Dale G, McLaughlin G, Strawhorne M, Sinclair DC & Dean JS (2024) . International Journal of Applied Ceramic Technology, 21(6), 4318-4330.
  • Bates J & Dean JS (2024) . Physics Education, 59(3).
  • Ma H, Sinclair DC & Dean JS (2023) . Solid State Ionics, 393.
  • Serrazina R, Gomes M, Vilarinho R, Pereira L, Dean JS, Reaney IM, Senos AMOR, Vilarinho PM & Moreira JA (2022) . Journal of Materials Chemistry C, 10(30), 10916-10925.
  • Birch SMI, Bates J, Bell M, Christofidou KA, Corkhill CL, Hearnden V, Lopez EA, Mason LC, Southworth A & Dean JS (2021) . Physics Education, 56(5).
  • Li L, Roncal-Herrero T, Harrington J, Milne SJ, Brown AP, Dean JS & Sinclair DC (2021) . Acta Materialia, 216.
  • Kerridge G, Sinclair DC & Dean JS (2021) . Acta Materialia, 207.
  • Yang F, Dean JS, Hu Q, Wu P, Pradal-Velázquez E, Li L & Sinclair DC (2020) . Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 8(47), 25120-25130.
  • Serrazina R, Senos AMOR, Pereira L, Dean JS, Reaney IM & Vilarinho PM (2020) . European Journal of Inorganic Chemistry, 2020(39), 3720-3728.
  • Serrazina R, Senos AMOR, Pereira L, Dean JS, Reaney IM & Vilarinho PM (2020) . European Journal of Inorganic Chemistry, 2020(39), 3708-3708.
  • Serrazina R, Vilarinho PM, Senos AMOR, Pereira L, Reaney IM & Dean JS (2020) . Journal of the European Ceramic Society, 40(4), 1205-1211.
  • Ward RE, Freeman CL, Dean JS, Sinclair DC & Harding JH (2020) . Advanced Functional Materials, 30(6).
  • Veazey RA, Gandy AS, Sinclair DC & Dean JS (2020) . Journal of the American Ceramic Society, 103(4), 2702-2714.
  • Serrazina R, Dean JS, Reaney IM, Pereira L, Vilarinho PM & Senos AM (2019) . Journal of Materials Chemistry C, 7(45), 14334-14341.
  • Naderi S, Dean JS & Zhang M (2019) . Ceramics International, 45(17 (Part A)), 21647-21656.
  • Heath JP, Harding JH, Sinclair DC & Dean JS (2019) . Advanced Functional Materials, 29(38).
  • Hamad SF, Farr N, Fei T, Shukor NF, Dean JS, Hayes SA, Foreman JP & Rodenburg C (2019) . Journal of Applied Polymer Science, 136(47).
  • Kennedy CD, Sinclair DC, Reaney IM & Dean JS (2019) . Journal of Applied Physics, 125(21).
  • Veazey RA, Gandy A, Sinclair D & Dean J (2019) . Journal of the American Ceramic Society, 102(6), 3609-3622.
  • Faouri SS, Mostaed A, Dean JS, Wang D, Sinclair DC, Zhang S, Whittow WG, Vardaxoglou Y & Reaney IM (2019) . Acta Materialia, 166, 202-207.
  • Heath JP, Harding JH, Sinclair DC & Dean JS (2019) . Journal of the European Ceramic Society, 39(4), 1170-1177.
  • Naderi S, Heath JP & Dean JS (2019) . Ceramics International, 45(1), 361-368.
  • Mackie AJ, Dean JS & Goodall R (2019) . Journal of Alloys and Compounds, 770, 765-770.
  • Grimley ED, Wynn AP, Kelley KP, Sachet E, Dean JS, Freeman CL, Maria J-P & LeBeau JM (2018) . Journal of Applied Physics, 124(20).
  • Qi J, Cao M, Heath JP, Dean JS, Hao H, Yao Z, Yu Z & Liu H (2018) . Journal of Materials Chemistry C, 6(34), 9130-9139.
  • Atkinson S, Whittle KR, Dean JS & Abram TJ (2018) . Nuclear Engineering and Design, 331, 153-161.
  • Dale G, Strawhorne M, Sinclair DC & Dean JS (2018) . Journal of the American Ceramic Society, 101(3), 1211-1220.
  • Morshead FH, Foeller PY, Freeman CL, Zhang H, Reaney IM, Sinclair DC & Dean JS (2017) . Journal of the European Ceramic Society, 37(8), 2795-2801.
  • Foeller PY, Dean JS, Sinclair DC & Reaney IM (2016) . Applied Physics Letters, 109(8).
  • Johnson C, Bates J, McLaughlin K, Mason S & Dean JS (2016) . Physics Education, 51(5).
  • Mackie AJ, Hatton GD, Hamilton HGC, Dean JS & Goodall R (2016) . Materials Letters, 171, 14-17.
  • Dean J, Foeller PY, Reaney I & Sinclair D (2016) . Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 4, 6896-6901.
  • Dean J, Bryan MT, Cooper JD, Virbule A, Cunningham JE & Hayward TJ (2015) . Applied Physics Letters, 107(14).
  • Heath JP, Dean JS, Harding JH & Sinclair DCJ (2015) . Journal of the American Ceramic Society, 98(6), 1925-1931.
  • Dean J & Allwood DA (2014) . Physics Education, 49(6), 663-670.
  • Dean JS, Harding JH & Sinclair DC (2014) . Journal of the American Ceramic Society, 97(3), 885-891.
