Kevin O'Grady
Professor

Profile

Career

BSc, PhD (Wales), FIEEE, Former President IEEE Magnetics Society, IEEE Magnetics Society Distinguished Lecturer 2010

Summary of expertise

• Magnetisation reversal in thin films and particles

Curriculum Vitae

Kevin OGrady CV (PDF , 193kb)

Research

Overview

Research Group: Condensed Matter Physics

Recent major grants 

Harfir (EU/JST) £1m

Core-to-core (EPSRC/JSPS) with Tohoku University and TU Kaiserslautern, £1.1m

Seagate Media Research (Fremont) $0.5m

Experimental facilities

The group maintains an extensive suite of magnetometers which provides the most comprehensive measurement capability for magnetic properties in Europe. Specific facilities are:

• ADE Model 10 vibrating sample magnetometer
• Lakeshore Model 736 vibrating sample magnetometer
• Princeton Measurements Corporation Model 2900 alternating gradient force magnetometer
• AC susceptometer
• High stability MOKE system
• Plasma Quest Ltd controlled sputter deposition system
• JEOL JBX-6300FS E-beam lithography system (based at University of Leeds)
• Oxford Instruments SM4000-8 with Heliox TL Dilution Refrigerator

Research group(s)

Academics:

• Professor Atsufumi Hirohata (Electronics)
• Dr Gonzalo Vallejo-Fernandez

Research Staff:

• Dr Marjan Samiepour

Group members:

• Will Frost
• John Sinclair
• Daniel Clarke