  • Dean J, Kohn A, Kovacs A, Allwood DA, Suess D & Schrefl T (2013) . APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS, 103(4).
  • Dean J, Thomson K, Hollands L, Bates J, Carter M, Freeman C, Kapranos P & Goodall R (2013) . Physics Education, 48(4), 465-471.
  • Bryan MT, Dean J & Allwood DA (2012) . PHYSICAL REVIEW B, 85(14).
  • Bashir MA, Schrefl T, Dean J, Goncharov A, Hrkac G, Allwood DA & Suess D (2012) . Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials, 324(3), 269-275.
  • Bryan MT, Bance S, Dean J, Schrefl T & Allwood DA (2012) . J Phys Condens Matter, 24(2), 024205.
  • Dean J, Kohn A, Kovacs A, Zeltser A, Carey MJ, Hrkac G, Allwood DA & Schrefl T (2011) . J APPL PHYS, 110(7).
  • Dean J, Bryan MT, Morley NA, Hrkac G, Javed A, Gibbs MRJ & Allwood DA (2011) . J APPL PHYS, 110(4).
  • Hrkac G, Dean J & Allwood DA (2011) . Philos Trans A Math Phys Eng Sci, 369(1948), 3214-3228.
  • Kohn A, Dean J, Kovacs A, Zeltser A, Carey MJ, Geiger D, Hrkac G, Schrefl T & Allwood D (2011) . J APPL PHYS, 109(8).
  • Dean J, Bryan MT, Schrefl T & Allwood DA (2011) . Journal of Applied Physics, 109(2).
  • Bashir MA, Schrefl T, Dean J, Goncharov A, Hrkac G, Allwood DA & Suess D (2010) Head and bit patterned media optimization at areal densities of 2.5 Tbit/in2 and beyond. Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials.
  • Hrkac G, Woodcock TG, Freeman C, Goncharov A, Dean J, Schrefl T & Gutfleisch O (2010) . Applied Physics Letters, 97(23).
  • Dean J, Bryan MT, Hrkac G, Goncharov A, Freeman CL, Bashir MA, Schrefl T & Allwood DA (2010) . J APPL PHYS, 108(7).
  • Kohn A, Kovacs A, Wang S-G, Wang C, Dean J, Schrefl T, Zeltser A, Carey MJ, Petford-Long AK & C Ward RC (2010) . Microscopy and Microanalysis, 16(S2), 1914-1915.
  • Hrkac G, Goncharov A, Dean J, Schrefl T, Kim JV, Devolder T, Chappert C, Cornelissen S, van Roy W & Lagae L (2010) . J MOL CATAL A-CHEM, 328(1-2).
  • Bryan MT, Dean J, Schrefl T, Thompson FE, Haycock JW & Allwood DA (2010) . APPL PHYS LETT, 96(23).
  • Bryan MT, Dean J, Schrefl T, Thompson FE, Haycock J & Allwood DA (2010) . APPL PHYS LETT, 96(19).
  • Goncharov AV, Hrkac G, Dean JS & Schrefl T (2010) . J COMPUT PHYS, 229(7), 2544-2549.
  • Dean J, Kovacs A, Kohn A, Goncharov A, Bashir MA, Hrkac G, Allwood DA & Schrefl T (2010) . APPL PHYS LETT, 96(7).
  • Lee J, Suess D, Schrefl T, Dean J & Fidler J (2009) . APPL PHYS LETT, 95(17).
  • Allwood DA, Dean J, Bryan MT & Baker A (2009) . Physics Education, 44(6), 627-632.
  • Baker A, Billard M, Brown K, Goadsby A, Green S, Howard C, Kodippili S, Newton A, Ning X, Stead M , Vallance L et al (2009) . J APPL PHYS, 106(5).
  • Winkler G, Suess D, Lee J, Fidler J, Bashir MA, Dean J, Goncharov A, Hrkac G, Bance S & Schrefl T (2009) . APPL PHYS LETT, 94(23).
  • Hrkac G, Schrefl T, Dean J, Goncharov A, Bance S, Allwood D, Suess D & Fidler J (2009) . J APPL PHYS, 105(8).
  • Hrkac G, Schrefl T, Dean J, Goncharov A, Bance S, Suess D & Fidler J (2009) . J APPL PHYS, 105(5).
  • Dean JS, Bryan MT, Allwood DA, Bance S, Bashir MA, Hrkac G, Goncharov A & Schrefl T (2009) . IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON MAGNETICS, 45(10), 4067-4069.
  • Bashir MA, Schrefl T, Suess D, Dean J, Goncharov A, Hrkac G, Bance S, Allwood DA & Fidler J (2009) . IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON MAGNETICS, 45(10), 3851-3854.
  • Hrkac G, Schrefl T, Bance S, Allwood D, Goncharov A, Dean J & Suess D (2008) . J MAGN MAGN MATER, 320(17), L111-L115.
  • Dean J, Bashir MA, Goncharov A, Hrkac G, Bance S, Schrefl T, Cazacu A, Gubbins M, Lamberton RW & Suess D (2008) . APPL PHYS LETT, 92(14).
  • Bance S, Schrefl T, Hrkac G, Goncharov A, Allwood DA & Dean J (2008) . JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSICS, 103(7).
  • Goncharov A, Schrefl T, Hrkac G, Dean J, Bance S, Suess D, Ertl O, Dorfbauer F & Fidler J (2007) . APPL PHYS LETT, 91(22).
  • Dean JS & Gibbs MR (2006) . Intermag 2006 IEEE International Magnetics Conference, 598.
  • Dean J, Gibbs MRJ & Schrefl T (2006) . IEEE T MAGN, 42(2), 283-288.

Conference proceedings

  • Bates J, Dean J, Owen L & Newcombe L (2024) . Sefi 2024 52nd Annual Conference of the European Society for Engineering Proceedings Educating Responsible Engineers (pp 1179-1189)
  • Kennedy CD, Reaney IM & Dean JS (2018) . Energy Procedia, Vol. 151 (pp 129-134). Sheffield, UK, 11 September 2018 - 11 September 2018.
  • Kovacs A, Kohn A, Dean J, Schrefl T, Zeltser A & Carey MJ (2009) . IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON MAGNETICS, Vol. 45(10) (pp 3873-3876)
  • Schrefl T, Hrkac G, Goncharov A, Dean J, Bance S, Bashir MA & Suess D (2008) Finite element/boundary element simulation of future hard disk recording. COMPUTATIONAL METHODS AND APPLIED COMPUTING (pp 430-435)
  • Bashir MA, Schrefl T, Dean J, Goncharov A, Hrkac G, Bance S, Allwood D & Suess D (2008) . IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON MAGNETICS, Vol. 44(11) (pp 3519-3522)

Preprints

  • Goncharov A, Hrkac G, Dean J & Schrefl T (2012) Finite Element Modelling of Impedance Spectroscopy Data in Composite Electroceramics.
Teaching activities

Head of 1st year (MSE) 

MAT109 - Skills for engineers (1st year module) 

MAT1643 / AER11004 - mechanical properties of materials (1st year module) 

MAT2350 - Artefacts project (2nd year module) 

MAT3281 - Finite element modelling (3rd year module) 

Julian is actively involved in public outreach and education, particularly with school age students. Working with Dr Dan Allwood and Dr Matthew Bryan, he assisted local Sixth Form students in conducting research on designing new magnetic hard drive materials. This work resulted in a research paper [] and an education paper on the project itself []. Julian was also co-awarded the 2009 Kroto Prize for Excellence in the Science Education of Young People.

He has run hands-on Materials outreach activities for school students from 5 – 18. These sessions include ‘High-performance composite chocolate’ (Ages 5-21) [] , ‘Magnets’ (Ages 7-11) and ‘Structural materials properties’ (Ages 14-18). Most recently worked with Dr Dan Allwood to develop a suite of Flash-based virtual experiments to support Physics A-level tuition: . These have been used to deliver lessons to A-level (16-18 years) students and are used as part of graduate programmes.

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